Saban Bajramović

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Saban Bajramović statue by sculptor Vlado Ašanin

Šaban Bajramović ( Serbian - Cyrillic Шабан Бајрамовић ; born April 16, 1936 in Niš ; † June 8, 2008 ibid) was a Yugoslav or Serbian singer who is often referred to as the "king of Roma music ".

Life

As a young soldier, Bajramović deserted from the Yugoslav People's Army because of love , which earned him a three-year prison sentence. During his stay in prison Goli he founded (the music he learned self-taught on the road) a successful prison orchestra. After serving his sentence, Bajramović recorded his first record in 1964, followed by over 20 other phonograms.

In addition to the music, Šaban Bajramović has often appeared in films, such as in The Guardian Angel (1987) by Goran Paskaljević and in Ciganska magija (1997) by Stole Popov . He was also instrumental in the soundtrack for " Black Cat, White Cat ".

He died on June 8, 2008 in the cardiological center in Niš. In 2009 a street in his hometown was named after him, against which there were protests, some of which were accompanied by riots. On August 12, 2010, on the initiative of Ivan Blagojević, director of the Nišville Jazz Festival , a monument was inaugurated in Niš on the bank of the Nišava River. It is a statue made by the sculptor Vlado Ašanin. Since no public funds were available, the musician Goran Bregović and the actor and director Ljubiša Samardžić as well as the Niš mayor Miloš Simonović, who waived a monthly salary, participated in the financing of the monument.

Discography

  • Mostar Sevdah Reunion presents Saban Bajramović: "A Gypsy legend" (2001)
  • Šaban Bajramović and Dobrovoljno Kovacko Drustvo: "Romano Raj" (hammer production, Belgrade 2006)
  • Mostar Sevdah Reunion: "Šaban" (Snail Records 2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ivica Petrović, Mirjana ÐIKIC: Protests against street names for Roma artists in Serbia . dw-world.de, May 14, 2009
  2. ↑ Niš: Otkriven spomenik Bajramoviću. b92.net, August 12, 2010
  3. ↑ http://www.b92.net/kultura/vesti.php?nav_id=442560
personal data
SURNAME Bajramović, Saban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav or Serbian singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Niš
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 2008
Place of death Niš