Elina Duni

Elina Duni is a classically trained vocalist and composer who melds the folk music traditions of the Balkans and other European regions with jazz, blues, and other elements. Her music engages folk traditions, structured improvisation, modern classical, and elements of the singer/songwriter tradition, all woven together into a mosaic of her own design. Duni was born in 1981 in Tirana, Albania, into a family of artists. Her mother Besa Myftiu and grandfather Mehmet Muftiu were writers, while father Spiro Duni was an actor and director of theater. At age five she began to stud...