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BRATISLAV - BATA ZLATKOVIĆ

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Bratislav "Bata" Zlatković (1961) was born in Niš, where he completed music school for guitar and secondary music school (theoretical department and flute department). He graduated in flute from the Music Academy in Sarajevo.

After completing his studies, he ventured into popular music and recorded five albums with the band Galija and one solo album, all released by PGP-RTS. On these albums, he showcased his talents as a composer, arranger, lyricist, and performer (guitar, flute, keyboards). He is the composer and arranger of hits such as "Da li si spavala," "Na tvojim usnama," "Mi letimo u nebo," "Kopaonik," "Sloboda," "Skadarska," and others. As an author and multi-instrumentalist, he performed in concert venues (halls, arenas, stadiums) throughout the former Yugoslavia.

 

Since 1996, he has been involved in applied music, composing, arranging, and producing music for theater, animated, documentary, and feature films, receiving numerous awards at domestic and international festivals. He wrote the oratorio "Na raskršću," which ceremoniously opened the 20th International Choir Festival in Niš. He has published fifteen original compositions for chamber ensembles under the name Vergul – Art (scores, parts, and audio CDs) and the CD of vocal-instrumental work "Ovo je moja zemlja" with soloists and the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio Television of Serbia, published by the University and the Branch of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Niš.

He served as the artistic director of festivals such as Nisomnija, Majska pesma, and the selector of the Niška jesen festival. He is also one of the founders and the artistic director of the international Naissus Guitar Festival from 2010 to the present.

He is a full professor at the Chamber Music Department of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Niš.

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