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Bregovic breaks spine
Thursday, June 12, 2008
AFP
Goran Bregovic, one of the most famous musicians in the Balkans, suffered serious spinal injuries Thursday when he fell from a tree at his Belgrade home, Tanjug news agency reported.
The 58-year-old composer fell four metres (12 feet) from a cherry tree in the garden of his home in Senjak, a wealthy suburb of the Serbian capital, according to Tanjug.
Bregovic was admitted to Belgrade's emergency hospital with a broken vertebrae, said doctor Vladimir Djukic, who added that his condition was "stable without neurological complications."
The Sarajevo-born musician rose to international fame and acclaim after producing the soundtrack to Balkan director Emir Kusturica's award-winning 1995 film "Underground."
Such compositions have broadened his appeal beyond the former Yugoslavia and taken Balkan and Roma or gypsy music to an international audience.
Bregovic, who left the former Yugoslavia in 1992, now lives in France and Serbia.
He most recently played with his Weddings and Funerals Band as a guest performer at the Eurovision song contest, which was staged in Belgrade at the end of last month.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
AFP
Goran Bregovic, one of the most famous musicians in the Balkans, suffered serious spinal injuries Thursday when he fell from a tree at his Belgrade home, Tanjug news agency reported.
The 58-year-old composer fell four metres (12 feet) from a cherry tree in the garden of his home in Senjak, a wealthy suburb of the Serbian capital, according to Tanjug.
Bregovic was admitted to Belgrade's emergency hospital with a broken vertebrae, said doctor Vladimir Djukic, who added that his condition was "stable without neurological complications."
The Sarajevo-born musician rose to international fame and acclaim after producing the soundtrack to Balkan director Emir Kusturica's award-winning 1995 film "Underground."
Such compositions have broadened his appeal beyond the former Yugoslavia and taken Balkan and Roma or gypsy music to an international audience.
Bregovic, who left the former Yugoslavia in 1992, now lives in France and Serbia.
He most recently played with his Weddings and Funerals Band as a guest performer at the Eurovision song contest, which was staged in Belgrade at the end of last month.
