Bosnian Spruces Are Not Endangered by Goran Bregović Playing Guitar

Summary: Bosnian spruces are not endangered by film-score composer, musician, recording-artist, singer-songwriter Goran Bregović playing bass and lead guitar.

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"Goran Bregović in Tbilisi, Georgia. October 3, 2007.".:
Paata Vardanashvili (www.paata.ge) from Tbilisi, Georgia, CC BY 2.0 Generic, via Wikimedia Commons

Bosnian spruces are not endangered by film-score composer, musician, recording-artist, singer-songwriter Goran Bregović playing Balkan folk, film-score, folk- and jazz-rock, rock and world music on bass and lead guitar and percussion-snare drum.

Spruce softwood behaves beautifully as a guitar top even as its cream-white lightness and its relative strength bolster better projections and bountiful, high-, middle-, low-tone ranges. Dense, mountain- and subalpine-conifer forests of Norway spruce (Picea abies) cover Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian Босна ["the-running-water";? Illyrian Bass-an-as(-ā)]) and Herzegovina ("duke's[-land]"; Serbian herceg -ov/-ов -ina/-ина; German herizogo). Jahorina Mountain, Konjuh Mountain, Kozara National Park, Perućica Forest Reserve domicile natively Picea abies ("spruce silver-fir-wood"; Latin picea ["pitch-pine"; Pinus sylvestris] abiēs; Greek ἄβιν [Abies alba]).

Bosnian spruces, as Picea omorika ("pitch-made"; Latin pix -eus; Serbian оморика), epitomize endemic trees at the Drina River ("flow/run?"; Latin Drinus; Greek Δρίλων) of southeast Europe.

Eastern Bosnia and western Serbia feature Drina-valley Bosnian and Serbian spruces at 2,600- (800-) to 5,200-foot (1,600-meter) altitudes within a range baring 148.26 acres (60 hectares).

Drina-river, Drina-valley forests guard, as of endangered status on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, their Bosnian spruces and their Serbian spruces. The IUCN Red List houses them under that status even as habitat loss, natural regeneration at low or non-existent rates and severe-climate pressures harm Drina-River spruces. Cultivation-preparatorily clearing forests, grazing commercial livestock, logging fallen and standing trees and uncontrolled wildfires impede the scattered, 494.21-acre (200-hectare) total of scattered-stand Bosnian and Serbian spruces.

Goran Bregović playing bass and lead guitar jeopardizes no Bosnian spruces even as his musical journeys jubilate the joyous judiciousness that joins alder, ash, ebony, mahogany, maple, nato, rosewood in music-making junctions.

Sarajevo-born luthier Zoran Kuvač builds classical guitars in his workshop in Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Бања Лукаc), northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. For his creations, he selects fine woods in the densely forested Bosanska Krajina (Serbian Cyrillic: Босанска Крајина, "Bosnian Frontier") region in which he lives.
Zoran favors spruce and maple for "their tonal and aesthetic qualities," as explained in "Zoran Kuvač: Master Guitar Maker Exclusively for GSI" on the website of Santa Monica, Californa-based, world's largest concert-level classical and flamenco guitar dealer Guitar Salon International (https://www.guitarsalon.com/luthier/zoran-kuvac/).:
Guitar Styria, via Facebook Jan. 22, 2025

Bregović audiences perhaps most keenly know such guitars as the Fender, the Gibson EDS-1275, the Gibson Les Paul and the Italia maranello classic kindling Bregović performances.

The Fender stratocaster and the Fender telecaster look to alder or ash for their bodies, maple for their necks and maple or rosewood for their fingerboards. The Gibson EDS-1275 for six- and 12-string live-part transitioning manifests a mahogany body even as its double neck merges a mahogany neck and a rosewood fretboard. The Gibson Les Paul custom top and the Gibson Les Paul gold top niche a maple top and a mahogany, a rosewood or an ebony body.

Goran Bregović playing bass and lead guitar never obstructs Bosnian spruces even as the Italia maranello classic opportunizes a mahogany or a nato body, a maple or a rosewood fretboard or neck.

