Parashqevi simaku

about

Parashqevi Simaku was born in Kavaje, Albania and as achild sang with the local theatre group. By the time she was 9, she was winning Children’s Festivals singing on national television. A few years later she took the top prize in her first “Fesivalit Kenget” (national competition in singing). At age 15, she became professional and was the featured singer at the Theatre Aleksander Mojsiu in Durres. Working with some of the best known composers in her country, she recorded many folk and contemporary hits. She went on to win many competitions and garnered the country’s top recognition in music, the “Naim Frasheri Award”. She became the first artist to create music videos in Albania. Her recordings have been distributed into the millions. Simaku represented Albania’s culture abroad, singing for dignitaries and her native fans across Europe. Already a professional singer, Simaku earned a degree in Dramatic Arts from College of Fine Arts in Tirane. But fame and early achievements did not satisfy this uniquely driven artist. Immigrating to New York City to further her creative expression, Simaku performed her native folk music and American classics along the east coast. After three years she moved to Los Angeles, refining her songwriting and collaborating with various producers including Richard Perry (Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon) and LeMel Humes (Whitney Houston). In 1996 she wrote and recorded “Noi Siamo Uno” (“We Are One”) with producer Steve Snow and the song was included

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E Duam Lumturine

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Gusht E Prush [Me The Te Dua (Mar G Rock Remix)]

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Festivali i 27-te ne RTSH

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Këngë Ndër Vite, Vol. 2

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Historia E Muzikës Së Lehtë Shqiptare, 1962 - 2015, Vol. 8

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Historia E Muzikës Së Lehtë Shqiptare, 1962 - 2015, Vol. 6

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Festivali I Këngës Në RTSH

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Historia E Muzikës Së Lehtë Shqiptare, 1962 - 2015, Vol. 5

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Albanian

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Festivali i 24-rt ne RTSH

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Muzike Popullore

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Historia E Muzikës Së Lehtë Shqiptare, 1962 - 2015, Vol. 7

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