Zulya Kamalova

Zulya Nazipovna Kamalova (; ; 8 August 1969 – 18 September 2024) was a Russian-born Australian singer. She resided in Australia though toured Europe frequently.

Life and career

Zulfia (Zulya) Kamalova was born in Sarapul but grew up in Tatarstan and began performing and writing music at age of 9. She was of Volga Tatar background. She left home at the age of 17 and eventually moved to the City of Perm to work in a factory and study English and French at the Perm Pedagogical Institute. Zulya and Andrew settled in Coburg in 2005, where their daughter, Zifa was born in 2006. two days before her sister Alfia arrived from Russia to see her. Instrumentation typically includes accordion, double bass, percussion, guitar, brass and string arrangements and occasionally jaw harp. She often combined Tatar with jazz or other folk music, which was novel for Tatar performers, and, at the same time, made the music easily accessible for international audience.

Discography Albums + List of albums Title Album details Journey of Voice Released: 1997 Label: Unstable Ape Records (UARR 005) Formats: CD Aloukie Released: 1999 Label: Formats: CD Elusive Released: 2002 Label: Unstable Ape Records (UAR 022) Formats: CD The Waltz of Emptiness(And Other SongsOn Russian Themes)(with The Children of the Underground) Released: 2005 Label: Unstable Ape Records (UAR 040) Formats: CD 3 Nights(with The Children of the Underground) Released: 2007 Label: Unstable Ape Records (UAR 056) Formats: CD Tales of Subliming Released: 2010 Label: Unstable Ape Records (UAR 064) Formats: CD Kosmostan Released: 2014 Label: Yummy Music Formats: CD On Love and Science Released: 2015 Label: Formats: CD 6 Days Loving Released: 2019 Label: Zulya Music (ZM2019) Formats: CD, digital

Awards and nominations Kamalova is an Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan.

ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. 2003 Elusive Best World Music Album 2007 3 Nights Best World Music Album 2013 Zulya and the Children of the Underground Best Global or Reggae Act