Esma Redzepova
When Esma Redzepova and her bandleader, mentor, and husband, Stevo Teodosievski, were crowned "Queen and King of Gypsy Music" at the first World Festival of Romany Songs and Music in 1976, it marked the pinnacle of a very successful musical career. The product of a Rom (Gypsy) Muslim and Jewish family, Redzepova was the daughter of a Serbian father and Turkish mother. Although she suffered from racism as a child, she continued to embrace her Rom heritage. Determined to make her career in music, she left home with a single suitcase containing one dress and one Cocek costume. With Teodosievski's encouragement and support, she became one of the great singers of Rom music. Together with Teodosievski, Redzepova used music to help Rom children to escape their impoverishment. Beginning in 1970, the couple provided a home for more than 40 musically gifted boys. In a late-'90s interview, she explained, "Music is the only luxury of the poor...when you sing, you have no evil thoughts, and, when you are dancing, you feel less hungry."
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Ciganske Pjesme I Kola
World - Released by Jugoton - Croatia Records d.o.o. Beograd on 6 Dec 1971
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Legends of Gypsy Music from Macedonia
World - Released by ARC on 5 Feb 2008
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Esma Redžepova
Esma Redzepova, Grand Production
Folk - Released by Grand Production on 8 Feb 2018
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Mon histoire (Esma Reine des Tsiganes)
World - Released by Accords Croisés on 1 Jan 2007
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Čaje Šukarije (18 Izvornih Snimaka 1961)
World - Released by Croatia Records on 1 Jan 2002
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Songs of the Macedonian Gypsy
Esma Redzepova, Jašarova Usnija
World - Released by Monitor Records on 1 Jan 1994
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Tu Me Duj Dzene
Gypsy - Released by Mister Company on 1 Mar 2008
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Esma
World - Released by Jugoton - Croatia Records d.o.o. Beograd on 6 Dec 1979
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Zošto Si Me, Majko, Rodila
World - Released by Jugoton - Croatia Records d.o.o. Beograd on 6 Dec 1974
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Authentic Belly Dance Music
Esma Redzepova, Ansambl Teodosievski
World - Released by Olympic Records on 30 Sep 1976
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