Tahsim Oshafi is one of the veteran composers of Albanian music who made a great contribution in this field. He was born in Tirana on February 20, 1928. He completed his studies at the High Institute of Arts as a composer in 1966. He worked near the Central House of Popular Creativity and at the Ministry of Education and Culture. In the period 1978-1988, he led the amateur ensemble of the Textile Factory in Tirana. From 1952, he also debuted as a composer, creating and formulating about 200 choral, soloist, romance and ballad songs, instrumental and orchestral pieces. He took part in 26 Song Festivals in Rtsh, in the May Concerts, in song festivals for children and others. Even after he retired in 1988, he continued his creative work as a composer and within a short period of time composed about 20 symphonic orchestral works for the Albanian RTV orchestra and other district orchestras, including the military brass band. In addition to other musical activities, he has also composed the music for 8 Albanian feature films, mainly in the films shot by his brother, the director Fehmi Oshafi. It started like this with "Kapedani" (1972), "Thirrja" (1976), "Deshmoret e monumenteve" (1980), "Shoku yne Tili" (1981), "City lights" (1983), "Dream of a chair" ” (1984), “Melodi e panderperrera” (1985), “After the last meeting” (1990). Meanwhile, his contribution to the Song Festivals in RTSH is worth it. His name as a composer is immediately found in the 1st Festival, 1962, with the music of the song "Happiness" and text by Luigj Gurakuqi. It follows in subsequent festivals in other compositions as below (from 1963 – 1990): 2nd Festival / 1963 – "Night Shift" 3rd Festival / 1964 – "Happy Birthday" 4th Festival / 1965 – "Per ty o kenge" Fest 5 / 1966 – "Wave of wood" Fest 6 / 1967 – "Revolution marches" and "Write to the soldiers" Fest. 7th / 1968 – "We are called to action" and "New wedding" Fest. 8th / 1969 – "Lights of life" Fest. 9th / 1970 – "Mother and friend" Fest. 10th / 1971 – "Years without forgetting" Fest. 11th / 1972 – "Girl of glasses" Fest. 14th / 1975 – "Where Drini joins Valbona" Fest. 15th / 1976 – "Proletarians of all countries" Fest. 16th / 1977 – "I had a friend with your father" Fest. 17th / 1978 – "Wedding in the days of freedom" Fest. 18th / 1979 – "Little Partisan" Fest. 19th / 1980 – "First September" Fest. 20th / 1981 – "The newest station" Fest. 23rd / 1984 – "Your written page, my ancient land" Fest. 24th / 1985 – "Next to you" Fest. 25th / 1986 – "The sailor and me" Fest. 27th / 1988 – "Ended road" _______________ Published for the first time on the page "Albanian Cinema" in February 2020.
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