Aleksandar Džambazov ( mk, Александар Џамбазов; born February 3, 1936, in the village

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- died on 25.01.2022 in Skopje, Macedonia )Buntevska, 2005 p.203 was a Macedonian conductor and

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. He finished Musical academy in

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, and spent majority of his career at

Macedonian Radio Television Macedonian Radio Television (MRT; mk, Македонска радио-телевизија (МРТ), Makedonska radio-televizija (MRT)), officially National Radio-Television ( mk, Национална Радиотелевизија, Nacionalna ...

, as a conductor of the Dance and Special

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

. Has made numerous recordings and

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s, and has performed in

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and in many countries abroad (mostly in

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). He has won many (around 50) awards. He is the spouse of Anche Dzambazova, father of

Igor Džambazov Igor Džambazov ( mk, Игор Џамбазов, ; born 15 July 1963) is a North Macedonia, Macedonian actor, showman, TV presenter, comedian, singer, songwriter, and Prose, prosaist. He was born on July 15, 1963, in Skopje to composer Aleksandar ...

an
Tatjana Dzambazova

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His work as a composer is prolific and diverse. He is an author of popular songs, jazz scores, children's songs and some classical pieces. He is one of the founders and a longtime composer and conductor of the children's

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'' in

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. He also wrote scores for theatre plays and movies ''Memento'', music for the plays ''Mother'', "''Two on a swing''" etc.) and

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

, such as ''Seven dance variations'' for piano and orchestra, ''Rhapsody for Skopje'' (1966) - also for piano and orchestra that won him the European Gershwin prize. Has composed

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compositions, and a great number of popular melodies.

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about Aleksandar Dzambazov by Buzarovski Archive

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