{"id":65615,"date":"2024-02-06T14:03:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=65615"},"modified":"2024-02-06T12:52:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:52:45","slug":"10-years-since-the-passing-of-vace-zela-the-unparalleled-personality-of-albanian-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/10-years-since-the-passing-of-vace-zela-the-unparalleled-personality-of-albanian-music\/","title":{"rendered":"10 years since the passing of Va\u00e7e Zela, the unparalleled personality of Albanian music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago, the Albanian music icon, \u201cHonor of the Nation\u201d, Va\u00e7e Zela, passed away. The singer, born in Lushnje on April 7, 1939, passed away in Basel, Switzerland on February 6, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>She began her career at a young age and in 1962 became the first winner of the Albanian Song Festival. Her repertoire is very rich; she has performed dozens of popular songs, light songs, cantatas, ballads, etc. She also made a significant contribution to film music, where she interpreted many songs as part of movie soundtracks.<\/p>\n<p>A 12-time winner of the festival, Va\u00e7e Zela gained fame during the communist era and was awarded the title \u201cDistinguished Artist\u201d in 1973 and \u201cPeople\u2019s Artist\u201d in 1977. Va\u00e7e Zela permanently retired from the stage in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>She is the only Albanian woman honored in life with the \u201cNation\u2019s Honor\u201d Order on December 24, 2002, by then-President Alfred Moisiu, with the motivation: \u201cFor rare values \u200b\u200bas an Outstanding Artist, with extraordinary popularity, for masterful interpretation of light and folk music, for the rich heritage she created in the Albanian school of musical interpretation\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago, the Albanian music icon, \u201cHonor of the Nation\u201d, Va\u00e7e Zela, passed away. The singer, born in Lushnje on April 7, 1939, passed away in Basel, Switzerland on February 6, 2014. She began her career at a young age and in 1962 became the first winner of the Albanian Song Festival. 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