Kiki Lesendrić

Zoran "Kiki" Lesendrić is a Serbian and Yugoslav musician, songwriter, composer and music producer, best known as the vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of the popular rock band Piloti.

Lesendrić started his musical career in late 1970s. He was one of the forming members of Piloti, which soon after the formation became a prominent act of the Yugoslav new wave scene. After making a shift towards commercial pop rock sound, the band reached the peak of popularity in late 1980s and early 1990s, disbanding in 1997. Lesendrić reformed Piloti in 2008, following the release of his first solo album. With Piloti, Lesendrić has recorded ten studio albums and a live album.

In addition to his work with Piloti, Lesendrić was also a member of the supergroup Dobrovoljno Pevačko Društvo. He has worked as songwriter and music producer with a number of prominent artists from former Yugoslav republics and Greece, and has composed scores for several films.

Biography Early life Lesendrić was born on 2 January 1961 in Belgrade. His father was an electromechanic and his mother was a housewife. During the 1970s, Lesendrić's biggest musical influences were British hard rock and glam rock bands and Yugoslav band and Bijelo Dugme.

Piloti (1980–1997, 2009–present)

Lesendrić formed Piloti in 1980 with Dragan Andrić (bass guitar), Goran Bogićević (guitar) and Nenad Antanasijević (drums).

In 1993, Lesendrić started working as composer and music producer for Greek branches of PolyGram and Universal Music Group, collaborating with a number of popular Greek artists, including George Dalaras, Panos Kiamos, Michalis Hatzigiannis, Alkistis Protopsalti, Dimitra Galani, Onirama and others.

Other activities From 2013 to 2015 Lesendrić was a judge on the X Factor Adria series.

He made a cameo appearance in the 2012 TV series Comrade Black in WWII.

Personal life Lesendrić served his mandatory army stint as a member of the elite 63rd Parachute Brigade.

He publicly supported the 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests, appearing on protests alongside other former members of the 63rd Parachute Brigade. In 2011, the same song was polled, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS during the sixty years of the label's existence.

The lyrics of Piloti song "Imam diplomu" ("I Have a Degree"), authored by Lesendrić, were included in Petar Janjatović's book Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 - 2007).

Discography With Piloti Studio albums Piloti (1981) Dvadeset godina (1982) Kao ptica na mom dlanu (1987) Osmeh letnje noći (1988) Neka te bog čuva za mene (1990) Zaboravljeni (1993) Dan koji prolazi zauvek (1996) Slučajno i zauvek (as Kiki Lesendrić & Piloti; 2012) Širom zatvorenih očiju (as Kiki Lesendrić & Piloti; 2016) Mali tragovi na nebu (as Kiki Lesendrić & Piloti; 2022)

Live albums Svet je lep kada sanjamo (as Kiki Lesendrić & Piloti, 2010)

Compilation albums Najveći hitovi (1991) Ne veruj u idole (1997) Najveći hitovi (2009) Rekla je da u mojoj glavi čuje gitare i bubnjeve (2017) Greatest Hits Collecion (2019)

Video albums Svet je lep kada sanjamo (as Kiki Lesendrić & Piloti, 2010)

With Dobrovoljno Pevačko Društvo Studio albums Nedelja na Duhove (1995)

Solo Studio albums Mesec na vratima (2008)