Slađana Milošević
Slađana Milošević Слађана Милошевић | |
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Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
Died | 26 March 2024 Zemun, Serbia | (aged 68)
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Years active | 1971–2024 |
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Website | sladjana.com |
Aleksandra Milošević Hagadone (Serbian Cyrillic: Александра Милошевић Хагадон; 3 October 1955 – 26 March 2024), better known as Slađana Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Слађана Милошевић, pronounced [slǎdʑana milǒːʃeʋitɕ]), was a Serbian singer, songwriter, record producer, and writer.
Milošević began learning classical music at the age of five, playing piano and later switching to violin. As a teenager, she played bass guitar in several bands, including one of the last lineups of
Career
Early career (late 1960s–1977)
Slađana Milošević was born in
Simultaneously with playing bass guitar, Milošević acted in plays by
Milošević debuted as a singer at the 1974 Student Summer festival in Maglaj, winning first place.[2] In 1976, she toured the Soviet Union as a member of Saša Subota's Orchestra.[2] With Saša Subota's Orchestra Milošević recorded a compilation of world hits for the Soviet market and the single "Mikado" for Soviet label Melodiya.[2] The B-side of the single featured a cover of Korni Grupa song "Ivo Lola", for which Milošević recorded the vocals.[2] Besides extensive touring with hundreds of concerts performed throughout former Soviet Union, she took part in several TV shows. One of the highlights was her interpretation of Marina Tsvetaeva's poem "I Like When You Are Yearning for Me", sung in Russian on Moscow TV, in a special birthday greeting for General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev.[3] After recording the single "Baloni" ("Baloons") with Saša Subota's Orchestra, she started performing with the disco band Zdravo,[2] led by Boban Petrović, her boyfriend at the time.[4]
Success as a solo artist, retirement from public (1977–1981)
Milošević started her solo career in the summer of 1977, with the single "Au-au".
In 1980, Slađana Milošević released her debut album Gorim od želje da ubijem noć (I'm Burning with Desire to Kill the Night).[2] She composed part of the songs, while the rest of the songs were composed by Aleksandar "Sanja" Ilić, Enco Lesić, Miki Petkovski (formerly of the band Smak) and Aleksandar Milovanović (formerly of DAG).[2] All the album lyrics were written by lyricist Marina Tucaković, with the exception of the lyrics for "Amsterdam", written by Mirko Glišić, the song becoming the album's biggest hit.[2] The album was produced by Miki Petkovski and Laza Ristovski, both of them playing keyboards on the album.[2] The rest of the musicians who took part on the album recording were Generacija 5 members Dragan Jovanović (guitar) and Miloš Stojisavljević "Cajger" (bass guitar) and former Bijelo Dugme member Ipe Ivandić (drums).[2] The album brought her nationwide popularity, as well as attention in neighboring countries. On the 1979 New Year's Eve, Hungarian national television broadcast Milošević's one-hour performance.[3] During 1979, Milošević made a number of guest appearances: she appeared as a backing vocalist on YU Grupa album Samo napred... and Dado Topić's album Neosedlani (The Unsaddled), and recorded the song "Imam sve" ("I've Got Everything") for the National Class Category Up to 785 ccm soundtrack, composed by Zoran Simjanović.[5]
Milošević appeared on the 1981 Jugovizija festival, the Yugoslav national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Recept za ljubav" ("Recipe for Love"), written by Nenad Pavlović.[2] The song was released on a 7-inch single with the song "Srećan ti rođendan", written by Idoli member Vlada Divljan, as the B-side.[2] After release of the single, she started her studies of veterinary medicine and retired from performing.[2]
Comeback and nationwide popularity (1983–1987)
In 1983, Milošević moved to
After the release of Neutral Design, she returned to Yugoslavia and embarked on a tour with her new backing band Ljudi (People) as an opening act for the English
In 1985, Milošević took part in
Jazz and experimental music, moving to United States (1988–1995)
In 1988, Milošević recorded a jazz album with songs composed by prominent jazz composer Darko Kraljić.[5] The album, entitled Alexandra Slađana Milošević & Darko Kraljić, featured Radio Television Belgrade Jazz Orchestra, Milutin Lilić Vocal Quartet, Vladimir Vitas on piano, Vojin Draškoci on double bass, Lala Kovačev on drums, Mirjana Filipović on harp and Nikola Mitrović on trumpet.[5] Most of the lyrics were written by Milošević, and she also played violin on the recording.[5]
After the album recording, she represented Yugoslavia on the International Friendly Cities Singers Meeting festival in Beijing, China.[5][3] She had won a Special Honorary Award and a Silver Cup for an overall two-part competition that included interpretation of a traditional Chinese song and her original music.[5][3] During her staying in China, she performed in several concert venues and television shows.[3] Following the success at the festival, the Chinese record label Hundred Flowers Records released the compilation of her own songs.[5] Upon returning to Europe, she co hosted a TV periodical titled Cultural Bridge Beijing-Belgrade, produced by TV Belgrade.[3] In 1989, she went on a tour across China[5] and performed at the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment in the piece Tokata (Toccata) written by Igor Gostuški (formerly of the band Duh Nibor).[5] The piece won two first prizes, at the experimental classical music contests in Opatija and Munich.[3] During the same year, she performed the experimental piece Night Brother, written by Ognjen Bodranović, at the opening of the 23rd Belgrade International Theatre Festival.[5] During the festival, she also performed the piece Prvi obredni san (First Ritual Dream) by Vuk Kulenović, using acoustic sculptures by sculptor Vladimir Labat.[5]
In 1989, she moved to
Back in Serbia (1995–2024)
In 1995, Milošević returned to Belgrade.
