Her long lasting career includes numerous tours all over the continents (from ex USSR to Mexico, Egypt, Japan, USA etc) Her French career began in 1965 when she moved to live in France and in 1967 with Lara’s song from the film “Dr Zhivago” she gained enormous success, and had some other major exits. She was the only Croatian singer who sang in Olympia several times (the last time was in 1988 - also recorded on a CD and videocassette). In 1988 once again “the town” was Paris “the place” was Olympia and “the singer” was Tereza, her unforgettable concert was held on 18th of April, and every newspaper wrote about her great success and come back. The Yugoslavian song in Paris Twenty years after having made Bobino vibrate, a sensual voice returns to win over the public: “Tereza Kesovia, the singer famous for the “Lara’s song” which gained several gold discs, with the song of Pierre Barouh “Je l’aime, je l’aime”, will be on the scene in Olympia this 18th April. Since her success in France, she sings with love and passion to the four corners of the world. She also participated in charity work, which included UNESCO’s and UNICEF’s gala concerts where she met some famous people like Charlie Chaplin, Richard Burton and Peter Ustinov. Received Knighthood of High Decoration of Arts and Culture in France and upon a candidacy by the International Humanist League she was bestowed the Golden Chart of Humanism. A poll by Croatian daily newspaper “Vecernji list” proclaimed her a singer of the 20th century in Croatia. Her opulent discography in 9 languages (Croatian, French, Italian, Slovenian, Russian, English, Spanish, Portuguese and German) includes 12 releases for Columbia records and about 30 LP-s, 70 singles, 12 CD-s and numerous songs that didn’t appear on them. She also recorded for EMI, Pathé-Marconi, Barclay, Balkanton, Melody… In her country she is known by her generosity, which was shown in Croatian war for independence, helping people who lost everything, in a best way she could do - singing and at that time not thinking about her own tragedy. She was also a refugee and her house, with all of her things were ruined, burned and robbed. She escaped on the time, leaving her home, her memories and practically her life in burning flames of fire. |She hosted two big concerts in Croatia with Michel Legrand on. The first one was held in Dubrovnik on 21st of July as a part of 53rd Dubrovnik summer Festival where she showed her endless artistry and versatility. The second concert was held on 23 of July in Split at Split Summer Festival in 2002. As the title of the concerts said “BEYOND A DREAM-CONCERT OF THE YEAR” it was sure that Tereza once again showed her musical talent that will never fade away. Tereza has been popular through the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s. |
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