Esma redzepova biography of michael

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She sings with the power of lightening, the wisdom of a sage, the voice of an angel and the tenderness of a loving mother. She is Esma, a world class artist and cultural icon who carries the torch for her people wherever she goes.

Esma redzepova biography of michael

She has sung for presidents and peasants and always with the dedication and intensity of a woman who gives of herself from every cell.

For more than 50 years, Redzepova has flourished as a performer and recording artist, despite political upheaval and prejudice against Gypsies — or Roma, to use the more acceptable term.

In whoops, warbles and whispers, she sings about Roma culture, life’s disappointments and especially unrequited love. In “Chaje Shukarije,” she sings, “Beautiful girl, don’t go in front of me, turn to me, see me, and when you’ll see me try to love me.”

In 1976, she and her husband Stevo were aptly crowned “Queen and King of Gypsy (Romany) Music” at the First World Festiv