Ciguli
Sign in to saveAlso known as Angel Jordanov Kapsov
Ciguli (1 March 1957 – 31 October 2014) (born Angel Jordanov Kapsov; ) was a Bulgarian Chalga (pop-folk) singer and accordionist of Turkish-Romani descent, who became popular in Turkey.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Türkiye
- Active from
- 1957
- Active to
- 2014-10-31
Discography
- Kumkapı Geceleri1996
- Binnaz1999
- Horozum2000
- Sabır Yaaaa Sabır2003
- Ben Akordiyonum2006
- Terso'yum Safinaz2007
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,634
- Total plays
- 41,428
Tags
His real name is Ahmet and nickname is adapted from a car model of Lada. He was born in Bulgaria but speaks both Turkish and Bulgarian very well. He is a great acordeon and vocal artist. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ciguli">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Ciguli
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Angel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bulgaria
- Place of birth
- Haskovo
- Place of death
- Sofia
- Occupation
- accordionist
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Genre
- folk-pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Ciguli at Babylon.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- birth name
- Ангел Йорданов Капсов
- nickname
- Ciguli
- date of birth
- 1957-00-00
- date of death
- 2014-10-31
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Discography
- Filmography
- References
Ciguli (1 March 1957 – 31 October 2014) (born Angel Jordanov Kapsov; ) was a Bulgarian Chalga (pop-folk) singer and accordionist of Turkish-Romani descent, who became popular in Turkey.
His real name was Ahmet. However, at the time of his birth, Bulgarian authorities did not allow Turks to use their own name. Thus, they refused to register his real name in registry, although his family continued to call him Ahmet. His name was registered as Angel Jordanov Kapsov. Because of the speed and agility with which he played the accordion, he earned the nickname 'Ciguli'—a reference to the Zhiguli VAZ-2101, a Soviet-made sedan that was immensely popular in Bulgaria at the time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ciguli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.