Jamala

Jamala (real name Susana Jamaladinova) — a Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar jazz singer (spinto soprano) performing music of her own composition at the junction of jazz, soul, world music, and R&B with elements of classics and gospel.

The turning point in Jamala's career came with her performance at the "New Wave — 2009" International contest of young pop singers in Jūrmala. The singer was awarded the grand prize, impressing the jury with her outstanding vocal talent and confident singing manner across a variety of genres.

Following her triumph in Jūrmala, Jamala instantly rose into the top artists' category, performing at various venues from Moscow to Berlin. Two large Jamala concerts, The Revue Show, are taking place in Kyiv, where she is to reveal to the public the full range of her vocal potential and the diversity of her musical material. Over the next months, Jamala is going to take part in almost all the main TV shows in Ukraine, from the "TV Triumph 2009" awards ceremony and One Night Only (a tribute to Michael Jackson by top Ukrainian artists) to the "Christmas Celebration with Alla Pugacheva". Cosmopolitan named her "Breakthrough of the Year", she won the "Singer of the Year" Elle Style Award and the "Ukrainians’ Idol" nomination at the "Person of the Year 2009" awards.

Despite her intense tour schedule, Jamala finds time to devote to classical music. In summer 2009, she performed the leading role in "The Spanish Hour" opera by Maurice Ravel, and in February 2010, she took part in Vasiliy Barchatov's opera production on a Bondiana motif, for which she was noted by the famous British actor Jude Law.