Evi Reçi
| Evi Reçi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1990 (age 26–27) Durrës, Albania |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
Evi Reçi (b. 30 April 1990) is an Albanian singer.
Reçi was born in Durrës, Albania. She is an only child. Her mother is a cellist and music teacher and her father is a biochemist. At age 2, her family moved to Greece. Reçi grew up in Athens. She moved to Italy to attend University of Florence where she earned a degree in Communication, Media and Journalism.
She studied classical piano, opera and musicals and performed in choirs and as a soloist in many festivals and competitions.
Reçi is known for her sweet voice and the romantic style.
Her pop music career began in Top Fest4 where her song "Me ty pa ty" was selected among the festival's 10 best.
She participated on Kënga Magjike 2007 where she was nominated for best dance song for "Zjarr i harruar". On Kënga Magjike 2008, she sang "Enderr e etur" and on Kënga Magjike 2009, she won the Television Award for the song "Jeton tek ti" by Flori Mumajesi with lyrics by the journalist Fjodora Fjora. She collaborated with the Albanian composer Adrian Hila.
In 2010, she produced her first music video, for her duet with Flori Mumajesi titled "I ngjan asaj". In December that year, she released Dhe Jemi Te Dy, written by Mumajesi, as well its music video, which features the group Agronom. The video won Best Editing and Montage Video and was nominated for Best Female Interpretation and Best Video Camera.
She sang "Whatever Dream", written by Francesco Traversi, and the main theme of the Italian film L.over.S. The music video was shown on the Italian channel RAI TG1, which dubbed Reçi as an artist to "keep an eye on".
Since 2012, she has been part of Radio Fleur in Florence where she has her own show, called World Music.
In 2013, she released a music video for a Mumajesi tune called "Zhdukem ngadale". The video was filmed in Florence, with direction and script by Joni Baci Alizoti, and technical support from the A50 group. Reçi had another 2013 hit in "Si Limonade," a summer tune that made her more famous around the country and Kosovo.
In 2015, she released the song "Merr guximin (fer fer fer)", with a sample from the traditional Albanian song "Tefta Tashko Koco Kurr me vjen burri nga stani".
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