Ibrica Jusić
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Biography
He started his career in DubrovnikDubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
in 1965. On invitation of composer Pero Gotovac he went in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
. He was a winner on Zagreb Festival in 1968, he won with song "Celuloidni pajac". He won the first prize on the same festival also in 1969 with song "Osobenjak" and in 1970 with song "Mačka".
Then, Zagreb became too small for him (as he said), so he went in Paris where he has felt international experience. After all, he always returned by summers every year to his hometown Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
and sang midnight concerts to his loyal public. By using his summer travels to Dubrovnik he started to cooperate with Dubrovnik Sommer Games (Dubrovačke ljetne igre) in 1971 and with songs of Pero Gotovac he sang on shows of Games Edward II, Columbo and Aretej. He composed music and sang in the show Životopis Miha Pracata ("Biography of Miha Pracet) in 1977. In the same year he recited in Knežev dvor, and, as he recited in so elite place, that was also his reward for his artistic value.
He is one of the first singers who recorded songs on LP records in 1974. He was one of the first persons who did solo-concert in Lisinski Theater in 1975. In next years he sang in almost all world-wide popular places, like Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
(Sydney), Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in New Yorku, China Theatre in Stockholmu and so on. He composes music for poets of Luko Paljetak, Dobriša Cesarić
Dobriša Cesarić
Dobriša Cesarić was a Croatian poet and translator born in Požega.Despite his limited output, Cesarić is considered as one of the greatest Croatian poets of the 20th century.-External links:* * *...
, Aleksa Šantić
Aleksa Šantic
Aleksa Šantić was a Serb poet from Herzegovina.He was born and lived most his life in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, a province that was occupied by Austria-Hungary in 1878 and annexed by them in 1908...
, Antić, William Shakespear, Brecht
Brecht
Brecht is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in't-Goor and Sint-Lenaarts. On January 1, 2006 Brecht had a total population of 26,464...
, Britvić, Zuppe etc.
Soon he published this albums:
- Skaline od sudbine (Steps of Destiny) (Jugoton, 1975)
- Nostromo (Jugoton, 1976)
- Emina (Jugoton, 1977)
- Ne dajte da vas zavedu (Do not let to be seduced) (Jugoton, 1978)
- Čovjek bez kafića (Man without Cafe) (Jugoton, 1980)
The most important thing in his career was symphony album Ibrica (1981), done in a rich Mediterranean arrangements of his brother, maestro Đelo Jusić, who wrote anthology songs for Ibrica like: "Šalom Sara" ("Shalom Sara"), "U svakom slučaju te volim" ("In every case I love you"), "Na Stradunu" ("On the Stradun
Stradun (street)
Stradun or Placa is the main street of Dubrovnik, Croatia. The limestone-paved pedestrian street runs some 300 metres through the Old Town, the historic part of the city surrounded by the Walls of Dubrovnik....
") and others.
His went to France once again in 1980 on invitation of famous French show Le Grande Echique. He got one more invitation of the same show on Christmas Eve, but this time, the guests also were stars like Becauda, Aznavour, Greco
Greco
Greco may refer to:* Greco , a list of people with this surname* El Greco , a Greek-Spanish painter, sculptor and architect* El Greco , a composition by Vangelis...
and Gold Gate Quartet. In next two years he was on the swhos of the same producer, which was a great honor for French singers also.
As a result of the Parisian school he recorded album La vie in French in 1985, while the album Hodaju ljudi (People walk), recorded in 1988, was a result of impact of his many years of residence in Sweden. He returns to homeland once more in 1991.
At the end of 1993 he writes music for "Velika magija" ("Great magic") (P. Magelli and K. Dolenčić) in Gavella where he played and sang. His return to domestic waters resulted in retrospective compilation issued in Croatia Records in 1994. In 1997 he entered to the newly founded Dancing Bear House and published compact disc of significant title Dan prije (The day before) with the material recorded at a concert held on 24 May 1997. in ZeKaeM. The day before in the same place, the ceiling collapsed.
In 2001 he recorded an album Hazarder (Hustler), a tribute to Leonard Cohen, with 12 translations of poems of legendary Canadian chansonier.
Below compact disc Amanet which Ibrica Jusić dedicate homage to his first, to the spiritual homeland and the country of his parents, Bosnia and Herzegovina, by recording the new, modern arrangements of a number of beautiful Bosnian sevdalinka
Sevdalinka
Sevdalinka is a traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Sevdalinka is popular across the ex-Yugoslavia region, especially in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. The actual composers of many sevdalinkas are unknown....
. He was first Croatian singer who was officially invited to the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2004., at one of the largest jazz festivals. That same year, he performed on Etno World Festival, Oslo.
In 2008 is marched with Amanet 2, with 13 original Bosnian sevdalinka recorded in the studio Liburnia Jazz Mozart, back in Elvis music production station, with the sounds of the accordion virtuoso Omar Pobrica and violin maestro Sasha Olenjuk.
In 2009 is jubilee year in which Ibrica marks 45 years of his artistic work. Since his musical expression a mixture of Italian, French, Croatian and Bosnian influence, this year marked a number of concerts titled From Shakespeare to Sevdah.
Discography
- Celulodni pajac, Stranac, Ponoć, Jagoda (single, Jugoton, 1968)
- Golubica, Kada jednom budeš sama (single, Jugoton, 1969)
- Još uvijek ne znam neke važne stvari, Mala kavana (single, Jugoton, 1969)
- Mačka, Morem plovi dragi tvoj (single, Jugoton, 1970)
- Nemoj ići, Nikolina, Ave Maria, Ana (single, Jugoton, 1970)
- Zašto san sritan/ Leila (single Jugoton, 1971)
- Emina/Na trgu ispod sata (Jugoton 1972)
- Bezimenoj/Pjesma o ruži (Jugoton, 1974)
LP
- Ibrica Jusić (Jugoton, 1974)
- Skaline od sudbine (Jugoton, 1975)
- Nostromo (Jugoton, 1976)
- Emina (Jugoton, 1977)
- Ne dajte da vas zavedu (Jugoton, 1978)
- Čovjek bez kafića (Jugoton, 1980)
- Ibrica (Jugoton, 1981)
- Ibrica Jusić + pas, soba 501, osobe dvije (1983)
- La Vie (Jugoton, 1985)
- Hodaju ljudi 1988.
CD
- Retrospektiva (Croatia Records, 1994)
- Dan prije - Live in ZeKaeM, (Dancing BearDancing BearDancing Bear is a Croatian record label.Croatian artists that released their albums on the label include The Bambi Molesters, Daleka obala, Darko Rundek, Dino Dvornik, Gustafi, Hladno pivo, Ibrica Jusić, Dunja Knebl, Kojoti, Leteći odred and Majke....
, 1998) - Hazarder - Tribute To Leonard Cohen (Dancing Bear, 2001)
- Amanet (Dancing Bear, 2003)
- Kavana Mediteran (Dancing Bear, 2006)
- Amanet 2 (Dancing Bear, 2008)