Tinka Milinović
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| Tinka Milinović | ||
|---|---|---|
| Background information | ||
| Born | November 27, 1973, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) | |
| Genre(s) | Classical Music | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer | |
| Years active | 2002-present | |
| Website | http://www.tinka.ba | |
Tinka Milinović (born November 27, 1973) is a Bosnian opera singer and a freelance artist.
Milinović was born in Sarajevo, where she attended a school of music, playing flute. In 1991, she moved to the United States on her own, and in 1992 entered Louisiana College to study vocal performance under Loryn Frey. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor of music in 1996, and continued to study voice as a graduate teaching assistant in the School of Music at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, with Margaret Daniel. In 1998 she received her master of music degree in opera/vocal performance and pedagogy from UL Lafayette. Milinović graduated at the top of her class, both as a scholar and a performer. Additionally, she further trained her voice with the Metropolitan Opera primadonna Martina Arroyo in New York.
[edit] Music career
After completing her training, she performed a great deal of roles in different operas, musicals, and opera scenes. Apart from these stage roles, Tinka also held solo concerts and has collaborated with Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Sarajevo Philharmonics. She worked as a private voice teacher, and as a personal assistant to conductor Jonathan Sheffer in New York.
Tinka has competed at the Bosnian Eurovision Song Contest national finals with songs "Sve sto imas ti"(2002), "I’m Never Gonna Gall"(2003), and “Sometimes I Wish I Were a Child Again”(2005). Although not winning in 2002, Tinka became an over-night sensation getting offers to host her own TV and radio shows, as well as a lead role in Sarajevo Opera.
Tinka further went on to Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia, as a back-vocalist and dancer to a Bosnian representative that year.
In 2003, Tinka was invited and performed as the only artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina ever to take part in Eurovision Show Berlin 2003. In 2006 she was invited again and performed at the Eurovision Show, this time in Munich.
In 2005, Tinka entered ESC again with a song written by ESC most-rewarded composer Ralph Siegel from Germany, and tied the 1st place.
In 2006, Tinka represented Switzerland at Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece.
Tinka recorded the following music albums:
Six4One “If We All Give A Little” (2006 CHIPS RECORDS, EDEL, PHONAG)
T.I.N.K.A (2006 BIG BEST COMPANY)
Tinka's latest album "T.I.N.K.A" (2006) is nominated in all 6 categories for Bosnian Music Awards Davorin 2007: Pop Album, Pop Song, Pop Video, Pop Artist of the Year, The Best New Artist, and The Best Female Performance.
[edit] Trivia
- Tinka is an official face of ESCADA perfums.
- Tinka signed a year long endorsement conract with the world-renoun Slovenian jewellery firm ZLATARNA CELJE (founded in 1844), becoming their official face as well.
- Croatian Playboy has been interested, for several years now, in doing a cover with Tinka. She has thus far avoided it.
- In October 2005, Tinka performed at Kenya Fashion Week in Nairobi, Kenya, as a special music guest at the Gala opening ceremony.
- Tinka stars as Sylva Varescu, the leading female role, in "The Queen of Czardas" at the National Opera House in Sarajevo, and is preparing for a role of Adelle in “Die Fledermaus”.
- Tinka performs as a solo artist with large repertoire of her original, as well as jazz, cabaret, and classical music. She successfully records commercials for television and radio.
- For two years Tinka successfully ran her radio contact talk-show Tinka Show - No Offense on the biggest Bosnian national radio station (BH Radio 1).
- Tinka is the host of highest rated television show in the country "TV Bingo Show" airing live on FTV, 5th season. She also hosts summer TV show “Ljeto s FTV” also airing live.
- Tinka represented Switzerland at Eurovision Song Contest in Athens in May 2006, with Ralph Siegel’s song.
- Tinka is the first artist from Bosnia to be invited, sing and compete for another country at Eurovision Song Contest.
- At the "Stari Grad" festival in Novi Pazar, Serbia, Tinka impressed judges enough to walk away with the runner-up prize of 2,000 Euros. Not only that, but she was also given the special award for the best stage performance at the festival.
- Tinka released her solo album T.I.N.K.A on Dec.28, 2006. Even before her album was officially released, Tinka has sold it over 6,000 copies to fans who registered earlier.
- Tinka, due to her charming sincerity, alluring wits, and remarkable sex appeal, is also known for her "natural genetic celebrity" status. So far, she has been the only highly educated artist in Bosnia-Herzegovina with Masters Degree in Music (Opera), and the only female artist who hasn't failed yet to break all barriers and stereotypes that the title of opera singer brings with it.
- Tinka is considered by media to be the only Bosnian with entertainment pedigree interesting enough to hold a public persona title of "Tinka (inter)Nacionale" (from former Yugoslav republics, only Lepa Brena (SCG) i Severina (CRO) bare this same title).
