The Macedonian music refers to all forms of music associated with
ethnic Macedonians. It share similarities with the music of neighbouring
Balkan
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
countries, yet it remains overall distinctive in its rhythm and sound.
Folk music
The
ethnic Macedonian
Macedonians ( mk, Македонци, Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identif ...
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
(
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
: Народна музика, ''
Narodna muzika
Balkan folk music is the traditional folk music within Balkan region. It's also known as narodna muzika ( Bulgarian, Macedonian, sr-cyr, народна музика), also folk muzika (фолк музика) means folk music in the South Slavic la ...
'') includes:
*
Traditional music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
(Macedonian: Изворна музика,
translit.
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: Izvorna muzika literally meaning: ''roots music'')
*Contemporary folk music (Macedonian language: современа народна музика)
Traditional music
The Macedonian traditional music, which can be rural or
urban (
starogradska muzika
Starogradska muzika ( bg, mk, sr, староградска музика, hr, starogradska glazba; literally "old city music") is an urban traditional folk music of Bulgaria, Bosnia Hercegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia.
In Se ...
), includes: lyric songs, epic songs, labour songs, ritual songs, humorous songs,
circle dance ("oro"), the old urban style called
Čalgija
Čalgija or Chalgiya (Macedonian language: Чалгија; Bulgarian language: Чалгия) is a Macedonian and Bulgarian music genre, which also is a subgenre of the old urban traditional folk music ( starogradska muzika) of Macedonia and Bulga ...
(not to be confused with
chalga) etc.
Popular traditional songs are: ''
Kaleš bre Angjo'', ''Slušam kaj šumat šumite'', ''Biljana platno beleše'', ''
Dafino vino crveno "Dafino vino crveno" (Macedonian/ bg, Дафино вино црвено/цървено; English translation: Red Wine Dafina) is а folk song from the region of Macedonia. It is about a girl called Dafina and her boyfriend.
Explanation of the l ...
'', ''
Narode Makedonski
"Narode Makedonski" (in mk, Народе Македонски "Macedonian People") is folk revival song about the national awakening of the Macedonian people.
Interpretations of the song
The song was interpreted by many pop and folk singers in ...
'', ''
Zemjo Makedonska'' and many others.
Often referenced oro dances are ''Teškoto'' from the village of
Galičnik, ''Kalajdžiskoto'', ''Komitskoto'' (''The Dance of the freedom fighters'') and others. An internationally acclaimed professional folklore association is the award-winning
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
.
File:Tanec folk ensemble Macedonia 1.jpg, Female ''oro'' performed by Tanec
File:Tanec folk ensemble Macedonia 2.jpg, Men's ''oro'' performed by Tanec
File:Tanec folk ensemble Macedonia 3.jpg, Female folk dance performed by Tanec
File:Tanec folk ensemble Macedonia 4.jpg, Men's ''oro'' by Tanec
File:Tanec folk ensemble Macedonia 5.jpg, Female folk dance by Tanec
File:Tanec folk ensemble Macedonia 6.jpg, Mixed male and female dances
The
music of the Balkans
Balkan music is a type of music found in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. The music is characterised by complex rhythm. Famous bands in Balkan music include Taraf de Haïdouks, Fanfare Ciocărlia, and No Smoking Orchestra.
Historical ...
is known for complex rhythms. Macedonian music exemplifies this trait. Folk songs like "Pomnish li, libe Todoro" (Помниш ли, либе Тодоро) can have rhythms as complex as 22/16, divided by stanza to 2+2+3+2+2+3+2+2+2+2, a combination of the two common meters 11=2+2+3+2+2 and 11=3+2+2+2+
(sheet music) In order to add tension to notes, musicians (primarily from older schools) will add the distinctive characteristic of stretching out beats.
![Osogovsko oro](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Osogovsko_oro.jpg)
The
gajda (гајда), a type of
bagpipe, was the most common folk instrument in traditional Macedonian culture. It has now become an instrument for concert recitation, drawing on recent legends like
Pece Atanasovskibr>
(video) leader of the
Radio Skopje ensemble
Ansambl na Narodni Instrumenti, as the source of modern tradition.
