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Esma Redzepova
Born August 8, 1943
Origin Šuto Orizari, Skopje, Macedonia
Genre(s) World / Roma
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, humanitarian
Instrument(s) Singing
Years active 1956 - present
Label(s) Jugoton
Associated acts Stevo Teodosievski, Ansambl Teodosievski
Website www.esma.com.mk

Esma Redzepova is a Macedonian-born vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian. She shares Muslim, Jewish, and Roma roots. During her life she has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, has performed in more than 8000 concerts in 30 countries, and with her late husband Stevo Teodosievski has fostered 47 children.[1] She has also made 108 singles, 20 albums, and 6 movies.[2]

[edit] Early Life and Background

Esma was born on August 8, 1943, in the predominately Roma Šuto Orizari municipality of Macedonia's capital, Skopje. She is the second youngest of six children. Her mother was a Turkish Muslim, while her father was a Serbian 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. It was stressed that all six children finish primary school. At age nine Esma was introduced by one of her brothers to a local Roma music organisation, where she was able to quickly learn even the most complicated rhythms. Her mother encouraged her musical gifts and Esma and her brother soon joined their school's folklore group.[3]

In 1957, age 14, she was personally invited to sing at a schoot talent contest for Radio Skopje. This concert proved to be a turning point—not only did she place first, beating out 57 other schools and winning 9000 dinars,[4] but bandleader Stevo Teodosievski happened to be in attendence. Legend has it that she left home with only a single suitcase filled with one dress and one Cocek costume.

"My father was told by other shoeshine men that they had heard his daughter on the radio singing and he said 'no, not my Esma. She was at home sleeping'. He wasn't aware I was in the competition! was at the concert and when he heard me sing he heard something special in my voice. Perhaps it was my love for singing, my longing to assert myself, my feeling for the music of the East. He approached me to be my tutor. And then he approached my father and convinced him that he would help me become a good and famous singer and that he would look after me. The following Saturday I set out on my first real professional tour."

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Sasa Petejan. Esma Redzepova Teodosievska - second time Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
  2. ^ Snezana Lupevska. "A role model for all: Esma Redzepova". Media Diversity Institute. Retrieved on 2006-08-03.
  3. ^ Garth Cartwright (2005). Extract from "Princes Amongst Men: Journeys with Gypsy Musicians" (Book). Serpent's Tail. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
  4. ^ Esma's Personal Website - Concerts. Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
  5. ^ Interview on "All Things Considered," November 4, 2001 (Real Audio). NPR (2001). Retrieved on 2006-08-21.


[edit] 800,000 euro ($1,000,000)

I'm assuming the "$1,000,000" is the rough exchange of Euro into US$? The problem is that there's more than one country that uses the "dollar". In Australia, a $ with a single strike is Australian Dollars. Double strike is US Dollars. Can this be changed to "US$1,000,000"? I couldn't find anything in the style guide regarding this. MaxKnight 05:12, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nobel Peace Prize nomination

  • During her life she has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize,...

Being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize is an honor, but it is not official or even prestigious. Any national legislator or about a third of the university professors in the world can make a nomination, and there have been as many as 140 some years. Nominators are requested to keep their nominations secret, so it's only those wishing publicity who make announcements, and more often it is impossible to verify. I see no reason to keep it. No offense to the subject, this is a general Nobel Peace Prize "nominees" issue. -Will Beback · † · 09:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] music style

i think calling her style 'world music' lacks a global view- obviously 'world' is supposed to mean here 'non-Western'. I have therefore changed it to 'traditional/folk' Mtl1969 22:03, 28 June 2007 (UTC)