Seta Hagopian (Arabic: سيتا هاكوبيان; born July 28, 1950, in Basra, Iraq) is an Iraqi singer of Armenian origin. Her singing career began in 1968 which led to much success for she is known to be the "Warm voice of Iraq"[1] and has been dubbed as Iraq's Fairouz.[2]
Born in Basra, Iraq, to a family of ChristianIraqi Armenians. Her father was a tennis player who represented Iraq in numerous tournaments. Soon after Hagopian's career had begun, she was working with the most prominent composers such as Tariq al-Shibli, Farouk Hilal Khammash, Elias Rahbani and Ahmed Qasim.[3]
Hagopian's style of music was one of the first to renew Iraqi songs through the introduction of Western instruments along with singing contemporary pop music. She has held concerts across the entire Arab world, including Iraq, Egypt, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar as well as across Europe in Uzbekistan, Russia, Germany, Bulgaria and Spain.
Hagopian left Iraq to settle in Qatar in 1997. Since 2013 she resides in Toronto, Canada.[3]
Personal lifeedit
She is married to director Emad Bahjat. Hagopian is mother to two daughters, Nova[4] and Naire. Nova Emad is a singer who currently resides in Canada and is following in her mother's footsteps in renewing the classical Iraqi music by infusing it with new genres, like hip hop/trance and Bossa-Nova. Naire is an editor, director, and photographer.
seta, hagopian, this, biography, living, person, relies, single, source, help, adding, reliable, sources, this, article, contentious, material, about, living, people, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, october, 2011, learn, when, rem. This biography of a living person relies on a single source You can help by adding reliable sources to this article Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately October 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Seta Hagopian Arabic سيتا هاكوبيان born July 28 1950 in Basra Iraq is an Iraqi singer of Armenian origin Her singing career began in 1968 which led to much success for she is known to be the Warm voice of Iraq 1 and has been dubbed as Iraq s Fairouz 2 Seta HagopianBackground informationBorn 1950 07 28 July 28 1950 age 73 OriginBasra IraqGenresIraqi music Iraqi folk music Arabic musicOccupation s SingerYears active1968 1984Website 1 Contents 1 Early career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksEarly career editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Seta Hagopian news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Born in Basra Iraq to a family of Christian Iraqi Armenians Her father was a tennis player who represented Iraq in numerous tournaments Soon after Hagopian s career had begun she was working with the most prominent composers such as Tariq al Shibli Farouk Hilal Khammash Elias Rahbani and Ahmed Qasim 3 Hagopian s style of music was one of the first to renew Iraqi songs through the introduction of Western instruments along with singing contemporary pop music She has held concerts across the entire Arab world including Iraq Egypt Algeria the United Arab Emirates Qatar as well as across Europe in Uzbekistan Russia Germany Bulgaria and Spain Hagopian left Iraq to settle in Qatar in 1997 Since 2013 she resides in Toronto Canada 3 Personal life editShe is married to director Emad Bahjat Hagopian is mother to two daughters Nova 4 and Naire Nova Emad is a singer who currently resides in Canada and is following in her mother s footsteps in renewing the classical Iraqi music by infusing it with new genres like hip hop trance and Bossa Nova Naire is an editor director and photographer References edit Iraqi Armenian vocalist singer and songwriter Seta Hagopian the Fairuz of Iraq Ajam Media Collective May 15 2017 Retrieved July 21 2017 a b Seta Hagopian the Fairuz of Iraq Ajam Media Collective May 15 2017 Retrieved January 1 2019 Iraqi Canadian singer songwriter Nova Emad on her debut album The NationalExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seta Hagopian 2 Official Website Seta Hagopian at Facebook 3 SoundCloud 4 at Instagram Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seta Hagopian amp oldid 1194208515, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
