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Dalibor Grubacevic is an award-winning Croatian composer of film & concert music. He has received several major professional awards in his country and abroad. He is also a multifaceted artist of eclectic musical interests, whose work is best described by the contradictory label of an "unclassical classicist." In his composition, Grubacevic uses classical orchestration combined with electronic sounds and instrumentation. He is a full member of the Croatian Composers' Society (HDS) and Croatian Freelance Artists' Association (HZSU).
Beside film scores, Grubacevic is interested in pop, rock, and ethno music as much as in classical writing. His concert pieces has been performed around the world, from Canada, the United States, Japan, England, Italy, Israel etc. Soundtrack composition, which has become his current stock in trade, begun with Grubacevic's well-received score for the 2006 children's feature The Ghost in the Swamp (2006), directed by Branko Istvancic. Their collaboration continued with the 2014 drama The Bridge at the End of the World (2014), based on an award-winning novel by Josip Mlakic.
Dalibor Grubacevic was born and educated in Koprivnica/Croatia. His musical beginnings came with the pop-rock band The Bugs, inspired by the music of The Beatles, whose music he has closely studied; the band recorded a studio album in the early 1990's. Later, Grubacevic studied classical composition under the private tutelage of Professor Natalija Imbrisak. In addition to his film and TV music, Grubacevic has had a long and fruitful career as an arranger and orchestrator for numerous Croatian and international artists.
Also worth noting are his scores for the 2016 feature Because of You (2016) directed by Angelo Jurkas and 2022 feature The Conversation (2022) directed by Dominik Sedlar, starring Caspar Phillipson and Dylan Turner.- Actress
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Ivana Ranilovic-Vrdoljak, better known by her stage name Vanna, is a Croatian pop singer. As a child, Vanna won prizes in various national children and youth festivals. Her debut was at the 1990 Zagrebfest, a music festival held in Zagreb. In that year she left her hometown to live and study in Zagreb and whilst studying, she performed in a band called BOA.
In 1992 her professional career as a singer was launched. She joined a eurodance band called Electro Team and became an instant star. Not only was she a singer but a co-author and songwriter of all the songs performed by Electro Team. The song "Tek je 12 sati" became a huge hit in 1993, and was popular elsewhere across the former Yugoslavia republics.
In 1998, Vanna left Electro Team to start a solo career[1] and record her first album, I to sam ja. She has since recorded three more solo albums and has won several other awards.[citation needed] She came first at Zadarfest (held in Zadar) three years in succession (1999, 2000 and 2001). Her album 24 sata reached gold.[citation needed]
In 2000 she came second in Dora (2000), the Croatian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest with a song written by Bruno Kovacic and Ivana Plechinger. Being runner-up, she decided to participate again in 2001 and now won with Tonci Huljic's song "Strune ljubavi". Shortly after Dora (2001), she gave birth to daughter Jana. Vanna represented Croatia in the The Eurovision Song Contest (2001) 2001 in Copenhagen on 12 May 2001 and finished 10th. She sang the song in Croatian and in English, now entitled "Strings of My Heart".
After Eurovision, Vanna released a live album called "Vanna u Lisinskom" and won Zadarfest again with "Vise nisi moj". She won prizes in several other festivals.
In 2012, she had a guest appearance on the track "Za tvoje oci" from the album "Prastam" of Serbian rock band Neverne Bebe.
Vanna is married to Andrija Vrdoljak, son of Croatian film director Antun Vrdoljak, and they have two children, Luka (born c. 1998) and Jana (born c. 2001).- Vid Balog was born on 31 January 1972 in Koprivnica, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Dnevnik velikog Perice (2021), Josef (2011) and Crno-bijeli svijet (2015).
- Producer
- Director
- Editor
Russell C. Jones was born on 15 August 2000 in Koprivnica, Croatia. He is a producer and director, known for Beside Me (2019), The Seeker (2021) and Life (2020).- Sven Sestak was born on 11 March 1974 in Koprivnica, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He is an actor, known for Zakon! (2009), High on life and Nije bed (2004).
- Milunka Savic was born in 1889 in Koprivnica near Raska, Serbia. She died on 5 October 1973 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
- Actor
- Production Designer
Zlatko Kauzlaric-Atac was born on 30 June 1945 in Koprivnica, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and production designer, known for Southbound Train (1981), Carnival, Angel and Dust (1990) and I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers (1968).- Viktor Kucan was born on 11 December 1917 in Ferdinandovac, Koprivnica-Krizevci, Croatia. Viktor was a writer, known for The Battle of Sutjeska (1973) and Na Sutjesci (1959). Viktor died on 11 January 1999 in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Igor Sijak was born on 17 March 2001 in Koprivnica. He is an actor, known for The Final Sacrament (2018).
- Ljudevit Gerovac was born on 2 March 1917 in Peteranec, near Koprivnica, Croatia, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for I'll Be Back (1957), Lov na jelene (1972) and Mejasi (1970). He died on 26 August 1986 in Varazdin, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
- Velimir Chytil was born on 21 July 1925 in Koprivnica, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Captain America (1990), Signal Over the City (1960) and Licem u lice (1963). He died on 9 April 2009.