Marco Polo Fest () is a
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
n pop music and wine 2-day festival held on the island of
Korčula
Korčula () is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of , is long and on average wide, and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 15,522 inhabitants (2011) make it the second most populous Adriatic island after Krk. The populat ...
since 1996.
The festival was organised to celebrate and honor the 700th anniversary of the merchant traveler
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (; ; ; 8 January 1324) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known a ...
.
Grand Prix winners
*1996 - Carlo Pedron with "Afrodita Korčula"
*1997 -
Vinko Coce
Vinko Coce (22 December 1954 – 26 October 2013) was a prominent Croatian opera and pop singer. He is considered one of his generation's greatest representatives of Croatian music.
Biography
Coce was born in Trogir and joined the Klapa ''Trogi ...
with "Kad me nikad neće"
*1998 - Vinko Coce with "Žmul vina"
*1999 -
Alen Vitasović
Alen Vitasović (born 5 July 1968) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Pula, many of his songs are about his native Istria and mostly written in Chakavian dialect.
Vitasović began his music career early, learning how to play the ...
with "Nisam bio za tebe"
*2000 -
Tereza Kesovija
Tereza Ana Kesovija (; born 3 October 1938) is an internationally acclaimed Croatian recording artist. She was one of the most recognizable figures on the music scene in the former Yugoslavia and is renowned for her wide vocal range and operati ...
with "Sastala se stara klapa"
*2001 - Đuka Čaić with "Evo rode"
*2002 - Neno Belan and Fiumensi with "Ka'vanna"
*2003 - Saša Lendero and Miha Hercog with "Sunce izlazi"
*2004 -
Alen Vitasović
Alen Vitasović (born 5 July 1968) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Pula, many of his songs are about his native Istria and mostly written in Chakavian dialect.
Vitasović began his music career early, learning how to play the ...
with "Ja dat ću sve"
*2005 - Dražen Žanko with "Ljetna je noć"
*2006 - Ivan Šegedin and Tin Ujević with "Rodi majko zemlji sina"
*2007 - Yang Xiaoguang with "Nek je sretna China i Croatia"
See also
*
Croatian music festivals
The Croatian music festivals are a series of music festivals which showcase the top Croatian musical acts, in both traditional and contemporary music. They usually involve live performances as well as awards given by festival jurors as well as from ...
References
External links
*{{official, http://www.marcopolofest.hr/
Korčula
Music festivals in Croatia
1996 establishments in Croatia
Music festivals established in 1996