Ninaninau me ka poʻe Verbalists: ʻO Elina Duni, he mea hoʻokani jazz Albanian kaulana a he mea aloha ʻōlelo (VIDEO)

ʻO Elina Spiro Duni kahi mea mele jazz Swiss-Albanian, i hānau ʻia ma Tirana, Albania, i Mei 1981.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Elina ma Tirana, Albania, i loko o kahi ʻohana noʻeau a ua hana i kona mau ʻanuʻu mua ma ke kahua i ka makahiki ʻelima. He poʻe kākau moʻolelo kona makuahine a me kona kupuna kāne, he mea mele kona kupuna kāne ʻē aʻe, a he mea hana keaka a he alakaʻi keaka kona makuakāne.

I ka makahiki 1992, ua noho ʻo ia ma Geneva, Switzerland me kona makuahine. Ma waena o 2004 a me 2008, ua aʻo ʻo ia i ke mele a me ka haku mele ma ka Hochschule der Künste ma Bern, ma ka ʻoihana jazz. I loko o kēia manawa, ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i ka Elina Duni Quartet, kahi e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻi ʻana i kāna mau kumu mele - he hui pū ʻana o nā mele Balkans folk a me ka jazz.

Ma waena o 2004 a me 2008, ua aʻo ʻo ia i ke mele a me ka haku mele ma ka Hochschule der Künste ma Bern, ma ka ʻoihana jazz. I loko o kēia manawa, ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i ka Elina Duni Quartet me Colin Vallon ma ka piano, ʻo Patrice Moret ma ka bass pālua a me Norbert Pfammatter ma nā pahu, kahi e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻi ʻana i kāna mau kumu mele, he hui pū ʻana o nā mele Balkans folk a me ka jazz.

I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka CD Baresha, ka album mua o ka Elina Duni Quartet, ma Meta Records. ʻO kēia haʻalele mele mele mua me kāna quartet i loaʻa i nā hoʻomaikaʻi kupanaha mai ka German a me Swiss press a ukali ʻia e nā huakaʻi a me nā ʻoliʻoli ʻEulopa.

I Pepeluali 2010, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album lua o ka Quartet Lume, Lume (World, World) ma Meta Records.

Ma 2011, he malihini ʻo Elina Duni ma ka album "Melanchology" (Universal) na ka mea hoʻokani piano a me ka haku mele ʻo André Manoukian.

Ma 2017, ʻo Elina Duni kekahi o nā mea i loaʻa i ka Swiss Music Prize a hoʻomaka i ʻelua mau papahana hou:

• ʻO kahi duo me ka mea hoʻokani pila london kaulana ʻo Rob Luft.
• ʻO "Aksham" kahi quintet e hōʻike ana i ka mea hoʻokani piano ʻo Marc Perrenoud a me ka mea hoʻokani pū ʻo David Enhco.

Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka papahana i kapa ʻia ʻo "Partir," e hōʻike ana iā Elina Duni ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani solo (e hele pū ana me ia ma ka piano, ka guitar acoustic a me ka percussion), ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka moʻolelo ma ʻApelila 2018 ma ECM.

Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou me Elina e pili ana i kāna mele, akā e pili ana hoʻi i nā ʻōlelo ʻoiai ʻo ia e hīmeni ana ma nā ʻōlelo like ʻole. ʻEhia maoli?