Bilja Krstić

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Bilja Krstić
Hi Fi Centar, Mascom, ARC Music, Croatia Records
Websitewww.bilja.rs

Biljana "Bilja" Krstić (

Yugoslav
singer and songwriter.

Starting her musical career as a teenager, Krstić gained nationwide popularity as the member of the

ethnic music, to large critical acclaim and mainstream success in Serbia and abroad. With her backing band Bistrik Orchestra, Krstić has recorded six studio albums with covers of traditional songs from the Balkans and performed on world music
festivals across the world. She has composed music for film, television and theatre.

Biography

Early career

Biljana Krstić started her career as a teenager, in 1972, as a member of the band Bubamare (Ladybugs) from

Belgrade Music Academy.[1]

Suncokret and Rani Mraz (1975–1981)

Krstić joined the band Suncokret in 1975.[1] With the band she recorded the studio album Moje bube (My Bugs, 1977) and four 7-inch singles, achieving nationwide popularity.[2] In 1978 Krstić and Bora Đorđević left the group and joined the newly-formed Rani Mraz, led by Đorđe Balašević.[1] Đorđević would soon leave the band, but Krstić would remain, alongside Balašević, the only official member of the band until its official dissolution in 1981, recording the albums Mojoj mami umesto maturske slike u izlogu (To my Mom instead of a Prom Photo in the Shop-Window, 1978) and Odlazi cirkus (The Circus Is Leaving, 1980) with the group.[1]

Solo career (1983–present)

Pop and rock years (1983–2000)

Krstić started her solo career in 1983 with the album Prevari noćas svoje društvo sa mnom (Cheat on Your Friends with Me Tonight).

Miroslav Antić, Slobodan Stanišić and Vladimir Andrić.[1]

During these years, she made numerous appearances as a backing vocalist on albums by various artists from Belgrade and worked as a music editor on Radio Belgrade.[1]

Ethnic music years (2000–present)

Krstić turned to ethnic music with her 2000 album Bistrik (a

traditional songs from Serbia, Romania, North Macedonia and Hungary.[1] The album was originally released through One Records, and was later reissued by the Greek branch of V2 Records.[1] In 2001, the TV show based on the songs from Bistrik and entitled Ručni rad (Handicraft) was made.[1] The show won the fourth place at the Rose d'Or festival in Montreux.[1]

In 2003, Krstić released the album Zapisi (Inscriptions), featuring songs originally written for

shargia, guitar, vocals), Branko Isaković (formerly of Suncokret, Bulevar, Propaganda, Idoli and Kerber, bass), Dragomir "Miki" Stanojević (formerly of Poslednja Igra Leptira, keyboards), Nenad Josifović (violin), Milinko Ivanović (flute, duduk), Maja Kislinski (percussion, vocals), and Ruža Rudić and Nataša Mihaljinac (backing vocals).[1] Besides covers of traditional songs, like "Jovano Jovanke", "Ergen deda" and "Kozar - zurli treštat na sred selo", the album featured the song "Šargor kolo" composed by Ljuba Ninković.[1]

The albums Bistrik and Zapisi brought international attention to Krstić and Bistrik Orchestra.[3] In 2005 Krstić performed in São Paulo as a member of the Mediterraneo Orchestra, composed of world music artists from across the world.[3]

In 2006, Bilja Krstić and Bistrik Orchestra released the album Tarpoš, named after a traditional women's cap from the Balkans and featuring covers of traditional songs.[3] The album was recorded with new members of the Bistrik Orchestra: Ninković and Isaković were replaced by Krstić's former bandmates from Suncokret Nenad Božić and Bata Božanić respectively, and the group was joined by backing vocalist Nevenka Radonić.[3] Tarpoš was released in Serbia through PGP-RTS, and internationally by German record label Ituition Schott Music.[3] It was pronounced by one of top ten 2007 albums by the British music magazine Songlines,[3] and Krstić's song "The Sad Letter" appeared on the magazine's compilation album Top of the World 44.[3] In 2008, the band released the video album Bilja Krstić i Bistrik Orchestra – LIVE, with the recording of their concert held in Belgrade's Terazije Theatre on 27 November 2007.[3]

In 2012 Krstić started her vocal workshop at the

a capella album Izvorište (The Wellspring) with ethnic musician Dimitrije "Mikan" Obradović.[3] The album featured new covers of traditional songs from Serbia, as well as some of previously recorded covers in new musical arrangements.[3] In 2017 Krstić and Bistrik Orchestra released the album Svod (Sky) through the British record label ARC Music. The album featured covers of traditional songs from across the Balkans.[3] In 2023 they released the album Biljur (Crystal) through Croatia Records, featuring covers of traditional songs with the topic of women's struggle for the freedom of choice.[3]

Film and TV music (2002–present)

Krstić wrote music for Zdravko Šotra's 2002 film Zona Zamfirova, which was released on the album Zapisi.[3] On the 2003 Herceg Novi Film Festival the film was awarded for the best score, and on the 2003 Mostra de Valencia film festival it won the First Award for Best Music.[3] With Dragomir Stanojević she wrote music for Srđan Koljević's 2015 film The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip, and it was released on the soundtrack album Branio sam Mladu Bosnu (I Defended Young Bosnia, the literal translation of the film's original title).[3] She wrote music for the TV series Šesto čulo (Sixth Sence) and co-wrote the music for the TV series Crna svadba (Black Wedding) with Dragomir Stanojević.[3]

Collaborations

Bilja Krstić worked with

Tenores di Bitti "Mialinu Pira", David D`Or, Marta Sebestyen, Yanka Rupkina, Amira Medunjanin, Tamara Obrovac, Bojan Zulfikarpašić, Vlatko Stefanovski, Nenad Vasilić, Magda Dourado Pucci, Vasko Atanasovski, Vlado Kreslin, Bora Dugić, Boban Marković
and Marko Marković and others.

Accolades

Discography

With Suncokret

Studio albums

  • Moje bube (1977)

Singles

  • "Gde ćeš biti, lepa Kejo" / "Pusto more, pusti vali" (1976)
  • "Rock 'n' Roll duku duku" / "Gili gili blues" (1976)
  • "Oj, nevene" / "Tekla voda" (1976)
  • "Imam pesmu za sve ljude" / "Čovek koga znam" (1978)

With Rani Mraz

Studio albums

Singles

  • "Računajte na nas" / "Strašan žulj" (1978)
  • "Oprosti mi Katrin" / "Život je more" (1978)
  • "Panonski mornar" / "Moja draga sad je u Japanu" (1979)
  • "Lagana stvar" / "Prvi januar (popodne)" (1979)

Solo

Studio albums

  • Prevari večeras svoje društvo sa mnom (1983)
  • Iz unutrasnjeg džepa (1985)
  • Loptom do zvezda (1990)
  • Bilja (1994)
  • Bistrik (2001)
  • Zapisi (2003)
  • Tarpoš (2007)
  • Izvorištе (2013)
  • Branio sam Mladu Bosnu (With Dragomir Stanojević, 2015)
  • Svod (2017)
  • Biljur (2023)

Video albums

  • Bilja Krstić i Bistrik Orchestra – LIVE (2008)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Janjatović, Petar (2024). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023. Belgrade: self-released. p. 162.
  2. ^ Janjatović, Petar (2024). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023. Belgrade: self-released. p. 291.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Janjatović, Petar (2024). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023. Belgrade: self-released. p. 163.

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