Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a former cellist in the Sarajevo String Quartet.
Canadian author Elizabeth Wellburn worked with Smailović to create the children's book Echoes from the Square (1998). Another Canadian author, Steven Galloway, used Smajlović as a character in his bestselling 2008 novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo. In the book, an unnamed cellist plays every day at 4:00 pm for 22 days, always at the same time and location, to honour the 22 people killed by a mortar bomb while they queued for bread on May 26, 1992. The account, including the time of the mortar attack, is fictional. Smailović publicly expressed outrage over the book's publication. He said, "They steal my name and identity," and added that he expected damages, an apology and compensation.
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" is a folk rock song written by Bruce Springsteen. It is the title track to his eleventh studio album, released in 1995. The character Tom Joad, from John Steinbeck's classic 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, is mentioned in the title and narrative. Originally a quiet folk song, "The Ghost of Tom Joad" has also been recorded by Rage Against the Machine. Springsteen himself has performed the song in a variety of arrangements, including with the E Street Band, and a live recording featuring Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello as guest. In 2013, Springsteen subsequently re-recorded the track with Morello for his eighteenth studio album, High Hopes (2014).
Springsteen original
Besides The Grapes of Wrath, the song also takes inspiration from "The Ballad of Tom Joad" by Woody Guthrie, which in turn was inspired by John Ford's film adaptation of Steinbeck's novel. Springsteen had in fact read the book, watched the film, and listened to the song, before writing "The Ghost of Tom Joad", and the result was viewed as being true to Guthrie's tradition. Springsteen identified with 1930s-style social activism, and sought to give voice to the invisible and unheard, the destitute and the disenfranchised. His use of characterization was similarly influenced by Steinbeck and Ford.
Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a Bosnian musician. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, he played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a novel. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer. His playing of the Albinoni Adagio was introduced in a book called "A Story Like the Wind".
published: 11 Oct 2023
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The real cellist of Sarajevo with still photos of cellist in bombed shell of Sarajevo building.
published: 07 Feb 2017
Beer and Tears - Vedran Smailovic in Ireland (1994)
The man who became known as the Cellist of Sarajevo escapes his besieged city to live as a refugee in Ireland. A musician, a messenger and a big drinker, Vedran Smailovic makes powerful connections wherever he and his cello go.
Directed by Mike Collins Produced by Cyril O'Regan and Mike Collins.
Winner 2nd Prize, Best Documentary, Galway Film Fleadh 1994.
published: 23 Aug 2020
Welcome.to.Sarajevo - Albinoni's Adagio G in mirror
IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120490/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Sarajevo
published: 17 Nov 2010
Joan Baez in Sarajevo, April 1993
Joan Baez in Sarajevo, April 1993. Real footage. The song played is "Stones in the Road". The cellist playing in the street, towards the end of the video, is Vedran Smailovic, "the cellist of Sarajevo". (For further reference: http://www.appleseedrec.com/sarajevo/vedran/ )
published: 12 Jul 2007
Vedran Smailović Oh Danny Boy
Vedran Smailovic's cello solo of Oh Danny Boy
published: 19 Mar 2020
Cellist of Sarajevo, performance under the threat of snipers
🎻Vedran Smajlović performs in Sarajevo’s partially destroyed National Library in 1992.
Known as the “Cellist of Sarajevo”, Vedran Smajlović is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, also played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a book, which distorted the events. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer.
Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a Bosnian musician. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's Adagio i...
Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a Bosnian musician. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, he played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a novel. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer. His playing of the Albinoni Adagio was introduced in a book called "A Story Like the Wind".
Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a Bosnian musician. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, he played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a novel. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer. His playing of the Albinoni Adagio was introduced in a book called "A Story Like the Wind".
The man who became known as the Cellist of Sarajevo escapes his besieged city to live as a refugee in Ireland. A musician, a messenger and a big drinker, Vedran...
The man who became known as the Cellist of Sarajevo escapes his besieged city to live as a refugee in Ireland. A musician, a messenger and a big drinker, Vedran Smailovic makes powerful connections wherever he and his cello go.
