Antun Nikolić Tuca

Antun Nikolić Tuca
Born (1943-06-10) June 10, 1943
Origin Županja, Croatia
Genres Folk, Rock
Occupation(s) Croatian musician - composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, music producer, ethnographer, tamburitza virtuoso
Instruments tamburitza, electric guitar

Antun Nikolić Tuca (Županja, Croatia, June 10, 1943) Croatian musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, music producer, ethnographer, tamburitza virtuoso

Biography

Antun Nikolić Tuca is a Croatian composer, arranger, music producer, music editor, ethnographer, tamburitza virtuoso, multi-instrumentalist. Along with Pajo Kolarić, Franjo Kuhač, Julije Njikoš, Mijo Majer and Branko Mihaljević, he is a living legend of tamburitza and rock music. He was born in Županja, Croatia]], on June 10, 1943]]. As a six-year-old boy, he played tamburitza in a school show. His family moved to Osijek in 1956, where he attended Osijek's reputable music school, “Franjo Kuhač”, along with primary school. In 1958, before he was fully fifteen, he became a member of Radio Osijek's Tamburitza Orchestra, led by the giant of tamburitza music, Julije Njikoš, until 1964. In this orchestra Nikolić played all of the tamburitza instruments. There his successful music work started, not only with folk significance, but also with a cultural and social dimension.

At the beginning of 1960's, along with tamburitza instruments (and other stringed instruments banjo, bouzouki, balalaika, then piano, mouth organ, fife, kazoo, ocarina) Nikolić also played the electric guitar. Along with Krunoslav Kićo Slabinac, he formed the band Tornado and then, in 1963, the legendary rock band Dinamiti, which was the most famous rock band in ex- Yugoslavia in the 1960s, and which also performed around Europe. In 1967 Antun Nikolić Tuca went into military service. After serving in the military he came back in 1969 to tamburitza music. The same year he re-formed and began leading The Big Tamburitza Orchestra of Radio Osijek, with which he works as conductor, arranger, music producer and music editor. He also collects, records and preserves the enormous traditional values of Northeast Croatia.

Slavonski Bećari 1997

In the year 1971 from The Big Tamburitza Orchestra of Radio Osijek, Antun Nikolić formed the tamburitza ensemble Slavonski bećari which remained active until 2011. Slavonski Bećari is the oldest and the most famous tamburitza ensemble in Croatia. Through their 40 years of work they have been performing countless number of times, traveled around the world (16 times in the United States and Canada, 2 times in Australia, in most of the European countries). Slavonski bećari published 4 single and 11 long play studio albums, 7 compilations, 35 festival records, 532 in HUZIP recorded television performances. They have cooperated with many well-known homeland and overseas singers and earned many international and national rewards and prizes.

Significance of Tuca's work

Along with playing instruments, directing and arranging, Antun Nikolić Tuca was also collecting and recording the cultural music heritage of Northeast Croatia. What Franjo Kuhač started in the 19th century, was continued in the 20th century by Branko Mihaljević and Julije Njikoš, and in his own way in the 21st century by Antun Nikolić Tuca. Along with etnographic work on collecting and preserving folk heritage, as the long-standing music editor on Radio Osijek (1969 -2005), Nikolić used his position to record a great number of folk motifs, and in his many television and radio appearances he promoted folk songs and traditional dances from the area of Slavonija, Baranja and Srijem. Among his many public performances, his solo at the concert of the 100 best Croatian tamburitza players under the name of “Šokačka Rapsodija”, which was included in the Guinness book of records for its number of players, stands out. 235 of Tuca's works are listed in the Croatian music authors database and in the Radio Osijek music library there is about 500 music numbers signed by the name of Antun Nikolić Tuca.

Discography

Video publications

Discography

Discography Slavonski Bećari

References

  1. ↑ Discography - "Bećarac" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ Discography - "Daleko je domovina" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Discography - "Lovačka pjesma" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Discography - "Slavonijo, zemljo plemenita" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ Discography - "Moja seka" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ Discography - "Daleko sam u tuđini" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ Discography - "Plakat ću do posljednje suze" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ Discography - "Stare bekrije" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Discography - "Ej, Baranjo" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ Discography - "Bećarac" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ Discography - "Kad čujem tambure" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ Discography - "Hej, bećari" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ Discography - "Seoska sam lola" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  14. ↑ Discography - "Svatovac" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ Discography - "Hrvatske Božićne pjesme" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ Discography - "Ljubila sam crno oko" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  17. ↑ Discographya - "Pokraj Karašice" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  18. ↑ Discography - "Stari Graničari" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  19. ↑ Discography - "Zaplešimo uz tambure" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  20. ↑ Discography - "Slavonski bećari" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  21. ↑ Discography - "Neće snaša tamburaša" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  22. ↑ Discography - "Ansambl Antuna Nikolića Tuce" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  23. ↑ Diskografija - "Baš je bila luda godina" Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  24. ↑ Discography - "Narodne Božićne pjesme" Retrieved October 12, 2015.

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