The Association of Citizens of Italian Origin "Rino Zandonai" Tuzla organized the second Italian Music Forum, which was held in the Tuzla Youth Center on Tuesday, November 4, 2027, at 7 p.m. The guest of the one-hour Forum was Dragutin Matošević, who presented the music of the Sanremo Festival, as well as the successes of the Italian pop-rock scene. The audio-visual event was an opportunity to recall the hits and performers from the Sanremo Festival. In the second part, in the presentation of pop and rock Italian music, Matošević analyzed famous performers who are popular in European areas, and who were frequent guests on the airwaves of BiH radio stations.
Matošević shared his own experiences in the field of reviewing musical works, as well as the characteristics of the portal https://www.old.barikada.com, which he has edited and managed for decades. Matošević entered the world of music in the late 50s by listening to radio shows, and in the late 60s and beat music through Radio Luxembourg, following, much later, the music magazine Džuboks, buying the first records, attending the first concerts organized in Tuzla and other cities of the former SFRY. Later, during the 70s, Dragutin's active musical career (vocals + bass guitarist) followed, achieved in several Osijek pop / rock groups. From 2000 to the present day, he has been working as a webmaster / editor of the exYUsingles database. His significant life and musical opus is known to the public, and details are on the "barikada" website.
The project is funded and supported by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports.
