Mostar Sevdah Reunion

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  • Years Active: 2000s

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Mostar Sevdah Reunion is a musical ensemble from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina playing almost exclusively sevdalinka. The band is composed of experienced musicians and often collaborates with renowned musicians in the field of gypsy music: they made two albums with Šaban Bajramović and two albums with Ljiljana Buttler. Ljiljana frequently toured with the band until her death in 2010.

The band was formed by Dragi Šestić in Mostar in 1998. It started out as a group of local, talented and experienced musicians. They were old friends who came together again in summer 1999 for to record their first album.

Their first CD was released 1999. Since then they became popular with world music audiences, performing at various world music festivals and receiving a number of music awards.

The band consists of: Mišo Petrović (guitar), Sandi Duraković (guitar), Nermin Alukić Cerkez (vocal and guitar), Marko Jakovljevic (bass), Gabrijel Prusina (piano), Senad Trnovac (drums) and Vanja Radoja (violin).

Awards

"Davorin" Bosnian Music Awards: Special Award 2002"Davorin" Bosnian Music Awards: The Best Ethno Album Of The Year 2003 (for "The Mother of Gypsy Soul: Ljiljana Buttler")"Davorin" Bosnian Music Awards: The Best Album Of The Year 2004

Films

Mostar Sevdah Reunion - by Pjer Žalica 2000Sevdah the Bridge that Survived - by Mira Erdevički 2005