Other instruments include:
*
šupelka (шупелка) – small
flute
The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...
*
kemane
Kemane ( Macedonian: ќемане, ; sr, ћемане) is a bowed string instrument traditionally used in the Balkans and Anatolia. It is the Macedonian and southern Serbian version of the kemenche, it is very similar to the violin or viola and r ...
(кемане) – three-stringed
fiddle
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...
*
tambura (тамбура) – long-necked
lute
A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.
More specifically, the term "lute" can ref ...
*
zurla (зурла) – large double-reed horn
*
tapan (тапан) – cylindrical drum
*
kaval
The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout the Balkans (in Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Southern Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Northern Greece, and elsewhere) and Anatolia (including Turkey and Armenia). The ka ...
(кавал) – rim-blown
flute
The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...
*
harmonika (хармоника) – accordion
Macedonian folk orchestras consist of a
clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
or saxophone, drum kit, bass guitar,
accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...
and guitar, sometimes with modern synthesizers and
drum machines. These orchestras are very popular in Macedonia. Popular members are
virtuoso
A virtuoso (from Italian ''virtuoso'' or , "virtuous", Late Latin ''virtuosus'', Latin ''virtus'', "virtue", "excellence" or "skill") is an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field such as ...
musicians
Skender Ameti and
Goran Alachki on accordion and
Miroslav Businovski Miroslav may refer to:
* Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name
* ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade
* Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic
S ...
on clarinet.
Čalgija
Čalgija or Chalgiya (Macedonian language: Чалгија; Bulgarian language: Чалгия) is a Macedonian and Bulgarian music genre, which also is a subgenre of the old urban traditional folk music ( starogradska muzika) of Macedonia and Bulga ...
is an urban style, played by bands (''Čalgii'') with a
dajre
Daf ( fa, دف) also known as Dâyere and Riq is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia. It is also used in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbe ...
(
tambourine
The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...
) and
tarabuka
The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; arz, دربوكة / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-s ...
(hourglass drum) providing percussion for
ut (
lute
A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.
More specifically, the term "lute" can ref ...
),
kanun (
zither
Zithers (; , from the Greek word ''cithara'') are a class of stringed instruments. Historically, the name has been applied to any instrument of the psaltery family, or to an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat bo ...
),
clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
and violin. Though modern musicians have updated the Čalgija into a spectrum of hard and soft, classical and pop sounds, some traditional musicians remain. Perhaps the most influential of recent years was
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
, who plays a wide variety of traditional and modern sounds.
After World War II
People's Republic of Macedonia sponsored the creation of professional ensembles such a "Chalgii orchestra", "Folk music orchestra" and "Authentic folk instruments orchestra" which were departments of "Radio Television Skopje" and performed arranged version of folk melodies. Folk music orchestras performed arranged versions of folk melodies.
At the International Folklore Conference organized by the International Folklore Committee in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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, 1977, on the subject of "Folklore on the Radio" representative from
Yugoslavian Radio Television
Yugoslav Radio Television (''Jugoslavenska radiotelevizija''/Југославенска радиотелевизија or ''Jugoslavenska radio-televizija''/Југославенска радио-телевизија; JRT/ЈРТ) was the national ...
(Former Yugoslavia) was Dushko Dimitrovski, Editor of the Folk Music Department for "Radio Television Skopje" (now
Macedonian Radio Television) from the
Socialist Republic of Macedonia
The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...
presented folklore material in his presentation entitled "Chalgija music in Macedonia", including the recordings of Macedonian folk dances: "Kasapsko oro", arranged by
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
, and "Kumovo oro chochek", composed by
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
and performed by him as clarinet soloist accompanied by the "Chalgii" orchestra of Radio Television Skopje (now Macedonian Radio Television), which created great interest not only amongst the delegates of the Conference but also around the world.
