Alida hisku wikipedia english

Alida Hisku is an Albanian popular singer in the s. Hisku was born on 20 June in Tirana. She began singing at a very young age, like her older sister and younger brother. As a child, Alida Hisku won several singing competitions. At the age of 13, she performed on the National Song Festival organized by the Albanian National Television RTSh , then one of the few and the most prestigious activities.

She ranked second with the song "Portret" Portrait composed by Agim Krajka, which made her known throughout the country.

Alida hisku wikipedia english: Alida Hisku (born 20 June

Her major success came in the competitions of , with the song " Vajzat e fshatit tim" Girls from my village , and , with the song "Buka e duarve tona" Bread from our own hands , where she ranked first and won in both cases. She won other prizes during the competitions of , , and , collecting a total of five second places, making her one of the top Albanian singers of the time.

During this period, she toured various European countries with Albanian artistic tour groups. Her singing career stopped in , when she was arrested by the Sigurimi of that time with the pretence of committing "agitation and propaganda against the government", while being a member of the Party of Labour of Albania. With the beginning of the fall of communism in Albania, in , she fled with her two children to Germany, where she applied for political asylum.

She remarried in Germany, and gave birth to a daughter.