Rauf Dhomi (

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: ''Rauf Domi'') (born 4 December 1945) is a Kosovan classical music composer and conductor and a teacher at the

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the K ...

. Dhomi is the author of many operas, requiems, masses, cantatas, symphonic music, film scores and theater music.

Early life and education

Dhomi was born in

Gjakova Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants. Geographicall ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

– in present-day

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. He attended to school in

Prizren ) , settlement_type = Municipality and city , image_skyline = Prizren Collage.jpg , imagesize = 290px , image_caption = View of Prizren , image_alt = View of Prizren , image_flag ...

and studied composing and conducting in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

Career

Dhomi was presented with a Presidential Medal of Merits for his contribution to the culture of Kosovo."President Jahjaga awarded honours to a number of personalities and organisations"
Republic of Kosovo website In 2003 Dhomi premiered at the

National Theatre of Kosovo The National Theatre of Kosovo ( sq, Teatri Kombëtar; sr, Narodno pozorište, script=Latn / ) was founded in 1946 in the city of Prizren, Kosovo. It is the highest ranked theatre institution in the country, with the largest number of produc ...

the first

opera in

, the ( en, Arbëresh wedding).

References

1945 births Living people Musicians from Gjakova 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers Kosovan composers Academic staff of the University of Pristina Kosovan conductors (music) Male classical composers 20th-century conductors (music) 21st-century conductors (music) 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians {{europe-composer-stub