Occupation Vocalist Instruments vocals Genres Sevdalinka Years active c.1962–present Record label Jugoton | Religion Sunni Islam Name Emina Zecaj Associated acts Beba Selimovic Children 2 Role Musical Artist | |
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Full Name Emina Ahmedhodzic Albums Traditional Bosnian Songs, Emina Zecaj Similar People Himzo Polovina, Zaim Imamovic, Beba Selimovic, Nada Mamula, Zehra Deovic | ||
Emina Zečaj Ahmedhodžić - Vila viče sa vrh Trebevića
Emina Zečaj (née Ahmedhodžić; born 17 March 1931) is a Bosnian interpreter of the traditional folk music, sevdalinka.
Contents
- Emina Zeaj Ahmedhodi Vila vie sa vrh Trebevia
- Adi lukovac il je vedro il obla no feat emina ze aj i mario drma
- Early life
- Career
- Songs
- References
Zečaj was called an "icon of traditional Bosnian music" by American Billboard magazine in 2004.
Adi lukovac il je vedro il obla no feat emina ze aj i mario drma
Early life
Emina was born into a Bosnian Muslim family near Sarajevo's Old Town. She was the daughter of Avdija Ahmedhodžić and his wife Melća.
Career
Professor Cvjetko Rihtman, an ethnomusicologist, discovered her in the early 1960s. Following persuasion from her friends, Emina auditioned before two well 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 from Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo informing her that she had been accepted into Radio Sarajevo, beating out 30 other contestants.
Zečaj recorded music for the 2003 drama-comedy film Gori vatra, directed by Pjer Žalica. She also collaborated with Adi Lukovac on the soundtrack for the 2003 Bosnian war film Remake. It was Lukovac's final project before dying in a car accident three years later.
Songs
Il' je vedro - il' oblacnoTraditional Bosnian Songs · 2007
Zove majka pasu sokolijuTraditional Bosnian Songs · 2007
Kad kauri Livno porobiseTraditional Bosnian Songs · 2007