Vinko Coce (22 December 1954 – 27 October 2013) was a prominent Croatian opera and pop singer.

Biography

Coce was born in

Trogir Trogir (; historically known as Traù (from Dalmatian, Venetian and Italian: ); la, Tragurium; Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, ''Tragyrion'' or Τραγούριον, ''Tragourion'') is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in S ...

and joined the

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''Trogir'' in 1972. Between 1983 and 1988, he was a tenor in the mixed choir of the

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. He started a solo singing career in 1991, during which he won the Grand Prix at the

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with the song "Sićaš li se, Lungomare". Coce also won a Porin with the Klapa ''Trogir''. Coce died on 27 October 2013 at Split Hospital after a lengthy undisclosed illness. He was 58.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Mirno spavaj, ružo moja'', 1993,

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* ''Mama, adio'', 1995, Croatia Records * ''Dalmacija, more, ja i ti'', 2000, Orfej * ''Ane, jel' te baca'', 2002, Croatia Records * ''More sinje'', 2006,

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* ''Morska svitanja'', 2013,

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References

External links

*
diskografija.com – Vinko Coce
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coce, Vinko 1954 births 2013 deaths People from Trogir 20th-century Croatian male singers Croatian pop singers 21st-century Croatian male singers