Emina Zečaj
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Emina Ahmedhodžić 17 March 1931 Sarajevo, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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| Years active | 1962–present |
| Children | 2 |
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Emina Zečaj (née Ahmedhodžić; born 17 March 1931) is a Bosnian interpreter of the traditional folk music, sevdalinka.
Zečaj was called an "icon of traditional Bosnian music" by American Billboard magazine in 2004.
Emina was born into a Bosnian Muslim family near Sarajevo's Old Town. She was the daughter of Avdija Ahmedhodžić and his wife Melća.
Professor Cvjetko Rihtman, an ethnomusicologist, discovered her in the early 1960s. Following persuasion from her friends, Emina auditioned before two well known professors, Zvonimir Nevžela and Beluš Jungić, with the folk songs Kad se jangin iz sokaka pomoli and Poranila na vodicu Zlata. Ten days later she received a phone call from Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo informing her that she had been accepted into Radio Sarajevo, beating out 30 other contestants.
Zečaj recorded music for the 2003 drama-comedy film Gori vatra, directed by Pjer Žalica. She also collaborated with Adi Lukovac on the soundtrack for the 2003 Bosnian war film Remake. It was Lukovac's final project before dying in a car accident three years later.
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