Miroslav Tadić is a Bosnian-born guitarist and composer who was born in Tuzla, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia, in 1959. He achieved early professional recognition in 1988 with the release of the album Bracha and is famous for his eclectic musical style that blends Balkan folk with classical, jazz, and rock, and for being named one of the thirty most radical guitarists by Guitar Player magazine (1997). Tadić received a classical education in Yugoslavia and Italy before moving to the United States in 1979 to study at the California Institute of the Arts. Throughout a career that includes more than 30 recordings, he has collaborated with musicians such as Jack Bruce, Terry Riley, and Plácido Domingo. His discography includes the studio recordings Dark: Tamna Voda (1988), Snake Music (1994), and Luka (2021). He has maintained a long-standing partnership with the guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski, with whom he recorded the albums Krushevo (1998) and Treta majka (2004). Tadić has also composed scores for films including the Croatian feature 72 Days (2010). In addition to his performing career, he served as a professor of guitar and Balkan music at the California Institute of the Arts from 1985 until his retirement in 2025.
