Kemal Monteno
Kemal Monteno | |
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Born |
Kemal Monteno 17 September 1948 Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
Died |
21 January 2015 66) Zagreb, Croatia | (aged
Cause of death | Pneumonia and Sepsis |
Resting place | Cemetery "Bare" in Sarajevo |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Spouse(s) | Branka (m. 1971–2015) |
Children | 2 |
Musical career | |
Genres | Folk, pop, sevdalinka |
Instruments | vocals, guitar |
Labels | Jugoton, Diskoton, Croatia Records, Nimfa Sound |
Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s.
Early life
Monteno's father Osvaldo was an Italian from Monfalcone.[1] During World War II, he was drafted and deployed to Yugoslavia in 1945 where he met a Bosniak woman named Bahrija in Sarajevo and fell in love.[2] Osvaldo left his pregnant wife in Italy to marry Bahrija.[3] Osvaldo's Italian wife gave birth in 1946 to a daughter named Daniela, Kemal's half-sister. Kemal was born to Osvaldo and Bahrija two years later in Sarajevo. Although his father was Catholic and his mother was a Muslim, Kemal was given a Muslim name.[4]
Osvaldo only spoke Italian and sang canzones to Kemal when he was a child, while his mother sang him Bosnian sevdalinkas.[5] Both Osvaldo and Bahrija were employed at Sarajevo's Koševo stadium.[6]
Career
He recorded his first song "Lidija" in 1967 and enjoyed a prosperous career in Yugoslavia. He is perhaps best known for "Sarajevo ljubavi moja", a tribute to his home town.[7]
Many of his songs have also been performed by others. For instance, "Bacila je sve niz rijeku" was a hit not only for him, but for Toše Proeski, Crvena Jabuka and Indexi (the latter being the big hit). Similarly, others had success performing "Nekako s proljeća" (that one being a duet with Crvena Jabuka in 1991) and "Nije htjela". In a February 2014 interview, Monteno said that "Nije htjela" (She Did Not Want To) was written about a famous Yugoslav musician's wife, who was in love with another singer.[8]
Over the years, due to his style of music, he became known as the "Bosnian Roy Orbison", and even the "Bosnian Neil Diamond."[9]
Personal life
Monteno met his future wife Branka in 1967 in Sarajevo. They married 26 June 1971[10] when he returned from his mandatory stint in the Yugoslav People's Army.[11] Together they had a daughter Adrijana and a son Đani.[12] He spent the entirety of the 1990s war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in besieged Sarajevo.[13]
Illness and death
Monteno was diagnosed with diabetes in the late 1990s and received three-hour dialysis twice a week at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb. Diabetes weakened his heart and Monteno felt that the stress of the war in his country also contributed to his illness.[14][15]
Monteno suffered a heart attack on 30 December 2011[16] and had bypass surgery in January 2012. A performance at the 2012 Split Festival that summer was cancelled due to health issues[17] and rumors of his death circled the internet on 10 October 2012, even being picked up as fact by media in the region.[18]
On 15 November 2014, after nearly three years of waiting, Monteno received a phone call that a kidney was available for transplant.[19] He received the transplant the following morning in Zagreb.[20][21] He was again hospitalized in December 2014 and doctors believed that his "body did not accept the kidney that was transplanted in November."[22][23][24]
Monteno died at Zagreb hospital "Rebro" of pneumonia and sepsis[25] on 21 January 2015 due to complications after the kidney transplant.[26][27][28]
Discography
Studio albums
- Muziko, ljubavi moja (1973)
- Žene, žene (1975)
- Moje pjesme, moji snovi (1977)
- Za svoju dušu (1980)
- Dolly Bell (1981)
- Uvijek ti se vraćam (1984)
- Moje najdraže pjesme (1985)
- Romantična ploča (1986)
- Kako da te zaboravim (1987)
- Dunje i kolači (2004)
- Samo malo ljubavi (2009)
- Šta je život (2013)
Singles and EPS
- Sviraj, gitaro moja / Još juče bili smo sretni (1969)
- Tužna je muzika / Pružam ti ruke (1971)
- Što sam ti skrivio, živote moj / Jedne noći u Decembru (1971)
- Laž (1972)
- Dušo moja / Nana (1973)
