Martina Majerle
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Background information | |
Born | Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 2 May 1980
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1997 - present |
Labels | Majerle Music |
Associated acts | Quartissimo ∙ |
Martina Majerle (born 2 May 1980) is a Croatian singer of mixed Croatian and Slovenian descent.[1] Majerle represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the string quartet Quartissimo with the song "Love Symphony".[2] It competed in the second semi-final but failed to reach the final. Martina has also been a backing vocalist for several countries in various editions of the contest.
Career in Croatia[]
She made her first serious steps into the world of music as the lead singer of the Rijeka band Putokazi. She continued her musical career as a soloist in the ambient-electro-pop band Atmospheric.[3] Majerle made her debut at the Splitski Festival in 2011 with the song . In 2013 Martina Majerle released a cover of Tony Esposito's song, Kalimba de Luna, together with Mr. B and Chrisma Project, as she was collaborating with them already on a song Caravan of Love. In 2017, at the , she won third place by the audience, with a song , while a year later, at the same festival, she performed the song , which won the second audience award. She won the award for the best interpretation in 2018 for the song performed at the MEF - Međimurski Festival, respectively.
At the Čansonfest in Kastav, Croatia, in 2018, she performed a song , which won third place, according to the professional jury. In 2019 she was awarded for the best interpretation, with a song , at the same festival. Martina is a member of the Croatian RTV orchestra and is involved in all the big projects regarding the Croatian national broadcaster, just as The Voice, A strana, Singing with the Stars, Dora and Porin.
In 2020, Majerle performed at the prestigious Croatian festival , in Šibenik, Croatia, where she performed her new single , where she achieved an honourable third place, by the professional jury. Her single 'Volin Kad Si Tu' was officially released on September 20, 2020. Her recent single was released on the digital platforms, on September 30, but performed for the first time at the , together with , winning third place by the audience. Both her singles, released in 2020, were released through her own record label, Majerle Music.
In May 2021, Majerle will represent Croatia at the annual Albanian music competition Kënga Magjike, she will perform her song .
As a backing vocalist Martina performed at many concerts at home and abroad. She accompanied many famous musicians, amongst them were Oliver Dragojević[2] in Royal Albert Hall (London), Tereza Kesovija[2] in Olympia (Paris), Zdravko Čolić[2] in Olympia (Paris), USA tour, Australian tour, Severina,[2] Massimo Savić,[3] Nina Badrić, Toni Cetinski,[2] Doris Dragović, Radojka Šverko, Maja Blagdan, as well as bands Novi Fosili, Parni Valjak etc.
Eurovision Song Contest[]
Martina has performed at the Eurovision Song Contest eight times: in 2003 with the Croatian representative Claudia Beni, in 2007 with the Slovene representative Alenka Gotar,[3] in 2008 with the Montenegrin representative Stefan Filipović, in 2009 as a lead singer with the string quartet Quartissimo with the song "Love Symphony", in 2011 with the Slovene representative Maja Keuc, in 2012 with the Slovene representative Eva Boto, in 2014 with the Montenegrin representative Sergej Ćetković, and in 2016 with the Croatian representative Nina Kraljić.
Career in Slovenia[]
In 2013 Martina Majerle successfully collaborated with Slovene songwriter , with whom she released several songs in Slovenian, just as , and (Mr. Darwin Chill). In 2015, she competed at the Slovenian preselection EMA 2015, for the Eurovision Song Contest, with a song .
In 2018, Majerle collaborated with POP TV on the Slovenian edition of Strictly Come Dancing, as a singer.
Singles[]
Title | Year | Album |
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"Love Symphony (feat. Quartissimo)" | 2009 | non-album song |
"Kalimba de Luna (feat. , Mr. B)" | 2010 | non-album song |
"Caravan of Love (feat. , Mr. B)" | 2010 | non-album song |
"Neka se dogodi čudo" | 2011 | non-album song |
"Čokolada in Vanilija (feat. )" | 2012 | non-album song |
"Luna nad obalo" | 2013 | non-album song |
"Alive" | 2015 | non-album song |
"Teče, teče rečina" | 2017 | non-album song |
"Na Trsatu" | 2018 | non-album song |
"Međimurska voda sveta" | 2018 | non-album song |
"More j' z morun" | 2018 | non-album song |
"Leja le lej" | 2019 | non-album song |
"Rain In The Desert" | 2019 | non-album song |
"Volin kad si tu" | 2020 | non-album song |
"Dajen ti besedu (feat. )" | 2020 | non-album song |
"Vrijeme je na našoj strani" | 2021 | non-album song |
"Sebi dovoljan (feat. )" | 2021 | non-album song |
References[]
- ^ "Slovence na Eurosongu predstavlja Hrvatica!". www.vecernji.hr.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Martina Majerle na Splitskom festivalu". Novi list (in Croatian). 30 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kdo je svetlolasa Martina Majerle?" (in Slovenian). 2 February 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
External links[]
- Media related to Martina Majerle (singer) at Wikimedia Commons
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Slovenia
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2009
- Croatian pop singers
- Living people
- 21st-century Croatian women singers
- 1980 births
- Croatian people of Slovenian descent
- Musicians from Rijeka