Music career Esma Redžepova

1 music career

1.1 debut
1.2 yugoslav years
1.3 career after independence of macedonia
1.4 death

music career
debut

stevo teodosievski, esma s manager , later husband.

in 1956, esma s headteacher suggested sing @ school talent contest radio skopje. went there without telling parents, did not want follow path of older sister started sing in cafes @ 17. among roma people, such career viewed shameful unmarried girl.

esma performed bre babi, macedonian roma traditional song. first time song in romani aired station. esma won contest, beating 57 other schools , winning 9,000 dinars. when esma s parents learned success, extremely upset , reluctant let follow musical career. @ time, possible career roma singers perform in cafes , restaurants no other prospect.

stevo teodosievski, ethnic macedonian musician , band frontman, impressed esma s performance @ contest , wanted join musical ensemble. teodosievski self-taught man coming poor background, leading large folk ensemble, ansambl teodosievski. worked radio skopje , member of league of communists of macedonia.

being part of local establishment, teodosievski visionary because believed roma music become esteemed , popular among non-romani people. indeed, @ time, roma music in yugoslavia depreciated , not considered suitable radio or television. furthermore, racism against roma people common in macedonia , rest of yugoslavia , roma people had poor image of roma singers, female ones. before esma, roma performers never sang in romani on radio or television , hid origins. teodosievski had been promoting roma music before meeting redžepova , had faced severe criticism media doing so. knew esma redžepova him achieve goal , become 1 of prominent artists in country. convinced esma s parents let go him , join ensemble. both promised esma sing on reputable scenes.

when met in skopje, stevo teodosievski not satisfied esma s voice, , encouraged train long hours. enrolled @ academy of music in belgrade, stayed 2 years.

yugoslav years

after esma left academy of music in belgrade (sr serbia), joined ansambl teodosievski , started touring. in 1961, ansambl went zagreb (sr croatia) record redžepova s first disc. released jugoton , included bre babi chaje shukarije, song redžepova wrote herself. song in romani became huge success in yugoslavia.

the 1960s , 1970s extremely successful couple. recorded many albums , eps, , took part radio , television shows. of songs performed esma redžepova @ time traditional romani songs or songs inspired romani music. however, of them had noticeable western influence. makedo inspired cha-cha, kod kodak shows heavy pop influences, , pesma Šeher sarajevu , makes use of psychedelic organs. redžepova performed many songs related ethnic macedonian music no tie romani music. of these songs duets recorded macedonian singers, such blagujno dejče , biljana platno beleše , zašto si me majko rodila .

in tito s yugoslavia, roma people officially recognised national minority , granted linguistic , cultural rights. however, esma redžepova roma yugoslav artist have achieved long-lasting fame , public acclaim, Šaban bajramović, serbia.

despite of success, esma redžepova target of racism , gossip. roma people in skopje thought of dishonorable community , critical relationship teodosievski, gadjo . @ time, unthinkable macedonians , romani engage in mixed marriages, , both communities disapproved them. esma frown upon romani because had emancipated lifestyle, performing on stage, sleeping in hotels, working men. on other side, institutions, including radio skopje , league of communists of macedonia, critical stevo teodosievski , reproached him working gypsies. escape stifling atmosphere, redžepova , teodosievski moved belgrade, capital of yugoslavia, @ beginning of 1960s. married in 1968.

racist prejudice played big part in redžepova s career. media characterized traits considered typical roma people: portrayed hot blooded, happy , easy going, , genetically talented. comments made dark skin. stevo teodosievski used positive stereotypes promote singer, long gave tasteful image of her.

at end of 1960s, esma , stevo founded music school trained young disadvantaged boys, romani. of musicians in ansambl teodosievski trained in school , of them achieved fame. in total, 48 boys attended school.

by encouraging other macedonian roma musicians, esma , stevo built circle around them. among prominent members singers muharem serbezovski, usnija jašarova , enver rasimov, , clarinetist medo Čun.

yugoslavia part of non-aligned movement , yugoslav artistic scene subject many international influences. esma performed several songs in foreign languages, such greek, turkish, hebrew or hindi. roma people came india europe in middle ages. link tito created nehru , india important yugoslav gypsies because culture , history publicly enhanced. esma , stevo visited india 3 times, in 1969, 1976 , 1983. during second trip, entitled king , queen of romani music @ first roma music festival in chandigarh. in 1983, esma sang in front of indira gandhi.

in addition performing indira gandhi, esma sang josip broz tito, reza pahlavi , muammar gaddafi. husband s ensemble, performed public audience in several countries, including united states, soviet union, mexico, australia , canada. in 1962, first yugoslav artist perform @ olympia in paris.

career after independence of macedonia

during 1980s, musical career of esma redžepova slowed down. in 1989, settled in skopje husband. after independence in 1991, republic of macedonia went through difficult times. stevo teodosievski died in 1997 @ 72. however, esma redžepova toured united states year after, performing @ series of benefit concerts. released selection of duets usnija jašarova in 1994.

the 2000s fruitful , marked slight shift in singer s career. in macedonia , former yugoslavia, esma gained more modern image , redefined herself worldbeat artist. instance, made several collaborations young pop singers. in 2002, recorded song croatian band magazin , duet macedonian singer todor proeski. recorded song bosnian band crno vino in 2005 , made collaboration kiril džajkovski in 2010. on international scene, esma redžepova contributed towards establishment of roma music non-mass-market good, pleasing urban , cultural elite. however, many of new songs not accepted western audience because did not match expectation roma music. instance, songs featured synthesizer, instrument not used in traditional roma music. esma booed @ concert in spain, defended herself saying roma music has adapted , borrowed external features.

redžepova during eurovision performance in 2013.

her best known single, Čaje Šukarije, feature song on 2006 borat movie soundtrack, claims used without permission. naat veliov kočani orkestar sued producers of film 800,000 euro (usd 1,000,000). afterwards, redžepova won €26,000 compensation, since turned out cohen got permission production house take song, not notified about. esma particularly upset because song used illustrate backwardness, fought. however, borat contributed towards expansion of fame internationally.

esma redžepova selected vlatko lozanoski represent macedonia in eurovision song contest 2013. song, imperija , unveiled in march 2013, caused controversy in country clip featured many monuments of controversial project skopje 2014. song viewed nationalist act. macedonian radio-television requested singers write new song. eventually, pred da se razdeni released month later. song failed advance second semi-final of competition on 16 may 2013, placing 16th in field of 17 songs, scoring 28 points.

death

esma redžepova died on morning of 11 december 2016 in skopje after illness, 73. had been taken hospital on 28 november, , in critical condition. funeral ceremony took place on 12 december @ skopje city council, several officials, including mayor of city , macedonian president, gjorge ivanov, paid homage her. later buried @ butel cemetery.