Nenad Stekić – “White Bimon”
What no one else had ever achieved in long jump was accomplished by the magnificent Nenad Stekić, who ranked first on the world lists for five consecutive years during the 1970s. The record he set remains unbroken by any Yugoslav athlete to this day. As a child, he used to jump over clotheslines at his […]
Miodrag Petrović Čkalja – A Born Comedian
On the very day the world celebrates humor, one of the greatest actors and comedians from this region was born – Miodrag Petrović Čkalja. “I was skinny like a stick, transparent, so from ‘čaklja’ (stick) it became ‘Čkalja,'” this unparalleled comedian explained the origin of his nickname. He began his career in the Drama Studio […]
Bijelo Dugme concert at Hajdučka Česma
On August 28, 1977, at Hajdučka Česma at Topčider, Belgrade, Bijelo Dugme held a concert, marking the peak of the tour promoting their third album. After nine performances in Poland in 1977, the rest of the tour was plagued by numerous technical and organizational problems. There were noticeably fewer audiences than before, and tensions began […]
Ivo Pogorelic – piano master
Ivo Pogorelić began his music education at the age of seven in Belgrade at the Dr. Vojislav Vučković and Mokranjac music schools and continued his studies at the Central Music School in Moscow in 1970. He enrolled at the Moscow State Conservatory, named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in 1975. In 1976, he began an intensive […]