Emina Zečaj (née Ahmedhodžić; 17 March 1929 – 19 April 2020)[1] was a Bosnian interpreter of the traditional folk music, sevdalinka.
[2] Zečaj was called an "icon of traditional Bosnian music" by American Billboard magazine in 2004.
[3] Emina was born in Sarajevo's Old Town, in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina on 17 March 1929.
Following persuasion from her friends, Emina auditioned before two well-known professors, Zvonimir Nevžela and Beluš Jungić, with the folk songs Kad se jangin iz sokaka pomoli and Poranila na vodicu Zlata.
Ten days later she received a phone call from Ismet Alajbegović Šerbo informing her that she had been accepted into Radio Sarajevo, beating out 30 other contestants.