Milan Grakulic (1909-1979) was bom in Medulin and spent the first five years of his childhood in Istra, after which, like so many others faced with the tragedy of World War I, he was taken to Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Following the annexation of Istria after the war, he continued living the hard life of an Istrian refugee in the country. Working very hard, often as a physical laborer, he managed to finish School and became one of our most prominent architects. He was first introduced to the guitar when he was 13, during his School years in Karlovac, and never abandoned it afterwards. All his life he has divided between his professional career and his love for the guitar. He managed to take some master courses given at that time by Luise Walker in Vienna, as well as to attended master classes held by Andres Segovia at the Chigiana Music Academy in Siena, Italy. Grakulic made recordings for the Croatian record Company “Jugoton” in Zagreb, and composed a few very interesting virtuoso solo pieces. His music has never before been published, and the “Song and Kolo Dance” from Slavonia iare among his favorite pieces. (Uros Dojcinovic: Guitar Compositions from Yugoslavia. Vol.II Croatia, 2003)