Elina Duni

Albanian singer

Born: 10 March 1981
Tirana
Country: Albania
Active: 2004–
Record labels: ECM Records
Discography: 7 albums

Biography

Elina Duni is a jazz musician who plays piano and voice. Elina Duni was born on 10 March 1981 in Tirana. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: ECM Records. The discography here lists 7 albums, from “Baresha” (2008) to “Reaching for the Moon” (2026).

Elina Duni (born 10 March 1981, Tirana, Albania) is a Swiss-Albanian jazz singer and composer. She left Albania at the age of ten to live and study in Geneva, Switzerland. She went on to study singing, composition, and teaching at the University of the Arts Bern, but from 2004 onward, Albanian folk music became a primary influence. In 2004, she formed a quartet under her own name with Swiss jazz pianist Colin Vallon, bassist Patrice Moret, and drummer Norbert Pfammatter. In a review, John Fordham concluded that "This quartet definitely sounds like rising star material for ECM." After two albums—Baresha (2008) and Lume Lume (2010)—on Meta Records, the quartet went on to record for ECM in 2012, releasing Matanë Malit (Beyond the Mountain), followed by Dallëndyshe (Swallow) in 2015. In 2014, she released her first album as a singer-songwriter in Kosovo and Albania, titled Muza e Zezë (The Black Muse).

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