Duke Bojadziev ( mk, Дуке Бојаџиев, Duke Bojadžiev, born 24 September 1972) is a Macedonian composer, record producer and pianist, who lives in

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Biography

Duke Bojadziev showed interest in music at a young age. He played piano from the age of three and first composed when he was ten years old. Taking after his father, who balanced successful careers in both music and medicine, Duke earned his medical degree and then moved in

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, to attend

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. Upon graduating in 2001, he moved to

. Duke Bojadziev worked as producer and composer for oscar-winning film directors

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, as well as oscar-nominee Stole Popov on his last movie To the Hilt. From 2005 he was two and a half years music director and pianist for The Citizens Band. He worked on global advertising campaigns for

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, Mercedes, L’Oréal,

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. Duke Bojadziev has produced remixes for

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, and honed his inventive style through performances with various ensembles at NYC’s Carnegie Hall, Highline Ballroom, Cipriani Ballroom, The Box, Drom NYC, Art Basel in Miami, The Avalon Theater in Los Angeles and Ohrid’s Summer Festival. Duke starts with concerts in 2011, in collaboration with Macedonian Filcharmonic Orchestra,

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Karolina Gočeva Karolina Gočeva ( mk, Каролина Гочева, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian pop singer. Gočeva launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local ch ...

and other names of music world. On 8 October 2015 in

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he has concert with

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. Duke has released seven albums, and had his music featured on world-renowned CD compilations as ''Buddha Bar XIV'', ''Chill Out In Paris'', and ''Marrakech Express''. On 8 November 2022, it was announced through a press release by Avalon Production, that an album titled ''

Pesni za Ljubov i Kopnež ''Pesni za Ljubov i Kopnež'' (in Macedonian Cyrillic: Песни за љубов и копнеж, English translation: ''Songs of Love and Longing'') is the first collaborative studio album by Macedonian singer Karolina Gočeva featuring Macedon ...

'', which is a collaborative project by Bojadziev, Karolina Gočeva and Ismail Lumanovski would be promoted through a concert at the Macedonian Philharmonic on 23 December 2022. The following day, the album is expected to be released through all digital platforms in North Macedonia.

Experience

Film

* '' Do Balchak'' - by Stole Popov * ''

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* '' Dreaming American'' - by Lee Percy * '' The War is over'' - by Mitko Panov * ''

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* '' Suffering Man's Charity'' – by
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* '' Shortcut to Nirvana'' – by Nick Day * '' Sweetbreads'' (short) – by Noora Niskanen * '' Nuts'' (short) – by Andre Lyon

TV
* Martha Stewart * Moment of Luxury * Guiding Light

Advertising
Duke Bojadziev worked on global advertising campaigns for: Mercedes, Chrysler, L’ancome, L’oreal, Maybelline, Anna Sui, Cuervo, Crest, Peugeot, Verizon.

Multimedia and web
* FontaineBleau Hotels * Vera Wang * GE * W hotels * Vanity Fair * Cosmopolitan

Discography
* ''New York a.m.'' * ''The War is Over'' (soundtrack) * ''Love is The Way'' * ''Stream of Consciousness'' (solo piano) * ''Digital Confessions 2'' * ''Digital Confessions'' * ''Esma's Dream'' * ''
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'' (2022)

CD compilations
* Buddha Bar XIV * Chill Out in Paris 4, 5 & 7 * Airfrance * Fashion Week 5 * Marrakech Express 2 * Diesel_U_Music * Styled in Italy * Papeete Beach Lounge * La Suite 6 * Ram Cafe 4 * KU DE TA 4

References

External links

Official website

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