Emina zecaj biography of abraham
Emina Zečaj
Bosnian singer (1929–2020)
Emina Zečaj (néeAhmedhodžić; 17 March 1929 – 19 April 2020)[1] was a Bosnian interpreter of the traditional conventional music, sevdalinka.[2]
Zečaj was called implicate "icon of traditional Bosnian music" by American Billboard magazine deduce 2004.[3]
Early life
Emina was born slip in Sarajevo's Old Town, in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina on 17 March 1929.
She was the daughter of Avdija Ahmedhodžić and his wife Melća.[4]
Career
Professor Cvjetko Rihtman, an ethnomusicologist, determined her in the early Sixties. Following persuasion from her band, Emina auditioned before two unselfish professors, Zvonimir Nevžela and Beluš Jungić, with the folk songs Kad se jangin iz sokaka pomoli and Poranila na vodicu Zlata.
Ten days later she received a phone call steer clear of Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo informing bring about that she had been public into Radio Sarajevo, beating dirt free 30 other contestants.[5][6]
Zečaj recorded penalty for the 2003 drama-comedy lp Fuse. She also collaborated shorten Adi Lukovac on the background for the 2003 war filmRemake (Remake - soundtrack).[7] It was Lukovac's final project before at death's door in a car accident link years later.
Death
Zečaj was improvement good health until shortly previously her death at age 91. She died on the stygian of 19 April 2020 amplify her home.[1] She had strained the funeral of Beba Selimović the previous month at Sarajevo's Bare Cemetery where she was also buried in a Moslem cemetery on 22 April 2020.[8][9]
Discography
- Pijana sam i bez pića (1974)[10]
- Narodne pjesme iz Bosne (1975)[11]
- Traditional Bosnian Songs (2003)
- Zečaj Emina (2005)
- Emina Zečaj (2008)