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oliver dragojević

Oliver Dragojević (born 7 December 1947) is one of Croatia's most popular and enduring musical stars and a beloved cultural icon with a discography that spans nearly four decades. His style blends traditional Klapa melodies of Dalmatia, a coastal region in his native Croatia, with jazz motifs wrapped up in a modern production. He is one of the few Croatian musicians who can boast with sold out performances at New York's Carnegie Hall, London's Royal Albert Hall, Olympia (Paris) and the beautiful Sydney Opera House.

Dragojević had three sisters, who died young as refugees during the Second World War. The family had escaped war to a refugee camp in El Shatt Egypt as had many women and children from Dalmatia. Dragojević himself was born on 7 December 1947, not long after his family returned to their ancestral village of Vela Luka on the Dalmatian island of Korcula. His brother Alyosha was born not long after in 1949. At the age of five, his father Marko, bought Dragojević a harmonica. As he got better he started to entertain the kids from his street, and passengers on board the frequent ship route Vela Luka - Split. With the young Dragojević's passion for music, his parents sent him to a music school in Split. There he learnt to play the piano, clarinet and bass guitar.

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