Zara may refer to:

Places[link]

• Zara, Turkey, district in the Turkish province of Sivas Province (its official name since 13th century)
• Zara, Italian, Venetian, German and Hungarian name of the Adriatic port city of Zadar (and its official name from the 15th to the 20th century), former capital of Dalmatia, today in Croatia
• Zara, Tibet, village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China
• Zara (Milan Metro), underground station in Milan

Female people[link]

• Zara (Turkish singer) (born 1976), Turkish folk music singer
• Zara (Russian singer) (born 1983), Russian pop singer and actress
• Zara Aldana (born1989), Filipina celebrity
• Zara Bate (1909–1989), Australian fashion designer, wife of Harold Holt
• Zara Cully (1892–1978), American actress
• Zara Salim Davidson (born 1976), a member of the Malaysian royalty.
• Zara Davis (born 1966), English windsurfer
• Zara Dawson (born 1983), English actress and television presenter
• Zara Dolukhanova (1918–2007), Armenian mezzo-soprano singer
• Zara Durrani, Pakistani-Canadian actress and model
• Zara Glover (born 1982), English ten-pin bowler
• Zara Hore-Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie (1879–1965), Irish-born wife of the Earl of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia
• Zara Larsson (born 1997), Swedish singer
• Zara Levina (1906–1976), Ukrainian pianist and composer
• Zara Martin, British television presenter
• Zara Mints (1927–1990), Russian-Estonian literary scientist, wife of Yuri Lotman
• Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), Canadian cellist
• Zara Northover (born 1984), Jamaican shot putter
• Zara Nutley, British television actress
• Zara Phillips (born 1981), daughter of Princess Anne of the United Kingdom
• Zara Sheikh (born 1982), Pakistani model and Lollywood actress
• Zara Turner (born ca. 1968), British actress
• Zara Wallace (born 1939), American author and editor
• Zara Whites (born 1968), Dutch television personality, activist and former pornographic actress
• Zara Wright (active 1920), American author based in Chicago

Male people[link]

• Zara Yaqob (1399–1468), Emperor of Ethiopia (1434–1468)
• Alberto Da Zara (1889–1951), Italian admiral
• Bert Zara (active 1969–1975), Australian rugby league player

Ships[link]

• Zara, a heavy cruiser that served in the Italian Navy from 1931 to 1941
• The Zara class of Italian heavy cruisers
• USS Zara (SP-133), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919

Other[link]

• Zara (retailer), Spanish clothing and accessories retailer
• 158 Infantry Division Zara, Italian infantry division of World War II
• Continental Hotel Zara, hotel in Budapest
• ZaRa, EP by Merzbow
• Zara spook, fishing lure

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Orhan Gencebay (born August 4, 1944 in Samsun, Turkey as Orhan Kencebay) is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor.

Early life and musical background[link]

Gencebay was born in the coastal town of Samsun on August 4, 1944, to Crimean Tatar and Balkan Turkish parents.^{[citation needed]} He started learning music at the age of six, taking violin and mandolin lessons from Emin Tarakçı who was an old Classical Musician from the Ukraine Conservatoire. At the age of seven, he started playing the bağlama (a traditional Turkish instrument), and continued taking traditional Turkish folk music lessons. At ten, he created his first composition. At thirteen, he started playing the tambur, an instrument often used in Turkish classical music to improve himself in the theoretical and practical details of Turkish classical music.

During his high school years, he performed in Classical and Traditional Turkish Folk Music groups playing the tambur and baglama, taught music lessons in his own music courses, and took part in organizing community music centers in Istanbul and Samsun.

When he was sixteen, he became interested in jazz and rock music, and started playing tenor saxophone in wind orchestras. He enrolled in the Turkish conservatory in Istanbul, and studied there for four years. During his military service, he played saxophone in the military brass band.

Career[link]

At 20 and 22, he passed the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) auditions and become a resident bağlama player at the network for several months.

In 1966 he got an excellent grade in National Bağlama Contest with Arif Sağ and Cinucen Tanrikorur, two other contemporary masters of Turkish music.

In the late sixties he collaborated with a wide range of musicians in performances and film music. Between 1966 and 1968 he played bağlama with Arif Sağ in many records with singers such as Muzaffer Akgün, Yıldız Tezcan, Ahmet Sezgin, Şükran Ay, Sabahat Akkiraz, and Nuri Sesigüzel. Gencebay also took part as a music director in many Turkish films such as Ana, Kuyu, Kızılırmak-Karakoyun. He also collaborated with many musicians from different genres, such as Erkin Koray,^[1] Omar Faruk Tekbilek,^[2] Ismet Siral, Burhan Tonguc, Ozer Senay, Vedat Yildirimbora, Neşet Ertaş, Abdullah Nail Baysu. He appeared as a baglama performer and a well-known composer in musical societies, besides releasing several singles in genre of traditional Turkish Folk music. In 1968, he released his first "free-style" single "Sensiz Bahar Gecmiyor/Basa Gelen Cekilirmis", and was rewarded. During the 1970s he released many singles in a new genre that is a fusion of traditional Turkish Folk music, Turkish classical music, Western classical music, jazz, rock, country, progressive, psychedelic, Indian, Arabic, Spanish, and Greek music styles. Even though some musical societies such as TRT named that kind of World fusion music recordings Arabesque music, Orhan Gencebay refused the term arabesque, saying it was inadequate to define his style.^[3][4][5] In 1972, he founded the Kervan Record Company, which became very successful, attracting many other talented musicians such as Erkin Koray, Ajda Pekkan, Muazzez Abaci, Mustafa Sagyasar, Ahmet Ozhan, Kamuran Akkor, Semiha Yanki, Samime Sanay, Nese Karabocek, Bedia Akarturk, Nil Burak, Ziya Taskent, Semiramis Pekkan and Ferdi Ozbegen.

