Maja Milinković is a singer and composer of Fado and Sevdah, a multi-award winning and internationally recognized artist, born in Sarajevo. Graduated from the Sarajevo Music Academy, she plays piano and guitar and works as a singer, composer and musical arranger.
Maja's musical journey combines two cultures, Portuguese and Bosnian-Herzegovinian, fado and sevdah. These two cultures, so similar in many aspects, meet for the first time in the 2017 album “Fado é Sorte”, then in the album “Fadolinka”, an album included in the 20 best albums in the world on the World music list, and in the album "Kaftan D'Alma" in 2021.
Maja is also known as "Fadolinka" - which has become her recognizable musical style.

 

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PRIZES

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2003. Finalist of the first OBN Music Talent Show in all of BaH

2003. Debuts at Bihać Festival receiving the following awards for her first song
“Zovem Te”: First Prize from the Expert Jury
First Prize for interpretation
First prize for arrangement

2004. Prestigious MpX award from radio “M” in the category
“Talent of the Year 2004”

2004. Music award from radio and television channels BaH in the category
“Surprise of the Year 2004”

2004 Participation in the first BaH Radio Television Festival with the song “Genijalno”
receiving the “First Prize from the Expert Jury”,

2005 At the Zenica Music Festival his song “Genijalno” is proclaimed “Hit of the Year”,

2005 At the second BaH Radio and Television Festival his song “Da hodamo u snu”
receives the “First Prize from the Expert Jury”,
“First Interpretation Prize”,

2006 Popularity Oscar” in the “Pop-rock Singer of the Year” category,

2006 Release of the first album (CD) “Zacarani krug” (under the Hayat Production label)
which proudly carries 9 awards and festival recognitions - the most prestigious to be highlighted, the “DAVORIN” for “Best Vocal Performance on an Album in 2007”

In this album he carries out a successful cooperation with the living legend, the singer Mladen Vojičić Tifa, with the production of the song “Opako” and video spot

2007. Regional Festival Zenica declares his song “Nije me strah” as “Hit of the Year”

2023. Expert Jury Prize, Splitski Festival, Croatia