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Madame Piano, born Ljiljana Rančić, is a Serbian retired jazz/world music singer and songwriter. ==Musical career== Ljiljana Rančić got her classical music education by learning to play violin. In the early 1990s, she started performing as a jazz singer,〔 having her debut performance as a singer singing with actress Ana Sofrenović.〔("Zaboravljeni talenti: Madame Piano", Kako biti heroj u ova šugava vremena?, alittlerunaway.blogspot.com )〕 In 1993, she won the first place at the Belgrade Spring Festival with the song "Sanjam" ("I'm Dreaming").〔 She performed on the festivals in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus,〔 regularly performing in jazz clubs in her homeland.〔 Her debut recording was Vlada Maričić's composition "Caravan",〔 which she recorded with bass guitarist Dejan Škopelja and percussionist and keyboardist Boris Bunjac, with which she appeared on the 1993 various artists compilation album ''Beogradska džez scena 1993.'' (''Belgrade Jazz Scene 1993'').〔(''Beogradska džez scena 1993.'' at Discogs )〕 After long work, in the autumn of 1997, she released her debut album, entitled ''Predeli'' (''Landscapes''). The album was produced by Madam Piano herself and Dejan Škopelja, at the time her husband and a member of the band Babe.〔 ''Predeli'' featured a mixture of jazz, popular and ethnic music. Beside Madame Piano's own songs, the album featured songs written by Nebojša Zulfikarpašić and Nebojša Kostić, the song "Cvetak žuti" ("Yellow Flower"), a cover of a song by Loreena McKennitt, a cover of Duke Ellington's song "Caravan", and a cover of Native American song "Niya Niya Ni".〔 The album also featured the song "Galija" ("Galley"), which she recorded with the band Orthodox Celts.〔 She appeared on the 1998 Music Festival Budva, performing the song "Moj Jasmine" ("Oh, My Jasmine") with flutist Bora Dugić.〔 The song was released on the festival album ''Budva 98''.〔 Her second album, entitled ''Zemlja čuda'' (''Wonderland''), was released in 2001.〔 Unlike ''Predeli'', ''Zemlja čuda'' was mostly ethnic music-oriented.〔 The album was produced and arranged, as well as partially written by Boris Krstajić.〔 It featured Bora Dugić and vocalists Franco Masi and Raul Alberto Dias.〔 The song "Eternal Love", a duet with Italian singer Franco Masi became a large hit.〔("Lifestyle - Jel' se sećate: Madame Piano", pulsonline.com )〕〔("Madame Piano: Vraćam se", pulsonline.com )〕 Her following album, ''Priče iz davnina'' (''Tales from the Olden Times''), recorded with ethnic music band Teodulija, was stylistically similar to ''Zemlja čuda'', featuring covers of Serbian traditional songs.〔 The album was arranged and produced by Teodulija, Branko Isaković (who also played bass guitar on the album recording) and Boris Krstajić.〔 The album featured guest appearances by vocalists Ružica Čavić, Marija Mihajlović, Predrag "Cune" Gojković, Oliver Njego, and other musicians.〔 Some of the songs from ''Priče iz davnina'' were used in Balkan Novi Pokret theatre group play ''Vilinsko kolo'' (''Vilas' Kolo'') and Boba Dedić's film ''Svetlost života'' (''The Light of Life'').〔 In 2003, Madame Piano retired from the scene.〔 In an interview from December 2011, she stated that she is working on her comeback album.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madame Piano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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