Nita Bahtiri (born 26 February 1993) is a
Kosovar singer and pianist. She rose to fame after taking part in the first season of ''
The Voice of Albania
''The Voice of Albania'' is an Albanian television reality singing competition created by John de Mol and is part of ''The Voice'' franchise. It began airing on Top Channel on October 21, 2011 and ended after six seasons on May 19, 2017.
Top C ...
''. After the show, she took part in
Top Fest twice, in 2012 and 2013.
Biography
Bahtiri was born in
Pristina
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, at the time
Kosovo
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,
Yugoslavia
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, to
Kosovo Albanian
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Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-gr ...
parents. She finished the
Prenkë Jakova
Prenk Jakova (27 June 191719 September 1969) was an Albanian composer, musician, and author of '' Mrika'' (1958), which is considered the first Albanian opera. A native of Shkodër, he studied under Martin Gjoka and Zef Kurti, and he was also a ...
musical high school and continued her piano studies at the Academy of Arts in the
University of Pristina
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. At the age of 18, she signed up for ''The Voice of Albania''. She performed "
Angel
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...
" by
Sarah McLachlan
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in the "Blind Auditions" together with her piano. She received a positive feedback from all the four judges, and chose Elton Deda as her mentor. She made it through the live shows, and finished fourth in her team.
After the show, she took part in the 9th edition of Top Fest with "Një shpirt" but failed to make it to the proceeding stages of the show. The following year, she returned with "Zemër e drynosur" and made it to the semi-finals.
Discography
Singles
* 2012 – "Një shpirt" ''(One soul)''
* 2013 – "Zemër e drynosur" ''(Locked heart)''
References
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Living people
1993 births
Kosovan women singers
Kosovo Albanians
Musicians from Pristina
University of Pristina alumni
The Voice (franchise) contestants