Vojislav Simić (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Војислав Симић, born 18 March 1924), better known as "Bubiša", is a Serbian musician, conductor, composer and the pioneer of Serbian ethno-jazz. Simić was born on March 18, 1924, in

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, and is well known as a conductor of Belgrade's Television Jazz Orchestra, the composer of numerous jazz compositions, traditional liturgical choral and orchestral music, ethno-jazz compositions as well as children's music. From 1953 to 1985, Simić and his Belgrade's Television Jazz Orchestra performed throughout Europe, collecting numerous awards and winning numerous competitions, including the well-known Juan Le Pen Jazz Festival in

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, where they won first prize in 1960. Simić was also a guest conductor in numerous theatres in the former

and guest composer at children's festivals throughout Serbia, being influenced by

Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ( sr-cyr, Јован Јовановић Змаj, pronounced ; 24 November 1833 – 1 June 1904) was a Serbian poet. Jovanović worked as a physician; he wrote in many poetry genres, including love, lyric, patriotic, poli ...

, the Serbian writer and poet.

References

*Jakovljević, S. (2003): ''Jedan vek džeza & Kratki prilozi za izučavanje džeza u Srbiji'', Knjižara Žagor, Beograd *Simić, V. B. (2006): ''Veselo putovanje: sa džez orkestrom RTV Beograd po belom svetu'', Radio-televizija Srbije, Beograd

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on muzickacentrala.com (Serbian) 1924 births Living people Serbian jazz bandleaders {{serbia-musician-stub