Redi Hasa, the Albanian cellist who participated in OSCAR

Redi Hasa playing the cello

 Albanian cellist Redi Hasa was part of the Oscar 2021. The music of two films, "Nomadland" by Chloe Zao and "The Father" by Florian Zeller, which triumphed in this 93rd edition of the Oscar, bears the signature of the composer and the Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi, who also collaborated with the Albanian cellist for the realization of these projects.

The music of "Nomadland", the film that won three Oscars, such as "Best Picture", "Best Director" and "Best Actress in a Leading Role", was composed by Einaudi and performed on piano by him, in violin by Federico Mecozzi and cello by Redi Hasa, excerpts from Einaudi's "Seven Days Walking", "Elements" and "Divenire".

As for "The Father", which won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Ludovico Einaudi signed the six-part soundtrack taken from "Seven Days Walking" and composed an original part entitled "My Journey".

But who is the internationally renowned Albanian cellist Redi Hasa?

Redi Hasa (1977, Tirana) was born into a family of musicians in Tirana. He started his journey with the cello at the age of 7, at the music school "Kongresi i Përmetit" in Tirana. He left Albania in 1998 to study in Lecce, Italy. He has collaborated with the Italian singer Maria Marzotta, and for a long time he has also collaborated with the world-famous composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi, rocker Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin.

His collaborations are numerous, such as with Officina Zoè, Xanti Yaca, Salento Orchestra, Manigold, Adria, Band Adriatica, Admir Shkurtaj Trio, "L'Orchestra Popolare Italiana", collaborating with artists such as King Naat Veliov, Kocani Orchestra, Ambrogio Sparagna, Claudio Prima, Emanuele Coluçia, Eva Quartet, Enzo Pagliara and many others.