Sinan Alimanovic, a Bosnian organist, composer and conductor, was born February 11, 1954. Sinan Alimanovic was educated at the Academy of Music in Skopje and Pristina. His musical career began with several rock/jazz and jazz bands. He also performed in large orchestras throughout the former Yugoslavia. He was a member the Radio Television Pristina’s Revival Orchestra in the 1970s. Sinan moved to Sarajevo in 1979. He developed a musical career, not only as a member the Great Orchestra (Big Band), but also as an arranger and composer. He met Slobodan Bodo Kuvacevic, and soon became a member the rock’n’roll band Indexi. He won the 1981 “Vas Slager Sezone Festival” award for best arrangement of Betonska Brana. It was composed with Slobodan Bodo Kuvacevic. 1983. Sinan quit Indexi in 1983. Sinan rejoins the group in 1997 and stays with them until the death Davorin Popovic. He collaborated with many cult bands of Sarajevo’s rock’n’roll school in the 1980’s, such as Ambasadori and Bijelo dugme. His main interest is jazz, and his music can be influenced by cult musicians such as Miles Davis and Wynton Kelly. Sinan Alimanovic’s compositions were composed at that time. They are marked by rhythmic patterns similar to the Balkans, but combined with jazz and the unique sound the Fender Rhodes/Organ. As the only representative from the former Yugoslavia, he has been twice a member the EBU / UER Public Jazz Orcestra (1986 – Opatija and 1990 – St. Gerold). Sinan Alimanovic is a member of the Big Band of Radio Television Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also performs and leads small bands. Their repertoire includes jazz standards as well as original compositions by Sinan Alimanovic. These compositions often draw on folk music elements from Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the whole Balkans. However, he also shows a new view of jazz standards, mainly be-bop, cool, hard-bop, neo-bop and classical provenance. Radenci receives the prestigious Music Parade Radenci award (JRT). It was given to Radenci for his default song, Oj golube moj golube. This was in recognition of Sinan Alimanovic’s music processing. It was performed by Big Band of Radio Television Sarajevo. This is the most important music-instrumental prize to arrive in Sarajevo. Sinan Alimanovic, a jazz club founder in Sarajevo in the 1980s, opened the first Jazz Club (Jazz Club of International Friendship). It was also included on the World Jazz Clubs map. Sinan Alimanovic, along with a group of enthusiastic people, tried to keep Bosnia and Herzegovina’s cultural scene alive during the war (1992-1995). He was the Eurovision Song Contest’s conductor and arranger five times. John Kennedy O’Connor’s book “The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History” mentions Sinan Alimanovic, who was the conductor at the competition. He composed the jazz composition “Sarajevo Remake”, which was performed in the occupied city in 1993. Sinan Alimanovic released a jazz album titled “Sarajevo Remake” ten years later. He re-joins the rock’n’roll band “Indexi” in 1997. He recorded and released “Kameni Cvjetovi”, their second studio album after a 39-year career. The album was dominated by the Bosnian folk song “Snijeg Pade Na Behar, na Voce”, which Sinan Alimanovic composed in jazz style. He recorded two live albums with “Indexi”. Sinan Alimanovic also served as Director of Music Production at Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1994 to 2002. He was also the Director of Music Production at Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during which he managed twenty music festivals. He was a conductor and one the founders Sarajevo Big Band. He performed at major concerts in Sarajevo’s Olympic Hall Zetra. It was held in 2000. Dusko Gojkovic and Indexi were among the guests. The concert was recorded on a double CD-box, “Najveci Koncert U Gradu”. 2003. Sinan Alimanovic published CD “Sinan Alimanovic Quintet – Sarajevo Remake”. 2007 saw the publication of a double CD, “Sinan Alimanovic International Band-Bosnia Groove”. Album “Bosnia Groove”, which many critics consider his crowning achievement, is often cited as the best album of his career. In 2009, however, Sinan Alimanovic released another album: “Sinan Alimanovic Ladislav Fidri Quartet – Live in Tuzla”. Sinan Alimanovic releases another album, “Sinan Alimanovic Ladislav Fidri Quartet Live in Tuzla”. He now has ten albums, in three, four, or solo piano formats, and four studio albums, in duet format, that are ready to be published. Musicaneo lists him as one of the top world-contemporary composers. Since 1980, the Sinan Alimanovic International Jazz Band was active in many forms. He worked with many jazz musicians from Europe and America, including Erich Kleinschuster and Gianni Basso. He has performed all over Europe and America throughout his career. A documentary film called Sinan Allimanovic Jazz Musikian, which was produced by Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a record of his musical achievements. Emir Saltagic directed the movie and wrote the screenplay. Sinan Alimanovic is currently a professor at Sarajevo Music Academy. From Wikipedia
