Usnija Redžepova

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Usnija Redžepova (Уснија Реџепова even Usnija Jašarova (Уснија Јашарова); born on 4. February 1946 in Skopje , People's Republic of Macedonia died; 1. October 2015 in Belgrade ) was a Yugoslav - Macedonian actress and singer who own southern Serbian developed style would have. She performed as the legendary Romni Koštana (Коштана) at the Belgrade National Theater for 25 years .

Life

Redžepova's mother, Sabri, was Turkish . Her father Jashar (also Jašar) belonged to the Roma population . Her father had divorced because his first wife had no children and married the widowed Sabri with two children. In addition to Usnija, the couple had three children. He was a plumber by trade and attached great importance to schooling and a rigorous upbringing.

Redžepova made her stage debut in a competition for young singers on Radio Skopje . With a well-known hit by Radmila Karaklajic , she won second prize and received offers for a singing career. Her parents strictly refused. After graduating from school, Redžepova performed with an orchestra from Strumica to earn money for her studies in Belgrade.

After touring Yugoslavia, Redžepova sang in front of compatriots in Australia , including at the Sydney Opera House and, after her first year of studies, in front of Yugoslav workers in Sudan . She studied Arabic at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade . A chance encounter at Skopje Airport enabled her to film with Radiotelevizija Beograd . In 1974 she played a singer in Dervish and Death (in the original: Dervis i smrt), in Kostana 1980 she played the leading role alongside Branislav Jerinić as Mitketa ​​and Ljubivoje Tadić as Stojan. It was the third TV adaptation of the drama by Bora Stankovic (1876–1927). The tragedy takes place in the southern Serbian city of Vranje and is about a singing Roma girl who is supposed to marry an old man. In the meantime, Redžepova played this role at the National Theater in Belgrade , which she had received as a maternity replacement.

In the most staged play in the history of Serbian theater, Redžepova played Koštana Stanković for a quarter of a century. Her partners were all Legends of the National Theater Raša Plaović († 1977), Jovan Milićević († 1992) and Rastko Tadić († 1994). As a singer, she performed in front of foreign diplomats and on the island of Brijuni for state guest Fidel Castro and Josip Broz Tito .

When the Yugoslav Wars broke out in the 1990s, Redžepova withdrew from public life for a few years. She saw this as the destruction of her homeland. In 2012 she received a national pension “for her outstanding contribution to culture” and saw it as “the most important recognition of her career”.

Usnija Redžepova died on October 1, 2015 at the age of 69 after a long battle with lung cancer in Belgrade and was buried with her parents and siblings in her hometown of Skopje. In 1978 she married accordionist Svetomir Šelić (“Šele”), who died two years before her. The marriage remained childless.

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Redžepova shaped Yugoslav folk music with her songs. Songs to be remembered, for example: Od Niša do Vranja (From Niš to Vranje ), Ja sa juga, ti sa severa (I from the south, you from the north) and Živote moj (My life). In its obituary, the Novosti newspaper called her the "uncrowned queen" of the melodies of southern Serbia.

Usnija Jašarova and Esma Redžepova

Usnija Redžepova recorded her first LP Songs of a Macedonian Gypsy together with Esma Redžepova . To avoid confusion, the label gave her the name Usnija Jašarova, under which she also recorded two singles . In 2006 they both sang a duet again .

Discography (selection)

Albums
  • 1977: Usnija
  • 1984: Dajte mi dajre
  • 1987: Šta hočeš
  • 1992: Usnija i Orkestar Dragana Stojkovića Bosanca
  • 1994: Usnija
  • 1994: Yes sa juga, ti sa severa
  • 2007: Oko Niša kiša
Extended plays
  • 1966: Usnija Jašarova i Jovanka Ivanovska
  • 1966: Džulo, Džulo
  • 1968: Ciganske pjesme pjeva Usnija
Singles
  • 1971: Ne pitaj za moje ime
  • 1972: Da ima ljubov, da ima sreka
  • 1974: Hej cigani
  • 1975: Šta je život kad ljubavi nema
  • 1976: Kavusan sevgililer
  • 1978: Šta da radim sa tobom
  • 1978: Mani, Mani
  • 1979: Hočeš ljubav kćeri roma
  • 1981: Čaj ljelja rome
  • 1983: Kazuj, krčmo džerimo

theatre

  • Koštana (long-time leading role) - Belgrade National Theater

Filmography

  • 1973: Zenidba nosaca Samuela
  • 1974: Dervis i smrt - The Dervish and Death (1976)
  • 1976: Cast mi je pozvati vas (New Year's Eve edition of the television series)
  • 1978: Dopisani
  • 1980: Kostana (main role)
  • 1982–1986: Folk parada Comedy (TV series)

Web links

Commons : Usnija Redžepova  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Usnija Redzepova Dies At 70 . (English, accessed April 13, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g A. Nikolić: Usnija Redžepova: Svojom pesmom sam zavela Fidela Kastra . (Serbian-Croatian, accessed April 13, 2020)
  3. ↑ Internet Movie Database: Kostana (1980 TV Movie) Plot . (English, accessed April 13, 2020)
  4. ↑ a b c d novosti.rs : Preminula Usnija Redžepova . (Serbian, accessed April 13, 2020)
  5. ^ Songs of a Macedonian Gypsy . (English, accessed April 13, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Redžepova, Usnija
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Реџепова, Уснија (North Macedonian); Jašarova, Usnija; Јашарова, Уснија (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav-Macedonian actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Skopje , People's Republic of Macedonia
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 2015
Place of death Belgrade , Serbia