Musically involved from a young age, he first started playing the accordion before taking up the piano. In his early youth, Mandic's family moved to the capital Belgrade where he pursued a career of a pianist after getting accepted at highly reputable Kornelije Stankovic musical high school. However, despite a lot of promise, he left school in 1969 to try to branch out into pop music.
Towards the end of 1971 he started playing in a jazz-rock band Oliver with members of Pop Mašina along with Dušan Prelevic on vocal.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!