Tish Daia
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Tish Daija was an Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

n composer. He composed the first Albanian ballet
Ballet
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 Halili dhe Hajria (Halili and Hajria) that premiered on 13 January 1963 and has since been showed more than 250 times at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania
National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania
The National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania or TKOB is a theatre in Tirana, Albania.-History:The National Opera and Ballet Theatre was founded on November 29, 1953...

, a record for the Albanian Theatre. He has also composed Spring ("Pranvera"), an Albanian opera. Tish Daija is an alumnus of the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
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Daija was also a very good football player. He was part of Flamurtari before he seriously dedicated himself to music and even became one of the Albanian Superliga topscorers in the Albanian Superliga in the 1948 national championship with 11 goals, tied to Zihni Gjinali of KS Dinamo Tirana
KS Dinamo Tirana
Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950. They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team KF Tirana.- History :...

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Daija died at Tirana in 2004.
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