Rade Jovanović (composer)

Festival of song and sevdah "Rade Jovanović - Goražde 2005" was sevdah music tribute to Rade Jovanović opus, and was held in his hometown Goražde on 18 June 2005. On 26 December 2018 memorial plaque was placed on Rade's home, house in Goražde where he was born and spent most of his life until his death in 1986. Idea was initiated by Center for Culture Goražde, while memorial was financed and put up by City of Goražde, with Missis Jovanović and mayor of Goražde, Muhamed Ramović, being one who officially unveiled it.

His life and work had inspired many theater, film and radio authors who filmed documentaries about him and recorded radio shows, before and after his death He committed a suicide on April 15, 1986, and was buried in his hometown.

Safet Isović performs "Kad sretneš Hanku" at the Beogradskom Sabor festival in 1970. Seven years later, a number of music critics of former Yugoslavia, in a public poll carried out by the Belgrade Radio, voted and acclaimed "Kad sretneš Hanku" as the folk song of the decade.

His first successful song was "Često mlađan prošetam kraj Drine". Another one followed "Na obali Drine" performed by Zaim Imamović. Then Nada Mamula sang "Negdje u daljine", and "Sjecaš li se ratni druže" i "Bolan ti ležim jarane" were performed by Gvozden Radičević. Country-wide recognition shortly follows when he wins at the festival Ilidža 1964 with his song "Jablani se povijaju", performed by Safet Isović. That song alone won the awards for melody and lyrics from both - the audience and the nomination committee. His other three songs were also performed that same night and also took other awards. Next year he repeats his success at the very same festival Ilidža 1965, with the song "Ne pitaj me stara majko" performed by Nedeljko Bilkić, and establishes himself as one of the leading folk authors and prolific composer of warm, melodic and distinctive style.

Radoslav "Rade" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радослав "Раде" Јовановић; 1928–1986) was a Yugoslav composer and songwriter, best known for his legacy collection of sevdalinka folk songs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.