Majda Sepe

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Majda Sepe

Majda Sepe, born on *July 2, 1937 in Ljubljana, was one of the most successful and well recognized Slovenian singers for the time of Yugoslavia. Majda died on April 11, 2006.

1 Biography
2 Music
3 Success
4 In the Memory

[edit] Biography

Majda Sepe was born in Ljubljana, where she also grew up. There are not a lot of informations about Majda's childhood and her early life. However, music was an integral part of her entire youth and her later years.

[edit] Music

Her music career began early. She has studied singing in Music School in Ljubljana. At the time she was 19 years old, she made a music performance in Paris, France with Ljubljana Jazz Musicians. For years later, in 1960, she joined Jazz Festival in Bled. Jazz and Chanson became her favourite sorts of music. Majda Sepe's name is very strongly connected with Slovenian most recognized and famous music festival, Slovenska popevka. She joined this music competition for the first time in 1962, when all has just began. She used to appear on Slovenska popevka every year until 1977 (she missed in 1968).
Majda performed some of the greatest hits of the Festival and soon, she became very known and popular slovenian performer. She worked together with her husband, slovenian number one composer and song writer, Mojmir Sepe. He still writes lyrics for Slovenian singers and together with Majda, they've made a perfect team: she, as a talented singer, and he as a successful song writer.

Some of here most known songs, are: Med iskrenimi ljudmi, Ribič ribič me je ujel, Kje je tista trava, Šuštarski most, Prelepa si bela Ljubljana, Bele ladje,...

[edit] Success

Soon as Majda has appeared on Slovenian music festivals, she turned in well recognized Slovenian and Yugoslavian singer. She performed some number one music hits, which today are still very well known and named as evergreen. The name "Majda Sepe" today means a synonym for music success, talent and quality performer. As a lot of people say, Majda's songs will live forever and proboblly there won't be any other Slovenian performer for a long time, the same successful as she or Marjana Deržaj was.

[edit] In the Memory

In September 10, 2006, a great koncert was performed in Ljubljana in the memory of Majda Sepe and her great work she made. Slovenian singers, as Elda Viler, Alenka Godec, Nuša Derenda, Darja Švajger, Vita Mavrič, Irena Vrčkovnik, Oto Pestner, Lado Leskovar and Anžej Dežan performed her songs with Orchestra Simfonika and Big Band RTV Slovenija.