Dušan Šestić

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Dušan Šestić
Birth nameDušan Šestić
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Banja Luka, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Instrument(s)Violin

Dušan Šestić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Шестић; born 1946) is a Bosnian-Serb musician and composer; he composed the national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Early life and education

Šestić, a Bosnian Serb, was born Banja Luka in 1946.[1] He studied the violin at the Music Academy in Belgrade, Serbia.[citation needed]

Career

Šestić began his professional career at the JNA Symphony Orchestra in Belgrade, Serbia. He was a musician at the Military Orchestra in Split, Croatia, where he lived from 1984 to 1991. During that time, he also performed for the Split Opera. He also composes children's music, popular music, radio music, and TV music. He also worked in theater.[citation needed]

In the 1990s, in need of money, Šestić composed for the state the

National Lampoon's Animal House,[7][8][2] leading to accusations of plagiarism and calls for the composition to be replaced as a result. Šestić defended himself against accusations of plagiarism, saying that he could not have plagiarized Bernstein's work as he was unaware of the latter's composition.[2]

In 2008, when the

Benjamin Isovic submitted an entry, "Мајко земљо" (English: "Mother Earth") as a contender, though ultimately it was not chosen.[citation needed
]

Šestić taught violin at the strings department of the Vlado Milosevic Music School in Banja Luka.[citation needed]

Personal life

Šestić's daughter,

Helsinki, Finland.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Lena Nordin- Albums, Pictures â€" Naxos Classical Music". www.naxos.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "How many national anthems are plagiarised?". BBC News. United Kingdom: British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "ZaÅ¡to je DuÅ¡an Å estić najveći svetski baksuz meÄ'u kompozitorima". Blic (in Serbian). 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina". nationalanthems.info. 28 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Himna BiH napokon dobila tekst!".
  6. ^ "Dušan Šestić: Tekst himne ćemo dobiti onda kada to budemo istinski željeli". Klix (in Bosnian). Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  7. ISBN 9780857726421
    – via Google Books.
  8. ISBN 9780099592235
    . Retrieved 5 May 2016 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Eurovision Radio International. "Eurovision Live Concert 2015: Interview with Marija Sestic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ Smigalovic, Ismar. "Marija Šestić: I always knew that I would make music my profession - visitbih.ba".

External links

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