Ridina Ahmedová

Biography

Ridina Ahmedová (born 1974 in Prague) is a singer, composer, performer and author of audio documentary podcasts. She spent her childhood in Oran, Algeria; after returning she studied at the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University and music therapy at the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň. She devotes herself to experimental work with the voice: in the project Hlasokraj she layers her own voice into polyphonic compositions (Next Wave Discovery of the Year 2007), and with the double bassist Petr Tichý she forms the duo HlasKontraBas, whose albums were nominated for the Anděl award (2016, 2024). She has worked with Tomáš Dvořák (Floex), leads voice workshops, and her podcast series Sádlo and Odpustit? have won a number of awards. Amplión Records released her debut solo album Hlasem (2006). More at ridina.cz.

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