Dilara Kazimova
Dilara Kazimova is an Azerbaijani singer, songwriter and producer from Baku, known for Eurovision’s “Start a Fire” and pop releases that draw on her rock and opera background.
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Eurovision
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- From
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Born
- 20 May 1984
- Work
- Singer, songwriter, producer and actress
- Training
- Opera singing at the Baku Academy of Music
- Breakout
- Azerbaijan’s Eurovision 2014 representative with “Start a Fire”
- Earlier groups
- Unformal and Milk & Kisses
Mini bio
How it started.
Dilara grew up in Baku with music at home. In her ESCToday interview, she recalled starting to sing at seven: her mother played piano and her father was a drummer. She later trained at the Baku Academy of Music and graduated as an opera singer.
Finding her own stage.
She moved through different musical settings before Eurovision, including the rock band Unformal and the duo Milk & Kisses. Unformal finished second in Azerbaijan’s 2008 national selection. Milk & Kisses reached the 2010 selection final and represented Azerbaijan at New Wave in Latvia that year.
The Eurovision chapter.
In 2014, Dilara won Böyük Səhnə and represented Azerbaijan in Copenhagen with “Start a Fire”. She qualified for the Eurovision final and finished 22nd with 33 points. That year she also appeared on Ukraine’s The Voice, coached by Svyatoslav Vakarchuk.
Making the whole picture.
Her recent work puts her creative roles in view. On “Gecə”, she shares music, lyrics and arrangement credits and directs the video herself. For “Zirvə”, she helped arrange the track and filmed on Bazardüzü. Her 2026 releases also include collaborations with Fidan Aliva and Ferid Merd.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Hisslərim DumandaSinger
- 2026Pul (solo video)Singer, concept, director and stylist
- 2026SevəcəmCo-artist with Ferid Merd
- 2026Yaz DarıxandaCo-artist with Fidan Aliva
- 2026GecəSinger, co-composer, co-lyricist, co-arranger and video director
- 2025ZirvəSinger and co-arranger
- 2025Madame Di (Remixes)Recording artist
- 2014Start a FireSinger and Azerbaijan’s Eurovision representative
Awards
Quotes
Spring is here, so wake up, do good things and help each other.Dilara Kazimova, ESCToday
Her message to fans in an interview before Eurovision 2014.
Trivia
- She trained as an opera singer before becoming known for pop and rock.
- Her early musical influences included Freddie Mercury and traditional Azerbaijani folk music.
- Painting is another of her interests.
- She filmed “Zirvə” at Bazardüzü, 4,466 metres above sea level.
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