The head of the Vetevendosje Movement Parliamentary Group, Arberie Nagavci, praised the return of the festival and the importance of cultural activities for citizens.

She has praised the return of the Kosovo Song Contest, saying this festival reminds her of her rich musical youth and tradition.

Nagavci said restoring the Kosovo Accords with the new appointment is a particular emotion. She recalled that the festival, which began in the 1960s, was once a popular and important music event.

Nagavci also praised the participation of artists not only from Kosovo, but also from Albania and other Albanian lands.

It wished success for the participating singers and stressed the importance of organizing more cultural and artistic activities, which offer opportunities for citizens.

During the conversation on RTK’s red carpet, Nagavci also praised the importance of the festival’s third night, dedicated to children.

It is extremely important to have as much activities as possible for children and their involvement in art, whether as participants in the Kosovo Accords or as a host, it is a closer relationship with art, she said.

The former music editor at Kosovo Radio Television, Mini Fetah, and lawyer Arian Koci were welcomed on RTK’s red carpet.

Fetah, who now returns to the Kosovo Accords as a spectator, praised the festival’s historic importance and its contribution to the development of Albanian music.

The Accords have been a base of musical art not only of Kosovo, but also of all Albanian spaces, because they have included all singers, composers, artists, courters and instrumentists from all Albanian lands, Fetah said.

She praised RTK leaders and the Ministry of Culture for the return of the festival, naming it an event of great national importance.

Fetahu particularly praised the evening dedicated to children, which offers new talents the opportunity to introduce themselves and develop their artistic inclinations.

When children gather and extract talents different from that festival, it means a lot, because those children will grow up with that talent, they will develop and tomorrow become great artists, she stressed.

Lawyer Arian Koci also expressed satisfaction with continuing the tradition of the Kosovo Accords, naming the festival a ikeonic event of Albanian music.

Koci recalled that the festival began in 1963 and cited similarities in spirit with the Italian music festival Sanremo.

He stressed that the Kosovo Accords have been an important platform for composers and light music, praising the artistic level the festival has achieved over the years.

For Kocin, the return of the festival has a personal significance as his father, Akil Koci, composed songs that were presented on the scene.

He recalled childhood emotions and family ties to the festival, expressing curiosity about what the final night will bring.

Instrumentist Astrit Stafai recalled his participation in the Kosovo Accords as a child when he was presented as a singer with Istanbul Dembles.

He said that the return of the festival has raised special memories and made him proud to be a part of it today as an instrumentist.

It’s a special emotion, because it’s turning us back in time. It is a measure of homesickness and, at the same time, I feel very proud and normally privileged to be part of the biggest event in our country and of the history of Kosovo music, Stafai said.

He praised the return of the festival with historic appointment, calling it a very important development for music in Kosovo.

Even actor Fatmir Spahiu praised the return of the festival, naming it an event of particular importance to Kosovo’s cultural memory.

The restoration of the Accords is the return of one of the emotional collective memories of art created at that time. I like this return and, as a citizen of this country, it makes me happy, Spahiu said.

He also spoke of the importance of the festival’s continuation and of Kosovo’s goal to be part of the competitions organised by the European Union of Broadcasting ( EBU, including the European Song and Child Festival.

Spahiu voiced hope that Kosovo will succeed in these races, noting that the country has been admitted to important international sports organisations, such as FIFA and UEFA.

I don’t have any logical explanation for how EBU is not acting. How can some children not be allowed to participate in the Children’s Eurovision? It’s about the song, it’s about music, and it’s an absurd of its kind, Spahiu said.

He added that Kosovo has faced obstacles in international institutions before, but voiced conviction that continuing cultural and musical activities remains important.

Source Layer: RTKLive