Slađana Milošević

Slađana Milošević
Slađana Milošević in September 2005.
Background information
Birth name	Slađana Milošević
Also known as	Aleksandra Slađana Milošević Hagadone
Born	1956 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Genres	New wave, synthpop, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, music producer, author, writer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, violin, keyboards
Years active	1971–present
Labels	Komuna, PGP RTS, CBS, Artists at Work, Wastelands Unlimited
Website	sladjana.com

Aleksandra Slađana Milošević Hagadone (Serbian Cyrillic: Александра Слађана Милошевић; born 1956 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia), better known as Slađana Milošević, pronounced [slǎdʑana milǒːʃeʋitɕ], is a Serbian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, and writer. She was one of the lead new wave singers in 1980s in former Yugoslavia.

Slađana Milošević was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Her talent for music became very apparent at the early age, so she started education in classical music at the age of five, playing piano. Few years later, her interest turned to studying violin. At the age of twelve she became a singer and a bass-guitarist in a rock and roll school band, though she had not given up violin playing. She recorded a first single at the age of fifteen, playing violin and singing Indian influenced music with a group “Ganesha”.

From then on, her interests had shifted towards various artistic expressions such as acting, playing music and dancing in the fringe theatres and experimental movies. She acted in Belgrade’s Ex Art Theatre, Atelje 212 Theatre and in Academic Kino Club Krsmanović. As a violinist, a member of Radio Television Belgrade Orchestra, her career continued doing studio work. Nevertheless, playing in a big orchestra appeared to be an obstacle for a further creative development, so she decided to proceed as a soloist.

As a singer, she had won her first prize at “Maglaj Youth Festival” in 1974. In 1976, she toured the Soviet Union as a soloist in Sasha Subota Orchestra, where she had recorded a Compilation of World Hits LP and a single "Mikado" for Soviet label Melodiya. Besides extensive touring with hundreds of concerts performed throughout former Soviet Union, she took part in numerous TV shows. One of the highlights was her interpretation of Marina Tsvetaeva's poem “I Like When You Are Yearning for Me”, sung in Russian on Moscow TV, in a special birthday greeting for Soviet Union’s President Leonid Brezhnev.