Baki Jashari
{{short description|Kosovar composer and music educator (born 1960)}}
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Baki Jashari (born 1960 in Pristina) is a Kosovar composer, conductor, and music educator who directed the Kosovo Philharmonic from 2006 to 2024.{{Cite web |last=Demi |first=Reita |date=2024-04-17 |title=Maestro Baki Jashari is closing the 18-year chapter as director of the Kosovo Philharmonic square.info |url=https://katror.info/en/Maestro-Baki-Jashari-is-closing-his-18-year-chapter-as-director-of-the-Kosovo-Philharmonic/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=katror.info |language=en}} He studied composition at the Academy of Music at Ljubljana, graduating in 1984. He would later move back to Ljubljana, conducting the Academy's string orchestra from 1990 to 2000. He was also director of the Professional Choir of {{ill|Radio Television of Pristina|sq|Radio Televizioni i Prishtinës}}, from 1987 to 1990.{{Cite web |last=Maxharraj |first=Shaban |date=2 March 2021 |title=Baki Jashari takes the fourth term at the head of the Philharmonic |url=https://www.koha.net/en/kulture/baki-jashari-merr-mandatin-e-katert-ne-krye-te-filharmonise |website=Koha Ditore}}
Personal life
Jashari's wife, Elife Podvorica, and his daughter, Arta Jashari,{{Cite web |last=Elshani |first=Besarte|date=25 October 2024|title="Two worlds in unison" harmonizes the journey of maestro Baki Jashari |url=https://www.koha.net/en/kulture/dy-bote-ne-unison-harmonizon-rrugetimin-e-maestros-baki-jashari |website=Koha Ditore}} are both sopranos. Jashari is afflicted with diabetes and a heart ailment, and came with a bout of COVID-19 in 2020, but was nursed back to health by Arta.{{Cite web |last=Bajrami |first=Florent |last2=Semini |first2=Llazar |date=2021-03-11 |title=One Good Thing: In Kosovo, virus lets humanity shine through |url=https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-pristina-coronavirus-pandemic-kosovo-f1d155660732560383632a45fb7bd79c |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://kosovotwopointzero.com/en/waiting-work-independence-day/ Kosovo 2.0 article] about his directing the concert held for Kosovo's declaration of independence
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Category:Musicians from Pristina
Category:Kosovan conductors (music)