Biography
Who is Tajči?
Early career and fame
Tatjana Matejaš, known by the stage name Tajči, became famous as a pop singer in Yugoslavia during the late 1980s. She secured a spot representing Yugoslavia at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest after winning a national competition held by RTV Zagreb. During the contest, she performed the song Hajde da ludujemo. Her career in the region was interrupted when the breakup of Yugoslavia led to war.
She left Croatia in 1992 to continue her education abroad. She graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City one year later. While in New York, she worked on various off Broadway productions and secured a lead role in the musical Miracle of Christmas at the Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She also recorded a CD titled Age of Love at Long View Farms Studio.
American career and transitions
In 1994, she returned to Croatia to perform in the show Kiss Me Kate at the Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1997 to seek new opportunities in film and television. Her musical theater work continued with roles in productions like Brigadoon in San Diego and The Phantom of the Opera at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. During this time, she produced benefit concerts at the Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra, California.
She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, with her family in 2004 to accommodate a busy touring schedule. In 2011, the Yamaha Entertainment Group produced a remake of her earlier hit track Dvije zvjezdice. She collaborated with producer Bryan Lennox to release an indie pop album called Awaken in 2013. Also, she authored a musical titled My Perfectly Beautiful Life, which debuted at the Jarson-Kaplan Theatre in 2010.
Family and recent work
Tajči married Matthew Cameron in 1999 after they met at a church. The couple had three sons named Dante, Evan, and Blais. Her husband passed away in 2017 after a battle with stage four non-small-cell lung cancer. She later moved to Franklin, Tennessee, in 2014. That same year, she began hosting and producing a television show called Waking Up in America. She also launched a brand called Waking Up Revolution in 2015.
She is a certified Holistic Life Coach through the Radiant Health Institute. In recent years, she has collaborated with Nashville songwriters on tracks like Window in the Wall and Holding Out My Hand. She appeared on the HRT travel series Sretni gradovi in 2024 to discuss her life in Tennessee. She also spoke publicly in 2025 about personal challenges she faced during her time in Yugoslavia.
Birthday and age
Tajči was born on July 1, 1970, which makes Tajči 56 years old today. That birthday falls under the Cancer sign. Tajči shares the date with 40 other famous people.
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