On April 10, 1921, Professor Mustafa Krantja, conductor, People’s Artist, was born in Kavaja. He debuted as a violin soloist at the age of 13. In July 1950, he returned to Albania and was assigned to the Albanian Philharmonic, as chief conductor. Mustafa Krantja has been awarded with the Dvorak Medal from the Czech Republic presidency.

On April 10, 1921, Andon Pano, founder of the Albanian Theater, was born in Istanbul. He is one of the Albanian artists occupies a place in foreign encyclopedias.

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