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Composer and guitarist Goran Bregović has been a household name in the Balkans for over two decades. Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora. He earned his fame wielding a guitar with his rock band Bijelo Dugme, a group that rose to stardom and set the groundwork for the Yugoslav rock scene. Known here for his scores for countryman Emir Kusturica’s films (Time of the Gypsies, Arizona Dream, Underground), Bregović commands an ensemble that matches his larger-than-life persona. A rowdy brass band, bagpipes, a string ensemble, a tuxedo-clad all-male choir from Belgrade, and traditional Bulgarian and Roma singers make up his dynamic 40-piece band and orchestra. Bregović’s compositions, extending Balkan musical inspirations to innovative extremes, draw upon European classicism and Balkan rhythms, evoking rock’s searing power as well as the repose of sacred sounds–all fueled by the insistent drive of brass. (Source: Lincoln Center Festival website)
Bregović is an extremely versatile artist, composing and performing a wide range of genres - he has become widely reknown for his interpretations of traditional Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian music, bringing modern, Western influences to its powerful and energetic base, but is also a very prolific movie soundtrack author and performer. Attending a Bregović concert is a wild trip over all kinds of styles, going from solo performances to full-orchestra masterpieces, from simplest to most complex.
Goran Bregović was born on March 22, 1950 in Sarajevo, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) to a Croat father and a Serb mother. His father was an officer in the Yugoslav People's Army. His parents divorced and he remained living with his mother in Sarajevo.
Goran played violin in a music school, but was thrown out of it in second grade for being untalented. His musical education was thus reduced to what his friend taught him until Goran's mother bought him his first guitar in his early teens. Bregović was to enter a fine arts school but his aunt told his mother that it was full of homosexuals. His mother sent him to a technical (traffic) school and allowed him to grow long hair as a compromise. Upon entering the school, Goran joined the school band Izohipse and played bass guitar. But he was kicked out of that school, too (this time for misbehaviour - he crashed a school-owned Mercedes). Bregović then entered grammar school and its school band Beštije (again as a bass guitar player). When he was sixteen, his mother left him and went to the coast. Goran had to take care of himself. He did that by playing folk music in a bar in Konjic, working on construction sites, and selling newspapers.
At a Beštije gig Željko Bebek spotted him and invited him to play bass guitar in his band Kodeksi. Goran accepted. In the summer of 1969 they played for tourists in hotel Splendid in Dubrovnik. After finishing their job there, they were invited to Naples to play in a night club. They accepted, but lost their employment there by playing more progressive music and refusing to play the same repertoire as in Dubrovnik, which was what the owner wanted of them. Still, they remained in Naples and continued to play the music they fancied. In next few months Kodeksi shifted setup so Goran moved from bass guitar to lead guitar, and in the summer of 1970 "Kodeksi" had the following line-up: Goran Bregović, Željko Bebek, Zoran Redžić and Milić Vukašinović. All of them would eventually become members of Bijelo dugme at some point in the future. At the time, they were largely influenced by Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, which was the merit of Milić Vukašinović who "infected" them with that kind of music. In the fall of 1970 this resulted in departure of Željko Bebek who (both as rhythm guitar player and singer) wasn't needed anymore in the band. At the end of the year, Goran's mother and Zoran's brother arrived to Naples and took the band back to Sarajevo.
Then in the autumn of 1971 Goran entered university and decided to study philosophy and sociology. He soon quit, however. In the same time Milić Vukašinović left for London, so Goran and Zoran started playing in a band, named Jutro (trans. "Morning"). The band in the next few years transformed a lot and on January 1, 1974 the band changed its name to Bijelo Dugme ("White Button").
At the time Bijelo Dugme was falling apart, Goran entered the world of film music. His first project was Emir Kusturica's Time of the Gypsies (1989) which turned out a great success (both the film and the music from it). Goran and Emir's collaboration continued, and Goran composed music (which was performed by Iggy Pop) for Emir's next film Arizona Dream (1993). His next major project, music for Patrice Chéreau's Queen Margot was again a great success, and the film won 2 awards on the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Next year's Golden Palm went to Underground, for which Goran Bregović composed the music.
Bregović's music carries both South Slavic and Romani themes and is a fusion of popular music with traditional polyphonic music from the Balkans, tango and brass bands. Although he is a very popular musician in Eastern Europe, Bregović has been accused on several occasions of 'stealing' original Romani and folk music of the Balkans and ultimately rewriting and branding it as his own creation. In 1997, he worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu, on her album Düğün ve Cenaze. In the year 2000 Bregović recorded an album Kayah i Bregović (Kayah and Bregović) with popular Polish singer Kayah which sold over 650 000 copies in Poland (6 times platinium record).
In 2005 he took part in 3 large farewell concerts of Bijelo Dugme.