In the book entitled "Rough Guide to World Music Volume One: Africa, Europe & The Middle East" written by Simon Broughton and Mark Ellingham on page 202 subtitle: Macedonia tricky rhythm, Kim Burton noted: "In western music, a bar of triple time – such as a waltz has three equal beats: but in Macedonia it may a bar of 7/8 divided up as 3-2-2 or 2-2-3 or 2-3-2 and so on…" In this book on page 203 was written: "One of the few clarinettists to have performed successfully both with a calgia and in the more modern style is
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
, born in 1922 and one of the most influential musicians of the post-war era. He was a member of the Tanec group during the 1950s and lead clarinet of the Radio Skopje calgia. The composer of many tunes that have become standards, and which is the basis for Macedonia's own new composed folk music."
The magazine "Ilustrovana politika" observes,"Radio Television Belgrade" (
PGP-RTB, now PGP-RTS Radio Television of Serbia, Serbia) released an LP of Macedonian folk music (LP 1439 RTB, produced in 1979), on which is performances by the extraordinary clarinetist
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
. His music repertoire is folk dances, jazz (besides others he includes works by
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".
From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...
and
Artie Shaw), concerts from
Carl Maria von Weber,
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
and
Ernesto Cavallini
Ernesto Cavallini (30 August 1807 – 1874) was an Italian clarinetist and composer.
Born in Milan, Cavallini studied at the Milan Conservatory under Carulli. He performed at the Conservatoire Concerts in 1830 with his brother, violinist Eugenio ...
...This is Tale Ognenovski who began to play the clarinet in the village of
Brusnik near
Bitola
Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...
, who with this wooden instrument toured the world and received well-deserved applause wherever he performed."
In his book, ''For Our Music'' Dushko Dimitrovski writes: "The impossible becomes possible: two usually non-complementary parallel-existing worlds of sounds, Europe and
The Orient
The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the ...
, are in
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
's music naturally brought closer together, understand each other and merge."
In September, 2001 Tale Ognenovski released CD album: ''Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music'' Reviewer Neil Horner of the MusicWeb International comments, "He is undoubtedly an exceptional artist and the predominant image created in my mind is of Benny Goodman playing the superb Contrasts he commissioned Bartók to write for him …This disc is likely to appeal to world music aficionados who enjoy the
Balkan
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/
Levant
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ine soundworld and perhaps also those who care to hear the source musics of their classical favourites, the aforementioned
Bartók but also, here, perhaps people like
Skalkottas."
Contemporary folk music
Contemporary folk music is a popular style based on the traditional folk music. However, unlike it, contemporary folk music is credited to a particular author and it falls under the copyright laws, it is performed by professional musicians and it is usually (but not necessarily) played with modern instrumentation. Usually, the older performers and composers (such as the highly acclaimed
Aleksandar Sarievski
Aleksandar Sarievski ( mk, Александар Сариевски ; June 20, 1922 – December 19, 2002) was a Macedonian singer-songwriter whose career spanned almost six decades. He was one of the most recognizable figures in Macedonian ...
,
Jonče Hristovski and
Dobri Stavrevski Dobri means ''good'' in several Slavic languages and may refer to
*Dobri (given name)
*Dobri dol (disambiguation)
*Dobri Do (disambiguation)
*Dobri, Hungary, a village
*Dobri Dub, a village in Serbia
*Dobri Laki, a village in Bulgaria
*Novigrad na D ...
) stay closer to the traditional roots, and thus contemporary folk music is often mistaken for traditional. On the other hand, the younger usually espouse a more modernized sound and image, thus often being disproved by the traditional purists as
kitsch
Kitsch ( ; loanword from German) is a term applied to art and design that is perceived as naïve imitation, overly-eccentric, gratuitous, or of banal taste.
The avant-garde opposed kitsch as melodramatic and superficial affiliation with ...
. Nevertheless, the style is popular among the common people and notable performers include: Elena Georgieva,
Suzana Spasovska Suzana may refer to:
*Suzana Al-Salkini (born 1984), Macedonian model
*Suzana Alves (born 1978), Brazilian sex symbol
*Suzana Amaral (born 1932), Brazilian film director and screenwriter
*Suzana Ansar (born 1978), English singer and actress
*Suzana ...
,
Mitre Mitrevski
The mitre (Commonwealth English) (; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in t ...
,
Efto Pupinovski,
Vojo Stojanovski,
Orce Stefkovski
Orce is a municipality located in the province of Granada, in southeastern Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the city has a population of 1333 inhabitants.
