She arranged the set to tell the story of Albania, its people and history, and the troubles that have enveloped it since the fall of communism. Elina Duni is a classically trained vocalist and composer who melds the folk music traditions of the Balkans and other European regions with jazz, blues, and other elements. The songs were almost all covers by songwriters as diverse as Jacques Brel, Alain Oulman, and Domenico Modugno, along with a handful of traditional folk songs. In , she followed it up for the same label with Lume Lume, which was much more oriented toward blues and jazz standards, though it did contain some folk songs. Between and , she participated in several children's festivals and sang for National Albanian Radio and Television. Her mother Besa Myftiu and grandfather Mehmet Muftiu were writers, while father Spiro Duni was an actor and director of theater. About Elina Duni Elina Duni is a classically trained vocalist and composer who melds the folk music traditions of the Balkans and other European regions with jazz, blues, and other elements.
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Its meld of root sources and modern jazz met with favorable reviews throughout Europe. Following this, she played solo concerts. Sung completely in Albanian with English translations slina the bookletthe album featured more traditional Balkan songs of love and exile and, as Duni put it in her liner notes, " She recorded Baresha, her debut album with the group, in ; it was issued in by Meta Records.
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Elina Duni View on Apple Music. Duni was born in in Tirana, Albania, into a family of artists. Music became her prime mode of study while in high batesha. At age five she began to study violin and, just a bit later, to perform publicly. She accompanied herself on the aforementioned instruments and sang in nine languages, among them Albanian, German, French, English, Italian, and Portuguese.
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The inspiration for the album dated back to when she began accompanying her mother at readings from her books -- Duni would play guitar, frame wlina, or piano. BORN Bareaha 10, Let Us Dive In. As the government of Albania fell into strife -- and eventually disintegrated amid sectarian violence -- she and her family fled to Geneva, Switzerland when Elina was The album included a lone original in "Let Us Dive In.
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Inshe followed duno up for the same label with Lume Lume, which was much more oriented toward blues and jazz standards, though it did contain some folk songs. Her mother Besa Myftiu and grandfather Mehmet Muftiu were writers, while father Spiro Duni was an actor and director of theater.
She arranged the set to tell the story of Albania, its people and history, and the troubles that have enveloped it since the fall of communism. About Elina Duni Elina Duni is a classically trained vocalist and composer who melds the folk music traditions of the Balkans and other European regions with jazz, eliina, and other elements.
Baresha, Meta Records 2008
Between andshe participated in several children's leina and sang for National Albanian Radio and Television. Between and she studied singing, composition, and teaching at the University of Arts in Bern.
The songs were almost all covers by songwriters as diverse as Jacques Brel, Alain Oulman, and Domenico Modugno, along with a handful of traditional folk songs.
Inshe was one of several recipients of the Swiss Music Prize and began three new projects:
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