Zoran Kalezić (

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: Зоран Калезић; 1 February 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a Serbian–Montenegrin singer.

Early life

Zoran Kalezić was born on 1 February 1950 in

Danilovgrad Danilovgrad ( cnr, Даниловград) is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 6,852 (2011 census). It is situated in the Danilovgrad Municipality which lies along the main route between Montenegro's two largest cities, Podgoric ...

to journalist Dragiša Kalezić and housewife Mileva. He graduated from the Administrative School in Danilovgrad, before entering into the music industry in 1969.

Career and awards

Kalezić was awarded 1st place at the Pop Song Festival in Montenegro in 1971, 1st place at the 1977

Ilidža Folk Music Festival The Ilidža Folk Music Festival ( bs, Festival narodne muzike Ilidža / Фестивал народне музике Илиџa) is the oldest living and premier folk music festival in the Former Yugoslavia. It is held annually in Ilidža, Sarajevo, ...

, as well as numerous awards at the 1990 MESAM. Kalezić had a prolific career, organizing concerts in the

Dom Sindikata Dom Sindikata (lit. Trade Union Hall), known as mts Hall for sponsorship reasons, is a non-residential, multi-purpose building in downtown Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Finished in 1957, by the 1970s it became the most popular entertainment ve ...

building in 1983 and in the Vuk Karadžić Cultural Center in 1992. In 1993, he became President of the Association of Folk Artists of Belgrade. In September 2016, Kalezić held a concert in Belgrade's

Štark Arena The Štark Arena ( sr-cyrl, Штарк арена), also known as Belgrade Arena ( sr-cyrl, Београдска арена), is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Belgrade, Serbia. It is designed as a universal hall for sports, cultural ev ...

to commemorate the death of

Toma Zdravković Tomislav "Toma" Zdravković (; 20 November 1938 – 30 September 1991) was a Serbian pop-folk singer-songwriter and recording artist. Zdravković was an outstanding figure on the Serbian folk scene; a true bohemian and a poet, he lived up to hi ...

, fellow folk singer and Kalezić's best man who had died 25 years earlier. The concert was attended by Toma's brother

Novica Zdravković Novica Zdravković ( sr-cyr, Новица Здравковић; 21 July 1947 – 16 June 2021) was a Serbian Folk music, folk singer. He was the younger brother of Toma Zdravković. He was married to Jelena and had a son and a daughter. Earl ...

, singer

Halid Bešlić Halid Bešlić (; born 20 November 1953) is a Bosnian folk singer and musician who has been performing professionally since 1979. Bešlić's singing career was one of the most successful in Yugoslavia, and continues today throughout the entire ...

and others.

Personal life and death

Kalezić died on 4 January 2023, at the age of 72.PREMINUO ZORAN KALEZIĆ! Pevač izgubio bitku s najtežom bolešću!
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Discography

* Uspomene (1969) * Moj život je tužna priča (1970) * Vratiću se majko (1973) * Kako da te zovem, srećo ili tugo (1974) * Smiri se, srce, smiri (1975) * Moj jarane (1976) * Sto puteva i sto staza (1978) * Svako svome ja nemam nikome (1978) * Stari druže, prijatelju mom (1979) * Kako je lepo u mom kraju (1980) * Dobro veče izgubljena nado (1982) * Stan' mladosti, stani (1985) * Ne točite vina (1987) * Moj dobri andjele (1990) * Balkanska dusa (1991) * Karta za nebo (1994) * Za vašu i moju dusu (1996) * Živim od sećanja (1999) * Kotrlja se život (2002) * Album 2007 (2007)

Hit singles

* Zbog đevojke Crnogorske (1971) * Čekaj me (1972)

Compilations

* Jednoj žene koje nema više (1988) * Folk zvijezde zauvijek (2008) – best of * 50 Orginalnih hitova (2020)

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalezic, Zoran 1950 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Montenegrin male singers 21st-century Montenegrin male singers 20th-century Serbian male singers 21st-century Serbian male singers Serbian folk singers Montenegrin folk singers Yugoslav male singers Serbs of Montenegro People from Danilovgrad