Mia Žnidarič is a Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n jazz singer

Vocal jazz

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History

Mia's jazz career started, when Mia met Slovenian composer

Composer

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 and actor

Actor

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 Nino de Gleria at age 27. Mia has moved from Maribor

Maribor

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 to Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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 with him and started singing jazz at bars. She took solo singing lessons with Nada Žgur and Jasna Spiller. She met Vinci Vogue Anžlovar

Vinci Vogue Anžlovar

Vinci Vogue Anžlovar is a well known Slovenian film director. He has directed Grandma Goes South , the first full-length film in the independent Slovenia...

, who asked her to sing in his movie Babica gre na jug, which made Mia recognisable to wider audience. She used to held concerts in a popular discoteque Turist in the center of Ljubljana. In 1996 she was awarded for her albums Hold My Hand, and the year after for her second album I wish I Know How. Mia has met her husband American

United States

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 piano

Piano

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 player Steve Klink

Steve Klink

Steve Klink is an American composer and jazz pianist.Steve Klink's funky piano style together with his distinct songwriting and arranging abilities makes for a striking blend of jazz, gospel, swing, blues and folk music....

when she was 32 years old. The success of their relationship results in their albums Hold My Hand and a few years after Pobarvanka. Currently Mia has concerts with Steve Klink trio in Slovenia and abroad.

Discography

• Hold My Hand (1995)
• I Wish I Knew How (1996)
• Pobarvanka (1997)
• Iskre (2000)
• Kaj ti je deklica (2000)
• My Favorite Things / A si ti al nisi ti moj ljubi (2003)
• Preblizu predaleč (2004)
• Nevidni orkester (2008)
• Love you madly (2011)

External links

• Mia Žnidarič official website