Željko Marasović Explained

Željko Marasović (3 November 1951, Zagreb (Croatia) – 3 August 2021, Los Angeles) was Croatian American pianist, organist and composer of classical and film music.[1]

Biography

Marasović studied piano with Ivo Maček, organ with Vlasta Hranilović and Žarko Dropulić and composition at the Zagreb Academy of Music, where he took degrees in 1974. Later he studied at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He received a master's degree in music from the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles.

Marasović is considered as one of the most prominent organists of his generation in Croatia, together with Anđelko Klobučar and Hvalimira Bledšnajder, performing also as organist of Zagreb Philharmonic. Together with Anđelko Klobučar, he is one of just few Croatian organists who performed at organs of Notre-Dame in Paris.

He made numerous recordings for label Jugoton between 1974 and 1985, when he moved to Los Angeles.

Filmography

References

  1. http://www.tribehollywood.com/tribehollywood/Motor_DisplayProfile?id=1916006387
  2. Web site: Orange Love- the Movie.
  3. Web site: Zeljko Marasovich Filmography . www.fandango.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090415155031/http://www.fandango.com/zeljkomarasovich/filmography/p397973 . 2009-04-15.
  4. Web site: Zeljko Marasovich. IMDb.