Bilja Krstic & Bistrik Orchestra

Biljana "Bilja" Krstić is a Serbian singer. She was born on November 9, 1955 in Niš and brought up on the folk traditions of central Serbia. Biljana first studied music in Niš at the music school "Dr. Vojislav Vučković", after graduating she continued her education by travelling to Belgrade to study music at the Belgrade University of Arts. Upon graduating in Belgrade she set out on an extremely successful career in music. To date she has released seven albums and has written scores for such films as Savior and Zona Zamfirova. She currently lives with her two daughters in the Serbian capital, Belgrade.

Bilja Krstic has been on the Yugoslav pop scene for a long time. Her stage experience started at her very young age in Chorus of Youth; later, in the `70s, she was a member of the cult bands “Sunflowers”, and “Early Frost”. Finally, she decided to go solo, and her first album was released in 1983.

Furthermore, she released three pop-oriented records, and did music for many theatre shows at Belgrade’s National Theatre. In the meantime, she graduated from University of Musical Arts, and started to work as a Music Editor on the National Radio Broadcast.

After successful career in pop music, Bilja Krstic has decided to record material close to her heart ever since her childhood. For more than five years, she was patiently collecting obscure folk songs from the territory of Kosovo, south Serbia, Macedonia, the Vlach district in east Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The results were the albums “Bistrik” (2001) and “Zapisi” (2003). Album “Bistrik” was re-released by V2-Greece record label, in May 2002.

The music performed by BILJA KRSTIC & BISTRIK ORCHESTRA is a fusion, blend of traditional ethno music, a Capella songs and ethno grooves with elements of improvisation and modern music approach. Their aim is to translate folklore into contemporary art, their performances to awaken the heart and give rebirth and energy to forgotten emotions. Her sincere stage presence and beautiful voice received great acclaim at more than 170 concerts across the world and in her home country; it was best acknowledged when she was invited as the only female vocal perfomer from Mediterranean at festival “Mostra Sesc de Artes” in Sao Paolo in 2005. At the time, she was a member of Mediterraneo Orchestra, formed of about 25 top musicians from all over the world.

She has just finished recording her 3rd CD “Tarpos” which is about to be released across Europe at the beginning 2007, under the licence of German record label “Intuition/Schott Music”.

 

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Sava Center is an international, congress, cultural and business centre of various multi-functional activities located in Belgrade, Serbia. Situated in the close vicinity of Sava and Danube Rivers mouth, five minutes away from the centre of the town and fifteen minutes from “Nikola Tesla” Airport.

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