Eldar Mansurov

Mansurov Eldar Bahram oglu better known as Eldar Mansurov (born in Baku, Azerbaijan on 28 February 1952) is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter. He is the son of musician Bahram Mansurov. 

His younger brother Elkhan Mansurov is also a musician. He is married and has two children. Eldar Mansurov learned the piano in 1968-1972 under the supervision of Asaf Zeynally and in 1974-1979 he studied at the Uzeyir Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Conservatoire under the supervision of Covdat Hajiyev. He has taken part in many classical, as well as popular concerts and has written the soundtrack of a great number of films and theatre productions.

 His best known popular tunes though remain "Bayatılar" and "Bəhramnamə". "Bayatılar", lyrics by Vahid Aziz and music by Eldar Mansurov was a hit by Brilliant Dadashova not only in Azerbaijan, but also in Russia, Turkmenistan, all over Europe (Turkey, Greece, Germany, Spain, France), the Arab World and Brazil. 

The song was used in versions and samples Turkish musicians Huseyn Karadayı and Cem Nadiran (in the album "Miracles") and Greek musician Pantelis (in the album "I Have A Dream). "Bayatılar" is the basis of the refrain of the 2009 Euro-dance hit "Stereo Love" by Romanian musicians Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina. A copyright dispute over the song resulted in Maya acknowledging that the refrain in his song was actually taken from Mansurov's Bayatılar.