Andrija Konc

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Andrija Konc (born October 10, 1914 (according to other information October 10, 1919) in Sombor , † in autumn 1945 in Bjelovar ) was a Yugoslav operetta and pop singer , composer and soccer goalkeeper.

Life

Konc graduated from the Zagreb Music Academy with Lav Vrbanić. He was a member of the opera choir of the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb , with whom he appeared in operettas ( La traviata by Verdi , St. Anthony by Jara Beneš , Pjesmom kroz život by Milan Asić, Snovi male Luane by Slavko Miđor and Maks Mottla, etc.) . He later switched to salon music and became famous for it. Konc sang on the radio , released records and performed internationally. He also composed a few hits himself.

Konc played for the Hrvatski akademski športski klub as a football goalkeeper . During the Second World War he also performed in Germany and Hungary . On April 23, 1945 he performed for the thousandth time. The well-known theater actress Eliza Gerner wrote in her memoir that Konc was imprisoned in an OZNA camp near Bjelovar and murdered there. In communist Yugoslavia his music was not played.

Songs

  • Ja ljubim (used in the film Tko pjeva zlo ne misli )
  • Da barem nisam tebe sreo: lagani fox
  • Do kad će trajat taj san…?
  • Gitaro, druže moj
  • Jeka: slow-fox
  • Snivaj: tango
  • Ne reci: pjesma i tango
  • Mjesec maj na Marjan poć ...
  • Ća je lipo u splitu živit

His records were released by Edison Bell Penkala, Elektron and Akord, and CDs are available from Croatia Records today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ so in the Hrvatski biografski leksikon
  2. ↑ a b c Kovačić, Marta. Gdje je skončao Andrija Konc? Hrvatski fokus , April 14, 2017. Accessed April 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ Andrija Konc VIAF: Virtual Authority File. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Konc, Andrija
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav operetta and pop singer, composer and football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1914 or October 10, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Sombor
DATE OF DEATH 1945
Place of death Bjelovar