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Jordan Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Јордан Николић; 11 May 1933 – 26 April 2018) was a Serbian
folk singer Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...
who interpreted traditional songs from
Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
.


Biography

Nikolić was born on 11 May 1933, in
Prizren ) , settlement_type = Municipality and city , image_skyline = Prizren Collage.jpg , imagesize = 290px , image_caption = View of Prizren , image_alt = View of Prizren , image_flag ...
,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...
. His parents were born in
Sredačka župa Srecka ( sq, Sreckë) or Sredačka Župa ( sr-Cyrl, Средачка Жупа, lit=County of Sredska) is a remote geographical region, a valley, in southeastern Kosovo, below the Šar Mountains at the source of the Prizren Bistrica. Geography ...
, from where they moved to Prizren. His father played the
gusle The gusle ( sr-cyrl, гусле) or lahuta ( sq, lahutë) is a single-stringed musical instrument (and musical style) traditionally used in the Dinarides region of Southeastern Europe (in the Balkans). The instrument is always accompanied by s ...
. In primary school and in gymnasium, he was a member of the choir. Jordan Nikolić graduated the Yugoslav literature and Serbian language at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. He found his interest while studying Serbian folk music in school. His first recording was made in 1961, in the Radio Pristina, and two years later he became the music editor of the same radio station. In 1968 he began recording for programs of Radio Belgrade, spreading the rich repertoire of Kosovo folk songs. During a 50-year career, in cooperation with
Mara Đorđević Mara Đorđević (born Marija Mišović; 31 January 1916 in Odobești, Romania – 22 January 2003 in Pančevo Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, ; german: Pantschowa; hu, Pancsova; ro, Panciova; sk, Pánčevo) is a list of cities ...
, Nikolić searched and saved from oblivion ancient songs from Kosovo and southern Serbia, some predating the
Battle of Kosovo The Battle of Kosovo ( tr, Kosova Savaşı; sr, Косовска битка) took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan ...
in 1389. About a hundred of his voice recordings are saved in
Radio Belgrade Radio Belgrade ( sr, Радио Београд, ) is a state-owned and operated radio station in Belgrade, Serbia. It has four different programs (Radio Belgrade 1, Radio Belgrade 2, Radio Belgrade 3, and Radio Belgrade 202), a precious archive o ...
archives. Nikolić participated in
Jugovizija Jugovizija, Cyrillic: Југовизија, English: Yugovision, was the Yugoslav national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by the Yugoslav broadcaster Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) and its subnational public ...
(Yugoslavian Eurosong qualification contest) in 1976. He died in Belgrade on 26 April 2018, aged 84.


Awards

*''Estradna nagrada Jugoslavije'' *''Estradna nagrada Srbije'' *''Majstorsko pismo grada Niš''


Discography

Singles: *1968 – Ovih dana reče meni Jana (feat. Danica Obrenić) (single) *1968 – Zašto nisam ptica (7", EP), 1968Discogs
/ref> *1970 – Voli me još malo *1976 – Tvoje ruke su miran san Albums and compilations: *1982 – Razgranala grana jorgovana, PGP RTB *1998 – Simbil cveće,
PGP RTS PGP-RTS ( sr, Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Srbije) is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1959 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and So ...
*2007 – Zapisano u vremenu, PGP RTS (triple CD edition) *2009 – Srpske pesme sa Kosova, PGP RTS


See also

;Similar repertoire *
Vasilija Radojčić Vasilije () is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name, a variant of Greek language, Greek given name ''Vassilios'' ("Basil (name), Basil"). It may refer to: *Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch (), Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanovi ...
(1936–2011) *
Staniša Stošić Staniša Stošić (Станиша Стошић) (July 26, 1945 – April 7, 2008) was a Serbian folk singer known for melodies from his home region of Vranje in Southern Serbia, which earned him the nickname of "Serbian Pavarotti" and "Father of ...
(1945–2008) * Teofilovići (born 1966)


References


External links

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Kosovo u glasu Jordana Nikolića (article published by Radio Television of Serbia)
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