Hari Varešanović
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Hari Varešanović | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Hajrudin Varešanović |
Also known as | Hari Mata Hari |
Born | Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia | 16 January 1961
Genres | Pop rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
Labels | Hayat Production |
Hajrudin "Hari" Varešanović (
Biography
Born as Hajrudin Varešanović in early 1961, in Sarajevo, Hari grew up in the Vratnik neighborhood of Sarajevo's old town. His grandfather, Mehaga Varešanović, was one of the more well-known singers of traditional Bosnian music called sevdalinka. At the age of six, Hajrudin began to sing and learned to play the guitar. At the local cultural center, he was asked to sing, then at the age of ten he sang with the group "Omi", and later for the group "Sedam šuma". In Vratnik, Hari recorded his first song "Zašto da ne uzmem nju". After finishing electrical school, Varešanović began to study Philosophy and attended classes of natural politics, but he never completed the courses. Music took up much of his time, as did his love of photography.
In 1979, Hari joined the group Zov with whom he recorded the hit song "Poletjela golubica sa Baščaršije." The song is still very popular. Next, Varešanović sang with the group "Ambasadori", with whom, it is said, that he matured into a professional artist. After his serving mandatory military service in the town of Niš, he appeared on the music scene by himself releasing the (1984) album Zlatne Kočije.
His professional career has lasted over a quarter of a century and he has performed at over 1,000 concerts. In 1999, Varešanović performed his song "Starac i More" in hope of representing Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999. However, after "Starac i More" had won it turned out the song had already been recorded, since Varešanović had sold the song to record label Unirecords in Finland, and Finnish artist Janne Hurme recorded that song in 1997 in name "Heart Blood" ("Sydänveri"). Hari Mata Hari was disqualified. The runner-up, Dino Merlin, was sent to the ESC instead.
In 1999, he recorded a duet with a famous fellow Bosnian singer,
.On 9 February 2006, the Bosnian television network
Varešanović performed a song with music written by Serbian composer
... The song is the best in the world. I have to admit that I have not heard a better one. I am impressed with it and Pecikoza's lyrics. We have made a song that comes out the spirit of our people and I am glad to be singing it...
On 20 May 2006, Hari Varešanović and his group
In 2011, Varešanović composed the music to and wrote the lyrics to Briši me, a song sung by Bosnian singer Lepa Brena for her sixteenth studio album Začarani krug. He also wrote the lyrics to her 2014 song Zaljubljeni veruju u sve.
Personal life
On 14 February 2010, Varešanović married girlfriend Jasminka Ištuk from Osijek, Croatia. They live in Sarajevo and Munich. It is the second marriage for both. Each have children from previous marriages.[1][2]
Discography
Solo albums
- 1984 – Zlatne kočije
with Hari Mata Hari
- 1985 – Skini haljinu
- 1985 – U tvojoj kosi
- 1986 – Ne bi te odbranila ni cijela Jugoslavija
- 1988 – Ja te volim najviše na svijetu
- 1989 – Volio bi' da te ne volim
- 1990 – Strah me da te volim
- 1991 – Rođena si samo za mene
- 1994 – Ostaj mi zbogom ljubavi
- 1998 – Ja nemam snage da te ne volim
- 2001 – Baš ti lijepo stoje suze
- 2002 – Ružmarin
- 2004 – Zakon jačega
- 2009 – Sreća
- 2016 – Ćilim
References
- ^ "Osijek: Hari Mata Hari oženio Jasminku Ištuk". Archived from the original on 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Bljesak.info - Vjenčao se Hari Varešanović". Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
External links
- Media related to Hari Varešanović at Wikimedia Commons