29 years old Dilara Kazımova finally gained her place after attempting to represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest several times.
Firstly, Dilara took her chance at Azerbaijani National Selection as a member of pop-rock band Unformal in 2008, that year that Azerbaijan joint to the Eurovision family. The band finished second in the final but Dilara did not lose her passion. Later, in 2010 Dilara qualified for the final as a part of the female duo Milk & Kisses where another failure came out. But, somehow the same year she went to represent Azerbaijan at another international music festival New Wave in Yurmala, Latvia.
Dilara started her musical education when she was very young. As a child, she was surrounded by music from opera and the classics, to the rock legends like Freddie Mercury including traditional Azeri folk music, too. She began to sing professionally at age 14. Later on she graduated as an opera singer from Baku Conservatory.
Besides music Dilara has a passion for painting and acting. Her filmography includes Try, do not breathe (2006) and In-between (2007), where besides acting she has also created a soundtrack Sonsuz yol (Endless Road). One of her next planned steps for future is to combine music with acting in musical.