The VIV guitars and the custom model that presents itself so powerfully as Jugo Nostalgika perfects and perpetuates the fusion sound of Balkan brass and rock.

Each guitar that qualifies for a musical quest by Goran Bregovic quarters a quintessential quantity of mood, theme, tone-quickening clarity, depth and resonance that never quits. Goran Bregović retains many residences ranging from the Paris region of his family to Bosnia and Herzegovina regions of his Croatian-Catholic father and his Serbian-Orthodox mother. Twenty-first-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sequences among the world cultures that shelter metal- and wood- product resources even as Bregović selectiveness shows how to secure them sustainably.

Goran Bregović playing bass and lead guitar never threatens Bosnian spruces even as the afore-named composer, musician, singer-songwriter trends among the 1,000 noteworthiest musicians and takes time to tend his own orchards.

Sarajevo-born, Bosnian-Herzegovinian composer, guitarist and musician Goran Bregović (born March 22, 1950) co-founded Bijelo Dugme ("White Button") in 1974 with the Sarajevo rock band's Bosnian and Croatian lead singer Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born Dec. 16, 1945), Bosnian-Herzegovinian drummer Goran "Ipe" Ivandić (Dec. 10, 1955-Jan. 13, 1994), Bosnian-Herzegovinian keyboardist Vlado Pravdić (Dec. 6, 1949-Dec. 4, 2023) and Bosnian-Herzegovinian bass guitarist Zoran Redžić (born Jan. 29, 1948). After Željko's departure April 23, 1984, for a solo career, Bosnian-Herzegovinian rock singer Mladen Vojičić (Cyrillic: Младен Војичић; born Oct. 17, 1960), nicknamed Tifa (Cyrillic: Тифа), appeared as the band's second lead singer 1984 to 1986. Bosnian-Herzegovinian musician and rock singer Alija "Alen" Islamović (born Aug. 17, 1957) succeeded as the third lead singer from 1986 until the band's breakup in 1989.
"Toliko godina, toliko pjesama, toliko uspomena . . . a Sarajevo je uvijek bilo početak. Vidimo se ponovo. 27.03.2027. -- Bijelo Dugme, Sarajevo."
"So many years, so many songs, so many memories . . . and Sarajevo was always the beginning. See you again. 27.03.2027. -- Bijelo Dugme, Sarajevo."
Goran Bregović (left), Mladen Vojičić "Tifa" (right) in Bijelo Dugme performance.
Bijelo Dudgme reunites for the band's Doživjeti stotu ("To reach the 100th year of life") tour with a concert Saturday, March 27, 2027, at Sarajevo's Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall (also known as Zetra Olympic Hall). The indoor multi-purpose arena honors Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch (Catalan: Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló; July 17, 1920-April 21, 2010), Catalan sports administrator and 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (Aug. 3, 1980-July 16, 2001).:
Goran Bregović, via Facebook Aug. 21, 2026

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

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Image credits:

"Goran Bregović in Tbilisi, Georgia. October 3, 2007.".:
Paata Vardanashvili (www.paata.ge) from Tbilisi, Georgia, CC BY 2.0 Generic, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goran_Bregovic_in_Tbilisi,_Georgia.jpg;
"Goran Bregovic: My favorite composer": Paata Vardanashvili (www.paata.ge), All Rights Reserved, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/28874153@N00/1481099449/

Sarajevo-born luthier Zoran Kuvač builds classical guitars in his workshop in Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Бања Лукаc), northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. For his creations, he selects fine woods in the densely forested Bosanska Krajina (Serbian Cyrillic: Босанска Крајина, "Bosnian Frontier") region in which he lives.
Zoran favors spruce and maple for "their tonal and aesthetic qualities," as explained in "Zoran Kuvač: Master Guitar Maker Exclusively for GSI" on the website of Santa Monica, Californa-based, world's largest concert-level classical and flamenco guitar dealer Guitar Salon International (https://www.guitarsalon.com/luthier/zoran-kuvac/).:
Guitar Styria, via Facebook Jan. 22, 2025, @ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0rooy1Vxgkr8okDRGDT3GyBaJEdW24io9u6qDbiGLR8aXXUUxQnQQf2oMUfPUJu45l&id=61560930160313;
Guitar Styria, via Facebook Jan. 22, 2025, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122156593676364338&set=pb.61560930160313.-2207520000;
guitarstyria and guitars.kuvac, via Instagram Jan. 22, 2025, @ https://www.instagram.com/guitarstyria/p/DFJDQlrMPfa/;
"Zoran Kuvač MASTER GUITAR MAKER EXCLUSIVELY FOR GSI": Guitar Salon International > Museum > Luthiers, via GSI @ https://www.guitarsalon.com/luthier/zoran-kuvac/