Goran Bregović currently lives in Paris with his spouse Dženana Sudžuka and their three daughters: Ema, Una and Lulu. He also has a daughter Željka (from his university days relationship with a dancer in a Sarajevo night club) who gave birth to Goran's grand daughter Bianca. He has a brother named Predrag who lives in New York.
Composer and guitarist Goran Bregović has been a household name in the Balkans for over two decades. Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora. He earned his fame wielding a guitar with his rock band Bijelo Dugme, a group that rose to stardom and set the groundwork for the Yugoslav rock scene. Known here for his scores for countryman Emir Kusturica’s films (Time of the Gypsies, Arizona Dream, Underground), Bregović commands an ensemble that matches his larger-than-life persona. A rowdy brass band, bagpipes, a string ensemble, a tuxedo-clad all-male choir from Belgrade, and traditional Bulgarian and Roma singers make up his dynamic 40-piece band and orchestra. Bregović’s compositions, extending Balkan musical inspirations to innovative extremes, draw upon European classicism and Balkan rhythms, evoking rock’s searing power as well as the repose of sacred sounds–all fueled by the insistent drive of brass. (Source: Lincoln Center Festival website)
Bregović is an extremely versatile artist, composing and performing a wide range of genres - he has become widely reknown for his interpretations of traditional Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian music, bringing modern, Western influences to its powerful and energetic base, but is also a very prolific movie soundtrack author and performer. Attending a Bregović concert is a wild trip over all kinds of styles, going from solo performances to full-orchestra masterpieces, from simplest to most complex.
Goran Bregović was born on March 22, 1950 in Sarajevo, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) to a Croat father and a Serb mother. His father was an officer in the Yugoslav People's Army. His parents divorced and he remained living with his mother in Sarajevo.
Goran played violin in a music school, but was thrown out of it in second grade for being untalented. His musical education was thus reduced to what his friend taught him until Goran's mother bought him his first guitar in his early teens. Bregović was to enter a fine arts school but his aunt told his mother that it was full of homosexuals. His mother sent him to a technical (traffic) school and allowed him to grow long hair as a compromise. Upon entering the school, Goran joined the school band Izohipse and played bass guitar. But he was kicked out of that school, too (this time for misbehaviour - he crashed a school-owned Mercedes). Bregović then entered grammar school and its school band Beštije (again as a bass guitar player). When he was sixteen, his mother left him and went to the coast. Goran had to take care of himself. He did that by playing folk music in a bar in Konjic, working on construction sites, and selling newspapers.
At a Beštije gig Željko Bebek spotted him and invited him to play bass guitar in his band Kodeksi. Goran accepted. In the summer of 1969 they played for tourists in hotel Splendid in Dubrovnik. After finishing their job there, they were invited to Naples to play in a night club. They accepted, but lost their employment there by playing more progressive music and refusing to play the same repertoire as in Dubrovnik, which was what the owner wanted of them. Still, they remained in Naples and continued to play the music they fancied. In next few months Kodeksi shifted setup so Goran moved from bass guitar to lead guitar, and in the summer of 1970 "Kodeksi" had the following line-up: Goran Bregović, Željko Bebek, Zoran Redžić and Milić Vukašinović. All of them would eventually become members of Bijelo dugme at some point in the future. At the time, they were largely influenced by Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, which was the merit of Milić Vukašinović who "infected" them with that kind of music. In the fall of 1970 this resulted in departure of Željko Bebek who (both as rhythm guitar player and singer) wasn't needed anymore in the band. At the end of the year, Goran's mother and Zoran's brother arrived to Naples and took the band back to Sarajevo.
Then in the autumn of 1971 Goran entered university and decided to study philosophy and sociology. He soon quit, however. In the same time Milić Vukašinović left for London, so Goran and Zoran started playing in a band, named Jutro (trans. "Morning"). The band in the next few years transformed a lot and on January 1, 1974 the band changed its name to Bijelo Dugme ("White Button").
At the time Bijelo Dugme was falling apart, Goran entered the world of film music. His first project was Emir Kusturica's Time of the Gypsies (1989) which turned out a great success (both the film and the music from it). Goran and Emir's collaboration continued, and Goran composed music (which was performed by Iggy Pop) for Emir's next film Arizona Dream (1993). His next major project, music for Patrice Chéreau's Queen Margot was again a great success, and the film won 2 awards on the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Next year's Golden Palm went to Underground, for which Goran Bregović composed the music.
Bregović's music carries both South Slavic and Romani themes and is a fusion of popular music with traditional polyphonic music from the Balkans, tango and brass bands. Although he is a very popular musician in Eastern Europe, Bregović has been accused on several occasions of 'stealing' original Romani and folk music of the Balkans and ultimately rewriting and branding it as his own creation. In 1997, he worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu, on her album Düğün ve Cenaze. In the year 2000 Bregović recorded an album Kayah i Bregović (Kayah and Bregović) with popular Polish singer Kayah which sold over 650 000 copies in Poland (6 times platinium record).
