Background
Nexhmije Pagarusha was born in the small village of Pagaruša (Pagarusha in Albanian), near the town of Maliseva, in the Kosovo.
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Nexhmije Pagarusha
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She finished the primary school in Mališevo and then went to Belgrade, where she attended three years in the school of music, in the solo canto section.
Career
She began her music career as a singer for Radio Pristina in 1948. Her musical creative work lasted for almost 40 years, and it is very hard to say, which genre she belongs to, because she sang almost all of them. Her interpretations in folk music were exactly as perfect as her interpretations in the classic music, especially opera.
Pagarusha is loved by the music critics and adored from the music admirers.
She is called Bilbili i Kosovës (Nightingale of Kosovo), queen of Albanian music, Madam Butterfly, et cetera She gained great popularity not just in her own country but also in other European countries, such as Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria et cetera
She led several tours with the music ensemble Shota in these countries, and also in Israel. In Kosovo, she gained the title Këngëtare e shekullit (Singer of the century).
The song, Baresha (English: The Shephardess), is one of her most popular songs.
She ended her music career in 1984 after holding a huge concert in Sarajevo. In 2000 she sang a song called Për ty ("Foreign you") in an Albanian television show, after 16 years of absence. Now she works as a senior adviser for music on Radio Kosova and in Radio Blue Sky, both located in Pristina.
