André Rieu returns to Skopje in November
André Rieu is coming back to Macedonia after he fascinated the Macedonians with his music last summer
37th Skopje Jazz Festival kicks off today
The 37th Skopje Jazz Festival, which kicks off Thursday, is focused on contemporary jazz. The musicians scheduled to perform are coming especially for the festival and their concerts, with the exception of David Murray’s, are not part of tours. This is the main characteristic of the festival’s 37th edition, which makes it different from past editions. “Jazz, too, has its own transformations and in recent years, the trend in jazz is improvisation and creative music. Hence, the programme is more difficult relaying mostly in improvisatio…
Macedonia is remembering singer Toše Proeski
Macedonia and the Balkans are remembering singer Todor "Toše" Proeski, who tragically died in car crash near Nova Gradiska on this day 2007 at the age of 26. Tose was born on 25 January 1981 in Macedonia. His first stage appearance was already in 1993, when he sang at a children's festival. His successful career though started in 1996, when he took part in a teenage music festival. His first album was released in 1999 in Macedonian language, with his first single "Tvoite baknezi na moite beli kosuli" reaching n…
Romanian opera diva Elena Mosuc to open 58. Ohrid Summer Festival
More than 800 artists from 27 countries will take part at this year's 58. edition of the Ohrid Summer Festival, traditionally held between July 12 and August 20. Romanian opera diva Elena Mosuc (soprano) will open this year's festival, accompanied by tenor Calin Bratescu and the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Nicolae Moldoveanu. Mosuc is presently considered one of the best sopranos in the world, seen as diverse and expressive. Culture Minister Robert Alagjozovski told Monday's press conferen…
Macedonia fails to qualify for Eurovision 2018 final
Macedonia’s representative Eye Cue failed late Tuesday to qualify for the final of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Lisbon, Portugal. The duo competed in the first semi-final as start number 11 with the song Lost And Found. The music and lyrics were written by Bojan Trajkovski, and the song was produced by Darko Dimitrov. The acts making it through the first semi-final were: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania. A further 18 countries will take pa…
Prominent Macedonian guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski promotes ‘Mother Tongue’ album
Prominent Macedonian guitar player Vlatko Stefanovski promoted late Saturday in Skopje his first solo acoustic album Mother Tongue, released region-wide under the label of Croatia Records. The last night performance, which overwhelmed the audience, was the first of the three concerts organized by Bagi Communications to promote the album release, scheduled to take place in the Macedonian Philharmonic concert hall on March 18 and 20. The album contains nine instrumental covers of Macedonian folk songs, as well as tracks from his fo…
Brian Ferry to play Skopje's Philharmonic Hall
Roxy Music singer and songwriter Brian Ferry will play the Macedonian Philharmonic Hall in Skopje on September 9. Ferry is one of the most influential and innovative international artists of all time, the press release says, suggesting that this might be his last time to come to Macedonia. He will be accompanied by a 12-musician backing band and will perform "Avalon," "Slave To Love," "Don't Stop the Dance," and "Jealous Guy," as well as tracks from his latest album "Avonmore".
MRT opts for internal selection: opens call for Eurovision songs
MRT, the national broadcaster of Macedonia has announced today that it will be selecting its 2018 Eurovision act and entry via an internal selection. The broadcaster has opened the submission window for artists/composers to submit their applications. The submission window for artists wishing to represent Macedonia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is open until 8 February. Herafter a special committee will evaluate all submitted entries and make their deliberation. Once the committee selects the Macedonian representative/s for Lisbo…
Macedonian Philharmonic kicks off 2018 season with Russian wunderkind Daniel Kharitonov
The Macedonian Philharmonic will launch the 2018 concert season with a performance dubbed 'Laureates'. The concert, slated for January 18, will be conducted by Russian conductor, Daniel Raiskin with Russian pianist, the wunderkind Daniel Kharitonov performing as soloist. Born in 1998, Kharitonov was the youngest competitor in the piano division of the prestigious XV International Tchaikovsky Competition held in June 2015, and won the Third Prize and Bronze Medal. He was 16 and a half years old and in the 10th grade of high sch…
Duke Bojadziev presents new album "Dream-Trust-Love"
Duke Bojadziev gives you a studio edition of the Son-Verba-Ljubov project for the New Year's holidays, from which part of the compositions were performed at his concerts in the past years, and you will hear some of them for the first time. The music is inspired by the Macedonian root and tradition, written and recorded in New York in the period from 2010 to 2017. Special thanks to all the guests of the project: Ismail Lumanovski (clarinet), Vladimir Krstev (violin), Ara Dinkjian (ud), Karolina Goceva (vocal), Krste Rodjevski (…
New music project filmed on the theater scene in the Veles theater
