Hari Rončević

Hari Rončević is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter, born on 9 December 1963 in Split. His songs belong to Dalmatia and the sea, and many of his festival winners carry his own words and music.

The wider public first heard him in 1994 at Melodije hrvatskog Jadrana, where "Getanin" won the jury's first prize and the audience's third. His debut album Buntovnik s razlogom came out the same year, followed by Žigolo (1995), Mulac (1996) and Još tvog je poljupca (1997). At Zadarfest "Japan - New York" took the jury's second prize in 1995, "Još tvog je poljupca na mojim usnama" won the awards for best lyrics and best songwriter in 1996, and "Ljubav boli" best songwriter in 1997.

In Split, "Još ne znam kud s tobom" won the jury's third prize at the Split festival in 1998, "Splite, volim te" best lyrics at Melodije hrvatskog Jadrana the same year, "Kada jednom ovom zafalim se tilu" second prize in 1999, and "Kome ćeš sad" the jury's first prize in 2000. At Večeri dalmatinske šansone he won with "Tamo di sunce sja" in 2003 and, together with Tedi Spalato, "Dalmatinska duša prava" in 2007, while "I sve dok dišem" won Zadarfest in 2004.

His albums went on with Dok si uz mene (1999), Jučer, danas...? (2001), the compilation Balade (the best of) (2003), More sudbine (2004), Daj sebe do kraja (2007), 390 (2009), Di god da pođen (2013), Kad zapiva Dalmacija (2014), Da napišeš na nebu (2017) and Idem jugu svom (2021). His acoustic concert at the HKK hall in Zadar in 2005 grew into a tour and the album Acoustic concert. He also sang at Dora 2008 with "Ležim na suncu" and at Dora 2009 with "Još uvik", together with the quartet Bravo.

He has worked with Vesna Ivić, Saša Jakelić, Trio gušt, Oliver Dragojević, Doris Dragović, Alen Vitasović, Meri Cetinić and Klapa Cambi. After thirteen years in Zagreb he moved back to Split in 2020. The playlist here is Balade, the best of.