Robert Boldižar (born 9 June 1974) is a Bosnian-Croatian

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and

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. He is a current member of rock band

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Life and career

Boldižar was born in

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(nowadays

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). Before his first birthday his family moved to

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(nowadays

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) where he was raised. His father is a musician. At the age of six (1980), he enrolled in a

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and began to play the

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. In 1988, he enrolled in a Musical High School and began to play the

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. In that time he had joined in the Cultural-Artistic Group (KUD) 'Unis' and get familiar with a

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. In 1992, he joined Vocal and instrumental band (VIS) 'Pax' which performed a

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. At the time, he occasionally worked for the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1995, Boldižar moved to

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, Croatia. In 2000, he formed a band named Generalna proba (). The band released one album, ''Iznad Oblaka'' (2002). Boldižar earned his degree from the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb in 2005. In 2008, Boldižar composed the music for the Pahuljice Children's Choir album ''Školska priča'' (). Alongside with the Zabranjeno pušenje member Toni Lović, Boldižar is a member of the Medley Theater band. The theater performs adapted

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'' Antigona: ProckKletstvo Roda'' based on the Greek myth of

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, among others. In 2013, Boldižar moved to

Bjelovar Bjelovar (, , Czech language, Czech: ''Bělovar'' or ''Bělovár,'' Kajkavian dialect, Kajkavian: ''Belovar,'' Latin: ''Bellovarium'') is a city in central Croatia. In the Demographics of Croatia, 2021 census, its population was 36,316 . It is ...

where he works as a music professor at the Vatroslav Lisinski Music School. He holds the violin classes.

Zabranjeno pušenje (2004–present)

Since 2004, Boldižar has been a member of the rock band

. He performed on their last five studio albums; '' Hodi da ti čiko nešto da'' (2006), '' Muzej revolucije'' (2009), '' Radovi na cesti'' (2013), '' Šok i nevjerica'' (2018), and '' Karamba!'' (2022). Additionally, he was a guest performer on their concerts in Zagreb and Sarajevo when recordings for the live album '' Hapsi sve!'' (1998) happened.

Discography

;Zabranjeno pušenje * '' Hapsi sve!'' (1998) (Guest appearance) * '' Hodi da ti čiko nešto da'' (2006) * '' Muzej revolucije'' (2009) * '' Radovi na cesti'' (2013) * '' Šok i nevjerica'' (2018) * '' Karamba!'' (2022) ;Shaderwan Code * ''Kad procvatu behari'' (2011) * ''Ah, što ćemo ljubav kriti'' (2018) (Guest appearance)

References

External links

Robert Boldižar Discography
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