Vaçe Zela (1939-2014) | The Holy Icon of the Albanian Song!

#KinematografiaShqiptare #VaceZela #MuzikaShqip Vaçe Zela April 7, 1939 – February 6, 2014 A life built with melodies and notes. Vace Zela is rightly evaluated as a great and unique singer of music. The rare and prominent talent has placed her in the pantheon of artists of our nation! "The Golden Voice of Albania", "The Holy Icon of the Albanian Song", "The Queen of the Albanian Song", "The Polar Star that revolves alone in the Galaxy of the Albanian Light Song", "The Giant of the Albanian Stage". These are just some of the epithets for this now legendary symbol. Born on April 7, 1939, Vaçe Zela, a girl from Lushnja, who became the people's artist, did not think that singing the Albanian song would include her in the book of 500 personalities with the most influence in the world. the only Albanian who received this award from the Institute of Biographies in America. In Paris, compared with the great French singer, Edith Piaf, while in Italy with the great Mina. And the dissident poet, Visar Zhiti, would call Vaçe's voice a part of the missing freedom. She would sing since she was little in various activities that were organized in her town. While later, when she climbed the stage of the song festival, where she recorded about 30 participations, she would become the most popular singer. Numerous awards would come one after the other for the Albanian music star. The songs "Celu si mimosa", "Djaloshi d shiu", "I love my country", "My dream", "Hiccup", "Albanian mothers", "O new sun", "Today I turned 20", "To happy I love you" and many more would remain in the golden fund. Her appearance on the stage was a guaranteed success. Singing ran in her family's blood. Her brother, Hysni Zela, said that "I also took from her voice. But let's not forget that "Zela's voice" transmitted the wonderful vocals of our mother, Maja. It's not that we did it verbally with Vače I would deal with folk songs and she with light music. This thing happened quite spontaneously". Many of her colleagues would call her vocals inimitable. While the awards that would go to the singer are countless. "Deserved Artist" in 1973, "People's Artist" in 1977, "Great Work Master", "Honorary Citizen of Lushnje", in her hometown the Cinema was named after her and raised a bust, President Alfred Moisiu awarded her the "Honour of the Nation", she was declared "Honorary Citizen of Fier District". Other awards also come from outside the territory of Albania. Vaçe Zela received the Golden Disc from America for her contribution to society in 1997, she was chosen as the woman of the year 1997-1998 in Cambridge, England, "Golden Microphone", by the Ministry of Culture of Kosovo, "Career Award" and many others. While the American Biographical Institute lists him in its publication among the 500 most influential people. The year 1991 would mark the last ascent to the stage for him, exactly in Switzerland, in a concert for the Albanians who lived there. Today, at the age of 74, she is remembered without ceremony or official activities. The adoration that the public still has for the great singer today is the best wish that can be given to her. The songs of Vace Zeles The icon of the Albanian song, the queen of our scene, her trophies come one after the other. There are songs that will remain in the golden fund of Albanian music, such as "Celu si mimosa", "Djaloshi dhe shiu", "I love my country", "My dream", "Lemza", "Albanian mothers", " O new sun", "I turned 20 today", "I love you happily" and many, many others, which, although they may not have been evaluated with awards, remain among the most representative songs of Albanian light music. Songs performed by Vace Zela 1. Flow in songs and lectures 2. Where are you going, partisan 3. Violet 4. You who have your eyes on freedom 5. Good morning 6. A white lily in a stone 7. Song for Salam Salarine 8. Waltz of happiness 9. Longing for memedhene 10. I sing 11. Victory march 12. My mother will cut the gersheti 13. Trendeline 14. Motives 15. Deshmoret e Pojske (perp.) 16. Flake e snow 17. Late night 18. Star came out good night (Perp) 19. Today I sing 20. The song of the birches 21. With beautiful flowers 22. Spring wind 23. Poppy 24. Echo 25. I love you happily 26. Free eagle 27. New song 28. For you 29. When the fiddle and the ciftelia fall 30. The boy and the rain 31. The grandmother 32. The partisan star 33. The hiccups 34. Songs for the aviator 35. Buds on the freedom tree 36. Flows in songs and lectures 37. Hero teachers 38. Songs for Misto Mamen 39. Love is not a toy 40. Cellu like a mimosa 41. Today I am twenty years old 42. Neighbor 43 O new sun 44. Let's increase our life 45. In our house 46. Flowers of Albania 47. For freedom, we don't hide our love 49. Youth laugh 50. Friends 51. Ebro River 52. First child 53. When I'm near you 54. My dream 55. Endeses 56. Among the flowers 57. The bride of freedom 58. Like the red dawn 59. The day wakes up with songs 60. My generation 61. Songs for February Water 62. Midnight 63 Songs of my country 64. Love 65. Golden footprints 66. I love my country 67. Happy Malaysia 68. Our illegal friends 69. I'm looking for the window 71. You gave us life 72. The beautiful More 73. Trendeline 74. Let the fields bloom 75. Laugh the mosquitoes 76. Herd the sheep Partisan song 77. Azem Zeneli's song 78. Partisan eagles 79. Those peaks belt belt 80. Partisan march 81. Deshmoret e Pojske 82. Little Partisan 83. Dalngadale pas hahari 84. Emin Duraku's song Foreign songs 85. Florence stanotte sei bella 86. Chamino 87. Sei stato il primo amore 88. Suona, suona mia chitara 89. Granada 90. Malaga 91. Antonio Vargas Serena 92. Esperanto 93. O violina cigana 94. Retien la nuit 95. Gjinkalla (Russian) 96 Our cart broke down (Romanian) 97. The whole world is you (Greek). Decorations and titles While the titles for the singer were not lacking year after year and decade after decade. "Deserved Artist" in 1973, "People's Artist" in 1977, "Great Craftsman", "Honorary Citizen of Lushnja". While the former president Alfred Moisiu awarded him the "Honour of the Nation" order. He has also received other awards outside the territory of Albania. She received the "Arts Disc" from America, for her contribution to society in 1997, she was chosen as the woman of the year 1997-1998 in Cambridge, England, "Arts Microphone", from the Ministry of Culture of Kosovo, "Career Award" and many others. Zela, 11 first prizes at the festival From 1962, until 1980, she won the Song Festival prize at RTSH 11 times. It was the song "The first child" with music by Abdullah Grimci and lyrics by Dionis Buban, which would give the first trophy to singer Vaçe Zela, then 23 years old. But the prices would follow each other. In the second festival, he would win with the song "Snow Flame", in the third "Today I am 20 years old", in the fifth "Eagle of Freedom", in the sixth "Song for February Vatë". He was also honored, with the first prize in a duet with Ramiz Kovačin with the song "Hero Teachers", to continue with the songs "Midnight", "Golden Footprints", "Nënë moj do pres ghrsetin", "Gonxhe na pamene e lirisi" ” and “Our Illegal Friends” in 1980. ____________________ Published for the first time on the "Albanian Cinema" Facebook page in April 2013. It was revised on April 7, 2014, 2016, 2020 and February 2021). _______________ Albanian cinematography, 2013-2021

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