Karin Kuljanić
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 Kuljanić in 2013 | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
Karin Kuljanić (born 1971) is a Croatian singer and psychologist. She won the Public's Choice Award in the Melodije Istre i Kvarnera (MIK) five times.
Early life
[edit]Karin Kuljanić was born in Zagreb in 1971.[1] Her father is academician Elso Kuljanić, and her mother is Margherita Kuljanić. The family originates from the island of Cres.[2] Her father originates from the village of Stivan, and her mother is from Belej.[3]
Musical career
[edit]Kuljanić performed for the first time at MIK in 1994 with the song "Zami me sobun sakamo", finishing in third place. She would win this song contest for the first time in 1999, and also had the same result in 2002, 2004, and 2005.[4][5] She held her solo concert in 2009 in Kastav in the hall of the Fenice Theater. This marked 15 years of her career. That year she also released a studio album, entitled "Štorija od života".[5] Kuljanić entered the MIK in 2022, winning the contest for the fifth time with the song "Fala ti na jubavi".[6][7] At the 2024 edition of the contest she participated with the song "Srce na cesti".[8]
Other work
[edit]Kuljanić is a psychologist by profession, and after college she obtained a master's degree in clinical psychology in Zagreb and completed psychotherapy schools and works as a psychologist at KBC Rijeka at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics. She is currently the secretary of the Quality of Life Group of the European Society for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) in Brussels.[9]
She is the current president of the Red Cross in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.[3]
Discography
[edit]- Štorija od života (2009)
References
[edit]- ^ "Elso Kuljanić" (PDF) (in Croatian). Život i znanost. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Karin Kuljanic voice from Heaven and soul from Croatian island of Cres". croatia.org. 18 June 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b Prodan, Eni (2 June 2024). "Trideset godina karijere Karin Kuljanić: Sve što radim ne doživljavam kao obavezu. To sam naprosto – ja". Novi list (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Kocijan, Ivana (11 August 2021). "Kastafsko kulturno leto: Karin Kuljanić u petak na Crekvini" (in Croatian). Novi list. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Karin Kuljanić". cabook.wixsite.com (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Mrkić Modrić, Slavica (22 June 2022). "Prva večer MIK-a: Publika odabrala Karin Kuljanić s pjesmom "Fala ti na jubavi"" (in Croatian). Novi list. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Veliko finale MIK-a: Karin Kuljanić pobjednica publike, klapa Kastav žirija" (in Croatian). Fiuman. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Predstavljeni izvođači i skladbe MIK-a 2024" (in Croatian). Hrvatska radiotelevizija. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Seksualni sam terapeut, glazba je moja ljubav, a psihologija izbor". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 18 August 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024.