Kemal Monteno
Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter. His career stretched back to the 1960s. He recorded his first song "Lidija" in 1967 and has enjoyed a prosperous career in the former Yugoslavia. He is perhaps best known for "Sarajevo ljubavi moja", a tribute to his home town.[1]
Kemal Monteno | |
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 Monteno in 2011 | |
| Born | 17 September 1948 |
| Died | 21 January 2015 (aged 66) |
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| Years active | 1967–2015 |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Genres | Folk, pop, sevdalinka |
| Instruments | vocals, guitar |
| Labels | Jugoton, Diskoton, Croatia Records, Nimfa Sound |
Monteno died at a Zagreb hospital of pneumonia and sepsis[2] on 21 January 2015 due to complications after the kidney transplant.[3] He was 66 years old.[4][5]
Kemal Monteno Media
Monteno performing in Malmö, February 2010
References
- ↑ Dizdarević, Zlatko; Ridjanović, Midhat; Alcalay, Ammiel (1995). Portraits of Sarajevo. Fromm International. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-88064-167-8.
- ↑ "ZBOGOM: Kemal Monteno preminuo nakon teške bolesti". Ekskluziva. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Preminuo Kemal Monteno". Radio Sarajevo. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Umro Kemal Monteno". Fokus. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Preminuo Kemal Monteno". klix.ba. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
Other websites
Media related to Kemal Monteno at Wikimedia Commons