Nikola Zoraqi (1929 – 1991) | Commemorative!

Nikolla Zoraqi (1929-1991) Composer, People's Artist! #KinematografiaShqiptare #MuzikaShqiptare #Composers He was born in Tirana on January 24, 1929. He is among the composers who have given a great help during his career and with many values in the development of our Albanian music. Well-known composer, author of many dramatic pieces for soloist, choir and orchestra, many ballads, operettas for children, along with 6 overtures, 6 concertos for violin and orchestra, 4 ballets, 30 operas, etc. He tried almost all musical genres, from song to opera, from instrumental miniature to concert, ballet and symphony. In all these genres there were important achievements. His works have been played by important Albanian music formations, by the TOB Orchestra, the RTSH Orchestra, etc. His musical creativity includes many fields at once, almost in all musical genres, as it was more or less said above from the processing of folk songs, light songs for children, symphonic music from small instrumental pieces to rhapsodies , concerts and symphonic poems. He is the author of great stage works, operas and ballets such as: The ballet "Cuca e maleve", "Rhythm and feeling of the worker", "The story of a song", "Invincible land", "Shota and Azem Galica", "Joniada" , the operas "Commissar", "Paja". As it usually happened in the period when he created, Zoraqi paid special attention to the creation of a music with a pronounced national character, to the creation of Albanian characters and important national figures. Here we can mention works such as "Commissioner", "Shota e Azem Galica", "Cuca e maleve", "Gjorg Golemi". In addition to other musical activities, he also composed the music of feature films: "Vitet e para" – 1965; "Silent Duel" – 1967; "The tit of the mountains" – 1974; "After the trail" – 1978. He also made a contribution to the Festivals in RTSH, taking part for the first time as a composer in the 3rd festival of 1964 (see the tab below). He is the winner of the first prize of this festival in v. 1969 with the composition of the song "Birthday Gift", and in 1970 with "The House where the Party was born". He passed away on November 9, 1991. At the Song Festivals in RTSH, he composed the following songs: 1964 / Fest. 3rd – Today I knit my song 1966 / Fest. 5th – Our new song and Albanian Mothers. 1967 / Fest. 6th – Albanian communist youth 1969 / Fest. 8th – Birthday gift (winner) and Above the revolutionary spirit (third prize) 1970 – Fest. 9th – I'll wait for you in October and the House where the Party was born (winner) 1973 – Fest. 12th – Albania marches 1976 – Fest. 15th – Songs for Tirana (third prize) 1978 – Fest. 17th – With the Party every night 1980 – Fest. 19th – We were waiting for the new year under the stars.

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