- Zaim Imamović
Zaim Imamović (born
August 26 ,1920 inMrkonjić Grad ,Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , diedFebruary 2 1994 inSarajevo ,Bosnia and Herzegovina ) was a popularsevdalinka performer.He was born in
Mrkonjić Grad and after a year his family moved toTravnik and there he lived for fifteen years when (in 1936) he moved to Sarajevo. He lived inSarajevo for the rest of his life occasionally vacationing inPočitelj where he had a cottage. In Sarajevo he attendedtextile school and was discovered by achoir leader where his sister Đula and his brother Hadže sang, so he left school in 1939. When Radio Sarajevo became operational in 1945, he started performing on that radio station and became employee of Radio Sarajevo.At that time he performed three
sevdah songs: "Gledaj me draga", "Konja vodim, pješke hodim" and "Mujo kuje konja po mjesecu" and became very popular (the last of the three songs is one of the most popular sevdah songs ever). His popularity increased in time and he is said to be the bestsevdalinka performer of his time, and worthy successor of Zaim is found only inSafet Isović . Some of his most popular sevdah's are: "Haj, Moščanice vodo plemenita", "Od kako sam sevdah svezo", "Okreni se niz đul-bašču", "Haj, sadih almu na sred Atmejdana", "Ja zagrizoh šareniku jabuku", "Đul Fatima po đul-bašči šeće", "Haj, bejturane, aman, Bog t’ ubio grane", "Snijeg pade drumi zapadoše", "Kad puhnuše sabah-zorski vjetrovi".He performed at many festivals in
former Yugoslavia and received many high awards.He had two children: daughter Jasminka and son Nedžad.
References
* Farah Tahirbegović and Damir Imamović, eds. "Pjesma srca moga: stotinu najljepših pjesama Zaima Imamovića." Annotated songs and CD. Sarajevo: Buybook publishing house, 2004.
External links
* [http://www.most.ba/092/069.aspx Biography in Bosnian]
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