Adi Smolar (born 25 March 1959 in

Slovenj Gradec Slovenj Gradec (; '', ''after about 1900 ''Windischgraz'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the centre of the Urban Municipality of Slovenj Gradec. It is part of the historical Styria region, and since 2005 it has belonged to the NUTS-3 C ...

SR Slovenia The Socialist Republic of Slovenia (, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Slovenija, Социјалистичка Република Словенија), commonly referred to as Socialist Slovenia or simply Slovenia, was one ...

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and composer. In his youth he played

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

and

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

, while also singing in several

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

s. At the age of eighteen, he decided to start playing the guitar, the instrument for which he is most known today. He made his first appearance in 1981 with a full repertoire of his own songs. He continued to perform for eight years before releasing his first tape ''Naš svet se pa vrti'' (Our World Keeps Spinning) in 1989. He lives in

.Adi's biography

Albums

* '' Naš svet se pa vrti'' (Our World Keeps Spinning) * '' No ja, pa kaj'' (Eh, So What?) * '' Neprilagojen'' (Maladjusted) * '' Bognedaj, da bi crknu televizor'' (God Forbid The TV'd Stop Working) * '' Saj te prime - pa te mine'' (We All Go Through It) * '' Jaz sem nor'' (I'm Nuts) * '' Od A do S'' (From A To S) * '' Je treba delat'' (We All Have To Work) * '' Jaz ne grem v šolo'' (I am not going to school) * '' Ne se bat''' (Don't Be Scared) * '' Koncert - v živo'' (Concert – Live) * '' Vse je krasno'' (Everything's Just Fine) * ''Brez dlake na jeziku'' (Telling The Truth) * '' Se počasi daleč pride'' (Take it Easy and You'll Go a Long Way) * '' Prvih pet'' (First Five) – Compilation

References

Living people 1959 births People from Slovenj Gradec Slovenian composers Slovenian male composers Slovenian guitarists Slovenian singer-songwriters Slovenian male singer-songwriters Slovenian male musicians {{Guitarist-stub