Đani Maršan

Đani Maršan is a croatian musician, born 23rd of June, 1944. in Zadar. He served as a merchant navy officer for two years. In 1969. he graduated on College for foreign trade in Zagreb. He acitvely speaks English and Italian, and also uses German, Russian and Albanian language. Till now he he had recorded and released about 30 EPs, ten albums and five CDs. With Croatian, he also records on Italian, English and German. He is the author of lyrics and music for more than 80 songs. He has been rewarded often, most from professional music juries, on Croatian festivals (Zagrebfest, Festival zabavne glazbe Split, Melodije Istre i Kvarnera, Melodije hrvatskog Jadrana, Dalmatinska šansona Šibenik) and on international scene: 1972. in Paris (Grand Prix de Paris International), 1974. in Dresden (International Schlager Festival), 1978. in Rostock (Festival Menschen und Mehre), He has played al over the world, more than 60 times in the USA, 13 times in Australia, three times in New Zealand, 12 times in former DDR, six times in former USSR, and on numerous festivals throughout the western Europe. Of the numerous guest apperances throughout the world, most notable are the concert in the famous Plaza hotel in New York; in Atlanta, USA on the 100th Coca-Cola anniversary; in famous Berlin Friedrichstadt Pallast; Bobino theater, the french temple of schanson music; and in the Teatro Ariston in San Remo, the city of the oldest popular music festival in Italy. From 1996. - 1999. he was a minister counselor in a Croatian embassy at Vatican. From 1999. - 2000. he was a conzul in the culture area in General conzulate in Trieste, Italy. In 2006. he is the Croatian representative in the consulate in Perth, Australia. He has three medals: Red Danice Hrvatske s likom Marka Marulića; Red sv. Grgura (Eqvitem Commendatorem Ordinis Sancti Gregorii Magni) - Sv. Stolica; Križ Komendatora (Crucem Commendatorii) - S.M.O.M. His musical gender is Dalmatian chanson. Discography: Albums: 1977 - Ostavi mi samo pismo 1980 - Ima jedna divna zemlja 1981 - Dalmatinske noći (Tomislav & Vedran & Đani) 1982 - Pjesme iz konobe(Tomislav & Vedran & Đani) 1984 - Čovik s mora (feat. klapa Šibenik) 1988 - Pjesme naše mladosti 1989 - Prijatelju moj 1993 - Moje najljepše pjesme 1996 - Negdje ima put 2003 - Vagabondo 2008 - Zlatna kolekcija Festivals / Compilations: 1971 - Split '71 1980 - Split '80 1995 - Svjetiljka djetinjstva 2002 - Zvuk osamdesetih Zabavna i Pop 1988 - 1989 2004 - Dalmatinska Šansona 2004 2005 - Da te mogu pismom zvati - Libar I 2005 - Da te mogu pismom zvati - Libar II 2006 - Da te mogu pismom zvati - Libar IV 2006 - Da te mogu pismom zvati - Libar V 2008 - 10 Godina Melodija Hrvatskog Jadrana Guest: 2007 - Đorđe Novković - Gold collection www.myspace.com/djanimarsan Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.