After nearly two years abstinence from the media, the "Oriental Band" is coming back with something new and truly original. The band, festively, surprised the admirers of the beautiful song, promoting a project that contains remakes of Macedonian evergreens and several famous foreign hits. - The whole project was recorded in live. Our wish to live and sing a few beautiful songs on a theater scene came true and we will immodestly say that it was a great product. We achieved it. We worked with a lot of great desire and love…
Violinist Bojan Ilkoski holds solo recital in Skopje
The violinist Bojan Ilkoski is to hold Monday evening a solo recital in the concert hall of the Macedonian Philharmonics performing works by J. S. Bach, N. Paganini, J. S. Bach and E. Ysaye. Ilkoski held two more recitals this year. In May he performed together with pianist Dino Imeri in Veles and he had solo concert in Skopje within "Golden Lira 2017" festival. Ilkoski has recently become regular member of the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra as well as member of F.A.M.E.'S Orchestral Music Recording Company with Mac…
Taksirat Festival kicks off
The 19th edition of Taksirat Festival kicks off Nov. 30 and runs until Dec. 9 in the Youth Cultural Centre featuring events with participation of over 60 artists. The festival is held in partnership with Desonanz Festival. Katarina Evgo, representative of Password Production, who is the organiser of Taksirat, noted that the guests of the festival are music artists from many countries in Europe including numerous representatives from the Macedonian scene. PIN conference, which begins Thursday, offers room for discussions of notable…
Turkish musical “Legend of the Bird Simurg” to be performed in Skopje
The musical "Legend of the Bird Simurg" featuring 45 artists - members of the choir, the orchestra and the dance group at the TRT –Turkey’s State Radio Television, will be performed in Skopje-based Army Hall on Monday. The show is part of the Balkan tour, which will be performed in Thessaloniki, Tirana, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Zagreb, Bucharest and Sofia. The Balkan tour is organised under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey and is supported by the Government of Turkey, competent ministries, state television…
Jazz musician Jan Akkerman comes to Skopje
The leading jazz musician, Jan Akkerman will perform in Skopje on 9 November . The 70 year old Dutchman is known for his music, while he also has fans in Skopje, who will follow him in the “Stanica 26” music center. This is the first time that he performs in Skopje. “My repertoire in front of my fans in Skopje will be diverse. Most of the songs will belong to the album Guitar in Bed, but I will also perform some old materials to remember the time of my youth”, Akkerman wrote in social networks before arriving to Skopje.
Discover Skopje's Dance Music Scene With Telekom Electronic Beats Macedonia
Join us in Skopje on Friday for our Telekom Electronic Beats Macedonia launch party with Âme, DJ Koze, Tijana T, Herzel and more. Telekom Electronic Beats is proud to announce that Macedonia will be added to its growing roster of local initiatives alongside teams in Poland, Albania and Hungary. To celebrate the launch of the program, which includes events, a local-language website and more, we’re throwing a big party in Macedonia’s capital city this Friday, October 27 at the Youth Cultural Center with Âme, DJ Koze (pictured above),…
Philharmonic orchestra starts season in new concert hall
The Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra will start new season 2017/2018 in the new concert hall on Wednesday. The concert titled "New Beginning" will include pieces by Tchaikovsky, Respighi and Strauss, under the baton of Borjan Canev. The new hall, designed by architect Viktor Mihajlov, has state-of-the-art acoustics. It includes two concert halls, a big one with a 1,000-seat capacity, and a small one of 350 seats.
David Helbock Trio opens 36. Skopje Jazz Festival
A concert of Austrian David Helbock - recipient of the Austrian 'Outstanding Artist Award' - opened late Thursday the 36, Skopje Jazz Festival (SJF). Austrian pianist David Helbock belongs to the generation of jazz musicians who are heading off in their own individual directions, pushing the boundaries, radically re-configuring our understanding of what old and new music is, re-aligning composition and improvisation, and challenging common pre-conceptions about style and personality. The current trio of the pianist released th…
Ten years since Tose Proeski’s passing
Macedonia and the Balkans are remembering Tose Proeski, who tragically died in car crash near Nova Gradiska ten years ago at the age of 26. A number of events will be held at the Tose Proeski Memorial House in Krusevo, whereas foundation “Tose Proeski” has announced that a new album by Tose in English would be released by the year-end. Tose was born on 25 January 1981 in Macedonia. His first stage appearance was already in 1993, when he sang at a children’s festival. His successful career though started in 1996, when he took part i…
The Eurovision Baby Has Arrived: Macedonian Contestant Jana Burceska Gives Birth to Daughter
Jana Burceska, who represented Macedonia in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, has given birth to the baby whose existence was announced during the competition in Kiev. The theme of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest was “Celebrate Diversity.” Even though Burceska didn't make it to the finals, the Macedonian representative caused a sensation — twice. The first was her introductory video, in which she revealed that she was pregnant with shots showing her receiving an ultrasound and shopping for baby clothes. The move by then-unmarried…
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