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Tajči at St. Jerome's Church in Chicago, 2006
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Background information | |
Birth name | Tatjana Matejaš |
Also known as | Tajči |
Born |
Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, today Croatia |
1 July 1970
Genres | Pop, rock, singer-songwriter, spiritual |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | piano, guitar, vocal |
Years active | 1987–present |
Labels |
Jugoton City Records Alka Records |
Tajči Cameron (/ˈtaɪtʃi/; Croatian pronunciation: [tǎjtʃi]; born Tatjana Matejaš, pronounced [tǎtjana mǎtejaʃ], 1 July 1970 in Zagreb) is an award-winning Croatian singer, TV show host, published author and blogger.
As a pop star in the former Yugoslavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Tajči won the national selection of RTV Zagreb, SR Croatia and represented Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990. The contest was held at Zagreb and she sang the song "Hajde da ludujemo" ("Let's go crazy"). Her Yugoslav music career was cut short by the breakup of Yugoslavia and subsequent war.
She left Croatia in 1992 and a year later graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. She appeared in numerous off Broadway productions and landed a lead role in "Miracle of Christmas" a mega-production at Sight and Sound Theatre, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During her time in New York, she was signed by Camile Barbone and produced "Age of Love" CD recorded at Long View Farms Studio.