Marco Polo Fest ( hr, Marko Polo Fest) is a
Croatia
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n pop music and wine 2-day festival held on the island of
Korčula since 1996.
The festival was organised to celebrate and honor the 700th anniversary of the merchant traveler
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (, , ; 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known as ''Book of the Marv ...
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Grand Prix winners
*1996 - Carlo Pedron with "Afrodita Korčula"
*1997 -
Vinko Coce
Vinko Coce (22 December 1954 – 27 October 2013) was a prominent Croatian opera and pop singer.
Biography
Coce was born in Trogir and joined the Klapa ''Trogir'' in 1972. Between 1983 and 1988, he was a tenor in the mixed choir of the Croatian N ...
with "Kad me nikad neće"
*1998 - Vinko Coce with "Žmul vina"
*1999 -
Alen Vitasović with "Nisam bio za tebe"
*2000 -
Tereza Kesovija with "Sastala se stara klapa"
*2001 - Đuka Čaić with "Evo rode"
*2002 - Neno Belan and Fiumensi with "Ka'vanna"
*2003 - Saša Lendero and Miha Hercog with "Sunce izlazi"
*2004 -
Alen Vitasović with "Ja dat ću sve"
*2005 - Dražen Žanko with "Ljetna je noć"
*2006 - Ivan Šegedin and Tin Ujević with "Rodi majko zemlji sina"
*2007 - Yang Xiaoguang with "Nek je sretna China i Croatia"
See also
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Croatian music festivals
The Croatian music festivals are a series of music festivals which showcase the top Croatian musical acts, in both traditional and contemporary music. They usually involve live performances as well as awards given by festival jurors as well as from ...
References
External links
*{{official, http://www.marcopolofest.hr/
Korčula
Music festivals in Croatia
1996 establishments in Croatia
Music festivals established in 1996