Saša Matić
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Cover of his latest album Anđeo čuvar
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Birth name | Saša Matić | |
Born | April 26, 1978 | |
Origin | Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | |
Genre(s) | folk music | |
Occupation(s) | Musician | |
Instrument(s) | piano | |
Years active | 2001- | |
Label(s) | Grand Production | |
Website | http://www.maticsasa.com |
Saša Matić (Саша Матић) (born April 26, 1978 in Drvar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) is a very popular Bosnian Serb singer. He also has a twin brother, Dejan Matić, who is also a popular singer. Both of them are blind.
During the Bosnian war, he and his family moved to Belgrade and went to music school. He finished Middle and High School in Zemun. Since he was little, he went to every concert from Riblja Čorba to Halid Bešlić whether it was in Drvar or in Belgrade. He worked in Club Španac in New Belgrade for 3 years. Then on March 8, 1994, he was selected to sing the rest of the song, Zajdi, zajdi, by Ratko Jovanović after singing one verse, in Tržnica on Banova Hill. Due to this, he became quite famous. On March 15, 2001, Saša's first album, Maskara, came out. Later, in Budva, Montenegro, during the Budva Festival 2003, Saša won the singing contest with the song, Moj Grad. In the same year, he won the song contest in the Ohrid Trumpeteers Festival in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, with the same song, Moj Grad.