Jordan Nikolić

Jordan Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јордан Николић; 11 May 1933 – 26 April 2018) was a Serbian folk singer who interpreted traditional songs from Kosovo.

Jordan Nikolić
Background information
Born(1933-05-11)11 May 1933
Prizren, Yugoslavia
Died26 April 2018(2018-04-26) (aged 84)
Belgrade, Serbia
GenresSerbian traditional music
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1961–2018

Biography

Nikolić was born on 11 May 1933, in Prizren, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1] His parents were born in Sredačka župa, from where they moved to Prizren.[1] His father played the gusle.[1] In primary school and in gymnasium, he was a member of the choir.[1]

Jordan Nikolić graduated the Yugoslav literature and Serbian language at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. He found his interest while studying Serbian folk music in school. His first recording was made in 1961, in the Radio Pristina, and two years later he became the music editor of the same radio station. In 1968 he began recording for programs of Radio Belgrade, spreading the rich repertoire of Kosovo folk songs.[2]

During a 50-year career, in cooperation with Mara Đorđević, Nikolić searched and saved from oblivion ancient songs from Kosovo and southern Serbia, some predating the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. About a hundred of his voice recordings are saved in Radio Belgrade archives.[3]

Nikolić participated in Jugovizija (Yugoslavian Eurosong qualification contest) in 1976.[4]

He died in Belgrade on 26 April 2018, aged 84.[5]

Awards
  • Estradna nagrada Jugoslavije[1]
  • Estradna nagrada Srbije[1]
  • Majstorsko pismo grada Niš[1]

Discography

Singles:[6]

  • 1968 – Ovih dana reče meni Jana (feat. Danica Obrenić) (single)
  • 1968 – Zašto nisam ptica (7", EP), 1968[7]
  • 1970 – Voli me još malo
  • 1976 – Tvoje ruke su miran san

Albums and compilations:[6]

  • 1982 – Razgranala grana jorgovana, PGP RTB
  • 1998 – Simbil cveće, PGP RTS
  • 2007 – Zapisano u vremenu, PGP RTS (triple CD edition)
  • 2009 – Srpske pesme sa Kosova, PGP RTS

See also
Similar repertoire
  • Vasilija Radojčić (1936–2011)
  • Staniša Stošić (1945–2008)
  • Teofilovići (born 1966)

References
  1. Sandra Milošević 2013.
  2. Tamara Maljković (3 August 2010), Jordan Nikolić i kosovska narodna pesma (in Serbian), Glas Srbije
  3. Neđeljko Zejak (31 May 2006). "Vraćanje stare pesme" (in Serbian). Blic.
  4. National Finals, Eurosong Contest History
  5. "UTIHNUO CARSKI GLAS: Preminuo pevač narodne muzike Jordan Nikolić". Večernje Novosti. 27 April 2018.
  6. "Jordan Nikolic – Diskografija / Kolekcija". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
  7. Discogs
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