Birth name Svetlana Stević Occupation(s) artist Years active 1976–present | Genres Traditional music Instruments vocal Genre Folk music | |
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Born 15 February 1948 (age 69)Milatovac, Republic of Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1948-02-15 ) | ||
Svetlana Stević Vukosavljević (born 15 February 1948) is a Serbian vocal soloist and national artist. Vukosavljević is one of the most respected interpreters, researchers and the keepers of traditional Serbian musical folklore.
Biography
Vukosavljević was born on 15 February 1948 in Milatovac near Žagubica (Serbia). She graduated from the Chemical-technological technical school in Belgrade.
More than 35 years Vukosavljević is engaged in research work in the field of ancestral culture in Homolje – Eastern Serbia. As a gifted singer of the traditional Serbian songs, in 1976, she became a soloist of Radio Belgrade and since then has left a large opus of permanent recordings sound archives of Radio Belgrade. That same year she became a collaborator on several programs on Radio Belgrade, "Svanovnik" (the Dawn), "Od zlata jabuka" (Golden Apple) and "Riznica" (Treasury) in which she still participates.
In 2009, Vukosavljević received a special award which is awarded to the artists for superior contribution to the national culture of the Republic of Serbia.