In 2000, Milošević released the album Animal Tested, which featured heavier rock sound that her previous releases and songs in both Serbian and English language.[5] Milošević authored all the songs on the album.[5] She produced the album herself, playing guitar, bass guitar, keyboards and percussion on the recording.[5] Beside Milošević, album featured Dejan Nikolić (drums), Igor Malešević (drums), Matija Bartulac (bass guitar) and Vlada Novičić (bass guitar).[5] The album featured a new version of her old hit "Sexy dama".[5] The video for the album opening track, "Legalize Freedom", was banned from national television as it alluded to the authoritarian regime of Slobodan Milošević.[3]
Slađana Milošević took an active role in the protests against Slobodan Milošević's regime.
During the spring of 2002, in order to mark 25 years since her solo debut, she released three compilation albums entitled Metamorfoza (Metamorphosis), featuring selection of previously released songs as well as previously unreleased material.[5]
Other activities
Together with Jasmina Malešević, Milošević wrote a book of
In 2002, in Los Angeles she recorded a five-episode documentary series, Muzička industrija Amerike (American Music Industry), for the Radio Television of Serbia.[5] For a short period of time, she hosted the show Animal Tested on Radio 202.[3]
Milošević was a president of the Art Es Norma association and organized A Better World campaign, with the goal of raising awareness about the importance of
Personal life and death
Milošević died on 26 March 2024, at the age of 68 at a hospital in Zemun.[1][7] She struggled with Sjögren syndrome.[8] She was the sister of singer Goran Milošević, who was the vocalist for the hard rock band Generacija 5.[9]
Discography
Studio albums
- Gorim od želje da ubijem noć (1980)[2]
- Neutral design (1983)[2]
- Alexandra Slađana Milošević & Darko Kraljić (With Darko Kraljić, 1988)[5]
- Animal Tested (2000)[5]
Compilation albums
- The Best Of (with Dado Topić, 1989)[10][11]
- Harmony - Compilation Vol. 1 Balads (1998)[5][12][13]
- Metamorfoza Vol.1 (2002)[5]
- Metamorfoza Vol.2 (2002)[5]
- Metamorfoza Vol.3 (2002)[5]
- Fantastično putovanje (2007)[14][15]
Singles
- "Au-au" / "Upali svetlo" (1977)[2]
- "Simpatija" / "Bejbi" (1978)[2]
- "Sexy dama" / "Vreme čini čuda" (1978)[2]
- "Recept za ljubav" / "Srećan ti rođendan" (1981)[2]
- "Miki, Miki" / "Das Licht Von Kairo (Svetla Kaira)" (1983)[2][16]
- "Princeza" (maxi single, with Dado Topić, 1984)[1][17]
References
- ^ a b c "She sang the most beautiful Duet in Yugoslavia: Singer Sladjana Milosevic passed away". Sarajevo Times. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Janjatović, Petar (2007). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 150.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Official Biography of Slađana Miloševi". sladjana.com. Archived from the original (web.archive.org) on 4 March 2023.
- ^ Janjatović, Petar (2007). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 248.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Janjatović, Petar (2007). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 151.
- ^ "YU Rock Misija". Rock (in Serbian) (76). Belgrade: NIP politika: 3.
- ^ Sanjevic, Ivana (26 March 2024). "Preminula Slađana Milošević" (in Serbian). Fonet. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Milenković, Marija (26 March 2024). "Ovo je prvi znak retke bolesti sa kojom se dve godine borila Slađana Milošević". Story. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Janjatović, Petar (2007). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 89.
- ^ Slađana* + Dado* – The Best Of
- ^ Slađana Milošević + Dado Topić: The Best Of
- ^ Alexandra Sladjana Milošević* – Harmony - Compilation Vol. 1 Balads
- ^ Slađana Milošević: Harmony - Compilation Vol. 1 Balads
- ^ Slađana Milošević – Fantastično Putovanje
- ^ Slađana Milošević: Fantastično Putovanje
- ^ Miki, Miki / Das Licht Von Kairo (Svetla Kaira)
- ^ Slađana* + Dado* – Princeza
External links
- Official Website
- Slađana Milošević at IMDb
- Slađana Milošević discography at Discogs