Dunja Knebl
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Dunja Knebl is an acoustic/folk singer from Croatia
. She was born in Zagreb
, Croatia, but also lived in the USA, Indonesia
and Russia
. After completing the studies of English and Russian she worked most of her life as a translator and language teacher and sang folk songs to her friends. She began performing professionally in 1993, and released her first solo album in 1994, an MC with 12 songs collected by Florijan Andrašec, one of the people she mentioned as having a great influence to her music. In 1997 she was nominated for music award Porin
(the Croatian equivalent of Grammy) in the Best singer category. So far she released eight albums and appeared on five other compilations. The majority of the songs she sings are from Croatia (especially the region Međimurje), but also from USA, Macedonia, Russia. She is quoted saying that her greatest achievement is the inclusion of her album Iz globline srca to the London-based A Rough Guide to World Music where she is recommended as an introduction to ethno-music from Croatia. Her albums regularly appear on Best Songs and Albums of the Year in leading Croatian magazines.
Additionally, she translated several Croatian cook-books to English language, and the biographical monodrama Why I became a singer at the age of 47 or the fear of cloning was performed by the singer over two dozen times since 1997.
Dunja Knebl is most noted for her crystal-clear voice and very simple music arrangements, often only with improvised instruments or even without any. Songs she sings are slow, mellow and often sad and melancholic. Most of all she likes to record songs she has never heard.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. She was born in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia, but also lived in the USA, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. After completing the studies of English and Russian she worked most of her life as a translator and language teacher and sang folk songs to her friends. She began performing professionally in 1993, and released her first solo album in 1994, an MC with 12 songs collected by Florijan Andrašec, one of the people she mentioned as having a great influence to her music. In 1997 she was nominated for music award Porin
Porin
Porin may refer to:* Porin , a transmembrane protein* Porin , a Croatian grand Opera, first performed in 1897* Porin , the Croatian national music industry award, first awarded in 1994 and named after the opera...
(the Croatian equivalent of Grammy) in the Best singer category. So far she released eight albums and appeared on five other compilations. The majority of the songs she sings are from Croatia (especially the region Međimurje), but also from USA, Macedonia, Russia. She is quoted saying that her greatest achievement is the inclusion of her album Iz globline srca to the London-based A Rough Guide to World Music where she is recommended as an introduction to ethno-music from Croatia. Her albums regularly appear on Best Songs and Albums of the Year in leading Croatian magazines.
Additionally, she translated several Croatian cook-books to English language, and the biographical monodrama Why I became a singer at the age of 47 or the fear of cloning was performed by the singer over two dozen times since 1997.
Dunja Knebl is most noted for her crystal-clear voice and very simple music arrangements, often only with improvised instruments or even without any. Songs she sings are slow, mellow and often sad and melancholic. Most of all she likes to record songs she has never heard.
Discography
- Čuješ, golob, čuješ (MC, 1994)
- ...Jer bez tebe nema mene (CD/MC, 1996)
- Croatian folk songs from Međimurje (MC, 1998)
- Iz globline srca (CD/MC, 1998)
- Četiri frtalji (CD/MC, 2000)
- Da sam barem guska (CD/MC, 2002)
- Polje široko, nebo visoko (CD/MC, 2005)
- Kite i kitice (CD/MC, 2007)