Armin Muzaferija

Armin Muzaferija was born on 1 December 1988 in Visoko. He comes from a prominent Bosniak family. Armin plays keyboards. In 2000, he was awarded the Most Promising Young Interpreter Award at the Zenica Traditional Music Festival (that marks his music career beginning). In 2001, Armin won the same festival, followed by many awards at local and regional young talent competitions. In the late summer of 2007, Armin went to study English in the UK, where he attended the prestigious Cambridge University.[1] Upon his return, he enrolled at the Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo. In 2007, Armin collaborated with the Bosnian singer-songwriter Hari Varešanović, who authored and arranged the song "Još te volim" (I Still Love You), and with whom Armin performed at the 2007 Melody of Mostar Festival and won the second jury award. Appearing at the 2007 Sunny Scales in Herceg Novi with the song "Povedi me" (Take Me), signed by Varešanović and Fahrudin Pecikoza, he won the high fifth place in the strong competition. In Croatia, Armin performed on "Evening of Sevdah" in Zagreb, Rijeka and Pula. He was also part of a big tour honoring the legendary Indexi, where he performed with music veterans: Hari Varešanović, Aki Rahimovski, Mladen Vojičić Tifa, Željko Bebek, Teška Industrija and other notable names. Armin performed at the 12th Croatian Radio Festival in 2008, where he was awarded two awards for his song "Where My Love Sleeps" in this large competition. In addition to his music career, Armin also made his first acting role in the short documentary feature film Marimaga, premiered as part of the "Sarajevo that is gone" (Sarajevo kojeg više nema) event. In addition to appearing in the film, Armin sang the sevdalinka "Kad ja pođoh na Bentbašu" (When I went to Bentbash) which is also the soundtrack of the film.

Muzaferija singing on Eid solemnity 2019 in Zenica

On 16 July 2015 (day before Eid al-Fitr 2015), Armin Muzaferija performed on a Bijeljina[6] manifestation "Ramadhan in Bosnia" (Ramazan u Bosni / Рамазан у Босни).[7] On 12 August 2019 (2nd day of Eid al-Adha 2019), Muzaferija was the main performer on Zenica city-square concert entitled "Eid solemnity" (Bajramska svečanost / Бајрамска свечаност).[8] He performed with dervishes and he says he is proud to be a dervish himself.[9] He often performs in Eid TV programs (e.g. Hayat TV, TRT)[10][11][12] and during Eid concerts.[8][13][14][15]

He said he would like to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision (for Lisbon, 2018 edition).[1]

Professor of music and music producer, Mehmed Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter Eldin Huseinbegović, singer Armin Muzaferija and singer Lamija Kadić, with the support of Hayat Production, contributed to the fight for investigating Dženan Memić's death (young man who died in a controversial conditions) by the congratulatory for Memić family (to prove the truth and satisfy justice regarding the death); they expressed their support with a song called "Voljenom odlaze voljeni" (Beloved Goes to The Beloved).[16]

Muzaferija represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Turkvision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Džehva".[17] The song placed third out of 26 entries with 194 points.[18]

He has two children with his wife.[19]

Studio albums

• Još Te Volim (I Still Love You; Hit Records, 2009)
• Na Srcu Potpisan (Signed at the Heart; Hayat Production, 2015)

Singles

• "Biografija" [Biography]. arminmuzaferija.ba (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

• Official website
• Armin Muzaferija's channel on YouTube
• Armin Muzaferija discography at Discogs