Marko Kon was born on the 20th of April, 1972 in Belgrade. He is a force to be reckoned with on the Serbian music scene, being a multi instrumentalist, playing the clarinet, pipe, saxophone, guitar, bass guitar and drums. Marko found his musical calling at an early age, at nine years old to be precise, when he founded his first band. Music remained his passion, and led him on to become one of Serbia’s most prolific songwriters, having composed and written over 800 songs for many of Serbia’s leading artists together with sparring partner, Aleksandar Kobac.
Marko is no stranger to Eurovision or Beovizija, as he composed and performed the winning entry in 2006, Ludi Letnji Ples, together with the group Flamingosi. He would however have to wait his turn to represent Serbia, as at the time the Montenegrin group No Name were supposed to represent Serbia and Montenegro with the song Moja Ljubavi. Serbia and Montenegro decided to withdraw from the contest amid claims of rigged voting from the RTCG jury members. Marko has also been involved with the Eurovision previously, when he co-arranged and produced the Montenegrin entry from 2008, Zauvijek Volim Te by Stefan Filipović.
He is a man with a unique look, easily recognizable by his characteristic lion’s mane of hair which, surpsingly enough, he only started to grow from the age of thirty. His look is not one you’d forget in a hurry!
