Esma Redzepova Teodosievska was born on August 8, 1943 in Skopje, North Macedonia.

She is a world-famous singer of Roma origin, who earned the title "Queen of Roma Music".

In 2013 received the prestigious title of National Artist of the Republic of Macedonia

Esma was the fifth of the six children of Kania and Ibrahim Redzepov. She started her musical career at the age of 13.

Esma is the most prominent musical name on the Macedonian, Balkan and world music folk scene, she is a woman who dedicated her life to humanity, philanthropy and kindness. The woman with the divine voice, she conquered the world with her song, temperament and Romani musical rhythm. Esma has become an easily recognizable Macedonian brand in the world with its originality and musical virtuosity.

Esma Redzepova Teodsievska has recorded and released more than 580 songs, including two platinum and eight gold discs. There were more than 22,000 concerts, a third of which were held for charity. With the Teodosievski Ensemble, he recorded 108 singles, 32 compact cassettes, 15 discs, six videotapes and numerous television shows.

She died on December 11, 2016 and was buried in the Alley of the Great in the Butel cemetery, Skopje.

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As part of the Skopje summer, tonight in Kurshumli An in Skopje, in cooperation with PolyFonia, a concert is being held at the jazz festival "Nishville" from Serbia. Moba Trio, Nashville Romayam Orchestra and DJ Ball will perform.

According to the ambassador of Serbia in the country, Nevena Jovanović, through the performance of this "Nishville" jazz festival in Skopje, the good bilateral cooperation that exists between the two countries is once again confirmed.

She emphasized that Serbia is fully committed to fostering friendly cooperation with Macedonia and hopes that it will intensify in the future.

Shaban Bajramović's composition will be on the program, considering that in addition to classical, the audience will have the opportunity to hear ethnic jazz music as well.

The pianist of the "Moba Trio" group, Misha Pavlovic, pointed out that they do this mostly out of love for classic jazz, they play compositions from last year, and the recording of their album is in progress.

The vocal soloist of the Nashville "Romajam" orchestra, Zlata Marinkovic, indicated that she is glad to be a part of this project and to have the opportunity to capture the Roma and ethnic jazz music.