List of all Performers and all Songs to Be Performed at Inauguration Ceremony of President Milanović
Due to the great interest of the Croatian public for the musical part of the programme at the inauguration ceremony of the President of the Republic Zoran Milanović, to be held on 18 February in the Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia, the following is a complete list of all performers and all songs that will be performed on that occasion.
Klapa Trogir will sing “Bodulska balada”, Sinjska klapa will sing “Cetina”, Chriztel Renae Aceveda will sing “Dej mi Bože oči sokolove”, and the LADO Ensemble will perform fragments from “Slavonske kraljice”. The Croatian Navy Klapa “Sveti Juraj” will only sing the national anthem of the Republic of Croatia “Lijepa naša Domovino” as previously announced.
Klapa Trogir was founded in 1964, it is one of the oldest and most awarded Dalmatian klapas known for performing, preserving and promoting Dalmatian klapa songs. Today, the klapa consists of first tenor Ivo Coce, second tenors Ivo Oštrić, Marin Buble and Marko Vuletić, baritones Dragan Županović and Tomislav Labor, and basses Antun Zajc, Jozo Miše and Tomislav Jakus. The artistic director of the klapa is Jelena Buble. The music for “Bodulska balada” was written by Ivica Bašić, lyrics by Stjepan Benzon, and musical arrangement by Nikola Buble.
The Sinjska klapa was founded in 2024, its members are experienced and prominent singers who were previously members of the Sinj Klapa. The members of the Sinjska klapa come from the heart of the Dalmatian hinterland. The first tenor of the Sinjska klapa Stipe Breko is a recognizable voice of klapa a cappella singing in Croatia, and alongside him, the klapa consists of second tenors Ivo Breko and Frano Filipović Grčić, baritones Mario Đidara and Dinko Šarić, and basses Mladen Širinić, Jerko Župić and Dario Sablić. The author of the song “Cetina” is Dražen Žanko.
Chriztel Renae Aceveda is a seventh-grade pupil at Sveti Martin na Muri Elementary School who moved from the Philippines four years ago and found her new home in Croatia. In parallel with elementary school, she also attends the Music School in Varaždin, where she is studying solo singing in the class of Blanka Tkalčić. She began singing by performing traditional Croatian music, mastering the Croatian language in record time. With her voice and musicality, she won the hearts of the audience and music experts at the 2023 Supertalent contest. “Dej mi Bože oči sokolove” is a folk song from Međimurje.
The National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia LADO was founded in 1949 and has been nurturing, researching and artistically interpreting the most beautiful examples of Croatian music and dance heritage for more than seven decades. LADO is comprised of 38 excellent dancers who are also excellent singers, accompanied by an orchestra of 14 musicians who play around eighty traditional and classical instruments. The artistic director of the ensemble is Zrinka Posavec. LADO will perform fragments from the choreography “The Queens of Slavonia” by Zvonimir Ljevaković.