Esma Redzepova

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The correct artist name is Esma Redžepova. A Romani Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian born in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, then Yugoslavia. During her life she has performed in more than 8000 concerts in 30 countries, with her late husband Stevo Teodosievski she has fostered forty-seven children, and she has received numerous accolades for her humanitarian work. By her own account she has created more than 500 works of art. These include 108 singles, 20 albums, and 6 movies.

Early Life and Background

Esma was born on August 8, 1943, in the predominately Romani Šuto Orizari municipality of Skopje, now capital of the Macedonia. She is the second youngest of six children. Her mother was a Turkish Muslim, while her father was a Serb born in Tirana, Albania. His grandmother and grandfather were an Iraqi Jew and a Catholic Roma respectively. Her family was relatively (but not abjectly) poor growing up, her father working variously as a porter, singer, drummer, circus strongman and shoe shine. Her parents stressed that all six children finish primary school. At age nine Esma was introduced by one of her brothers to a local Romani music organisation, where she was able to quickly learn complicated rhythms. Her mother encouraged her musical gifts and Esma and her brother soon joined their school’s folklore group.

In 1957, age 14, she was personally invited to sing at a school talent contest for Radio Skopje.

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uglyfat wrote:
October 2009

>"The former name should NOT redirect to this page. Instead, the default one should redirect to the former." WHAT?? Jоцко, if you want people to update their fucking tags, use better fucking English next time you decide to write instructions.

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SoyElta wrote:
June 2009

Great singer, oddly enough she looks like my grandmother lol ^^

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Castizo wrote:
April 2009

¡Fantástica!

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zoran90 wrote:
April 2009

ohriddeki kardiyoloji hastanesinde yaz stajım sırasında keşfettim.

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caiocaio wrote:
March 2009

scholarly?

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Luxocculta wrote:
March 2009

I'm absolutely amazed at her vocal expression

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kinok1 wrote:
March 2009

Guzel insan, mubarek kadin, cok guzelsiniz.

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mertozgen wrote:
March 2009

Muhteşem bir ses, koca yürekli bir insan, seni seviyoruz Esma

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Wunder_bred wrote:
January 2009

lol. I didn't know she was the artist featured in "Borat". Ironically, Borat was probably the one blockbuster film her music could be featured in which could do more to damage her image than enhance it.

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Jotsko wrote:
January 2009

You guys are ridiculous. Fix your fucking tags. There has been a notice on this since this page was created. It's Esma Redžepova.

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leopoldkessler wrote:
January 2009

ablam olur :)

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bruja-pequena wrote:
December 2008

she is fantastic!! just from Moscow concert. amazing!!!!))))))))

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Gori_Vatra wrote:
September 2008

love her songs

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grey_pilgrim wrote:
July 2008

annem.

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Vampiro_Rockero wrote:
July 2008

Love this woman. Great voice Viva!!! queen of the gypsies =)

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SovietCanuck wrote:
June 2008

On par with Mozart and Beethoven? Bahahaha!

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serdar_secme wrote:
June 2008

i will play with esma :) at kurucesme arena in istanbul 24june.. :)

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MrPrinny wrote:
April 2008

lol accent mark.

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allegroconfuoco wrote:
April 2008

She's absolutely fantastic. Great voice, great gypsy songs. Too cool.

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AjMoLAbErG wrote:
March 2008

Queen of the Gypsis, the record that always runs on my cdplayer! Love her voice! =)

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