Name: Emina by Marta Kolega
Duration: 5 min 14 s
Description: Traditional Sevdah melody with lyrics by Serbian poet Aleksa Šantić. "Emina" is the idealized woman, idolized by a man who happened to see her passing by her house. Since it has been sung by a man, I asked myself how I could sing it, as a woman? And I decided to portray him falling in love as a dream, and the interaction between them as a funny failure.

Reinterpretation of a klappa song from the Croatian Island of Kali feat Marta Kolega on Vocals and Davor on Bass

Red Moon Kali feat Marta Kolega and Davor

Traditional Sevdah melody with lyrics by Serbian poet Aleksa Šantić. "Emina" is the idealized woman, idolized by a man who happened to see her passing by her house. Since it has been sung by a man, I asked myself how I could sing it, as a woman? And I decided to portray him falling in love as a dream, and the interaction between them as a funny failure.

Emina

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However, life takes you in unexpected directions. I sang for two years in the vocal ensamble called „Čipkice“ where we performed mostly Balkan (Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian and Bulgarian) songs. In 2013 I was invited to be the conductor of the musical section of Serbian Cultural Society in Croatia, which I lead until 2016. and got more into voice and singing, exploring the production of voice /tecnique of different singing styles on the Balkans.

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From 2016 - 2017 I had a band called „Čiribilu“ with Zlatko Ratkajec on the guitar and Nikola Švenda on percussion, performing Balkan and Latin traditional songs.

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At the moment, I live in my village, trying to create something new, focusing on combining traditional music and my own text.

Emina

Marta Kolega

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