Amira Medunjanin
Konzert
The Queen of Sevdah, one of the most important voices in the Balkans, takes her quartet on an emotional journey through the traditional music of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Past dates
3/7/26
8:00 PM
London Evenging StandardAmira aus Sarajevo, Bosnien, ist in den letzten Jahren zu einer der wichtigsten Stimmen des Balkan geworden.
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Amira Medunjanin is the queen of sevdah and one of the most important voices in the Balkans. Her voice transports listeners to the emotion, magic, and power of traditional music from Bosnia and Herzegovina. With her quartet, the Bosnian Billie Holiday explores the deeper layers of sevdah and the musical heritage of the Balkans in her unique style.
Bosnian poet Miljenko Jergović says of her music: "In fact, my homeland lies in the voice of Amira Medunjanin – and in the speakers of my car, which drives fast and never stops. [...] There is no political agenda, no logic of social life. Only the logic of the song, in which her voice determines the measure of the world. The voice determines the truth. And then it sounds comfortingly sad."
Wild Rooster, Marcus V AgarEs ist sehr bewegend, wenn ein Künstler sein Gesangstalent so perfekt beherrscht, dass seine Stimme tief ins Innerste vordringt, das Herz berührt und den Rhythmus der Zeit zu verlangsamen scheint.
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