Armin Muzaferija

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Armin Muzaferija
Background information
Born (1988-12-01) 1 December 1988 (age 35)
Visoko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals, keyboards
Years active2000–present[1]
LabelsHit Records, Hayat Production
Websitearminmuzaferija.ba

Armin Muzaferija (born 1 December 1988) is a Bosnian singer.[2][3][4][5] His most popular songs are “Studen vodo”, "Vulkani", "Tvom Resulu" and "Džehva".

Biography[edit]

Armin Muzaferija was born on 1 December 1988 in Visoko, SFR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. He comes from a prominent Bosniak family. In 2000, he was awarded the Most Promising Young Interpreter Award at the Zenica Traditional Music Festival (that marks his music career beginning). In 2001, Armin won the same festival, followed by many awards at local and regional young talent competitions. In the late summer of 2007, Muzaferija went to study English in the UK, where he attended the prestigious Cambridge University.[1] Upon his return, he enrolled at the Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo. In 2007, Armin collaborated with the Bosnian singer-songwriter Hari Varešanović, who authored and arranged the song "Još te volim" (I Still Love You), and with whom Muzaferija performed at the 2007 Melody of Mostar Festival and won the second jury award. Appearing at the 2007 Sunny Scales in Herceg Novi with the song "Povedi me" (Take Me), signed by Varešanović and Fahrudin Pecikoza, he won the high fifth place in the strong competition. In Croatia, Muzaferija performed on "Evening of Sevdah" in Zagreb, Rijeka and Pula. He was also part of a big tour honoring the legendary Indexi, where he performed with music veterans: Hari Varešanović, Aki Rahimovski, Mladen Vojičić Tifa, Željko Bebek, Teška Industrija and other notable names. Muzaferija performed at the 12th Croatian Radio Festival in 2008, where he was awarded two awards for his song "Where My Love Sleeps" in this large competition. In addition to his music career, Muzaferija also made his first acting role in the short documentary feature film Marimaga, premiered as part of the "Sarajevo that is gone" (Sarajevo kojeg više nema) event. In addition to appearing in the film, Muzaferija sang the sevdalinka "Kad ja pođoh na Bentbašu" (When I went to Bentbash) which is also the soundtrack of the film.

Muzaferija singing on Eid solemnity 2019 in Zenica

On 16 July 2015 (day before Eid al-Fitr 2015), Muzaferija performed on a Bijeljina[6] manifestation "Ramadan in Bosnia" (Ramazan u Bosni / Рамазан у Босни).[7] On 12 August 2019 (2nd day of Eid al-Adha 2019), Muzaferija was the main performer on Zenica city-square concert entitled "Eid solemnity" (Bajramska svečanost / Бајрамска свечаност).[8][9][10][11] and during Eid concerts.[8][12][13][14]

Professor of music and music producer, Mehmed Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter Eldin Huseinbegović, singer Armin Muzaferija and singer Lamija Kadić, with the support of Hayat Production, contributed to the fight for investigating Dženan Memić's death (young man who died in a controversial conditions) by the congratulatory for Memić family (to prove the truth and satisfy justice regarding the death); they expressed their support with a song called "Voljenom odlaze voljeni" (Beloved Goes to The Beloved).[15]

Muzaferija represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Turkvision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Džehva".[16] The song placed third out of 26 entries with 194 points.[17]

He is married and has three children with his wife.[18]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums
  • Još te volim (I Still Love You; Hit Records, 2009)
  • Na srcu potpisan (Signed at the Heart; Hayat Production, 2015)
Singles
  • "Gdje mi ljubav spava" (Where My Love Sleeps, 2008)
  • "Ne mogu da te ne volim" (I Can't Not To Love You, 2009)
  • "Šehidi" (Shahids, 2010)
  • "Od Mašrika do Magriba" (From Mashriq to Maghreb, 2011)
  • "Putujem" (I Travel, 2011)
  • "Allahu Allah" (Allah Allah, 2012)
  • "S tobom bez tebe" (With You Without You, 2012)
  • "Sa tvojih usana" (From Your Lips, 2013)
  • "Sultan" (Sultan, 2013)
  • "Gdje si ti" (Where Are You, 2015)
  • "Samo ti" (Only You, 2016)[19]
  • "Biću tu" (I'll Be There, 2018)[20]
  • "Tvom Resulu" (To Your Resulla, 2018)[21]
  • "Džehva" (2018)[22]
  • "Voljenom odlaze voljeni" (Beloved Goes To Beloved, 2019)
  • "Studen vodo" (Cold Water, 2021)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Six entries that could have represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in Lisbon". eurovisionary.com.
  2. ^ Biography, arminmuzaferija.ba
  3. ^ Biography, svastara.com
  4. ^ Tag, ba.n1info.com
  5. ^ Tag, hayatproduction.ba
  6. ^ "Ramazan u Bosni – veliki iftar u Bijeljini". mizbijeljina.ba.
  7. ^ "Armin Muzaferija: „Vjera nam treba da bismo bili sretni!“", preporod.com
  8. ^ a b "Aziz Alili, Armin Muzaferija i Eldin Huseinbegović bajramskim koncertom oduševili građane Zenice" (in Bosnian). klix.ba. 12 August 2019.
  9. ^ Eid TV program 1
  10. ^ Eid TV program 2
  11. ^ Eid TV program 3
  12. ^ Eid concert 1
  13. ^ Eid concert 2
  14. ^ Eid concert 3
  15. ^ "Armin Muzaferija: "Voljenom odlaze voljeni"" Archived 13 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine, hayatproduction.ba
  16. ^ "Türkvizyon 2020'de Bosna - Herzek'i Armin Muzaferiya temsil edecek". turkvizyon.tv (in Turkish). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  17. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 December 2020). "Ukraine Wins the Turkvision Song Contest 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Armin Muzaferija: Morao sam se snaći u ulozi oca" Archived 13 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine (big interview for Express magazine), visoko.co.ba
  19. ^ "Armin Muzaferija predstavio spot za pjesmu "Samo ti"". ba.n1info.com
  20. ^ "Armin Muzaferija predstavio spot i novu pjesmu "Biću tu"". ba.n1info.com
  21. ^ "Armin Muzaferija snimio ilahiju „Tvom Resulu“ s hafizom Azizom Alilijem". avaz.ba
  22. ^ "Novo iz muzičke radionice Armina Muzaferije: Ljubavna priča o begovici Džehvi" (in Bosnian). oslobodjenje.ba

Further reading[edit]

  • "Biografija" [Biography]. arminmuzaferija.ba (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

External links[edit]

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