Paleoanthropology
Orce is the location of the paleo-archaeological sites known a ...
,
Blagica Pavlovska
Blagica Pavlovska ( mk, Благица Павловска; born 1958) is a Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians ( ...
,
Dragan Vučić
Dragan Vučić ( mk, Драган Вучиќ; 6 September 1955 – 4 May 2020) was a Macedonian composer, singer, bass guitar player, philanthropist and TV host.
His most famous songs are "Nika Nika", "Odlazim (Nikom nije nocas kao meni)", tran ...
,
Zoran Vanev
Zoran "Zoki" Vanev ( Serbian/Macedonian: Зоран Ванев) is a Macedonian pop-folk singer.
He was born in Štip, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and began his career in 1993 with the release of his song ''"Angela"''. He enjoyed moderate success i ...
,
Vaska Ilieva
Vaska Ilieva (; February 21, 1923 – May 4, 2001) was a Macedonian leading folk singer from Yugoslavia and North Macedonia.
Career
She started her career as a dancer and singer in the State Ensemble Tanec in the early 1950s. Her style of s ...
Wik Kakarotski
* Wik peoples, several Australian Aboriginal groups from an extensive zone in Cape York
**Wik languages
** ''Wik Peoples v Queensland'' (1996), a landmark ruling that native title can coexist with pastoral leases in Australia
* Vik, Iran, a village ...
and others. Some of them also perform traditional songs. The newest generation of performers of this genre such as Aneta Micevska,
Blagojce Stojanovski-TUSE,
Sonja Tarculovska
Sonia, Sonja or Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom, may refer to:
People
* Sonia (name), a feminine given name (lists people named, Sonia, Sonja and Sonya)
:* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films
:* Sonia ...
,
Elena Velevska
Elena Velevska ( mk, Елена Велевска; born 26 October 1980) is a Macedonian turbo-folk and popular music singer. Due to her dress and musical style, which resembles that of Ceca, as well as her strong presence in the yellow press of ...
,
Jasmina Mukaetova
Jasmina Mukaetova ( mk, Јасмина Мукаетова; born December 3, 1981 in Kavadarci) is a Macedonian turbo folk and popular music singer. In 2007, she conducted a world tour, performing in front of large diaspora audience.
Jasmina Mu ...
,
Aneta Nakovska
Aneta may refer to:
*Aneta (given name)
* Aneta, North Dakota, US
* ''Aneta'' (album), by Irini Merkouri
*Aneta (news agency)
Aneta (, "General News and Telegraph Agency") was a Dutch news agency founded 1 April 1917 by D. W. Berretty, Dominique ...
,
Pane Panev
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* Paned window (architecture), a window that is divided into sections known as "panes"
* Paned window (computing), elements of a graphical display
* Pane (mythology), a type of satyr-like creature from Greek mytholog ...
altogether with the bands such as
Molika
Molika is a performing artist group that was formed in 1995 in Bitola, Macedonia. Throughout the years, Molika and Aneta Micevska have recorded and released seven award-winning albums and four DVD music specials. They have travelled and held mul ...
,
Bioritam,
Bolero bend
Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has ...
,
Art Plaza
Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
There is no generally agreed definition of what ...
have introduced a newer outlook to this kind of music inspired by the Serbian
turbofolk
Turbo-folk (sometimes referred as pop-folk or popular folk) is subgenre of contemporary pop music with its origins in Serbia, that initially developed during the 1980s and 1990s, with similar music styles in Bulgaria (chalga), Romania (manele ...
, Bulgarian
chalga, and Greek
laika, so their style is more considered as
pop-folk, rather than folk music.
Several popular folk music festivals exist, including: ''Folk fest Valandovo'' in
Valandovo, ''Serenada na Širok sokak'' in
Bitola
Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...
, ''Cvetnici'' in Skopje,
Ohridski trubaduri – Ohrid Fest in
Ohrid and others.
Outside North Macedonia
Traditional as well as modern music is created and performed in other countries where Macedonian communities exist, which include primarily the
Balkan
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
countries surrounding North Macedonia, as well as enclaves resulting from the
diaspora
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in the US, Australia, Canada and other countries.
