Toni Storaro
Bulgarian singer of Turkish origin
Tuncher Fikret Ali (Bulgarian: Тунчер Фикрет Али, Turkish: Tunçer Fikret Ali; born 2 August 1976), better known by his stage name Toni Storaro (Bulgarian: Тони Стораро) is a Turkish-Bulgarian singer. He is a leading performer on the Bulgarian music label Diapason Records.
Career
Toni Storaro, born Tuncher Fikret Ali, has established himself as one of the largest names in Bulgarian popular and chalga music. A prolific artist, in 15 years, he produced 11 albums in Bulgarian and Turkish languages and around 30 hits. He is known for his warm, rich, deep and unique voice with rich ornamentation mixing various Balkan influences (Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek, Albanian and Serb). His 2005 album "For one woman" (Bulgarian: За една жена) with various Balkan songs recorded in Germany was a huge hit with multiple singles and an eventual "Виртуозно майсторство" (virtuoso mastery) coveted award at the 8th Annual Awards for New "Folk" (Bulgarian: Годишни награди на "Нов фолк"). In 2007 came awards for Best Artist at the First Fan TV (Фен ТВ) Music Awards and Best Singer Award at the 10th Annual Awards for "New Folk".
He has had collaborations with Yordanka Hristova, Djansever, Sofi Marinova, Tanya Boeva, Teodora and Azis, as well as Serbian Jovana Tipšin and Turkish Burak Aziz. He also enjoys immense popularity abroad among Bulgarian and Balkan diaspora, with many tours in Greece, Turkey, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Canada and the United States. Many of his songs have been covered by other Balkan artists, most notably by Serbian Dragana Mirković and Macedonian Toše Proeski and others.
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