Eurovision 2018: Serbia

Eurovision: Semi Final Two
Serbia
Sanja Ilić & Balkanika
“Nova Deca”

For years, the band Sanja Ilić & Balkanika have been growing in popularity in both the Balkan region and the world.

Aleksandar Sanja Ilić is an author and composer as well as the band leader. Ilić ensures that the group assembles musicians who play old instruments from the Balkans and he’s trying to blend them into a modern pop-rock sound.

The musical style of Balkanika is an original sound combined with elements of world music based on the powerful native rhythm of the Balkans mixed with modern approaches and sensibilities. Over the past few years, the band have organised successful concerts around the world including Russia, the United States and even as far as South Korea.