Directed by Mike Collins Produced by Cyril O'Regan and Mike Collins.
Winner 2nd Prize, Best Documentary, Galway Film Fleadh 1994.
The man who became known as the Cellist of Sarajevo escapes his besieged city to live as a refugee in Ireland. A musician, a messenger and a big drinker, Vedran Smailovic makes powerful connections wherever he and his cello go.
Directed by Mike Collins Produced by Cyril O'Regan and Mike Collins.
Winner 2nd Prize, Best Documentary, Galway Film Fleadh 1994.
Joan Baez in Sarajevo, April 1993. Real footage. The song played is "Stones in the Road". The cellist playing in the street, towards the end of the video, is Ve...
Joan Baez in Sarajevo, April 1993. Real footage. The song played is "Stones in the Road". The cellist playing in the street, towards the end of the video, is Vedran Smailovic, "the cellist of Sarajevo". (For further reference: http://www.appleseedrec.com/sarajevo/vedran/ )
Joan Baez in Sarajevo, April 1993. Real footage. The song played is "Stones in the Road". The cellist playing in the street, towards the end of the video, is Vedran Smailovic, "the cellist of Sarajevo". (For further reference: http://www.appleseedrec.com/sarajevo/vedran/ )
🎻Vedran Smajlović performs in Sarajevo’s partially destroyed National Library in 1992.
Known as the “Cellist of Sarajevo”, Vedran Smajlović is a musician from ...
🎻Vedran Smajlović performs in Sarajevo’s partially destroyed National Library in 1992.
Known as the “Cellist of Sarajevo”, Vedran Smajlović is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, also played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a book, which distorted the events. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer.
🎻Vedran Smajlović performs in Sarajevo’s partially destroyed National Library in 1992.
Known as the “Cellist of Sarajevo”, Vedran Smajlović is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, also played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a book, which distorted the events. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer.
Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a Bosnian musician. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, he played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a novel. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer. His playing of the Albinoni Adagio was introduced in a book called "A Story Like the Wind".
The man who became known as the Cellist of Sarajevo escapes his besieged city to live as a refugee in Ireland. A musician, a messenger and a big drinker, Vedran Smailovic makes powerful connections wherever he and his cello go.
Directed by Mike Collins Produced by Cyril O'Regan and Mike Collins.
Winner 2nd Prize, Best Documentary, Galway Film Fleadh 1994.
Joan Baez in Sarajevo, April 1993. Real footage. The song played is "Stones in the Road". The cellist playing in the street, towards the end of the video, is Vedran Smailovic, "the cellist of Sarajevo". (For further reference: http://www.appleseedrec.com/sarajevo/vedran/ )
🎻Vedran Smajlović performs in Sarajevo’s partially destroyed National Library in 1992.
Known as the “Cellist of Sarajevo”, Vedran Smajlović is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, also played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and a book, which distorted the events. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer.
Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a former cellist in the Sarajevo String Quartet.
Canadian author Elizabeth Wellburn worked with Smailović to create the children's book Echoes from the Square (1998). Another Canadian author, Steven Galloway, used Smajlović as a character in his bestselling 2008 novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo. In the book, an unnamed cellist plays every day at 4:00 pm for 22 days, always at the same time and location, to honour the 22 people killed by a mortar bomb while they queued for bread on May 26, 1992. The account, including the time of the mortar attack, is fictional. Smailović publicly expressed outrage over the book's publication. He said, "They steal my name and identity," and added that he expected damages, an apology and compensation.
Man walks along the railroad track He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge The shelter line stretchin' around the corner Welcome to the New World Order Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest No job, no home, no peace, no rest, No Rest! And The highway is alive tonight Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Searchin' for the Ghost of Tom Joad He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag He's waitin' for the time when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass With a one way ticket to the promised land With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock Bathin' in the cities' aqueducts And The highway is alive tonight Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light With the Ghost of old Tom Joad Solo Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy Wherever a hungry new born baby cries Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air Look for me ma' I'll be there Wherever somebody's strugglin' for a place to stand For a decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free Look in their eyes ma, You'll see me And the highway is alive tonight nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light With the Ghost of Tom Joad