EMAR is an international Electro-dance/World Music/New Age Artist. Born in the Balkans, raised in Canada, EMAR‘s multicultural influences inspire her to sing and record in several languages including English, Serbian, Hindi, Persian, Arabic, Church Slavonic, Mandarin, Gypsy & Farsi.

On her debut album, EMAR: Sacred Soul, released September ‘08, EMAR worked with three renowned producers to create her ethereal, spiritual sound: Genie Award-nominated Sean Eyre, 2007 Canadian Music Awards winner for Best World Music Group & 2009 JUNO Awards Nominee - Andrew McPherson of Eccodek and noted film composer Igor Vrabac. Playing on five of the album’s tracks is World Music multi-instrumentalist Boris Sichon.

January 2010 EMAR released a 4 song digital album EMAR: Moon, containing tracks Bemirid, Bemirid, (Farsi duet with Hesam Deihimi to RUMI lyrics); The Moon Represents my Heart, (Traditional Mandarin); Erdelezi (Traditional Gypsy); & Nocas mi srce pati (Serbian Folk).

The self-taught singer/songwriter sang in school choirs all through-out her childhood and up to her High School years, after which she was coached by a series of noted vocal teachers. In addition she took basic song writing classes coupled with introductory guitar and piano lessons; instruments on which EMAR primarily composes her songs.

Born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, now Serbia, EMAR, along with her family, moved to Toronto, Canada, shortly after her birth. EMAR lived in Canada for six years and then returned to Belgrade for almost a decade. In 1989, just before the country’s collapse, young EMAR returned to Canada for good.

Even though neither parent was religious, her Serbian heritage on her mother’s side combined with Muslim influences on her father’s side, created a sense of separation in EMAR during the political/religious tensions in the mid to late 1980s. It was these feelings and the devastating wars of the nineties that later inspired her to write songs Sutra and Come On (Hajde), which speak to the people of former Yugoslavia but whose meanings can be appreciated by all.

As a result of the move back to Canada, EMAR was able to remain free of the potentially fatal ramifications of both her divided homeland and her dual family identity. EMAR’s unique heritage did, however, offer her the gift of self-discovered spirituality and celebration of both her Islamic & Christian Orthodox heritage which can be heard in the songs Jamil & Tebje Pojem.

In 1999, shortly after completing her University studies in Toronto, EMAR moved to the west coast of Canada where she discovered her artistic self and gained insight into her innate spirituality. Using her own initials, she adopted the name EMAR, which conjures an image of the same mystic, eastern culture that is reflected in her music even in the fast-paced club mix of Salaam.

EMAR's mission is to awaken "we are all one" consciousness in our world, through music & spirituality by embracing all religions and nations as one.

Thank-you for your visit. Namaste.

Before becoming EMAR, she released the debut album Embrace Yourself in 2003 under her given name of Melissa Rebronja, which included the radio single and BRAVO TV video Beautiful, her own haunting rendition of Wonderwall which became a popular download on iTunes, as well as the well-reviewed Serbian-sung tracks Duso Moja and Zasto.