Vesna Pisarović (born 9 April 1978) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer.

Life and career

1978–1999: Early life

Pisarović was born in

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, SFR Yugoslavia and grew up in Požega,

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, a part of the same country until she was 13. From her earliest childhood she attended a music school, where she played the flute, sang in choirs and participated in various music contests. In the mid-1990s she moved to

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, Croatia, where she graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She began singing in clubs and writing songs. In 1997, while performing at the Croatian festival Zadarfest, she met

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. Vlaović started to write songs for Vesna.

2000–2002: Breakthrough and the Eurovision Song Contest

In 2002 Vesna Pisarović won the annual Dora festival, the event that determines Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song " Everything I Want" placed 11th in the

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. She wrote the song "In the Disco" for the Bosnian vocalist Deen, which represented

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at the

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2016–2019: ''Naša velika pjesmarica'' and ''Petit Standard''

Pisarović's eighth studio and third jazz album, '' Petit Standard'', was released in March 2019 through the German jazz label Jazzwerkstatt. She embarked on her Petit Standard Tour later in July.

2020–present: Upcoming ninth studio album

On 5 October 2019 in an interview with

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Pisarović revealed that she has been working on her upcoming pop album since 2006. Since then she has written over 30 songs. The recording process for the album started in early 2020. On 13 February 2021, Pisarović performed a medley during the show program at Dora 2021. In August 2021 in an interview with

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, Pisarović revealed how she has "two thousand music sheets of new music" that she has written in the past few years. She also noted how the album is in the works but not yet ready to be announced. Pisarović's major comeback concert with her mainstream repertoire was supposed to be held in 2020 but was rescheduled multiple times because of the

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. In early 2022 the concert was confirmed to be held at the

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on 29 April 2022. In May 2022, Pisarović released a remixed version of "Neka ljudi govore" with newly recorded vocals.

Discography

*'' Da znaš'' (2000) *'' Za tebe stvorena'' (2001) *'' Kao da je vrijeme...'' (2002) *'' Pjesma mi je sve'' (2003) *'' Peti'' (2005) *'' With Suspicious Minds'' (2012) *'' Naša velika pjesmarica / The Great Yugoslav Songbook'' (2017) *'' Petit Standard'' (2019)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pisarovic, Vesna 1978 births Living people People from Brčko District Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Croatia 21st-century Croatian women singers Croatian pop singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2002 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni