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 Emine Sari is a Turkish musician that has a very colorful and beautiful life story. She began to teach herself the piano and study foreign languages as a young child because she loved music from different cultures and regions of the world. Emine was diagnosed with blood cancer, also known as leukemia, about 10 years ago and was told she only had a few short months to live. However, she has overcome this cancer and now lives a life freed from the complications and fears of sickness. The Turkish Born Singer Shows A Happy Picturesque Clip Of The Local Area And Sung In A Number Of Languages Emine Sari has just released the music video...
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Emine Sari is a Turkish musician that has a very colorful and beautiful life story.... She begin to teach herself the piano and study foreign languages as a young child because she loved music from different cultures and regions of the world. Emine was diagnosed with blood cancer, also known as leukemia, about 10 years ago and was told she only had a few short months to live. However, she has overcome this cancer and now lives a life freed from the complications and fears of sickness.  KOvideo: Hi, Emine. Please tell your fans something about yourself.
Emine: I was born in a small city in Turkey. I studied outside my own country. I started playing piano in my childhood because I liked the piano voice. I developed myself by myself, I started to learn foreign languages for my desire to sing foreign songs... Having had a strong relationship with music since childhood, I believe that I can not live without songs. Also I am capable of singing and writing my own songs in six different languages, including Turkish, English, Japanese, Arabic, Russian... KOvideo: Who is your favorite artist? Emine: I like to take a few styles and smash them together to create my sound, with inspiration coming from Amy Winehouse songs, Tom Jones energy, Celine Dion vocals, Bonnie Tylor vibes... There's just too many of Check it out! The newly released video "I Can Fly" from the Turkish singer and songwriter Emine Sari.
Emine was born in a small city in Turkey and studied piano and foreign languages in order to fulfill her dream of becoming an international artist. Some health problems forced her to move to Japan, where she entered the Japanese version of "American Idol" and become the only foreign singer who made it to the final. Now, she plays the piano, the guitar, sings in 6 different languages and is the European cultural ambassador! Read more at http://www.kovideo.net/i-can-fly-video-emine-sari-1253682.html#q2cOBRbomH0DI3Hk.99  Emine SARI was born in a small city in Turkey and studied piano and foreign languages in order to fulfill her dream of becoming an international artist.
Some health problems forced her to move to Japan, where she entered the Japanese version of "American Idol" and become the only foreign singer who made it to the final. Now, she plays the piano, the guitar, sings in six different languages and is the European cultural ambassador!  The voice of a Turkish woman brought new life into Japanese songs thousands of miles from her homeland. Emine Sari, a Hatay-born singer who left her native country to follow her passion for singing, competed in the finals in a Japanese song contest to select the Best Singer of 2008.
Having bested her rivals in the first and second rounds of the competition, which resembles "American Idol," Sari was the only foreigner who performed in the finals in the Japanese city of Osaka. She sang in the traditional Japanese enka style. Enka is a type of Japanese ballad sung in a traditional and melodramatic style, often by women in kimono, Sari explains. "Enka-style songs are full of emotions and the way you sing them enables you to convey your sincerity. Impressed with the melody of classical Japanese music, Sarı was interested in singing enka-style songs and decided to go to Japan. "I was working on enka songs I found on the Internet, and Japan became the country of my dreams. I tried hard to find a way to go to Japan and found myself here after some time," Sari explains in an email interview with Today's Zaman. "Enka songs are also very hard to sing since there are difficult transitions. It requires a long time and discipline to learn how to sing," Sari explains, adding that she worked on singing in this style for six years. Now, she practices 10 hours every day, and is back in Japan to start a new project, along with Matsumoto Band. As expected, she is willing to take some risks and is ready to perform new songs in Japanese, Turkish and English, and along Matsumoto Band, in 2009, Sari is ready to hit the road in a new concert tour in Japan.  The voice of a Turkish woman is breathing new life into Japanese songs thousands of miles from her homeland. Emine Sarı, a Hatay-born singer who left her native country to follow her passion for singing, will compete in the finals in a Japanese song contest to select the Best Singer of 2008 in September.
Having bested her rivals in the first and second rounds of the competition, which resembles "American Idol," Sarı is the only foreigner who will be performing in the finals in the Japanese city of Osaka. She will be singing in the traditional Japanese enka style.Impressed with the melody of classical Japanese music, Sarı was interested in singing enka-style songs and decided to go to Japan. "I was working on enka songs I found on the Internet, and Japan became the country of my dreams. I tried hard to find a way to go to Japan and found myself here after some time," Sarı explains in an email interview with Today's Zaman. Enka is a type of Japanese ballad sung in a traditional and melodramatic style, often by women in kimono, Sarı explains. "Enka-style songs are full of emotions and the way you sing them enables you to convey your sincerity. I think in this respect they resemble Turkish folksongs. Unlike Japanese social structure and culture, enka involves a great deal of romanticism. The themes are generally centered on love, loneliness, loss of loved ones, difficult situations and death," she says, adding that although the younger generations are not very interested in this music, there are still a great deal of people who listen to enka songs. "Enka songs are also very hard to sing since there are difficult transitions. It requires a long time and discipline to learn how to sing," Sarı explains, adding that she has been working on singing in this style for six years. Nowadays she is practicing 10 hours every day to win the competition. Having had a strong relationship with music since childhood, Sarı believes she cannot live without song. She plays the piano and the guitar. "I am also interested in writing and painting," she adds. A multi-talented singer capable of singing in six different languages, including Turkish, English, Japanese, Arabic, Russian and Chechen, Sarı says she had the opportunity to sing in these languages when she worked in the tourism sector. |