# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vedran-smailovic
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:18:11.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vedran-smailovic"
name: "Vedran Smailović"
slug: "vedran-smailovic"
description: "Vedran Smailović, known as the \"Cellist of Sarajevo\", is a Bosnian musician. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's Adagio in G minor in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, he played during funerals. His bravery inspired musical numbers and the novel The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. He moved to Northern Ireland and is a composer, conductor, and performer. His playing of the Albinoni Adagio was introduced in a book called \"A Story Like the Wind\"."
tagline: "Bosnian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evstafiev-vedran-smailovic-sarajevo1992w.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.95612666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump