Miroslav Tadic solo performance. Miroslav Tadić (born 1959) is a Bosnian guitarist, composer, improviser and music educator.

Career

He performs regularly in Europe, Japan and the United States and made over 30 CDs for numerous labels including CMP Records, MA Recordings,

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, and

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. In the January 1997 issue, the editors of ''Guitar Player'' magazine voted Tadić one of the world's thirty most radical and individual guitarists. Tadić has collaborated with accordionist

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and musician, poet and philosopher

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, and composed scores for the Croatian feature film ''

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'' and a documentary ''Dance of the Maize God''. His chamber music and works for solo guitar are published by Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan. Additionally, Tadić teaches guitar, improvisation, and

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at the

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in Los Angeles.California Institute of the Arts, faculty/staff directory Tadić has played guitar in the Grande Mothers, together with former members of

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and

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Discography

* ''Bracha'' (with John Bergamo and David Philipson) (Cmp , 1988) * ''Dark: Tamna Voda'' (with L. Shankar,

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, Mark Nauseef) (Cmp, 1988) * ''Let's Be Generous'' (with Joachim Kuehn, Tony Newton,

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) (Cmp, 1990) * ''Levantine Tales'' (with Dusan Bogdanovi) (M.A., 1990) * ''Window Mirror'' (M.A., 1991) * ''Without Words'' (with Peter Epstein) (M.A., 1992) * ''Keys to Talk By'' (with Dusan Bogdanovi, Mark Nauseef) (M.A., 1992) * ''Snake Music'' (with

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, David Torn, Mark Nauseef) (Cmp, 1994) * ''The Old Country'' (with

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, Mark Nauseef) (M.A., 1996) * ''The Jack Bruce Collector's Edition'' (Cmp, 1996) * ''Baby Universe'' (with Jadranka Stojakovi) (Omagatoki, 1996) * ''Still Light'' (with Markus Stockhausen, Mark Nauseef) (M.A., 1997) * ''Loose Wires'' (with Michel Godard and Mark Nauseef) ( Enja, 1997) * ''Krushevo'' (with Vlatko Stefanovski) (M.A., 1998) * ''Live in Belgrade'' (with Vlatko Stefanovski) ( Third Ear, 2000) * ''Cucuk'' (with Son of Slavster) (Ma-no, 2000) * ''Lulka'' (with Vanja Lazarova) (Third Ear, 2003) * ''Treta Majka'' (with Vlatko Stefanovski and Theodosii Spassov) (Avalon, 2004) * '' Snakish'' (with

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and

) (

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, 2005) * ''Pangea'' (with Djivan Gasparyan and Swapan Chaudhuri) (Lian, 2006) * ''Imam Pjesmu Za Tebe'' (with Rade Serbedzija) (

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, 2008) * ''Live in Zagreb'' (with Vlatko Stefanovski, Theodosii Spassov, Swapan Chaudhuri) (Croatia, 2008) * ''Ponekad Dolazim, Ponekad Odlazim'' (with Rade ErbedIja) (Croatia, 2010) * ''Migrations'' (with Dusan Bogdanovi) ( Doberman-Yppan, 2011) * ''Invisible Writing'' (with Single Wing Turquoise Bird) (Night Fire Films, 2011) * ''Vidarica'' (with Teofilovi Brothers) (

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, 2012) * ''Mirina'' (Croatia, 2013) * ''Balkan Fever'' (with Vlatko Stefanovski,Theodosii Spassov, Mdr Leipzig Symphony conducted by Kristjan Jaervi) (

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, 2014) * ''Aritmia'' (with Merima Ključo -Skrga music, 2016) * ''Spavati, mozda sanjati'' (2017) *''Luka'' (with Yvette Holzwarth) (

, 2021)

References

External links

Official site

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tadic, Miroslav 1959 births Living people American people of Serbian descent Serbian classical guitarists Yugoslav emigrants to the United States American classical guitarists Leo Records artists