Sanja Ilić

Aleksandar "Sanja" Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар "Сања" Илић; 27 March 1951 – 7 March 2021) was a Serbian composer and keyboardist. He founded the group Balkanika in 1998. He represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Nova deca".

Sanja Ilić
Сања Илић
Ilić in 2015
Ilić in 2015
Background information
Birth nameAleksandar Ilić
Born(1951-03-27)27 March 1951
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died7 March 2021(2021-03-07) (aged 69)
Belgrade, Serbia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • keyboardist
InstrumentsKeyboard
Years active1963–2021
Websitewww.sanjabalkanika.com/index.php/en/ Template:Deadurl

Ilić died on 7 March 2021 in Belgrade from problems caused by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia, aged 69.[1]

References
  1. "PREMINUO SANJA ILIĆ: Osnivač "Balkanike" izgubio bitku sa koronom". novisti.rs (in Serbian). Novosti. 7 March 2021.


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