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Bajraktari: Young musicians´ from Academy founded by the Czech Embassy among cultural achievements of Kosovo´s 13 years of independence

(This article expired 26.02.2023.)

Kosovo most known radio moderator Ms. Behare Bajraktari, who moderates her live program called “On Air” on Radio Kosova1, was guest speaker on ATV on February 17-th-Day of Independence.

Theme of this program was main cultural events since Kosovo declared it’s independence on February 17, 2008, named: “Artists who gave a voice and identity of Kosovo”.

Bajraktari while mentioned main cultural achievements happened in Kosovo, she said: “List of Kosovo artists who were successful internationally is to long with many international medals, like in Sundance Festival and elsewhere. We cannot avoid mentioning that from European Summer Music Academy, established by Embassy of the Czech Republic, we got names like Flaka Goranci, Elbenia Kajtazi, Marigona Çerkezi and some others who became part of the known voices of the world theatres”.

European Summer Music Academy was established on 2012 by Embassy of the Czech Republic supported by several other foreign embassies accredited in Kosovo. Czech Ambassador then Mr. Jiri Dolezel in a close cooperation with Czech pianist Jaromir Klepac, who used to be first artistic director, managed to persuade many European, USA and Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia and Albania music professors of classic music to join this project. Since then, as now day artistic director, Desar Sulejmani, said: “At least 17 ESMA students/participants managed to became part of different international theatres in different branches of classic music: instrumentalists and solo singers”.

During all these nine years Embassy of the Czech Republic continued to support this cultural event, as one of the biggest such an event in to the South East Europe, bringing 2 professors every year.

Until now more 1,000 students attended ESMA, while Pandemic year 2020 was a real challenge for ESMA as well. However thanks to readiness of professors from different countries, including those from Czech Republic, about 60 students participated in the Special on line edition November – December 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsAN_ixyuoQ...

https://www.european-music-academy-ks.com/