Career
From 1991, based in London. Works as a composer. Džihan played keyboards in one of the most successful bands in ex-Yugoslavia, Zabranjeno Pušenje – “Number Smoking Orchestra” releasing a number of critically acclaimed albums. He was lead vocalist in the band Kongres, and played keyboards in Valentino (band), Gino Banana, Hari Mata Hari and many others including the forward thinking band "BITLISI" co-founded with another dear friend and a colleague from Top lista nadrealista Zlaja Ivanisevic.
1991, in the eve of the Bosnian War, Džihan moved to London, and continued to work in Music industry, Film and television as a composer, music producer, pianist, sound artist and actor.
His eclectic compositional style blends ethnic elements with classical, contemporary and experimental works. Dado’s passion is music
A prolific composer. His particular area of expertise is creating cutting edge, bold and gripping music
Highly versatile multi instrumentalist, his style is warm, melodic and distinctive. Dado is equally at ease with writing contemporary, hip scores as he is writing a symphonic piece.
His eclectic compositional style seamlessly blends European modern and classical works with ethnic elements from the Balkans, Middle East and Africa. A classically trained pianist, he is also sound designer and performer with more than 30 years of experience.
He loves sound design, sound sculpting, sound scape and experimental foley! Some of his film credits include Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), Anthony Minghella’s Breaking and Entering, Well Tempered Corpses / Dobro Ustimani Mrtvaci by Benjamin Filipovic, “Sitting Ducks” by Gerald Fox and many more.
