Radoslav Lorković

Radoslav Lorković
Lorković performing at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Okemah, Oklahoma July 12, 2008
Background information
Birth name	Radoslav Lorković
Born	(1958-09-03) September 3, 1958 (age 58) Zagreb, Croatia
Origin	Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Genres	Folk Americana Pop Blues
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Accordion, piano, organ, Vocals
Years active	1975–present
Website	radoslavlorkovic.com

Radoslav Lorković (born September 3, 1958) is a Croatian born and classically trained folk and blues musician, known in particular for his flair on the piano and accordion. He has five solo recordings, three live albums and has recorded and performed with numerous artists including Odetta, Jimmy LaFave, Shawn Mullins, Greg Brown, Richard Shindell, Ellis Paul, Susan Werner, Ronny Cox, Dave Moore, Andy White and Bo Ramsey. His thirty-five year career as a touring musician has taken him around the world, where he has performed from castles in Italy to Carnegie Hall.

Lorković was born into a musical family and grew up listening to classical music. Antonija, his maternal grandmother, sang Croatian, Slovenian, and Czech folk songs to him from the time of his birth. He inherited his piano passion from his paternal grandmother, Melita Lorković, at one time the premier pianist of Yugoslavia. His great-grandfather was one of the great conductors of Eastern Europe. His mother, Tatjana Lorković, remembers her son as a toddler who, when listening to Modest Mussorgky's Pictures at an Exhibition, would begin to sing. At age one he was reported to be singing back on pitch. By age three he was putting on floor shows for his grandfather and friends who would respond by showering him with coins yelling "pivaj Radoslav pivaj!" After this blend of central European musical influences, Lorković's family moved to London when he was five, to Minnesota when he was six, and three years later to Iowa, where he lived for the next many years.