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Encyclopedia > Vesna Pisarovic

Croatian singer Vesna Pisarović was born on April 9, 1978 in the Bosnian town of Brčko but grew up in Požega, Croatia. From her earliest childhood she attended a music school, where she played the flute, sang in choirs and participated in various music contests. Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ... 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. ... The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... Požega (Hungarian Pozsega) is a town in Croatia; elevation 152 m with population of 28,948 in 2001. ... The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. ...


In the mid-1990s she moved to Zagreb, Croatia, where she continued her musical career. She began singing in clubs and writing songs. In 1997, while performing at the Croatian festival Zadarfest, she met Milana Vlaović. Vlaović started to write songs for Vesna. Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... Zagreb (pronounced ZAH-greb) is the capital city of Croatia. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...


In 2002 Vesna Pisarović won the annual Dora festival, the event that determines Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song Everything I Want placed 11th in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. She also wrote the song In the Disco which represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Dora can refer to: The WW II concentration camp of Mittelbau-Dora. ... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th Eurovision, it was held in Tallinn, Estonia on May 25th and the presenters were Annely Peebo and Marko Matvere. ... 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. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the forty-ninth Eurovision and took place on May 12, 2004 and May 15, 2004, in Istanbul, Turkey. ...


Vesna Pisarović has released the following albums:

  • "If You Knew" (Da znaš), released in 2000, and the best-selling debut album in Croatia that year, and
  • "Made for you" (Za tebe stvorena), released in 2001.
  • "Everything I want", 2002
  • "As if it was time" (Kao da je vrijeme), 2002
  • "Best of", released in 2003
  • "Singing is everything to me" (Pjesma mi je sve), 2003

Vesna Pisarović has won awards at numerous music festivals. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ...


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