Lea ivanova biography
"Passions for Leah" is a film about the endless love between a man and a woman - and their life in music.
Lea (Liliya) Ivanova (13 August - 28 May ) was a..
Lea Ivanova
Bulgarian jazz singer
Musical artist
Lea Ivanova (13 August 1923 – 28 May 1986) was a Bulgarian jazz singer.
Biography
Ivanova was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria on 13 August 1923. She moved to Constantinople ( Underaged??
Lea Ivanova - one of the first female jazz performers in Bulgaria.), where she spent the rest of her childhood and sang in the children's choir of the Bulgarian Exarchate. In 1940s, she came back to Bulgaria ( 17 years old ?? ), where her intention was to study art at Sofia, Bulgarian capitol.
She joined Slavic Talk jazz orchestra as a soloist instead when saxophonist Leon L'Alfàs suggested her to join.
Biography.
In the early 50s, she performed with various jazz and swing outfits. In 1956, she worked with the orchestras of Christo Vuchkov and Dimitar Ganev for Big Orchestra Concert Directorate conductors of which were Boris Simeonov and Emil Georgiev.
During this period, she wrote a commercial jingle for a department store TsUM and Chico from Puerto Rico which was in Latin American style.[1]
In 1957