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Edit Makedonska (
Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...
: ''Едит Македòнска'') is a Bulgarian-Serbian
violinist The following lists of violinists are available: * List of classical violinists, notable violinists from the baroque era onwards * List of contemporary classical violinists, notable contemporary classical violinists * List of violinist/composers, ...
and principal concertmaster of the
National Theatre in Belgrade The National Theatre ( sr-cyr, Народно позориште, Narodno pozorište) is a theatre located in Belgrade, Serbia. Founded in the later half of the 19th century, it is located on the Republic Square, at the corner of Vasina and Fra ...
.Biography at the website of the National Theatre in Belgrade
/ref> Edit Makedonska was born in
Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
,
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, on 12 March 1961. She comes from a musical family, and began to study violin with her mother Diana Rapondzhijeva-Stojanović, and finished the Faculty of Music in Belgrade where she studied with prof. Fern Rašković. She completed her master's degree in violin and chamber music in
Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...
at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts. She also received a diploma in singing from the ''Mokranjac'' Music School in Belgrade, and the School for ballet in Sofia. She has worked as a professor of violin at the music schools ''Josif Marinkovic'' and ''Vladimir Djordjević'' in Belgrade, as well as at the Academy of Fine Arts. She held the position of concertmaster at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet in
Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
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, as well as in operas houses of
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and
Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...
in Bulgaria. Since 1980 she holds the position of the Principal Concertmaster at the National Theatre in Belgrade. She has given numerous concerts as a soloist and concertmaster throughout the former Yugoslavia, Austria, Germany, England, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, Portugal, Denmark, Japan and Switzerland. In her repertoire she puts a special attention to the premieres of Serbian music and composers. She has recorded for radio and television, and has been also active as a composer of children's music (music on the poems ''Apple and the Butterfly'' and ''Sasha, a Gypsy Dog'' from the children's fairytale books written by
Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia ( sr, italic=yes, Jelisaveta Karađorđević / Јелисавета Карађорђевић; born 7 April 1936) is a member of the royal House of Karađorđević, a human rights activist and a former presidential ...
). In 2000 she founded String Quartet ''Edit''.


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Living people 1961 births Bulgarian violinists Serbian violinists Bulgarian women violinists Serbian women violinists Musicians from Belgrade 21st-century violinists {{Bulgaria-musician-stub