- Safet Isović
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Name = Safet Isović
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Background = solo_singer
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Born = 1936
Died =September 2 ,2007
Origin =Bileća ,Bosnia and Herzegovina ,Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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Genre =Folk ,Sevdalinka
Occupation = Musician
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Past_members =Safet Isović (1936 –
September 2 ,2007 ) [ [http://www.nezavisne.com/vijesti.php?vijest=13842&meni=15 Preminuo Safet Isović by Selma Lemo of Nezavisne Novine] ] was a prominentsevdalinka performer fromBosnia and Herzegovina .Throughout his career, which started in 1956, Isović performed at music festivals and won many of them which has contributed to the prevalence and popularity of the
sevdalinka . He won the "Golden Microphone" award in the former Yugoslavia and 35 silver and gold record awards.Isović was also a SDA
delegate in the Assembly ofBosnia and Herzegovina .He died in
Sarajevo , on September 2, 2007. OnSeptember 3 ,2007 he was buried atAli Pasha's Mosque . At a memorial service held at theNational Theatre of Bosnia and Herzegovina he was called the Father ofSevdalinka byBeba Selimović . The Minister of Culture and Sport,Emir Hadžihafizbegović said that Safet Isović did great deeds both when he spoke and when he sang.Ivica Šarić , of theSarajevo Opera , said that the world was left now without the best interpreter ofsevdalinka .Many would agree that he had one of the best voices in Bosnia if not in the world. [ [http://www.nezavisne.com/vijesti.php?vijest=13941&meni=15 Safet Isovic is Buried - Nezavisne Novine] ]Discography
*Ne vjeruj joj jarane
*Sjetuje me majka
*Moj zumbule
*Moj bagreme
*Šta se ovo Bosnom cuje
*Izabrane Sevdalinke 1
*Izabrane Sevdalinke 2
*Car Sevdaha
*Za dušu i sjećanje
*Šehidski rastanak
*Legenda o Bosni 2003
*Safet Isović i prijatelji – Koncert u Zetri 2003References
External links
Safet's column on [http://www.balkanmedia.com/ Balkanmedia] :
* [http://www.balkanmedia.com/magazin/kolumne/artist/1507.html October 2001]
* [http://www.balkanmedia.com/magazin/kolumne/69/69.html November 2001]
* [http://www.dssound.com/php/search.php?prvi_zapis=0&ukupno_zapisa=0&session=051f6cd73281b903f290bdaf65ee72ff&kriterijum=artist&search_tekst=safet+isovic&B1=Trazi Extract from concert on DSSound.com]
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