Jelena Krstic

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Jelena, Vienna, ~ 2013.
Harri Stojka (guitar), Jelena Krstic (vocals) and Moša Šišic (violin), 2010

Jelena Krstic (* 7. January 1981 in Kovin , Serbia as Jelena Simic ), artist name, YELL , is a Serbian singer. Since 2008 she has performed with the gypsy jazz icon Harri Stojka and sings world music , jazz and classical Roma songs.

Life

Jelena Krstic grew up in a family of musicians in Kovin. She made her first appearance at the age of four. At the age of 15, she moved from home and attended the music high school in Belgrade , which she successfully graduated in 2000.

Immediately afterwards, she moved to Austria and studied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz , and later composition and music theory at the Vienna Conservatory (graduated in 2007). In 2006 Jelena Kristic played a guest role at the Theater an der Wien in the musical "Mitsuko" with Uwe Kröger .

From 2008 to 2010 she performed at many important festivals as part of the “Grooveheadz” project: Turkey , USA (New York, Washington), Austria , Germany , Hungary , Serbia, etc. Since 2008 she has been singing in Harri Stojka's band .

Award

In 2005 she won the Austrian singing competition The Voice , where she received the award for the best Austrian voice.

Albums

  • Harri Stojka Gitancoeur - Gitancœur d'Europe , 2011 (European classics of Roma music; Jelena Krstic sings, Harri Stojka plays guitar)

Movie

  • Gypsy Spirit. Harri Stojka. A travel. Director: Klaus Hundsbichler, Austria / India 2010, 91 min (This film with Jelena Krstic won the “Romy” award for “Best Documentary Film 2011”.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Universalmusic.at ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.universalmusic.at
  2. ↑ Grooveheadz feat, Jelena Krstic in Budapest (on Youtube)
  3. ^ Romano Centro: Harri Stojka India Express

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personal data
SURNAME Krstic, Jelena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simic, Jelena (maiden name); YELL
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian singer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th January 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Kovin