Bosnian-born composer and bandleader known for film scores and for blending Balkan folk with brass bands and rock; leader of the Weddings & Funerals Band.

Born in Sarajevo on 22 March 1950. Longtime collaborator with filmmaker Emir Kusturica. Leader of the Weddings and Funerals Band and composer of multiple film soundtracks.

Reviews on DeBaser praise Goran Bregović's mix of Balkan folk, brass bands and cinematic songwriting. Live shows are described as celebratory and crowd-pleasing. Albums blend traditional melodies, rock inflections and film-score sensibilities.

For:Fans of Balkan and world music, listeners of film scores, and those who enjoy brass-driven, celebratory live shows.

 If you listen to the stories of Goran Bregovic, the voice you hear is that of his land; a land, the Balkan one, that would like to show itself differently than it appears.

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 Goran Bregovic, with that rogue sidelong glance, is a showman, a storyteller, a great artist.

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 Goran Bregovic was born in Sarajevo to a Serbian father and a Croatian mother: it sounds like a hustler's invention to sell more, but it's only coincidence.

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 Goran Bregovic, well, another character who needs no introduction; an absolutely versatile and cross-genre musician, a pioneer in many respects, and undoubtedly also quite the sly one;

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