Miroslav Matušić

Miroslav Matušić was born on December 19, 1925. in Brodica, a Roma-Vlach village in Zvižd. Already at the age of seven, he started playing the trumpet with local orchestras, at all important events in the town.
Before the Second World War, he married Bosa, a girl from the village, with whom he had six children. After the end of the war, he decides to found his own ensemble. Although he was not musically literate, he managed to stand out thanks to his inexhaustible talent.
In 1957, he recorded his famous round "Brodijanka" with Krnjevč's ensemble, shortly after that "Majdanka", and it was these singles that made him a well-known trumpet player in all of Serbia.
He conveyed the magic of Eastern Serbia through sound, and thus managed to become the first trumpet of Radio Belgrade, as well as the Krnjevče Ensemble.
In the 1960s, Matušić most liked to play with accordion players, and especially with his children, that is, Velizar Matušić's orchestra, which at one time was one of the best folk orchestras in Serbia. Together, they were an irreplaceable part of the "Homoljski Motifs" exhibition of folk art in Kučevo, founded in 1968.