Luka Nižetić (born 12 August 1983) is a Croatian singer. His debut album ''
Premijera'' was recorded in 2006. He is best known for his hits "Ponekad poželim" ("Sometimes I wish") and "Proljeće" ("Springtime").
Biography
Luka Nižetić was born in
Split
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,
Croatia
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, as the second child of Tamara and Milo Nižetić. Together with his sister Petra, he grew up in Mertojak, part of Split. His parents noticed Luka's great interest in music at a young age. Consequently, they sent him to nuns for his early music education. A nun, called Cecilia, taught Luka to play the
piano
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. When he was about 11 years old, music professor Mišo Linić started giving Luka lessons in singing and gave him basic knowledge in composing. The opera diva Sanja Erceg–Vrekalo taught him in singing technique. When Luka was about seventeen years old, he composed his first song "Ludi grad" (Oh Crazy Town).
The composer Zdenko Runjić included this song in his music festival MHJ 2001. To everybody's surprise, the young singer won three Silver Seagulls as 2nd prize by the expert jury.
2004 was a stellar year for Nižetić. He signed a contract with
Menart Records
Menart Records is a Slovenian full-service record label with partner companies also in Croatia and Serbia.
History
Menart Records started in 1996 in Slovenia only, founded by Boštjan Menart.
Activities
Menart Records is the exclusive Sony Music ...
, and published his first album
Premijera which included the singles "Ne krivi me" (Don't Blame Me), "Tebi pjevam" (I'm singing to you), "Ponekad poželim" (Sometimes I wish), "Proljeće" (Springtime) and "Meni trebaš ti" (I need you).
After his second performance in the song competition
Dora in 2005, where he presented his own song "Proljeće" (Springtime), Luka Nižetić became a well known music personality in
Croatia
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. There followed his nomination for the discographic prize
Porin (Croatian equivalent of Grammy) in the category
ebutant of the yearas well as a performance in
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
. Later, Luka reached success in the
Croatian Radio Festival The Croatian Radio Festival ( Croatian: Hrvatski Radijski Festival, abbreviated as HRF) was a music festival held annually in Croatia from 1997 to 2009. The festival was first held in 1997 in Vodice. It remained in Vodice until 2002, when it was he ...
in 2006 singing together with
Lana Jurčević the hit song "Prava ljubav" (True love); it soon reached the top of almost all Croatian music lists.
In Light Music Festival,
Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
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2006, he presented the song "More" (The Sea) for which he won the Golden Sail. After the first final evening of the festival, the audience placed him first and in the superfinale, the audience placed him third overall.
On February 16, 2019, Nižetić took part in
Dora 2019, the Croatian preselection for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2019
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest with the song " Toy" by Netta. Organised by the European Broa ...
, with the song “Brutalero”, written by Branimir Mihaljević.
He performed eighth and finished third with 13 out of 24 available points, placing behind winner
Roko Blažević
Roko Blažević (born 10 March 2000), also known as Roko, is a Croatian pop singer. He represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "The Dream", having won '' Dora 2019''.
Early life
Blažević was born in Split to mothe ...
and runner-up Lorena Bućan.
Discography
* ''Premijera'' (2005)
* ''Slobodno dišem'' (2007)
* ''Na tren i zavijek'' (2008)
* ''Kad zasvira...'' (2012)
* ''Ljubav je mukte'' (2018)
* ''Ludilo brale'' (2022)
Filmography
*
Zvjezdice - since 2014.
References
*
External links
Official website
Official blog
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1983 births
Living people
Croatian pop singers
Musicians from Split, Croatia
Hayat Production artists
21st-century Croatian male singers