Maja Milinkovic

Maja Milinkovic is a fado singer and songwriter born on 21 April 1981 in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the former country of Yugoslavia).

Milinkovic became known to a wide public in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BaH) and other parts of South East Europe in 2003, as one of the 6 finalists of the first OBN Music Talent Show, the popular television show in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

She began singing at an early age in a church choir during the Bosnian War, and learn to play guitar in a shelter. At 15th start to sing in the rock band. Her grandfather and grandmother encouraged her to sing. She graduated on Music Academy of Sarajevo on the department of Music Theory and pedagogy. Plays piano and guitar and works as singer, songwriter, composer and music arranger. At 2009 she discovered Fado, and since then she dedicate her life and work to Fado. Since 2013 she lives in Lisbon (Portugal).

Milinkovic became known to a wide public in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BaH) and other parts of South East Europe in 2003, as one of the 6 finalists of the first OBN Music Talent Show, the popular television show in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After the show Maja recorded her first solo pop-rock album "Zacarani krug" [2] in the Hayat production label. Album won eleven 11 awards. Some of them: She won a Davorin for the best female interpretation on the album.

Song "Zovem te" won 3 awards (interpretation, audience and arrangement) on the "Bihacki festival". Song "Genijalno" won 1(first) price for interpretation of the "Expert’s Jury”,"I BHRTV festival".

Releases singles: “Kraj” - 2007, “Mito bekrijo 2008, "Ako te ne budem imala" 2009.

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