- Saša Lošić
Saša Lošić - "Loša" (born
July 19 ,1964 ,Banja Luka ,Bosnia-Herzegovina ,Yugoslavia ) is one of the most recognizablecomposer s of theBalkans and the leader of the bandPlavi Orkestar , which was one of the most popular acts of the former Yugoslav Pop and Rock scene.He is a composer of often folk-inspired pop, as well as theatre scores ("Romeo and Juliet", "Elvise de luxe", "Lemonade", "
Mother Courage "), "The Bacchae", documentary and featurefilm score s.His recent work includes movies like "Gori vatra", "Kajmak in marmelada", "Days and Hours", "Borderline Lovers" and establishing his new "Saša Lošić Film Orchestra" which had its world premiere at the 10th jubilee Sarajevo film festival with gala concerts at the National Theatre in
Sarajevo .Lošić is the composer, singer, and arranger of the band
Plavi Orkestar ("Blue Orchestra"), one of the most popular bands on the territory offormer Yugoslavia . Plavi Orkestar is described by music encyclopedias as one of the "cultural phenomenons of the 1980s and 1990s" (5 million copies sold). The band has remained popular to date, with 10 albums and more than 1500 concerts worldwide.In his film music Saša Lošić has cooperated with numerous talented musicians and singers from across
Europe , including
*members of the bandTerra Folk - best world ethno band at theBBC competition in the UK calledBBC Awards for World Music
*Candan Ercetin - one of the greatest stars of Turkish music
*Vlatko Stefanovski - renowned Macedonian guitarist
*Tanja Zajc Zupan - zither soloist fromSlovenia
*Jovan Kolundžija - internationally acclaimed violinist from Belgrade
*Mustafa Šantić - multi-instrument musician from the "Mostar sevdah reunion " band
*Josip Andrić - pianist from Zagreb
* singersJasna Žalica ,Gertruda Munitić ,Usnija Redžepova ,Tanja Ribič ,Alenka Vidrih ,Lejia Jusić ,Severina , Sabahudin Kurt,Rade Šerbedžija ,Halid Bešlić ,Šerif Konjević , Dado Topić,Zdravko Čolić , Gazebo (Italy ),Branko Đurić -Đuro,Helena Blagne ...and many others. His work has received several awards.
Loša lives between
Sarajevo ,Ljubljana (Slovenia ) and the island ofHvar (Croatia ).elected filmography
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Kot da nisam več otrok / 1994
*Duh velikih jezera / 1995
*Welcome to Sarajevo / 1996 (song writer)
*Outsider / 1997
*The end of unpleasant times / 1998
*Hop skip and jump / 1999
*Jel´ jasno prijatelju / 2001 (song writer)
*Zvenenje v glavi / 2002 (awarded for Best film score, Portoroz film festival, Slovenia, 2002)
*Fuse /Gori vatra / 2003 (awarded for best film score, "Davorin" , Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2004)
*Cheese and Jam /Kajmak in marmelada / 2003
*Days and hours /Kod amidže Idriza / 2004 (awarded for best film score, "Davorin", Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2005)
*Sex, piće i krvoproliće / 2004 (omnibus)
*Borderline lovers / 2005
*Ram za sliku moje domovine / 2005
*Prva plata / 2005
*Sve džaba / 2006 (song writer)
*1/2 kozarca riže / 2006
*To ti je lajf / 2006 (in production)
* [http://www.petelinjizajtrk.com/ Petelinji Zajtrk] / 2007
*Teško je biti fin / 2007 (post production)
*Agape / 2007
*Vratice se rode / 2007
*Plavi Orkestar / 2008 (in production)External links
* [http://www.sasalosic.com/ Official Saša Lošić web page]
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