In 2005 he took part in 3 large farewell concerts of Bijelo Dugme.
Goran Bregović currently lives in Paris with his spouse Dženana Sudžuka and their three daughters: Ema, Una and Lulu. He also has a daughter Željka (from his university days relationship with a dancer in a Sarajevo night club) who gave birth to Goran's grand daughter Bianca. He has a brother named Predrag who lives in New York.
Lullaby
Goran Bregović Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Goran Bregović:
100 Lat Mlodej Parze Nie już nie płaczę bo dziś nie mam więcej łez Po…
7/8 Uci me majko karaj me kako da ja zembam Biljana Biljana moma…
7/8 & 11/8 Uci me majko karaj me kako da ja zembam Biljana Biljana …
7/8 and 11/8 Uci me majko karaj me kako da ja zembam Biljana Biljana moma…
Ausencia Ausencia, ausencia Si asa um tivesse Pa voa na esse distan…
Aven Ivenda Sa gada guglije munrrije sa gada dilije Ucharla iva parne…
Balkaneros Balkan, Balkan, Balkan, eh! Balkaneros, vamos! Hop, hop, hop…
Be That Man Trickster and Seductress we Tapdancing on mine field every …
Bella Ciao Mi chiamo Muharem Redžepi Gitano, rifugiato dal Kosovo, Ital…
Bubamara Sa o raomalen phuchena bubamara sose ni c(k)elel. Devla , …
Bylam Róza Kiedy by³am ró¿¹ dla twojego serca Kiedy by³am …
Cajesukarije Siof efta, ochto, enja, tak to w³anie ja Wo³aj¹ na mn…
Cajesukarije - Cocek Jen', dva, tri... Ja se zovem Ivana A tata me zove zlato Rek…
Cajesukarije Cocek Jen', dva, tri... Ja se zovem Ivana A tata me zove zlato …
Cocktail Molotov Men cerasa kokteli akana Kava kava kokteli akana Mesilpe ko …
Daj mi drugie zycie Moje życie daleko gdzieś moje życie odchodzi w dal Matka z…
Death A howling wind is whistling in the night My dog is…
Delicious Solitude When we have run, we have run We have run…
Dikh Mo Vast Putar tu Devla putar tu Ej so ka ovol mange so na…
Ederlezi Sa me amala oro kelana Oro kelana, dive kerna Sa o Roma…
Ederlezi (Scena Durdevdana Na Rijeci) Same amala oro kelena Oro kelena dive kerena Sa o Roma, daje…
Elo Hi Ken, yesh harbei hester panim V'ahavot she'i efshar Kmo she'…
Ev Chistr 'ta Laou! Ev' chistr 'ta Laou rak chistr 'zo mat, lonla, Ev' chistr…
Focu Di Raggia Dicevi ca L′amuri miu è galera Ora si 'ncatinatu ′nta sti ra…
Gas Gas Gas, gas... Gas, gas... Kana o chorole, bre, loshalovena In…
Gas Gas Gas Na borusa sta sinefa na 'ha ego venzinadiko sto keno na kint…
Gas Gas Gas (Shantel vs. Bregovic) Ej, što voliš miris kamiona Šoferskih gostiona Hormona do pl…
Gas-Gas Gas, gas... Gas, gas... Kana o chorole, bre, loshalovena In…
Get The Money Hey lucky people, North and South This is your leader, I'm…
Green Thought Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its h…
Gul Sürgün verirdim senin yüreðinde Körpe bir güldüm elinde Ko…
Gypsy Reggae I was walking down Broadway New York, New York Tony Llama …
Hop Hop Hop Kensu Casual Sex The Hop Let's go! Gonna do it like this, go…
I Kad Prođe Sve Pjevat Ću I Tad Vidio sam svijet vidio sam istok, zapad i jug vidio sam bije…
Imagine Kao da sam drogiran, Kao programiran. Kao da me furaju, Kao …
In The Death Car A howling wind is whistling in the night My dog is…
In The Deathcar (feat. Iggy Pop) A bowling wind is whistling in the night, my dog…
JEREMIJA Ja sam ja jeremija Prezivam se krstic Selo mi je toponica Dr…
Kalasjnikov Cigani! Juris!!! 1-Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Kana hi …
Kalasnjikov Cigani! Juris!!! 1-Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Kana hi naj…
Kerna Mas Poso pai to fili, ligo i poli? oso-oso eho na…
La Nuit Canto Nero Sacramento el sacramento Canto Nero Canto Nero S…
Lumia Sitoj I Gurumni Sukhar alen pi lumia Kote dud po dudlardo Lolo lolo po lolo …
