SLOBODAN MARKOVIĆ

Born: November 19th, 1951, Belgrade, Serbia (Yugoslavia)

Nationality: Serbian

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

BIOGRAPHY

Slobodan Marković is a pianist, composer, and arranger from Belgrade. He was a member of the Belgrade Jazz Sextet, which released the album 'Incidents And Moments' in 1978. Over the years, he teamed up with artists such as Dado Topić, Aleksandar Sanja Ilić, and Bijelo Dugme. For Zdravko Čolić, he arranged many albums. 

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Slobodan Marković co-composed, arranged and conducted the 1991 Yugoslavian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, ‘Brazil’, performed by Baby Doll (Bebi Dol); this song scored one point and finished second-last. Together with Zvonimir Škerl, Marković also arranged the Yugoslavian entries from 1982 and 1992, ‘Halo halo’ and ‘Ljubim te pesmama’.

EUROVISION INVOLVEMENT YEAR BY YEAR

1982 Harrogate

Country – Yugoslavia

Song title – “Halo halo”

Rendition – Aska (Izolda Barudžija / Snežana Misković / Snežana Stamenković)

Lyrics – Miro Zec

Composition – Aleksandar Sanja Ilić

Studio arrangement – Slobodan Marković 

Live orchestration – Slobodan Marković / Zvonimir Skerl

Conductor – Zvonimir Skerl

Score – 14th place (21 votes)

1991 Rome

Country – Yugoslavia

Song title – “Brazil”

Rendition – Baby Doll (Bebi Dol)

Lyrics – Dragana Šarić

Composition – Zoran Vracević / Slobodan Marković

Studio arrangement – Slobodan Marković

Live orchestration – Slobodan Marković

Conductor – Slobodan Marković

Score – 21st place (1 vote)

1992 Malmö

Country – Yugoslavia

Song title – “Ljubim te pesmama”

Rendition – Extra Nena

Lyrics – Gale Janković

Composition –  Radivoje Radivojević

Studio arrangement – Slobodan Marković

(Veliki Revijski Orkestar conducted by Zvonimir Skerl)

Live orchestration – Slobodan Marković 

(orchestra in Yugoslavian national final conducted by Zvonimir Skerl)

Conductor – Anders Berglund (MD)

Score – 13th place (44 votes)