Dona Janova

Dona Janova (Shqipdona Janova) is a singer of modern Albanian folk music and the daughter of renowned singer Afërdita Demaku, from whom she inherited her deep love for music and performance since childhood.

She was born in a village in Drenas and completed her primary education at “Shaban Polluzha” school. She later attended the German high school “Loyola Gymnasium” in Prizren, where she actively participated in school events as a singer and presenter, and studied classical singing in a canto course.

She completed her undergraduate studies at RIT Kosovo and continued at RIT in New York (USA), where she also took solo singing classes and performed in university cultural events. She later earned her Master’s degree in International Relations at the University of Essex in England.

Since 2016, Dona has been active in the Albanian music scene, performing at weddings, concerts, and various events in Kosovo and in countries where the Albanian diaspora lives.