Sinan Alimanović (born 11 February 1954) is a Bosnian jazz pianist, organist, composer, conductor, arranger and educator.
[1] Sinan Alimanović has worked with American and European jazz musicians such as Randy Brecker,[2] Harvie S,[3] Duško Gojković,[4] Erich Kleinschuster, Alex Blake,[5] Victor Lewis,[1] Barbara Hendricks,[6] Gianni Basso,[7] Aladar Pege,[8] Vaclav Zahradnik, Lee Harper, Csaba Deseo, Jim Mullen, Robert Balzar, Jože Privšek, Miljenko Prohaska, Tony Lakatos, Tony Fisher,[9] Ladislav Fidri,[10] Stjepko Gut, Petar Ugrin, Bobby Sanabria[11] and many others.
In 1981, at the Festival Vaš šlager sezone, Sinan Alimanović won the award for the best arrangement for the song "Betonska Brana", which he composed together with guitarist Slobodan Bodo Kovačević.
His interest in jazz led him to compose music characterized by rhythmic measures close to the Balkans combined with the sound of Hammond Organ and Fender Rhodes.
[14] During the Siege of Sarajevo, Sinan Alimanović and a group of enthusiasts were trying to preserve a cultural scene of Bosnia and Herzegovina alive.
[15] In the book The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History, author John Kennedy O'Connor mentions Sinan Alimanović as the conductor who performed often at this competition.
During the war, he composed "Sarajevo Remake" which was performed for the first time in 1993 with the remaining members of the big band of Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the occupied city.
Sinan Alimanović was also Director of Music Production of Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MP BHRT) from 1994 to 2002.
[24][25][26][27][28] In September 2020 jazz label Miles High Records released the album Lejla by Sinan Alimanović International Band.
[30] The documentary movie Sinan Alimanović Jazz Musician was produced by Radio Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina.