Jordan Nikolić
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| birth_place = Prizren, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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| origin =
| death_place = Belgrade, Serbia
| genre = Serbian traditional music
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1961–2018
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Jordan Nikolić ({{lang-sr-cyr|Јордан Николић}}; 11 May 1933 – 26 April 2018) was a Serbian folk singer who interpreted traditional songs from Kosovo.
Biography
Nikolić was born on 11 May 1933, in Prizren, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.{{sfn|Sandra Milošević|2013}} His parents were born in Sredačka župa, from where they moved to Prizren.{{sfn|Sandra Milošević|2013}} His father played the gusle.{{sfn|Sandra Milošević|2013}} In primary school and in gymnasium, he was a member of the choir.{{sfn|Sandra Milošević|2013}}
Jordan Nikolić graduated the Yugoslav literature and Serbian language at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. He found his interest while studying Serbian folk music in school. His first recording was made in 1961, in the Radio Pristina, and two years later he became the music editor of the same radio station. In 1968 he began recording for programs of Radio Belgrade, spreading the rich repertoire of Kosovo folk songs.{{citation|author=Tamara Maljković |url= http://www.glassrbije.org/info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20961:jordan-nikoli-i-kosovska-narodna-pesma&catid=52:muzika-riznica&Itemid=75 |publisher= Glas Srbije |title=Jordan Nikolić i kosovska narodna pesma |date=3 August 2010|language=Serbian}}
During a 50-year career, in cooperation with Mara Đorđević, Nikolić searched and saved from oblivion ancient songs from Kosovo and southern Serbia, some predating the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. About a hundred of his voice recordings are saved in Radio Belgrade archives.{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/stara_arhiva/srbija/111180/Vracanje-stare-pesme |title=Vraćanje stare pesme |publisher=Blic |date=31 May 2006 |author=Neđeljko Zejak |language=Serbian}}
Nikolić participated in Jugovizija (Yugoslavian Eurosong qualification contest) in 1976.{{citation | url=http://www.esc-history.com/nf-entries.asp?country=Yugoslavia&year=1976&order=ItemNr | title=National Finals | publisher=Eurosong Contest History | access-date=8 October 2011 | archive-date=16 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216192052/http://www.esc-history.com/nf-entries.asp?country=Yugoslavia&year=1976&order=ItemNr | url-status=dead }}
He died in Belgrade on 26 April 2018, aged 84.{{cite web|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/scena.147.html:724656-UTIHNUO-CARSKI-GLAS-Preminuo-pevac-narodne-muzike-Jordan-Nikolic |title= UTIHNUO CARSKI GLAS: Preminuo pevač narodne muzike Jordan Nikolić| date=27 April 2018 |publisher=Večernje Novosti}}
Awards
- Estradna nagrada Jugoslavije{{sfn|Sandra Milošević|2013}}
- Estradna nagrada Srbije{{sfn|Sandra Milošević|2013}}
- Majstorsko pismo grada Niš{{sfn|Sandra Milošević|2013}}
Discography
- 1968 – Ovih dana reče meni Jana (feat. Danica Obrenić) (single)
- 1968 – Zašto nisam ptica (7", EP), 1968[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jordan+Nikoli%C4%87 Discogs]
- 1970 – Voli me još malo
- 1976 – Tvoje ruke su miran san
- 1982 – Razgranala grana jorgovana, PGP RTB
- 1998 – Simbil cveće, PGP RTS
- 2007 – Zapisano u vremenu, PGP RTS (triple CD edition)
- 2009 – Srpske pesme sa Kosova, PGP RTS
See also
;Similar repertoire
- Vasilija Radojčić (1936–2011)
- Staniša Stošić (1945–2008)
- Teofilovići (born 1966)
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Jordan Nikolić|work=Trezor|publisher=RTS|editor=Sandra Milošević|year=2013|location=Belgrade|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Sut0qck0c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316180832/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Sut0qck0c |archive-date=2016-03-16 |url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|title=Jordan Nikolić|work=Sviraj nešto narodno|publisher=RTRS|editor=Daliborka Račić|year=2013|location=Banja Luka|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnQZ4aKjx7o |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309091354/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnQZ4aKjx7o |archive-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|title=Jordan Nikolić|work=Zlatna ploča|publisher=RTS|year=2014|location=Belgrade|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2QcoHH1xQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309204053/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2QcoHH1xQ |archive-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|title=Jordan Nikolić (1933)|publisher=Riznica Srpska|year=2011|url=http://www.riznicasrpska.net/muzika/index.php?topic=159.0|access-date=12 April 2015|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314215440/http://www.riznicasrpska.net/muzika/index.php?topic=159.0|url-status=dead}}
- [https://www.rts.rs/page/oko/ci/story/3230/muzika/4250533/jordan-nikolic.html Kosovo u glasu Jordana Nikolića (article published by Radio Television of Serbia)]
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