The star of folk music and a member of the former band “Juzni Vetar”, Kemal Malovcikj remembers the good old times when he made a lot of money in one night, but, as he says, these days are long in the past. Although he has a decent pension, his kids are living abroad, the singer decided to sell a portion of his property in Bosnia in these difficult times, especially difficult for singers.
“I decided to sell the club which I had, the upper floor has an apartment, and the first floor is a club. The club has a mobile stage, it is completely equipped, so that anyone who buys the property has everything ready to work. The club has a big parking lot.
Kemal has four children; three sons – Dzenan, Kenan and Adin, as well as one daughter Edita, however, they aren’t interested to follow in their father’s footsteps they are living their own lives.
“My children will not continue my work. They live in Wien, they are well educated. The eldest son has graduated in an IT University, his daughter works as an actress, she has recorded two albums, but she decided to abandon singing for a while. His second son is still studying, while his third son has graduated business school and he’s a manager in a savings office in Austria”. Said Malovcikj, and he remembered the good old days when he earned a lot, it even happened that he’d earn well over 100.000 euros in one night!
“The weddings of the Roma in Italy were paid the most. Lots of money were made during those times, the rich made weddings, and the money kept falling. I remember that one time, Jasmin Muharemovikj, Zlata Petrovikj and me, made well over 100.000 Euros in one night. In recent times, there was a wedding in Novi Pazar, two years ago we made 48.000 Euros in tips. There were a total of 13 musicians. “All of us shared the money, plus the regular cost which we were paid for the night” remembers the former star of “Juzni Vetar” Kemal Malovcikj.