Tereza Kesovija
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Tereza Kesovija (2009)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tereza Ana Kesovija |
| Born |
3 October 1938 Konavle, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Origin | Dubrovnik, Croatia |
| Genres |
Pop Classical Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Chanson |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Labels | Jugoton, PGP RTB, ZKP RTLJ, Croatia Records, Columbia Records, Dallas Records, EMI, Barclay Records, Hayat Production |
| Website | tereza-kesovija |
Tereza Ana Kesovija (Croatian pronunciation: [tɛrɛ̌ːza âna kɛsɔ̌ʋija]) (born 3 October 1938) is an internationally acclaimed Yugoslav and Croatian singer. She is one of the most recognizable figures on the Balkan music scene, and is renowned for her wide vocal range and operatic style. She also had a successful career in France. She has held many concerts around the world.
Tereza was born in Dubrovnik and grew up in Konavle and Dubrovnik where she got her early music education. She won a federal young Musicians Competition in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Afterwards, she graduated from the flute program at the Zagreb Music Academy and as a student began appearing in amateur music events. In 1962, shortly after the start of her professional career, she won her first international contest at Saint-Vincent, Italy. After this success Tereza had a tour in USSR and she recorded there one EP with Italian songs for the biggest Russian music company – Melodiya. She spent 1963 and 1964 touring USSR, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden. She also had a lot of TV appearances in these countries.
In 1965, she moved to France, although she did not speak French. There she became a famous star. At the beginning she was singing in cabarets. Mostly in cabaret Carević. She said: “Six tough months. I used to remain in smoke until early in the morning. Waiting for my performances I didn’t know what to do. I was sitting all alone smoking cigarette after cigarette.” In 1967, she made the first recording of "La chanson de Lara" ("Lara's theme") from the film Doctor Zhivago.
It was her first big French success sold out in more than 50 000 copies. After album La chanson de Lara she recorded her second French album C’est ma chanson with song Je l'aime, je l'aime. It was sold out in more than 160 000 copies. With the song Bien plus fort, Tereza was chosen by Grace Kelly to represent Monaco on Eurovision. She was frequently called as La bête de scène or Super-Dalida by French press. In 1968 Tereza performed with Enrico Macias at the Olympia Concert Hall in Paris. It was her second Olympia after 1966. She had toured France.
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