17 Notable alumni of
University of Arts
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The University of Arts is 1902nd in the world, 634th in Europe, and 2nd in Albania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from the University of Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Edi Rama
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- international forum participantpainterjournalistpoliticianbasketball player
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Edi Rama is an Albanian politician, painter, writer, former university lecturer, publicist and former basketball player, who has served as the 33rd and incumbent Prime Minister of Albania since 2013 and chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in 1998, an office he held until 2000. First elected mayor of Tirana in 2000, he was reelected in 2003 and 2007.
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Inva Mula
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- lyric sopranoopera singer
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Inva Mula is an Albanian opera lyric soprano. She began her soprano career at a very early age. Her father (Avni Mula) and mother (Nina Mula ) were also opera singers. She is also known for providing the voice of the diva Plavalaguna in the film The Fifth Element.
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Bleona
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- recording artistmodeltelevision actorsinger
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Bleona Qereti, also known mononymously as Bleona, is an Albanian and American singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, model and television personality.
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Ermonela Jaho
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- opera singer
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Ermonela Jaho is an Albanian operatic soprano. She was described in The Economist as "the world’s most acclaimed soprano". The Financial Times said "Ermonela Jaho throws heart and soul into her singing... Don't even try to resist".
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Jonida Maliqi
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- television presentersinger
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Jonida Maliqi is an Albanian singer and media personality.
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Aurela Gaçe
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- singer
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Aurela Gaçe is an Albanian singer and songwriter. She is a three-time Festivali i Këngës winner, a three-time Kënga Magjike winner and a two-time Balkan Music Award winner for Balkan's Song of the Year and Best Singer from Albania. She was a judge on the third season of The Voice of Albania.
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Anri Sala
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- printmakervisual artistvideo installation artisttelevision producervideo artist
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Anri Sala is an Albanian contemporary artist whose primary medium is video.
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Kejsi Tola
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- singer
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Kejsi Tola is an Albanian singer and songwriter. She represented Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, after winning the 47th edition of Festivali i Këngës.
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Laertis Vasiliou
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- translatorwritertheatrical directoractor
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Laert Vasili is a Greek-Albanian actor and director of film and stage.
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Ornela Vorpsi
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- painterphotographerwriter
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Ornela Vorpsi, is an Albanian writer and photographer from the Vorpsi family in Tirana. Ornela studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, and has been living and working in Paris since 1997. In 2012 she was named one of the 35 best writers of Europe in Best European Fiction by Aleksander Hemon and Zadie Smith.
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Arben Imami
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- politician
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Arben Fahri Imami is an Albanian politician and former actor. He served as the minister of defense between 2009 and 2013.
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Leon Qafzezi
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- writerfilm criticfilm directorpoetjournalist
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Leon Qafzezi is an Albanian writer and cineaste.
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Vénera Kastrati
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- artist
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Vénera Kastrati is an Albanian contemporary artist.
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Mirjam Tola
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- opera singer
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Mirjam Tola is an Albanian operatic soprano and voice teacher. She is also an Austrian citizen.
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Piro Qirjo
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- film director
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Piro Qirjo is an Albanian actor and director. Most notably, he played Gjorg Berisha in Të paftuarit of Ismail Kadare's adaptation of Broken April and the German Wehrmacht major Max in Kronikë e një nate. His directing career is known for documentary films and various advertisement films.
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Qëndrim Rijani
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- theatrical directorfilm director
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Qëndrim Rijani is an Albanian director of theatre, film and opera. He has directed many plays, Albanian and foreign, that were performed in many different countries in Europe and that have been honored with many awards in various festivals. His plays are characterised by his direct and rough style. He is also the director of the first Albanian opera in North Macedonia.
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Gentian Lulani
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- artist
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Gentian Lulani, better known as Gentian is an Albanian artist.
