Ibrica Jusić
| Ibrica Jusić | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ibrahim Jusić |
| Born |
15 December 1944 Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Chanson, folk, rock, pop, sevdalinka |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Labels | Jugoton, PGP-RTB |
| Associated acts | Majda Sepe |
| Website | www |
Ibrica Jusić (born 15 December 1944) is Croatian-Bosniak folk, rock, pop and sevdalinka singer.
Ibrica Jusić was born as Ibrahim Jusić in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik into a Bosniak family with seven children. His parents family originates from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and he grew up listening to sevdalinka and Italian canzone music.
Under the direction of his older brother Đelo Jusić (born as Đevalhudin Jusić), who was the leader of the group Dubrovački trubaduri (Dubrovnik Troubadours), Ibrica learned to play the guitar. He performed acoustical music and chansons all over Dubrovnik, before officially starting his professional career in 1965 in Zagreb, after being invited by composer Pero Gotovac.
His song "Celuloidni pajac" (Celluloid Clown) was the winner of first place in the 1968 Zagreb Festival. He won the first prize at the same festival the following two years as well: in 1969 with the song "Osobenjak" (Eccentric) and in 1970 with the song "Mačka" (Cat.)
Jusić had a few more successful singles following the festival wins before moving to Paris, saying that he found Zagreb to be "too small." He lived in Paris for three years and performed in cabarets, returning to Dubrovnik only during the summers, during which he held outdoors evening concerts on the steps of the Dominican Monastery. By using his summer travels to Dubrovnik he started to cooperate with Dubrovačke ljetne igre (Dubrovnik Summer Games) in 1971. With the songs of composer Pero Gotovac, he sang on several of the Games' shows, one of them being Miroslav Krleža's Aretej. He composed music and sang in the show Životopis Miha Pracata (Biography of Miha Pracet) in 1977. In the same year he recited in the Knežev dvor.
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