Merita Halili & Raif Hyseni

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9R016XpdY Ketu mund ta shifni koncertin e pranveres. Here you can watch MSU spring concert.

Tani, now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9R016XpdY

Inqizuar dhe xhiruar me 3 Maj, 2020 Recorded on May 3, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2stFY0dGp8

Kët të Hëne me 5 Prill, 2021 ne ora 14:00 do jepet koncerti i pranveres me ansamblin tone! This Monday, April 5, 2021 at 8 PM our Montclair State University Albanian Balkan Ensemble will perform a traditional spring concert. www.montclair.edu/music/cali-live

Peggy North, music editor at Stars Illustrated magazine, New York: In the April issue of STARS Illustrated magazine, New York. CD OF THE MONTH: RAIF HYSENI 24 ...Rating: 5 Stars WORLD MUSIC WITH AN EXQUISITE ALBANIAN FLAVOR, COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY MAESTRO RAIF Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University, New Jersey Maestro Raif Hyseni is a United State-based and acclaimed composer, arranger and musician with Albanian roots. He recently released Raif Hyseni 24, what he considers to be his career’s most exciting album. The CD comprises 15 original compositions for 24 instruments by Hyseni and performed by 28 musicians from the United States, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Finland, Bulgaria, and Turkey. This fabulous CD of original and exquisite tunes offers music lovers a unique perspective of. and introduction to Albanian music by mixing instrumental sounds and voices of multiple cultures into classical sounds of Albanian dance melodies. Consider it a carrefour, an exciting rendez-vous of sounds and music whispers from the heart and limbs of cultural, ethnic, eastern and western music from around the globe, blending with grace, elegance, and virtuosity, Middle Eastern dance music, traditional Japanese, Latin percussion, Argentinian tango overlaid with the sound of jazz. To lovers of Albanian and Balkan music on the accordion, Maestro Raif Hyseni’s masterpiece Raif Hyseni 24 is an essential acquisition. From the album: Bosphorous Breeze is a belly-dance music with rich variations, a haunting melodious tempo and cascades of exotic and lyrical sounds. Peace and Love is pure musical elegance and a rainbow of sounds you only hear in your sweet dreams. Tango Tirana would charm the hell out of Shahrazad. The entire CD is a pure ecstasy dispersed or intentionally forgotten over the magical carpet of musical notes, few composers could penetrate and reveal its secrets. Get a copy of Raif Hyseni 24, you will treasure it for years to come. In summary, Raif Hyseni 24 is a masterpiece. And by the way, our sister glossy magazine Accordion Stars will be publishing soon, an article on Maestro Raif Hyseni, don’t miss it. Born in the city of Mitrovica in the Republic of Kosova, Raif Hyseni garnered early musical fame as an accordionist by playing with Isac Muçolli, the former Concert Maestro of the Symphonic Orchestra of Prishtina and the Prishtina Orchestra Radio-Television. He immigrated to the United States in 1995, and has spent his musical career since then writing, arranging, and performing highly acclaimed Albanian-focused compositions. Raif has also directed ensembles and has accompanied his wife Merita Halili, widely regarded as the most famous Albanian singer in the world today, in numerous live concerts and recordings. In recent years, Raif has extended his skills into a teaching role as an Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey, sharing his skills and knowledge with students interested in world music. -Review by Stars Illustrated magazine ------------------------------------------ ================================= Over the years, Raif has received numerous international awards, including: 2018 AMBASSADOR FOR PEACE’ (Universal Peace Fed., New York, NY) 2012 TIRANA 2012 (Tirana, Albania) 2010 PROCLAMATION FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO NYC (City Council, New York, NY) 2007 NATIONAL AMBASSADOR (Albanian Culture TV, New York, NY) 2001 MERIT AWARD, Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington DC) Raif has performed at countless international festivals and benefit concerts, including: Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington DC) World Music Festival (Queens, NY) Mediterranean Festival (New York, NY) Balkan Festival (Portland, OR) Accordion Festival (San Antonio, TX; New York, NY) World Festival (London, UK) Golden Festival (Brooklyn, NY) Boston Balkan Festival (Boston, MA) Northwest Festival, Seattle, WA Garden State International Heritage Festival (Teaneck, NJ) Benefit Concerts for people of Kosova (NY, NJ, CT, MA) Benefit Concert for Refugees of Kosova (New York, NY) Benefit Concert for 9/11 (New York, NY) Benefit Concert for Hurricane Katrina Victims (Chestnut Ridge, NY)

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Here you may order my full digital album! Këtu mund ta porositni të plotë albumin tim digjital! Raif Hyseni 24 https://www.raifhyseni.com/product/raif-hyseni-24/24

https://www.raifhyseni.com Tomorrow I will be attending an interview on my newest release Cd Album, Raif Hyseni 24 with Radio Beijing, China at 8PM local time, 8 AM New York EST, Kosova/Albania 14:00 PM at Radio Ejani FM 106 MHz. Neser do jem i ftuar ne nje interviste ne Radio Peking, Kine ne ora 20:00 koha lokale e Pekingut, Ne ora 14:00 koha lokale e Shqiperise/Kosoves, si dhe ne ora 8:00 e mengjesit Koha lokale e New Yorkut. Intervista mund te ndigjet ne Radio Ejani ne FM 106MHz.

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