Natali Deniz

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Natali Deniz (Ukr: Наталі Деніз; Ru: Натали Дениз) (stage name for Natalya NEÇEVA, Natalia Necheva, Наталья Нечева) is a Ukrainian singer who performs mainly in the Gagauz language. She  represented Ukraine at Turkvision 2014. She made a guest appearance at Turkvision 2020, performing  “Sarmaş bana”.

In 2022 she released “Hey çayırda kırmızı kalina”, a Gagauz language version of the Ukrainian folk independence song “Chervona Kalina”. The song was translated by Valentina Buzhilova (Russian: Валентина Бужилова) .  “Chervona Kalina” has also been performed in Georgian by the singer Lado Kuchukhidze (Georgian: ლადო კუჭუხიძე ).

Life and career

Natali Deniz is from Odessa, Ukraine and is from Ukraine’s ethnic Gagauz group. She performs a variety of styles – pop, folk, rock, jazz, singing in Russian, Ukrainian, English, Gagauz, Bulgarian, and Moldavian. Many of her songs were composed by Peter Petkovic.

She was born in the village of Kotlovina, Reni district, Odessa region. She has been singing since the age of six, and has taken part in competitions in Ukraine, Moldova, and Turkey.

She has a PhD in economics and teaches at the Odessa National Economic University.

Recordings

“Sän Benim”. (performed at Turkvision 2014) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_in_the_Turkvision_Song_Contest#2014

“İki güneş” in Gagauz. 2017. by Konstantin Dushku (Константин Душку), lyrics by Gagauz poet Petr Moise/Pyotr Moise 1952-2018 (Петр Мойсе).  https://youtu.be/0jzKKFRJTtc

“Sarmaş bana” (Hug me) in Gagauz, 2018
https://youtu.be/AvEJK5871FI

Sen varsın bendä (“I have you”)  2018

Zurnanın avası, “Melody of Zurna” 2021

“Hey çayırda kırmızı kalina“, 2022

Albums

  • “Çan gibi sesim” (“My voice is like a bell”),  2014.
  • “Iki güneş” (“Two Suns”), 2018.

Social media

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