Balkanika Explained

Balkanika
Origin:	Belgrade, Serbia
Years Active:	1998–present
Label:	PGP-RTS
Current Members:	Aleksandar Radulović Branimir Marković Nevena Stamenković Ljubomir Dimitrijević Danica Krstić Marija Bjelanović Milan Jejina Mladen Lukić Nebojša Nedeljković Nemanja Kojić

Balkanika (Serbian: Балканика) is a Serbian group formed by Sanja Ilić in 1998. They represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Nova deca".

The mission of the group is, as affirmed by Ilić, to preserve, revitalize and modernize Serbian medieval and Byzantine music traditions.^[1]

Members

Other members of the group include:^[2]

• vocalists: Nevena Stamenković (born 11 April), Danica Krstić (born 25 November 1995), Marija Bjelanović, Mladen Lukić, and Nemanja Kojić
• percussionists: Aleksandar Radulović and Milan Jejina
• guitarists: Branimir Marković and Nebojša Nedeljković
• flautist

Ljubomir Dimitrijević

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2018
• Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Notes and References

1. Web site: MUZIKA BALKANA JE UNIVERZALNI JEZIK KOJI NAS SPAJA. Balkanika. 20 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180513231859/http://balkanin.com/index.php/kultura/umetnost/item/962-muzika-balkana-je-univerzalni-jezik-koji-nas-spaja.html. 2018-05-13. dead.
2. Web site: Our Team. Balkanika. 20 February 2018. 21 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180221101248/http://www.sanjabalkanika.com/index.php/en/about/our-team. dead.