SINAN ALIMANOVIĆ

Born: February 11th, 1954, Leskovac, Serbia (Yugoslavia)
Nationality: Bosnian

In due course, the short impression below will be replaced with a more extensive career overview

BIOGRAPHY

Sinan Alimanović is a pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor who studied at music academies in Skopje, Pristina, and Sarajevo. Whilst playing in pop bands, he was the pianist of the RTV Pristina Show Orchestra in the 1970s. In 1979, he moved to Sarajevo, where he was integrated in the RTV Sarajevo Orchestra. In 1990, he became the chief conductor of the RTV Sarajevo Big Band. Alimanović worked with many other ensembles, including the EBU Public Jazz Orchestra and his own Sinan Alimanović Quintet. He performed with important jazz musicians, such as Ladislav Fidri, Erich Kleinschuster, Stjepko Gut, and Petar Ugrin. As a composer, he writes bebop, inspired by traditional Balkan sounds; moreover, he wrote countless big band arrangements. In 1994, he became the manager of music production for RTV Bosnia & Herzegovina.

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Due to the siege of Sarajevo in 1993, Sinan Alimanović was not able to travel along with the first representatives of the independent Bosnia & Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest, Fazla with ‘Sva bol svijeta’; in the Eastern European qualifying round, it was conducted by Esad Arnautalić, while in the international final Irish host MD Noel Kelehan conducted the orchestra for Bosnia, wearing a tie brought along by the Bosnian delegation. In 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, Alimanović was involved in both arranging (or at least co-arranging) and conducting the Bosnian entries ‘Ostani kraj mene’ (sung by Alma & Dejan), ‘Dvadaset i prvi vijek’ (by Davor Popović), ‘Za našu ljubav’ (by Amila Glamočak), and ‘Goodbye’ (by Alma Čardzić). He was co-composer of all songs except the 1994 entry.

EUROVISION INVOLVEMENT YEAR BY YEAR

1993 Millstreet

Country – Bosnia & Herzegovina

Song title – "Sva bol svijeta"

Rendition – Fazla (= Amir Bjelanović / Muhamed Fazlagić / Erliha Hadzović / Izudin Kolečić / Enver Milisić / Edina Salkanović)

Lyrics – Fahrudin Pecikoza

Composition – Dino Dervišhalidović (Dino Merlin)

Studio arrangement – Sinan Alimanović / Dino Dervišhalidović

Live orchestration – Sinan Alimanović / Dino Dervišhalidović

Conductor semi-final – Esad Arnautalić

Conductor final – Noel Kelehan (MD)

Score semi-final – 2nd place (52 votes) & qualified

Score final – 16th place (27 votes)

1994 Dublin

Country – Bosnia & Herzegovina

Song title – "Ostani kraj mene"

Rendition – Alma Čardžić & Dejan Lazarević

Lyrics – Adi Mulahalilović / Edo Mulahalilović

Composition – Adi Mulahalilović / Edo Mulahalilović

Studio arrangement – Ali Mulahalilović / Edo Mulahalilović

Live orchestration – Sinan Alimanović

Conductor – Sinan Alimanović

Score – 15th place (39 votes)

1995 Dublin

Country – Bosnia & Herzegovina

Song title – "Dvadeset i prvi vijek"

Rendition – Davor Popović

Lyrics – Zlatan Fazlić

Composition – Zlatan Fazlić / Sinan Alimanović

Studio arrangement – Sinan Alimanović

Live orchestration – Sinan Alimanović

Conductor – Sinan Alimanović

Score – 19th place (14 votes)

1996 Oslo

Country – Bosnia & Herzegovina

Song title – "Za našu ljubav"

Rendition – Amila Glamočak

Lyrics – Adnan Bajramović / Aida Frljak

Composition – Adnan Bajramović / Sinan Alimanović

Studio arrangement – Sinan Alimanović

Live orchestration – Sinan Alimanović

Conductor – Sinan Alimanović

Score audio semi-final – 21st place (29 votes)

Score final – 22nd place (13 votes)

1997 Dublin

Country – Bosnia & Herzegovina

Song title – "Goodbye"

Rendition – Alma Čardžić

Lyrics – Milić Vukašinović

Composition – Milić Vukašinović / Sinan Alimanović

Studio arrangement – Sinan Alimanović

Live orchestration – Sinan Alimanović

Conductor – Sinan Alimanović

Score – 18th place (22 votes)