- Pahuljice moja (1974)
- Moj prijatelj ari / Mali mir (1974)
- Adrijana / Novembar (1974)
- Pjesma zaljubljenika / Znam sve o tebi (1975)
- Hiljade bijelih marama / Kad nas jednom godine odnesu (1976)
- Tajna žena / Kad smo pošli mi u šumu (1976)
- Sarajevo, ljubavi moja / Kratak je svaki tren (1976)
- Ljubavna bol (1977)
- Cvite bili iz Đardina / Nemoj reći doviđenja (1977)
- Volim te živote kakav jesi / Na kraju grada (1978)
- Sunce djetinjstva / Putovanja, putovanja (1978)
- Nije htjela / Nek' sviraju gitare (1978)
- Ej, srećo moja / Čekat ću te (1978)
- Adriana, Adriana / Bracera (1979)
- Postoji li mjesto / Ti si moja poezija (1979)
- Energoinvest (1982)
Compilation albums
- Volim te živote kakav jesi (1978)
- The Platinum Collection (2007)
- The Best Of... // Live (2012)
- 50 originalnih pjesama (2014)
References
- ↑ "Intervju: Kemal Monteno". Južne vesti. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Naša je Juga za mene bila najlepša zemlja". Blic. 11 November 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Životna priča - Kemal Monteno: Pesma mi je mnogo dala, ali i uzela". Story. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Muškarci više plaču od žena, ali krišom!". Svet. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kemal Monteno, kompozitor i pevač : Naša je Juga za mene bila najlepša zemlja". Ekapija. 11 November 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Majka mi je prala dresove za FK Sarajevo, a stari je bio oružar i izdavao je kopačke i lopte". Blic. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ Dizdarević, Zlatko; Ridjanović, Midhat; Alcalay, Ammiel (1995). Portraits of Sarajevo. Fromm International. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-88064-167-8.
- ↑ "Kemal Monteno pesmu "Nije htela" posvetio supruzi poznatog pevača". Blic. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kemal Monteno - bosanski Roy Orbison". Muzika. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kemal Monteno o jugonostalgiji: Plačem za starim dobrim vremenima, niko normalan ne bi rasturao onakvu državu, kakvu smo mi imali". Press. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Živim, pevam, fali samo bubreg". Blic. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kemal Monteno je bolje, za dva tjedna ide na kućnu njegu". 24 sata. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ljubav ne može pobijediti niko". Slobodna evropa. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Rat u Sarajevu mi je uništio zdravlje". Svet. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Ne, dijabetes me neće uništiti: Kemal popije 20 tableta na dan". 24 sata. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kemal Monteno u Rebru nakon infarkta: Javili su se svi moji pravi prijatelji Arsen, Halid, Tereza". Index. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kemalu Montenu pozlilo zbog vrućine, nije zapjevao u Splitu". 24 sata. 1 July 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Koji srčani udar, imam novo srce i pod garancijom je!". 24 sata. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Dobio novi bubreg". Glas Slavonije. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "SPASILI MU ŽIVOT Kemal Monteno uspješno operiran, dobio je novi bubreg!". Jutarnji. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kemalu Montenu transplantiran bubreg". Index. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "NAKON TRANSPLANTACIJE BUBREGA: Kemal Monteno ponovo leži u bolnici". Večernji list. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "Kemal Monteno završio u bolnici!". Telegraf. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "PEVAČ JE POD NADZOROM LEKARA:Kemal Monteno ponovo završio u bolnici". Alo!. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "ZBOGOM: Kemal Monteno preminuo nakon teške bolesti". Ekskluziva. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Preminuo Kemal Monteno". Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Umro Kemal Monteno". Fokus. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Preminuo Kemal Monteno". klix.ba. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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