Mirko Krstičević is a

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n and Yugoslav musician and composer. Krstičević is known as the bass guitarist of the popular

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band

Metak Metak (trans. ''Bullet'') was a Yugoslav rock band formed in Split in 1978. The group was formed on the initiative of bass guitarist Mirko Krstičević and poet and lyricist Momčilo Popadić. The first lineup of the band featured, beside Krs ...

, as well as composer of classical,

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and

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. He is the member of the Croatian Composers' Society and the

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.HDS
Croatian composers society He has composed a total of 38 hours of music and has sold a total of 3 million CDs.

Career

With Metak

The group

(trans. ''Bullet'') was formed in

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in the spring of 1978, on the initiative of Mirko Krstičević, who had previously performed with the band Che, and poet, journalist and lyricist Momčilo Popadić. The first lineup of the band included, beside Krstičević, vocalist and guitarist Ranko Boban and drummer

Matko Jelavić Matko Jelavić (born 29 March 1958) is a Croatian and Yugoslav singer, songwriter, and musician. He started his career in 1978, as the drummer for the rock band Metak, releasing two albums with the group. After Metak disbanded in 1981, he start ...

. The three were soon joined by guitarist Željko Brodarić "Jappa", who would, after Boban's departure, also take over the vocal duties. After the arrival of Željko Brodarić's brother Zlatko Brodarić (guitar) and Doris Tomić (keyboards), the band recorded two successful albums, ''U tetrapaku'' (''In Tetrapak'', 1979) and ''Ratatatatija'' (1981). They disbanded at the end of 1981.

Career in popular music

Krstičević has composed 42 songs for various rock and

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artists. He has written arrangements for 150 songs and has produced 12 albums.

Career in classical, film and theatre music

Krstičević graduated from the Theory of Music at the Pedagogical Academy at Split and then at the

Sarajevo Music Academy The Sarajevo Music Academy or Music Academy , University of Sarajevo ( or MAS) is a Faculty of Music of University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. History Sarajevo Music Academy was founded by the Decision of the National Assembly of ...

. He studied composition in the masterclasses of Mladen Pozajić and Miroslav Špiler. After graduating, Krstičević worked as a musical professor at the

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for a short period of time and later became a freelance artist. He has composed 30 pieces of classical music, including pieces for solo instruments, chamber and

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. He has composed two

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s, ''Blood Wedding'' (1997) and ''Halugica'' (1999), and the

opéra-ballet Opéra-ballet (; plural: ''opéras-ballets'') is a genre of French Baroque lyric theatre that was most popular during the 18th century, combining elements of opera and ballet, "that grew out of the '' ballets à entrées'' of the early seventeen ...

''Dan'zor – Atlantis: A Legend of Dan’zor'' (2018). He has composed music for 130 theatre plays, 45 films, one children's television show and two children's

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Other activities

From 2000 to 2008 he cooperated with the Tourist Board of Split on the project Musical City Squares, inventing and organizing around one hundred musical and cultural events a year. From 2004 to 2007 he was the secretary of the Split Philharmonic Society. In 2007 he established the Split Society for Contemporary Music and the project SPLITHESIS, which gathers seven composers of contemporary music from Split, twelve musicians and a conductor. In 2015 he established the Highway to Well Family project, with the purpose to spread the

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through music.

Awards

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , HAZU) is the national academy of Croatia. HAZU was founded under the patronage of the Croatian bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer under the name Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (, JAZU) since its ...

Charter and the SLUK Award for the Best Music for puppet opera ''Halugica'' (1999) *

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Special Award for the Arts (2010) *Silvije Bombardelli Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Croatian Art of Composing Contemporary Music (2013)

References

External links

Mirko Krstičević
at

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Mirko Krstičević
at Croatian Composers' Society official website
Mirko Krstičević
at ZAMP official website
''Atlantida - Legenda o Dan'zoru'' at YouTube

The highway to Well Family at YouTube
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