Elvidin Krilić

Who is Elvidin Krilić?

Elvidin Krilic is a Bosnian singer, more commonly known as Edo Krila, was born in Sarajevo, in a family that cherished the Bosnian traditional, folk song. His father Mustafa Krilić, who himself was a well-known accordionist and who worked with all the vocalists of the traditional, folk music who meant something to the ex-Yugoslav music scene from World War II to the present, gave the initial impetus to the young talented boy. And nothing would have happened whatsoever if there had not been a spark of the first, great love between him and the piano accordion, the love that has lasted for over thirty years, and the love that, judging by everything, is not likely to extinguish.

After he had completed an elementary school, he entered the Secondary Music School in Sarajevo, Clarinet Department, Class of the professor Rajmund Likić. At that time, although the music centre, Sarajevo did not have a department for the piano accordion. Although the clarinet was completely a new experience for him, very soon he won a series of republic and national awards. However, that did not prevent the young musician from regular and persistent practicing the musical instrument which would bring him the fame and respect in the music circles of the former country. It was as early as his teens that his first public appearances with the accordion started. He was an active member of the AKUD Slobodan Princip Seljo, one of the best-known cultural and artistic clubs in the former country. After he had completed the Secondary Music School, he studied at the Music Academy in Sarajevo, Class of the professor A. Radan.