Sanja Ilić

Aleksandar "Sanja" Ilić (Template:Lang-sr-Cyr; 27 March 1951 – 7 March 2021) was a Serbian composer and keyboardist. He founded the group Balkanika in 1998. He represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Nova deca".

Sanja Ilić Сања Илић
Ilić in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Aleksandar Ilić
Born	(1951-03-27)27 March 1951 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	7 March 2021(2021-03-07) (aged 69) Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	World folk electronic folktronica medieval Byzantine music
Occupation(s)	Composer keyboardist
Instruments	Keyboard
Years active	1963–2021
Website	www.sanjabalkanika.com/index.php/en/ Template:Deadurl

Ilić died on 7 March 2021 in Belgrade from problems caused by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia, aged 69.