Biography of Goran Bregovic

Music wandering at large screens

March 22, 1950
Adele was born in Sarajevo on March 22, 1950 from Serbian mother and Croatian father, Member of the Yugoslav people's army. The parents divorce and goes to live with her mother in her hometown of predominantly Muslim area, thus entering into contact with the three cultures and nationalities that make up the region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The young Goran began studying the violin, but was soon rejected and deported because considered devoid of talent.
The mother feeds the son's musical aspirations, however, giving him a guitar. Goran decides to enroll at the school of fine arts in Sarajevo, but is forced to give up due to the opposition of his uncle, whom he considers the school a "place full of homosexuals." Move to a technical Institute. At this time he joined a band known at school, "Izohipse", as a bassist. Not long that Goran is hunted even from this school due to his misconduct. He enrolled in another College: here he joined the group as bass player, "well?" Taj ". At the age of sixteen, with the consent of the mother, spends his holidays at Sea alone: earn and keep playing folk music in a bar in Konjic and working as a distributor of newspapers. A concert that holds with "well?" he was noticed by aniruddha? eljko Bebek, who invited him to join his band "Composed". Acting career with "Composed" leads them to play up in Naples. Bregovi? then move on to the guitar. The formation of the 1970 's group includes all members who later will be part of "Bijelo Dugme". In those years the group is heavily influenced by the music of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
In 1971 arrive in Naples the mother and brother of Bregovi?, and try to convince him to get him back to Sarajevo with the band. Goran enrolled at University to study philosophy and sociology, but soon abandoned his studies. Meanwhile change group and plays in "Jutro" (word meaning morning), that after some change, from 1974 changed its name to "Bijelo Dugme (white button), the group that will become the most famous Yugoslav band-' 70 and ' 80. The "Bijelo Dugme" disbanded in 1989 and Bregovi? He devoted himself to composing soundtracks. The first project that works is "time of the Gypsies" by Emir Kusturica (1989), which gets big hits with critics and audiences, both the film and the soundtrack.
Consequently cooperation between Goran Bregovi? and Director Kusturica continues. The musician composed the soundtrack for the next film, "Arizona Dream" (1993), whose songs are sung by Iggy Pop. One of the most important future projects is the majestic music with rock, "La Reine Margot", directed by Patrice Cheraeau: the film won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival (1994). Then it was the turn of "Underground", Kusturica, who won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival in 1995. The music of Bregovi? derived from Gypsy themes and South Slavs; is the result of the fusion of traditional Balkan Folk polyphonic music with tango and brass bands. Bregovi? He was also accused of drawing the Balkan folk and Gypsy music, presenting it as a creation of their own. With popular Polish singer Kayah, in 2000 publishes the album "Kayah i Bregovi?", which in Poland sells over 650 thousand copies. In 2005 he signed the soundtrack of the Italian "I giorni dell'abbandono", directed by Roberto Faenza. Today Goran Bregovi? She lives in Paris with his wife D? enana South? uka and their three daughters Ema, and Lulu.
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