Lana Škrgatić

{{short description|Croatian singer-songwriter and music pedagogue}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| image = Lana Skrgatic.jpg

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| caption = Lana Škrgatić in 2017

| birth_place = Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

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| alias = Lana.S

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Classical
rock
Pop
Garage Rock

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Singer
songwriter
composer
music teacher
drama teacher

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Vocals
saxophone
concert flute
keyboards

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| years_active = 1985–present

| label = Croatia Records

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Lana Škrgatić also known by her stage name Lana.S, is a Croatian musician, singer-songwriter, and music pedagogue. She is a music and drama teacher at the American International School of Zagreb. She was educated at the Purcell School and the Royal Scottish Academy.{{cite web |title=Lana Škrgatić |url=http://www.divan.hr/event/lana-skrgatic/ |website=divan.hr |accessdate=28 July 2018 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929194525/http://www.divan.hr/event/lana-skrgatic/ |url-status=dead }} She is the founder of the women's music band C.U.R.E., occasional member of rock band Crvena jabuka, and a former member of the rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje.

Life and career

Škrgatić was born and raised in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (nowadays Croatia) and educated in the United Kingdom. At the age of five she joined a children's choir Trešnjevački mališani. Soon, her talent came to the fore so she had solo performance of the song "Buba Mara" at their album Mi smo djeca vesela (1987).{{cite web |title=Trešnjevački Mališani: Mi Smo Djeca Vesela |url=https://www.discogs.com/Tre%C5%A1njeva%C4%8Dki-Mali%C5%A1ani-Mi-Smo-Djeca-Vesela/release/9401628 |website=discogs.com |date=1987 |accessdate=28 July 2018}}

Škrgatić began playing the piano at the age of six and subsequently moved to London at the age of 11 (1991), for the purpose of studying at the Purcell School of Music.{{cite web |title=Lana Škrgatić – ZP Biografija |url=http://www.zabranjeno-pusenje.com/home/biografije/lana-skrgatic/#more-1731 |website=zabranjeno-pusenje.com |accessdate=28 July 2018 |language=hr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005134525/http://www.zabranjeno-pusenje.com/home/biografije/lana-skrgatic#more-1731 |archive-date=5 October 2018 |url-status=dead }} At the time, she was a flutist for the London Youth Orchestra (1997–1999). She won the piano first prize at the 1998 North London Music Competition. In 1999, she has played role of Nancy in an English musical Oliver!. In 1999, Škrgatić received a scholarship to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.{{cite web |title=Zabranjeno pušenje ostvarenje je mog sna, zaista smo obitelj |url=http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/373321/9/Zabranjeno-pusenje-ostvarenje-je-mog-sna-zaista-smo-obitelj |website=glas-slavonije.hr |accessdate=23 August 2018}} Additionally, during his time in college, she was a flutist for the Glasgow Royal Academy Orchestra. She earned her master's degree in music in 2003.

In 2004, Škrgatić returned to Zagreb and joined the Komedija Zagreb Theatre Orchestra. In August 2005, she became a music teacher at the American International School of Zagreb.{{cite web |title=AISZ profiles |url=https://www.aisz.hr/discover-aisz/faculty-profiles/ |website=aisz.hr |accessdate=28 July 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213105349/https://www.aisz.hr/discover-aisz/faculty-profiles/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=LinkedIn Profile |url=https://hr.linkedin.com/in/lana-skrgatic-27b0223b |website=hr.linkedin.com |accessdate=28 July 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In January 2016, Škrgatić joined rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje as a saxophonist and flutist. As a new band member, she appeared for the first time in the 2016 music video for song "Klasa optimist" from album Radovi na cesti (2013).{{cite web |title=PREMIJERA SPOTA ZABRANJENOG PUŠENJA: Evo kako izgleda kada stari rokeri 'bare' mlade sponzoruše |url=https://net.hr/hot/glazba/premijera-spota-zabranjenog-pusenja-evo-kako-izgleda-kada-stari-rokeri-bare-mlade-sponzoruse/ |website=net.hr |date=20 June 2016 |accessdate=28 July 2018}} Škrgatić performed on their eleventh studio albums Šok i nevjerica (2018). In November 2019, she had parted ways with the Pušenje. She continues to work with the female music band C.U.R.E.{{cite web |title=C.U.R.E.: Upoznajte četiri djevojke koje sviraju na otvorenju Adventa kod Matoša |url=https://zadovoljna.dnevnik.hr/clanak/c-u-r-e-upoznajte-cetiri-djevojke-koje-sviraju-na-otvorenju-adventa-kod-matosa---584909.html |website=zadovoljna.dnevnik.hr |accessdate=3 December 2019|language=hr}}

In March 2021, Škrgatić released her first single "Naš svijet" ({{trans|Our World}}) under the stage name Lana.S. Also, she has been making her debut album which will be out in summer 2021.{{cite web |title=Glazbenica i multiinstrumentalistica Lana.S vodi nas u svoj svijet |url=https://crorec.net/izvodjac/glazbenica-i-multiinstrumentalistica-lana-s-vodi-nas-u-svoj-svijet/ |website=crorec.net |date=15 March 2021 |access-date=30 March 2021}}{{cite web |title=Lana S. pjesmom "Naš svijet" predstavlja se kao multi instrumentalistica i pjevačica |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/showbiz/lana-s-pjesmom-nas-svijet-predstavlja-se-kao-multi-instrumentalistica-i-pjevacica-1480344 |website=vecernji.hr |access-date=30 March 2021}}