Goran Bregović (Горан Бреговић) (born March 22, 1950) is one of the most recognizable modern composers of the Balkans. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ...

He was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia in former Yugoslavia to a Croat father and a Serbian mother. His father was an officer in Yugoslav People's Army. The cult rock group White Button (Bijelo Dugme) that he founded at the age of 16 became one of the most popular groups of former Yugoslavia between the late 1970s and mid 1980s. View of Sarajevo from the east. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ... The word Serbian might be: an adjective, meaning: of Serbs (Serbian tradition, Serbian religion) of Serbia (Serbian government, Serbian president) both of the above (Serbian flag) a noun, meaning: a Serb a Serb from Serbia (as opposed to Serb who is not from Serbia) citizen of Serbia (regardless of nationality... The Yugoslav Peoples Army (Jugoslavenska/Jugoslovenska narodna armija, JNA, Slovene Jugoslovanska ljudska armada, JLA) was the army of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to its dissolution. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

He was convinced by the famous film director Emir Kusturica to work for the film industry, a decision which gave way to a variety of brilliant soundtracks for such films as Time of the Gypsies, Queen Margot, Underground and Arizona Dream. His music carries both South Slavic and Gypsy themes and is a fusion of popular music with traditional polyphonic music of the Balkans, tango and brass bands. Although being very a popular musician in the Eastern Europe, Bregović has been accused on several occasions of 'stealing' original Gypsy and folk music of the Balkans which he ultimatelly rewrote and branded as his own creation. Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica (pronounced koo-stûr-ÉT-sä) (Serbian cyrillic: Емир Кустурица) (born November 24, 1954) is a filmmaker born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Categories: Literature stubs | Movie stubs | 1845 books | 1994 films | French novels ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ... The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ...

He is currently living in Paris. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

External link

• Official web site (http://www.goranbregovic.co.yu/)