Rchestra

Mile Lukić

"Did I dream being a butterfly, or has a butterfly been dreaming that he is me?"
 
Mile Lukic
Photomontage Wim Reijnen

Mile Lukić was born in Sarajevo. He studied journalism at the Faculty of Political Sciences and as a journalist he wrote for a numer of magazines about music and culture. As a senior assistent at Sarajevo's television channel he directed cultural broadcasts. However, Mile always had taken a lot of interest in making music himself and ever since he was twenty he was occupied with composing, arranging, pro-ducing and performing music on a professional level.

"I belong to the generation that grew up with rock 'n roll, symphonic rock, reggae, but also with the traditional music of my native soil. In addition, I felt a strong appeal to classical music. Amidst all of these reference points I succeeded in displaying my own musical expression.

I composed and wrote songs for several Yugoslavian top artists. Some of these songs now belong to the anthology of the ex-Yu popular music. In 1989, the song Ja vi se was voted a chart-topper and became translated and published in Norway, Finland and South-Africa. During the years 1989-1992 more than one miljoen cd's, records and musicassettes were sold holding songs written and composed by me. Besides my work in the world of pop I wrote music for theatre performances, radio- and television."

In 1992, due to the turbulent and grim events in Bosnia, Mile was compelled to leave his home

country and settled in The Netherlands, where he and his family still live and work. After some time he managed to take up the thread and established himself a place in the Dutch musical landscape.

"As a guitarplayer and singer I regurlarly participated in festivals like the Festival Mondial at Tilburg and the Festival Mission and Youth at Gemert. In 1995 I composed the music for the childrens theatre performance Anneke in trol-lenland. Furthermore I perform frequently on jubilees, business parties and other occasions, and as a house-artist for Holland Casino, Center Parcs en Landal Green Parcs.

These days I also can be found on stages which are focussed on the genre of world music. As ®chestra's guest performer the band and I played at many concerts such as in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Utrecht (Vredenburg), Breda (Chassé Theatre), Nijmegen (Schouwburg, Lindenberg) and Tilburg (Schouwburg). In March 2004, together with ®chestra, I appeared for the first time since long ago in Sarajevo on the jubilee festival The Winter of Sarajevo."

Mile's charming voice and the warm sounds of his Gibson Les Paul de Luxe and his acoustic guitar can be heared on ®chestra's cd's Weeshuis, Vluchten kan niet meer and Atap.

On the website of Mile Lukić more information can be found about his many musical activities and projects.

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