Tefta Tashko-Koço

Tefta Tashko-Koço
Tefta Tashko-Koço
	Tefta Tashko-Koço in the 1930s
Background information
Birth name	Tefta Tashko
Born	2 November 1910
Origin	Faiyum, Egypt
Died	22 December 1947 (aged 37); Tirana, Albania
Genres	Urban songs
Occupation	singer
Years active	1936–1947

Tefta Tashko-Koço (1910–1947) was a well-known Albanian singer of the 1930s. She was posthumously awarded the prestigious title People's Artist of Albania.

Life

Tefta Tashko was born in Faiyum, Egypt where her parents had emigrated at the end of the 19th century. In 1921, the family moved back to Korçë, Albania and in 1927 Tefta left for France to learn singing at the Montpellier Conservatoire. From 1932 to 1936, she studied singing in the Paris Conservatoire under André Gresse, Declamation lyrique with Salignac and Maintien and Art Mimique with G. Wague. She returned permanently to Albania in 1936 where she performed in operatic and chamber music as well as Albanian urban songs. She was asked to encore the songs several times in each concert she has performed in Albania.^[1]

She recorded Albanian urban lyric songs for the Columbia Society in Italy in 1937 and 1942^[2] She was a singer on Radio Tirana since its foundation on 28 November 1938.

Tefta Tashko was accompanied by Lola Gjoka and she sang songs written specifically for her from the Albanian composer Kristo Kono.

Personal life

She married Kristaq Koço and had a son, Eno Koço, Merited Artist of Albania, well known Albanian music scholar and music director. Tefta Tashko died unexpectedly in 1947, at the young age of 37.

Portrait

A painting by Myrteza Fushekrati (1942), made in 1976 [100x120 cm], was devoted to this artist and until 1990 it was exposed at the Gallery of Art in Tirana.

References

^ Albanian urban lyric song in the 1930s, Volumes 1-2 By Eno Koço Page 60-62 ([1])
^ Albanian urban lyric song in the 1930s, Volumes 1-2 By Eno Koço Page 53 ([2])

External links

[1] Albanian urban lyric song in the 1930s, Volumes 1-2 By Eno Koço Page 60-62 ([1])

[2] Albanian urban lyric song in the 1930s, Volumes 1-2 By Eno Koço Page 53 ([2])

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v t e People's Artist of Albania
Actors	Dhimitër Orgocka Kadri Roshi Margarita Xhepa Marie Logoreci Melpomeni Çobani Naim Frashëri Pandi Raidhi Pjetër Gjoka Reshat Arbana Robert Ndrenika Sandër Prosi Skënder Sallaku Sulejman Pitarka Tinka Kurti Violeta Manushi Vangjush Furxhi
Cinematographers	Xhanfize Keko Pirro Milkani Viktor Gjika Kristaq Dhamo Pirro Mani Dhimitër Anagnosti Fehmi Hoshafi Muharrem Fejzo
Dancers	Besim Zekthi
Singers	Gaqo Çako Jorgjia Filçe-Truja Loro Kovaçi Marie Kraja Avni Mula Bik Ndoja Tefta Tashko-Koço Ibrahim Tukiqi Mentor Xhemali Vaçe Zela
Music directors and Composers	Kristaq Antoniu Kristo Kono Mustafa Krantja Nikolla Zoraqi
Musicians	Lola Gjoka
Figurative Arts	Abdurrahim Buza Sadik Kaceli Odhise Paskali Vangjush Mio Agim Zajmi

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