{"id":1939,"date":"2019-10-08T12:58:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T12:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1939"},"modified":"2024-09-15T09:36:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T09:36:19","slug":"elena-duni","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/en\/blogs\/elena-duni\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Duni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/agitated-kowalevski.162-55-85-125.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/elina-duni-fondacija-sasa-marceta-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/elina-duni-fondacija-sasa-marceta-001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/warped-development.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/elina-duni-fondacija-sasa-marceta-001-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elina Duni (*1981)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elina Duni \u2013 Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born into an artistic family in Tirana, Albania, in 1981, Elina Duni took her first steps on stage as a singer at the age of five, performing for National Radio and Television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the fall of the communist regime in 1992, she moved to Switzerland with her mother and began studying classical piano, eventually discovering jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elina Duni&#8217;s (AL-CH) music, which explores themes of migration and loss, as well as the tension between feeling at home and being a stranger, advocates for an open Europe. With her exceptional voice, she builds bridges between Balkan traditions, songwriting, and contemporary jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elinaduni.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.elinaduni.com\/\">www.elinaduni.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/bioskop-balkan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/bioskop-balkan\/\">Bioskop Balkan<\/a>, we will hear two pieces from these outstanding musicians:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tender, wistful song <em>Moskifrike<\/em> (Are You Not Afraid, My Dear), 2015, by Elina Duni, and the hypnotic, repetitive, and constantly evolving sound of Batkovi\u0107&#8217;s piece <em>Quatere<\/em>, 2015, emanating from his accordion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1341,"template":"","class_list":["post-1939","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/1939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warped-development.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}