Danijela Veselinović is a
Serbia
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n trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from
Arilje, dubbed the "Trumpet Princess" by
Boban Marković. She and her brass band have represented Serbia across Europe.
Orkestar Danijela
Danijela was first exposed to trumpet playing in
Zlatibor
Zlatibor ( sr-cyr, Златибoр ) is a List of mountains of Serbia, mountainous region in western Serbia.
Among the most popular places in Serbia for tourism, Zlatibor's main attractions include health tourism, skiing, and hiking and the lo ...
and at age 8 and started playing a trumpet her father repaired. Her first band "Danijela with her Brothers" formed with her brothers Slobodan, Bogdan, and Bojan (aged 6 to 10) on trumpet, tenor horn, and drum, plus four cousins.
The band competed at the
Guča Trumpet Festival from its formation in 2003 until 2014. At the first festival,
Boban Marković gave her a trumpet saying, "You are a little trumpet princess." At the 2016 festival, she played a featured performance with Boban and Marko Marković. In addition to Balkan music, she received the diploma from the Academy of Arts,
Novi Sad University in classical music in 2016. She is also a competitive
rifle shooter.
The band has played festivals and concerts in
Poland
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,
Greece
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, and
Switzerland
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. Danijela and her band have been the subject of several television documentaries.
Discography
References
External links
Orkestar Danijela website in EnglishSerbia.com in EnglishVice media in SerbianBlic newspaper in Serbian
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1993 births
Living people
Serbian trumpeters
University of Novi Sad alumni
21st-century trumpeters