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Balkan Fever 1 (Album) by Esma Redzepova & Ensemble Theodosievsky

Künstlerbiographie Esma Redzepova & Ensemble Theodosievsky

Esma Redzepova Grew Up In Skopje. Her Talent As A Musician Dancer And Actress Brought Her Onto Stage At An Early Age. At The Age Of 11 Years She Played A Leading Role In A School Musical. Aged 14 She Won A Major New Talent Competition And Was Discovered By The Famous Musician Composer And Bandleader Stevo Teodosievski. He Promised Father And Daughter A Great Career But Explained That It Would Take Discipline And Hard Work To Get There. It Was The Beginning Of An Almost Fairytale Career. The Ensemble With Stevo And Esma Became One Of The Most Popular And Successful Ensembles In The Entire Balkan Region. Seven Years After They Had Met For The First Time They Got Married. Further Tours Followed More Than 400 Recordings And Several Awards. Their Biography Is Packed With Photos Of Meetings With World Politicians And International Stars. Stevo And Esma Adopted No Less Than 47 Orphans And Street Children And Gave Them A Musical Training. When Stevo Died Esma Was So Devastated That She Seriously Considered Entering A Convent But Eventually Continued Her Career Without Her Late Husband. Today She Lives In A Palatial House In Skopje That She Has Furnished As A "home Of Humanity And A Museum Of Music" And Which She Intends To Bequeath To Posterity. For 40 Years Esma Redzepova And Her Orchestra Have Been Following Many Invitations To Berlin Paris Vienna Northamerica And Australia. In The Seventies She Did A Tour In India Where She Was Declared To Be The Queen Of Gypsies.

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