Maja Odžaklievska (in

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, ; in

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, , ; born April 21, 1954, in

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), is a Macedonian, Serbian and ex- Yugoslav singer and songwriter popular across Europe. She lives and works in

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Biography

Maja Odžaklievska began her musical career as a 15-year-old girl, appearing at an audition for

Radio Skopje Macedonian Radio Television (MRT; mk, Македонска радио-телевизија (МРТ), Makedonska radio-televizija (MRT)), officially National Radio-Television ( mk, Национална Радиотелевизија, Nacionalna ...

. In 1970, she moved to

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. Radoslav Grajić invited her to participate in the radio show "Maksimetar", which she won and then received a supporting role in an adaptation of "Rabelais" by

Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgundia ...

. She has participated in numerous festivals throughout the former Federation including several candidatures at the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

. In 1982, Odžaklievska competed in Jugovizija with the song "Julija", scoring 57 points and placing second. She returned to the competition the following year in 1983 with the song "Lidu Lidu Du" and scored 46 points and placed third. In 1984, she entered once again with the song "Niki", scoring 51 points and placing second. Her final participation was in 1988, performing "Te Ljubam Ludo" with group Gu-Gu. They scored 42 points and placed sixth. In 1994, Odžaklievska won

Skopje Fest Skopje Fest ( mk, Скопје фест) or Festival na zabavni melodii Skopje (Фестивал на забавни мелодии Скопје) is one of the main musical events in North Macedonia. SkopjeFest began in 1968 in the Universal Hall ...

with the song "Ne me dopiraj" composed by

Grigor Koprov Grigor Koprov ( mk, Григор Копров) (born September 30, 1943)Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945, Vol. 2, Stanford University Press, 2002, , pp. 160-168. is arguably one of the most famous Macedonian pop music ...

with lyrics by Odžaklievska herself. In 2006, Odžaklievska took part in the selection to represent

Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Macedonia (officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia") participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Ninanajna" written by Darko Dimitrov and Rade Vrčakov ...

with the song "Koj pat da izberam". She finished ninth in a field of 20 songs. On 2 March 2013, Maja competed in Beosong 2013, the national final to select the Eurovision entry for Serbia with the song "Anđeo s neba". Her song did not advance from the semifinal.

Discography

Albums

* ''Biće sve u redu'' (

PGP RTB PGP-RTB (abbreviation for sr, Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd) was a major state-owned record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. After the breaku ...

, 1982) * ''Bele njive'' (

PGP RTS PGP-RTS ( sr, Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Srbije) is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1959 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and So ...

, 1995)

Singles

* ''Kad nežne svirke zamre ton''/''V oblak sonce'' (PGP RTB, 1974) * ''Mjesečev san''/''Šapni mi'' ( RTV Ljubljana, 1976) * ''Ti si moj sledeći promašaj''/''Danjne'' (PGP RTS, 1979) * ''Odnosiš mi srce moje''/''Vraćam se'' (PGP RTB, 1980) * ''Između nas''/''Tako mora biti'' (PGP RTB, 1981) * ''Ne podnosim dan''/''Slušam te, gledam te'' (PGP RTB, 1981)

References

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