Karin Kuljanic - Storija od zivota (2009)

×

Karin Kuljanic - Storija od zivota (2009)

Close

Karin Kuljanić from Rijeka (Croatia) made her debut at MELODIES OF ISTRIA & QUARNER in 1994, with the beautiful song “Zami me sobun sakamo”. As I watched the video cassette of that festival I was thinking: this voice is something else! I hope it's here to stay. Luckily for MIK fans, it has.

This was the beginning of a beautiful sequence of Karin's MIK appearences and successes, with songs about love, Quarner, and love for Quarner. In a brief break from these themes, at MIK 2007, she decided to sing a song about mother's love, or more precisely, about mother's hands. „Materine ruke“ represented a slight detour from her style as well, the style that got her so many fans and awards at the preceding 12 MIK's. She didn't know how this change would be accepted at the Festival, but there was no doubt in her mind that "Materine ruke" was what she wanted to sing. And the reward came sooner then expected. „My heart is full when Gea (her daughter) sits next to me, takes my hands and says: These are mother's hands. With this, I have already achieved more then I ever expected.“ Karin said in the days ahead of the Festival.

That's how she is, passionate about her songs, putting in them all the beauty of her voice and all her soul, and thus making a spontaneous connection with the audience and delivering an unforgettable musical experience and story about life in her beautiful corner of the world. During the concert in Kraljevica in the Summer of 2005, as she was announcing the upcoming song - about beauties of Quarner of course, the tears appeared in her eyes and the voice choked. But being a professional, as she is in everything she does, she quickly put herself together, apologized for the tears and said: "The show must go on", and motioned to Robert Grubišić on the keyboard to start the music for the next song.