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H ewasonly16whenhismusicaltal- ent was discovered by pop music bard Oliver Dragojević. A brilliant career was launched that would endure with unabated zest until today, be- cause Petar Grašo is among the ranks of those artists whose every note delights the region. That was also the case when his song‘If they ask you’, which last year took the charts of the entire Balkans by storm. Let’s start by returning to the beginning and the time when Oliver Dragojević rst recognised your musical talent. - My parents at one time socialised in- tensively with the family of Oliver Dragojević. That’s why my memories of, and emotions towards, Oliver intertwine between private and professional. My father once played a cassette for Oliver with the words:“Please lis- ten to what this little one of mine has been babbling around the studio, I have no idea whether it’s good or not”. I was then 16 years old. Oliver listened to the songs and called me a few days later, telling me that they were great and that he wanted to sing some of them on the new album. I was really happy, because I was still a kid. For me, that was an important entry point and great motivation to continue with music. He was crucially im- portant at the beginning of my career, giving me advice, and he was one of the greatest musicians and singers to emerge and who will ever emerge in this region. Oliver also introduced me to Tonči Huljić, who is still one of my best friends and collaborators. You also collaborated with him on the title song of the hit series ‘The Wrong Man’, which is broadcast in Serbia on TV Prva and in Croatia on RTL ... - Yes, Tonči is the author of that song. It was a delight for me that one of the songs from my album would be the title song of that series. The whole song and video were published, because after the series started being aired we had a huge number of re- quests to hear the whole song. While we’re on the topic of legend- ary songs, among your hits you have one called “Tuesday”. Why did you sing about that day in particular? - That song emerged in 1998. I remem- ber that it was late on a Monday evening. I was sitting alone at the piano and that song just came out of me. Sometimes the text takes longer to work out all the polishing, while in rare cases it can happened that the text emerges almost in parallel with the melody. That was the case with ‘Tuesday’. I had the feeling that this song was simply sent to me. The night awakens your creativity? - Night is the time when I best hear my- self. People have the romantic perception of songs being made on a beach with a gui- tar and the sunset, but that would be a little
vano za ljude koji žive na kontinentu. Ideja za pesmu može se dogoditi bi- lo kad i bilo gde, okidač može biti bilo šta. To je kod umetnosti najčarobnije. Kad je oseka inspiracije, kako podstaknete sebe na nove po- bede? – Sednem za klavir i jednostavno sviram i sviram. To je kao ribolov, ba- ciš udicu i prepustiš se moru, koje će ti uvek nešto doneti. Ponekad brzo, a ponekad ne. I jeste lepota da ne znaš kad šta dolazi i gde. Sa kojim muzičarima biste vo- leli da sarađujete? – Sting je muzičar sa kojim bih za- ista voleo da snimim nešto, a od peva- čica to je Selin Dion. Ima ogromnu ha- rizmu, glas i status istinske dive. Kad sam bio tinejdžer, muzički idoli su mi bili Bitlsi , zbog njih sam se navukao na muziku. Slušao sam sve, od Pink Flojda , Eltona Džona i Bi Džiza do ita- lijanske i džez muzike. Kad ste osetili da ste uspeli pro- fesionalno? – Poslednjih nekoliko godina do- življavam neopisivo lepe koncerte na kojima je nekoliko generacija. Neke majke pevuše svojoj deci. To me is- punjava ponosom. Šta vam je popularnost donela i oduzela? – Mnogo mi je više donela nego uzela, jer sam je upotrebio u svoju ko- rist. Upoznao sam hiljade predivnih lju- di, video gradove na gotovo svim kon- tinentima i čekao zore po kafanama sa izvanrednim ljudima i muzičarima. Na velikom sam dobitku zato što zbog po- pularnosti nisam izgubio tlo pod no- gama. Cenim svoju publiku i smatram da im nije u interesu da ih maltretiram raznoraznim tabloidnim glupostima i slikama samo da bih dobio komadić naslovnice. Ja sam srećan čovek. Koje umetnosti, osim muzike, još volite? – Kulinarstvo je umetnost kojoj se divim i koja ima veze sa muzikom. U oba slučaja, umetnici kreiraju delo koje okuplja ljude i ulepšava im život. Samo što se u gastronomiji umesto pesme priprema hrana. Na kraju ljudi konzu- miraju oba i odlučuju da li je tvoje delo dobro ili ne. Obožavam gastronomiju, iako je muzika uvek bila i ostaće moj prvi posao i moja prva ljubav. Napravili ste i pauzu u pevačkoj karijeri da biste se usavršavali u kulinarstvu? – Posvećen sam i svom splitskom restoranu 25 godina. S ocem i majkom kao vlasnicima restorana sam nekad
boravio u njemu veći deo dana. Zalju- bio sam se u kreativnost i proces kuva- nja, probanja i svega što nudi taj svet. Imao sam sreću da sam na brojnim pu- tovanjima i koncertima po svetu upo- znao mnoge šefove i vinare, od kojih su mi mnogi i dobri prijatelji. Venča- ni kum sam Tomaža Kavčiča, vode- ćeg slovenačkog šefa kuhinje, veoma cenjenog u Evropi. S njim sam prošao gotovo sve veće gastronomske festi- vale, to mi je bilo dragoceno iskustvo. Kojim jelom biste predstavi- li sebe? – Tatar od tune je jelo koje sam kre- irao. Moj se restoran tim jelom pred- stavljao na međunarodnim prezenta- cijama i dobijao izvanredne recenzije. Koje gastronomske geografske tačke su vam omiljene? – Većinu kuhinja sam isprobao. Osim mediteranske, izuzetno volim japansku zbog kulture tretiranja siro- vih namirnica. Kako provodite vreme kad ne pe- vate i ne kuvate? – Slobodno vreme provodim u uskom krugu prijatelja. Leti uglav- nom u svojoj vikendici u jednoj uvali pored Trogira. Tada lovim ribu i živim bez previše glamura, buke i ljudi. To me pročisti i pripremi za ostatak godi- ne, koji je sve samo ne miran. (smeh) Koji vam je omiljeni deo Splita? – Split ima mnogo prekrasnih kuta- ka gde možeš uživati u pogledu. Obo- žavam da šetam starim splitskim kame- nim ulicama u proleće, dok još nema turista. I upijam mirise hrane koji do- piru iz kamenih kućica. A šta najviše volite u Srbiji? – Imam mnogo prijatelja u Beo- gradu, teško je odbraniti se od te ko- ličine gostoprimstva. (smeh) Uvek se iz Beograda vratim s nekoliko kilogra- ma u plusu. I na kraju, pored kojeg mora bi- ste voleli da ostarite? – Ako mi bog bude naklonjen, da- će mi da ostarim gde sam se rodio, a to je Split. I moje more.
The culinary art is one that is connected with music. Artists create a work that brings people together and beauti es their life Kulinarstvo je umetnost koja ima veze sa muzikom. Umetnici kreiraju delo koje okuplja ljude i ulepšava im život
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