Miroslav Škoro

Miroslav Škoro
Born (1962-07-29) 29 July 1962
Origin Osijek, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Genres Pop, Folk, Soft rock
Occupation(s) Singer, politician
Years active 1989–present
Website www.skoro.hr

Miroslav Škoro (born 29 July 1962, Osijek) is a Croatian musician and politician. His music is characterized by its traditional tamburitza sound, updated to appeal to a contemporary pop audience.

He was elected in the 2007 election to serve as a Member of Parliament for the Croatian Democratic Union, taking office on 11 January 2008 but resigned on 19 November 2008.

Biography

Škoro, born in Osijek, completed an engineering degree at the University of Osijek. He subsequently spent some time in the United States of America where he attended two years at the Community College of Allegheny County.[1] During his time in the United States, he co-wrote his first album Ne dirajte mi ravnicu with Pennsylvania native, tamburitza master Jerry Grcevich.

Music career

He emerged onto the Croatian music scene with the debut Ne dirajte mi ravnicu and produced a song of the same name which would go on to be one of the most famous Croatian songs. The tambura group Zlatni dukati released their own cover of the song that same year.[2] Another very popular song of his in the wartime period was the delicate and tragic Mata (Matthew), in which he dealt with the Bleiburg repatriations.

In 2002 Škoro collaborated with Marko Perković on the song Reci, brate moj ("Tell me, my brother"), the year after collaboration was renewed in the single "Sude mi"("[They're] putting me on trial"), dedicated to former Croatian general Ante Gotovina. Škoro performed the song in a 2003 concert in Zagreb after which he broke into tears.

Business

He was also the president of Croatia Records, the largest record company in the country. His leadership of the company, together with the now deceased popular music auctor Đorđe Novković, was very successful in popularizing a renovated traditional Croatian music scene, also in the younger Croatian generation, winning over the urbanized cosmopolitan Mtv-style tendencies.

In 2003, Škoro gained a great deal of popularity as a judge in Story Supernova Music Talents, a reality show aired on Nova TV. In 2003, he sang Mate at the funeral of General Janko Bobetko.[3] In 2004, his song Milo moje won the Croatian Musicians Union's annual award for hit song.[4] His 2005 album, Svetinja, sold over 20,000 copies.[5]

Government and Politics

From 1995 to 1997 Škoro was the Croatian general consul to Hungary.[6] On 30 October 2007 he joined the Croatian Democratic Union, becoming a candidate on 2007 parliamentary elections and won election to parliament.[7] Later, he was appointed as HdZ's candidate for Mayor seat, in his hometown of Osijek.

Music festival appearances

Festivals won are in bold.

Discography

  1. Ne dirajte mi ravnicu – 1992
  2. Miroslav Škoro i Ravnica – 1993
  3. Sitan vez – 1996
  4. Miroslav Škoro, uživo – 1998
  5. Ptica samica – 1999
  6. Slagalica – 2001
  7. Milo moje – 2003
  8. Svetinja – 2005
  9. Sve najbolje – 2007
  10. "Moje Boje" – 2008

References

  1. ↑ Miroslav Škoro profile, svastara.com; accessed 3 August 2015.
  2. ↑ 16 zlatnih hitova - 1992 - Najbolji Hrvatski Tamburaši (Zlatni Dukati); accessed 15 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Ciglenecki, Drazen; Vejnovic, Sasa (3 May 2003). "Farewell With Political Messages Of Retired Generals". Novilist. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Profile, Status-Onlinehgu.hr; accessed 3 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Glazbeni kutak, volavje.hr; accessed 3 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Miroslav Škoro Biography
  7. ↑ "Miroslav Škoro" (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

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