About Zarko
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Songwriter/Singer, Zarko, made his international debut in 2013. with CD "Chasing Dreams" recorded in Oklahoma.
"Offering My Song", a single from debut album, won Zarko a valuable Audio Production Scholarship at SAE Institute.
Studies at SAE helped Zarko start a career as an Audio Professional, working for leading regional Radio Broadcasting channel in Serbia.
As a musician, Zarko performed since he was 18 with various bands exploring the Music scene in his hometown (Belgrade, Serbia).
Zarko writes and publishes original songs, instrumental music and production music since 2007.
His songwriting is influenced by the likes of Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, John Fogerty (among others). After years of early music education (classical guitar) Zarko developed a fingerpicking technique influenced by classical, flamenco and traditional music he used to play.
Rainbow, a rock track, was his second international release in 2014 followed by the year of international performances, local performances with rock cover band and internet exposure through music licensing, internet radio streaming and youtube videos.
Influenced by Country and Americana sound, Zarko writes series of introspective songs with the focus on solo acoustic performance. "Look At Me", a track released in 2015, opened a new chapter and brought Zarko back to his storytelling roots, followed by the release of "Remedy", a song written after recovering from a near-fatal brain stroke a few years back.
"Love is a Paper Plane", featuring Nigerian soul Singer/Songwriter Cill was published in 2018. The song video drew the attention of audience and Zarko started recording instagram video clips gaining loyal audience through Reverbnation and Instagram.
Since 2018, Zarko writes both instrumental acoustic guitar music and original songs, performing as a Solo Act.
The first collection of Acoustic Guitar compositions inspired by world music (balkan traditional, flamenco & Oriental) is forthcoming.
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Zarko is internationally awarded songwriter, experienced performer and creative studio recording musician with many years of professional experience in both Audio and Video production.