Sarajevo-born, Bosnian-Herzegovinian composer, guitarist and musician Goran Bregović (born March 22, 1950) co-founded Bijelo Dugme ("White Button") in 1974 with the Sarajevo rock band's Bosnian and Croatian lead singer Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born Dec. 16, 1945), Bosnian-Herzegovinian drummer Goran "Ipe" Ivandić (Dec. 10, 1955-Jan. 13, 1994), Bosnian-Herzegovinian keyboardist Vlado Pravdić (Dec. 6, 1949-Dec. 4, 2023) and Bosnian-Herzegovinian bass guitarist Zoran Redžić (born Jan. 29, 1948). After Željko's departure April 23, 1984, for a solo career, Bosnian-Herzegovinian rock singer Mladen Vojičić (Cyrillic: Младен Војичић; born Oct. 17, 1960), nicknamed Tifa (Cyrillic: Тифа), appeared as the band's second lead singer 1984 to 1986. Bosnian-Herzegovinian musician and rock singer Alija "Alen" Islamović (born Aug. 17, 1957) succeeded as the third lead singer from 1986 until the band's breakup in 1989.
"Toliko godina, toliko pjesama, toliko uspomena . . . a Sarajevo je uvijek bilo početak. Vidimo se ponovo. 27.03.2027. -- Bijelo Dugme, Sarajevo."
"So many years, so many songs, so many memories . . . and Sarajevo was always the beginning. See you again. 27.03.2027. -- Bijelo Dugme, Sarajevo."
Goran Bregović (left), Mladen Vojičić "Tifa" (right) in Bijelo Dugme performance.
Bijelo Dudgme reunites for the band's Doživjeti stotu ("To reach the 100th year of life") tour with a concert Saturday, March 27, 2027, at Sarajevo's Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall (also known as Zetra Olympic Hall). The indoor multi-purpose arena honors Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch (Catalan: Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló; July 17, 1920-April 21, 2010), Catalan sports administrator and 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (Aug. 3, 1980-July 16, 2001).:
Goran Bregović, via Facebook Aug. 21, 2026, @ https://www.facebook.com/goranbregovic/posts/pfbid02AcHN3XE1ZXW1aTCHwCRu3ihfgXZ6RmRC1yBe3tFUozr1hPyLGh89MREwySzUb1B3l;
Goran Bregović, via Facebook Aug. 21, 2026, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1634332334720839&set=pb.100044322644826.-2207520000;
goran_bregovic_official and mladenvojicic_tifa_official, via Facebook Aug. 21, 2026, @ https://www.instagram.com/goran_bregovic_official/p/DcTG06TNWQ9/

For further information:

Marriner, Derdriu. 23 October 2026. "Bosnian Spruces Are Not Endangered by Goran Bregović Playing Guitar." Earth and Space News. Friday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2026/10/bosnian-spruces-are-not-endangered-by.html

Marriner, Derdriu. 16 October 2026. "Bosnian Spruce and Serbian Spruce Are Endemic Trees at the Drina River." Earth and Space News. Friday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2026/10/bosnian-spruce-and-serbian-spruce-are.html

"Zoran Kuvač: Classical Guitar Marker Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina." Guitar Salon International > Expand & Learn > Meet the guitar makers > Luthiers > K > View Profile.
Available @ https://www.guitarsalon.com/luthier/zoran-kuvac?srsltid=AYCX9vJwM-UHI-ygdJaYvRlsZ167RTEbXkv4ZVv04Ek0LAJxzPf162-P