Maki Maki Isika vni bare cuca sas Amen cikne, amen cikne Khanci ci dza…
Man from Remo If I could lose If you could Choose For this next Dance You…
Man From Reno If I could lose If you could Choose For this next Dance…
Mashala Mashala Ej so si ej so si Ej guglo o devla…
Me Sam Devla Romani Me sem Devla romani Me djanav Te ruidjisarav Ruidjisarav hem…
mesecina Nema vise sunca Nema vise meseca Nema tebe nema mene Niceg v…
Mesecina / Moonlight Nema vise sunca Nema vise meseca Nema tebe, nema mene Nic…
Mesečina / Moonlight Nema vise sunca Nema vise meseca Nema tebe, nema mene Niceg …
Na 'tan Ixara Oikopedo Γιασεμί μου φαντασμένο δε βαστώ Σ′ ένα τοίχο νοικιασμένο να …
NA ZADNJEM SJEDIŠTU MOGA AUTA Gnjave kina i kafane Male droce satro dame I gnjave (ne ne) …
Na'tan ixara Oikopedo Γιασεμί μου φαντασμένο δε βαστώ. Σ' ένα τοίχο νοικιασμένο να…
Nie ma nie ma ciebie Zima na ramiona moje spad³a Niewinnoci¹ bia³ym …
On the Back-Seat of My Car Gnjave kina i kafane male droce, satro dame i gnjave svega p…
Paradehtika Παραδέχτηκα και ζωή και θάνατο σ' ονειρεύτηκα σαν λουλούδι α…
Prawy do Lewego W du¿ej sali du¿y stó³ A przy nim goci t³um Gospodar…
Presidente Fiesta, fiesta ¡Ey! Fiesta, fiesta ¡Ey! Fiesta, fiesta ¡Ey! …
Ruzica Ružica Si Bila Ružica si bila, Jedna u mom srcu. Ružica si …
Savatone Kerabuti kataruy Merabuci parash kuuuuyyyy Kerabuti sambbe o…
So Nevo Si tu bujama a versat dumaj,dumaj vaj istaj tug a muj num druj…
Song for Elena Είναι μια λέξη που με έχει σακατέψει είναι μια λέξη που…
SOS tu bujama a versat dumaj,dumaj vaj istaj tug a muj num druj…
Stolen Child Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, …
Streets Are Drunk Napile se ulice Jer na tebe mislim curice Napile, jer nocas …
Ta-bakiera Twojej tabakierze dzi Jak przyjació³ce drogiej Powie…
Talijanska Poljubi me I budi tu Da sklopim o I na tvom toplom…
te kuravle ebarsh, ebarsh te kuravle sego nakre ravale e,eria pero, eri…
This Is A Film This is a film about a man and a fish This…
Tis Agapis Sou To Risko Η αγάπη αντέχει φτάνει μόνο να τρέχει Αν δεν έχει ορμή…
To Nie Ptak W kolorowej sukience krz¹ta siê Raz po raz odwraca g³owê U…
Trudno Kochac Jak bym wiedzia³a czym jest To szczêcie co rzadko zda…
TV Screen Find a beautiful old street Not rushing through this time In…
Underground Cigani! Juris!!! 1-Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Kana hi …
Venzinadiko Na borusa sta sinefa na 'ha ego venzinadiko sto keno na kint…
Ya Ya 방구송 지은이: 김소월 설사시러시러 응가시러시러 안보이는변비 오노 치질시러시러 쾌변시러시러 내곁에 방귀 오예…
Ya Ya (Ringe Ringe Raja) Ringe ringe raja, došo èika Paja. Svi se njišu, ubrzano dišu…
Ya Ya Ringe Ringe Raja) Ringe ringe raja, do?o ?ika Paja. Svi se nji?u, ubrzano di?u…
Yeremia Ja sam ja Jeremija I am I, Jeremija prezivam se Krstic, Krst…
ZAMISLI Kao da sam drogiran, Kao programiran. Kao da me furaju, Kao …
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glazarev
Originally this song is called "Lullaby for Radmila M." and it is about a friend of Goran back from the days when he was still in Bijelo Dugme. Lovely song.
schmirgldecks
probably one of the best instrumental songs ever
wiliam bradis
totally agree
Wojciech Keller
@Stefano Faraoni Me too.
Stefano Faraoni
Yes, i think so.
isabella rose
przepiękne,płakać sie chce ...
pannonianbrute
I love music from almost every genre but this is one of the best 4 minutes of music ever, in my opinion.
cece
I fell asleep whilst sunbathing listening to this, it's such an amazing, relaxing piece of music! Thank you for putting this up :)
schmirgldecks
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Piotr Ostrowski
coś pięknego!!!