Çesk Zadeja
Illustration — Zadeja on a 2007 Albanian postage stamp. Çesk Zadeja (8 June 1927, Shkodër – 15 August 1997, Rome) was an Albanian composer. A native of Shkodër, he studied in Moscow and did much to promote the arts in Tirana. He is known as "The Father of Albanian Music".
Çesk Zadeja
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- 1927 · Shkodër.
- Died
- 1997 · Rome.
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- Albania
- Occupation
- composer
- Education
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages
- Albanian
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1927
Çesk Zadeja born at Shkodër.
1997
Çesk Zadeja died at Rome.
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Shkodër.
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He died in Rome, Italy on 15 August 1997.
• Kenge, Albanian Piano Music, Vol. 1, Kirsten Johnson, piano, Guild GMCD 7257, which includes Zadeja's Four Pieces for Piano. • Rapsodi, Albanian Piano Music, Vol. 2, Kirsten Johnson, piano, Guild GMCD 7300, which includes Zadeja's Theme and Variations in E minor and Toccata.
The gravestone of Çesk Zadeja Albanian composer in the Sharrë cemetery, Tirana, Albania
Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs
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- 1.Library of Congress name authority file
- 2.Music From the Balkans: A Duo Interview with Miroslav Hristov and Vladimir Valjareviç, David K. Nelson, 28 September 2012, Fanfare.
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- Leotsakos, George. 2001. "Zadeja, Çesk [Françesk]". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
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