AMIRA MEDUNJANIN: “SINGING IS A MISSION THAT I EMBRACED WITH ALL MY HEART”

Born and raised in Sarajevo, Amira Medunjanin is the “great lady”, despite her young age, of Bosnian sevdah, a musical idiom thematically related to fado, morna and rebetiko. 

Self-taught, possessing a “warm” voice likened by some to that of Billie Holiday, she approaches sevdah with a “fresh” look and often a jazzy mood.