# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/slobodan-trkulja
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:34:58.049Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/slobodan-trkulja"
name: "Slobodan Trkulja"
slug: "slobodan-trkulja"
description: "Slobodan Trkulja is a Serbian multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer in traditional and Byzantium style. Trkulja is one of the first artists who composed, performed, and popularized Balkan Traditional Music with a modern approach in arrangements. He is the founder of the Modern Balkan Tradition music genre, although he is most famous for his collaboration with Metropole Orchestra from Netherlands in 2008. Aside from playing 13 instruments, Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad called him \"one of the most beautiful male voices of the Balkan.\" He had no formal music training until 1997, but attended a public high school in Sremski Karlovci. Slobodan moved to Netherlands in 1997, and returned to Serbia in 2008, where he has been since. He represented Serbia at the Intervision 2025 with the song \"Tri ružice\" finishing in 14th place with 236 points."
tagline: "Serbian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slobodan_Trkulja.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.77
  momentum:             3.445378151260504
  historical:           6.42304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Balkanopolis"
    handle:    "Balkanopolis"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/balkanopolis/"
    handle:    "balkanopolis"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/slobodan.trkulja"
    handle:    "slobodan.trkulja"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1239073/"
    handle:    "nm1239073"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1sYTrTBsfcGe9pUFiyLZzk"
    handle:    "1sYTrTBsfcGe9pUFiyLZzk"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سلوبودان تركولچا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Trkulja"
    title: "Slobodan Trkulja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan_Trkulja"
    title: "Slobodan Trkulja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%99%D0%B0"
    title: "Слободан Тркуља"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2"
    title: "สโลโบดาน ตรกุลยา"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Slobodan Trkulja"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump