Esad Samardžić

Who is Esad Samardžić?

Esad "Eso" Samardžić is a Bosnian businessman. He is best known as a Balkan music manager, singer and concert organizer during the late 1980s and early 1990s who worked with top artists such as Halid Beslic, Dino Merlin, CECA and Halid Muslimovic. Samardzic was the founder and owner of Tanoa Night Club, the first and most successful International Yugoslavian/Balkan live music venue, with performances by many top Balkan artists including Saban Saulic; Lepa Brena; and Sinan Sakic, in Switzerland as well as Valentino Night Club in Austria which both received strong national media attention from SFR Yugoslavia. He was also active as a European footballer playing for professional clubs across Europe such as NK Istra, and FC St.Gallen during the early 1980s which was before he moved into the music business.