Throughout his career Orhan has performed leading roles in 36 movies, has been a composer almost in 90 movies, composed of about a thousand^[6] works, released almost 35 singles, 15 albums, and dozens of MC's. His albums sold out over 65 million legal copies.^[7][8]

As a composer, film musician, and as a person interested in other musical cultures, Orhan Gencebay is one of the major exponents of Turkish music in the 20th century.

In 2005, Gencebay was featured in the film Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by German Turkish director Fatih Akın, as well as on the film's soundtrack with the song "Hatasız Kul Olmaz."

References[link]

1. ^ "Erkin Koray". http://complicateddancesteps.blogspot.com/2008/01/erkin-koray.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Erkin Koray met Gencebay in the early seventies." 
2. ^ "Omar Faruk Tekbilek Biography". http://www.omarfaruktekbilek.com/index.php?p=bio. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Omar Faruk’s skills blossomed in Istanbul playing with some of the leading Turkish musicians including Orhan Gencebay" 
3. ^ Dinççan, M.Vehbi (July 29, 2001). "O Bir Efsane (He is a Legend)" (in Turkish). Akşam. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080608071258/http://www.aksam.com.tr/arsiv/aksam/2001/07/29/yazidizi/yazidizi2.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Yaptığım müziğe Arabesk ismini ben koymadım (I am not the one who named my music arabesque)." 
4. ^ Akpınar, Hakan (July 16, 2004). "Orhan Baba Efsanesi (The Legend of "Father" Orhan)" (in Turkish). Tercüman. http://www.tercuman.com.tr/v1/yazaryazi.asp?id=64&yazitar=26.04.2005&yaziid=12239. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Müziğime arabesk denmesi çok saçma. Bu kavram hem yeterli değil, hem de yanlıştır.(It's foolish calling my music as arabesque. That term is not only inadequate, but also it's completely incorrect)." 
5. ^ Balıkçıoğlu, Tuğba (April 18, 2004). "Mafya babası gibiyim (I am like Godfather)" (in Turkish). Sabah. http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2004/04/18/cp/rop101-20040418-102.html. Retrieved 2008-05-13. "Arabesk deyimi beni tanımlamaya yetmez .(Arabesque is not enough to define me)." 
6. ^ Berköz, Elif (December 12, 2005). "Ne Sazımın Yaşlanmaya Niyeti Var Ne de Benim (Neither my baglama nor me have in mind getting old)" (in Turkish). Milliyet. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2005/12/30/pazar/axpaz01.html. Retrieved 2007-03-27. "1000'in üzerinde beste yapmış (He did over a thousand of composes)." 
7. ^ "Orhan Baba Efsanesi (Legandary Father Orhan)" (in Turkish). Tercüman Gazetesi. April 27, 2005. http://www.tercuman.com.tr/v1/yazaryazi.asp?id=64&yazitar=27.04.2005&yaziid=12241. Retrieved 2009-09-17. "Yasal olarak 60 milyonun üstünde sattı albümlerim, 65-70 milyon arası galiba. (My albums have sold over 60 million legal copies, probably 65-70 million.)" 
8. ^ "65 milyon albüm sattı (He has sold 65 million legal copies)" (in 2009-09-17). Akşam Gazetesi. April 14, 2006. http://arsiv.aksam.com.tr/haber.asp?a=36254,8&tarih=14.04.2006. Retrieved 2009-09-17. "Çıkardığım albümlerin resmi satış rakamı 65 milyon. (My albums have sold 65 million legal copies)." 

External links[link]

• Orhan Gencebay at the Internet Movie Database
• Radikal ve Özgün Gencebay'cılık
• Turkish Progressive Music and Orhan Gencebay
• Orhan Gencebay review
• Official Web Site
• Fan Site

Zara Larsson
Background information
Birth name	Zara Larsson
Born	(1997-12-16) December 16, 1997 (age 14)
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Pop, soul
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2008–present
Website	www.zara-larsson.com [http://www.myspace.com/zaralarssonofficiel

Zara Larsson (born December 16, 1997) is a Swedish singer.^[1] She was a contestant on the TV4 talent show Talang 2008, the Swedish version of America's Got Talent, which she finally won. She has her own website which is www.zaralarsson.com which has videos of her. She lives with her mom, dad and her 1 sister.

Biography[link]

Zara Larsson was born on 16 December 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden. She used to sing as a little girl, which made her parents notice her talent.^[2]

.^[3] She was also a finalist of a Swedish talent show Stjämskott 2007.^[3]

During Talang 2008 she performed three songs: "The Greatest Love of All" and "One Moment In Time" by Whitney Houston, and "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. She won the competition at age 10.^[1][4]

Discography[link]

Zara has one single: My Heart Will Go On. My Heart Will Go On was the song Zara sang at the Talang finale.

References[link]

External links[link]

• http://www.zara-larsson.com
• http://www.zaralarsson.se
• http://www.myspace.com/zaralarssonofficiel
• Fan Club of Zara Larsson on Facebook
• Fansite
• Zara on TV4 w 2010
• Zara Larsson on YouTube