Hajrudin "Hari" Vareà ¡anovià(born 16 January 1961 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian musician. Vareà ¡anoviàremains the vocal soloist, primary composer and lyricist for the musical group Hari Mata Hari.
Hajrudin Vareà ¡anoviàwas born in 1961 in Sarajevo as the second child of Reufik, a mechanic, and Zlata, a cashier. He grew up in the Vratnik neighborhood of Sarajevo's old town. His grandfather, Mehaga Vareà ¡anoviÃÂ, was one of the more well-known singers of traditional Bosnian music called sevdalinka.
At the age of six, Hajrudin began to sing and learned to play the guitar. He performed at the local cultural center; at the age of ten he sang with the group "Omi", and later for the group "Sedam à ¡uma". In Vratnik, Hari recorded his first song "Zaà ¡to da ne uzmem nju".
In 1976, Hari joined the group with whom he recorded the hit song "Poletjela golubica sa Baà ¡ÃÂarà ¡ije." Next, Vareà ¡anoviàsang with the group Ambasadori, with whom, it is said, that he matured into a professional artist. After his serving mandatory military service in the town of Nià ¡, he appeared on the music scene by himself releasing the (1984) album Zlatne KoÃÂije.
His professional career has lasted over a quarter of a century and he has performed at over 1,000 concerts. In 1999, Vareà ¡anoviàperformed his song "Starac i More" in hope of representing Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999. However, after "Starac i More" had won it turned out the song had already been recorded, since Vareà ¡anoviàhad sold the song to record label Unirecords in Finland, and Finnish artist Janne Hurme recorded that song in 1997 in name "Heart Blood" ("Sydänveri"). Hari Mata Hari was disqualified. The runner-up, Dino Merlin, was sent to the ESC instead.
In 1999, he recorded a duet with a famous fellow Bosnian singer, Hanka Paldum. The song, "Crni snijeg", was featured on her album Nek' je od srca and was covered later the same year by Serbian singer Ceca on her album Ceca 2000.
On 9 February 2006, the Bosnian television network PBSBiH announced that Hari Vareà ¡anoviàwould represent Bosnia and Herzegovina with the song "Lejla" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
Vareà ¡anoviàperformed a song with music written by Serbian composer à ½eljko Joksimoviàand lyrics written by Bosnian writer Fahrudin Pecikoza and Serbian Dejan IvanoviÃÂ. Hari Vareà ¡anoviàtold the Bosnian newspaper Nezavisne Novine:
On 20 May 2006, Hari Vareà ¡anoviàand his group Hari Mata Hari reached third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens, Greece.
In 2011, Vareà ¡anoviàcomposed the music to and wrote the lyrics to Brià ¡i me, a song sung by Bosnian singer Lepa Brena for her sixteenth studio album ZaÃÂarani krug. He also wrote the lyrics to her 2014 song Zaljubljeni veruju u sve.
On 14 February 2010, Vareà ¡anoviàmarried girlfriend Jasminka Ià ¡tuk from Osijek, Croatia. They live in Sarajevo and Munich. It is the second marriage for both. Each have children from previous marriages.