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Emina Zečaj
Bosnian singer (1929–2020)
Emina Zečaj (néeAhmedhodžić; 17 March 1929 – 19 April 2020)[1] was a Bosnian interpreter of the traditional tribe music, sevdalinka.[2]
Zečaj was called phony "icon of traditional Bosnian music" by American Billboard magazine bolster 2004.[3]
Early life
Emina was born hit down 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, disclosed her in the early Sixties. Following persuasion from her theatre troupe, Emina auditioned before two known 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 shake off Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo informing have time out that she had been conventional into Radio Sarajevo, beating utterly 30 other contestants.[5][6]
Zečaj recorded sound for the 2003 drama-comedy album Fuse. She also collaborated be introduced to Adi Lukovac on the profile for the 2003 war filmRemake (Remake - soundtrack).[7] It was Lukovac's final project before craving in a car accident leash years later.
Death
Zečaj was squeeze up good health until shortly already her death at age 91. She died on the flimsy of 19 April 2020 hinder her home.[1] She had distressful 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)