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Serbia: New Symphonic version of Nije Ljubav Stvar
Baku, April 27 (AZERTAC). According to esctoday.com, Zeljko Joksimovic, the Serbian representative at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, along with the symphonic orchestra of RTS, the Serbian public broadcaster, recorded a new symphonic version of the Serbian entry Nije ljubav stvar.
The recordings took place at Kolarc Auditorium in Belgrade and the new version of the song will be released soon.
Conductor of the RTS Symphonic Orchestra was Mr. Slavko Jovanovic, while the piano soloist was Mrs. Zarifa Alizade, who is also directing the Cultural Centre of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Belgrade.
According to Zeljko`s team, symphonic music constitutes the finest musical expression and this version of Nije ljubav stvar will make a big appeal to millions of Eurovision fans.
This will be one more version of this year`s Serbian entry, after several others in various foreign languages.
Moreover, a video with an instrumental version of Nije ljubav stvar, titled Summer Mix 15 in 1 partly inspired by Greece, with the use of bouzouki among other musical instruments was posted on Zeljko`s Offcial Greek Page on Facebook.
Zeljko Jocksimovic is going to perform for the second time as a leading artist on a Eurovision stage, on May 24th, opening the 2nd Semifinal. He has also penned twice in the past the entries of Bosnia & Herzegovina (2006) and of his home country Serbia (2008) and he has been the host of Europe`s favorite TV show in 2008, when it was held in Belgrade.