A notable example is the folk musician Kostas Novakis from
Greece
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(born in
Koufalia
Koufalia ( el, Κουφάλια) is a municipal unit and a town of the Chalkidona municipality. Koufalia is the seat of the municipality of Chalkidona. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a municipality.
Administrative division
The mu ...
,
Thessaloniki regional unit,
Greek Macedonia), who claims Macedonian ethnicity and performs traditional ethnic Macedonian music. Despite the political tensions between North Macedonia, with ethnic Macedonians on one side and Greece on the other, Novakis released several CD titles with traditional ethnic Macedonian music in Greec
Receiving the audience through the World of Unusual Rhythm of Macedonian Folk Music
"Macedonian folk music is governed by rhythmic laws and set metres. Foreign influences, in so far as they existed, where subjected to the rules of accentuation of the
Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian popular language. The melody is usually asymmetrical... ""Teškoto" from Nižopole (
Bitola
Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...
) means "heavy," and indicates the heavy rhythm which is typical of very ancient dances," appeared in an article entitled, "Extracts from PROGRAMME NOTES ON THE DANCES AND SONGS performed at the
Yugoslav Folk Music Festival", with the subtitle 'MACEDONIA – represented by 23 villages", published by
The International Folk Music Council (IFMC) Stevan Ognenovski in his book entitled ''
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer'' / ''Тале Огненовски виртуоз на кларинет и композитор'' (2000), noted: "At the "
Yugoslav Folk Music Festival in
Opatija,
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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(8 to 14 September 1951) the Folk Dance group from the
Bitola
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village of Nižopole from the
Bitola
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in which
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
was playing as a clarinet soloist in the folk dance "Teškoto", received First Award as the best Folk Dance group at the festival. This was a great success because in this Festival participated 85 different folk dance groups from Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The musical part of the group had only two members:
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
played solo clarinet with the accompaniment of drummer Lambe Petrovski."
Croatian ethnomusicologist Dr Vinko Zganec wrote "The clarinet was as effective an accompaniment to the large drum in the folk dance from Kozjak as it was to the small drum in the folk dance "Teškoto" from Nižopole (
Bitola
Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...
). They provided a very effective combination." This appeared in an article entitled "
Yugoslav Musical folklore at the Festival in
Opatija".
Yugoslav Folk Music Festival had been especially arranged by "Unions of Societies for Culture and Education of Yugoslavia" for the members of the Conference of
The International Folk Music Council (IFMC) to studying folk music tradition and beauty and variety of Yugoslav folk art of 85 folk dance groups from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia,
Macedonia
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and Croatia which participated at this festival. "Every evening, for three hours or more, we witnessed an astonishing pageant of costume and custom, ritual and social dance, song and instrumental playing by 700 performers brought together from every part of the country. This was a world whose riches most of us had barely guessed at and, in this highly concentrated presentation, it was an overwhelming and unforgettable experience," written by
Marie Slocombe
Marie Tapscott Slocombe (1912–1995) founded the BBC Sound Archive in 1936. Her keen interest in audio recordings and folk music have made her legacy important in the history of recorded sound.
Early life and career
Born in 1912, Slocombe studie ...
and appeared in an article entitled, "Some Impression of the Yugoslav Conference and Festival " published by
The International Folk Music Council". (IFMC)
The
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
Ensemble of folklore dances and songs of Macedonia was founded by the Government of the
People's Republic of Macedonia in 1949 with an aim to collect, preserve and present the Macedonian folklore. Ensemble Tanec performed arranged version of folk melodies. " On 20 January 1956, the Tanec ensemble arrived in the US, and their televised performance on
CBS TV Programme
Omnibus (U.S. TV series)
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History
''Omnibus'' was created by the Ford Foundation, which sought to increase the education level of the American public. The show was conceived by Ja ...
on 22 January 1956 was viewed by millions people. It established the Tanec ensemble international stature and confirmation of this were reviews in the newspapers in North America for his 66 concerts:
On 27 January 1956, the Tanec Ensemble performed at
Carnegie Hall
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in New York City. For this Carnegie Hall concert
The New York Times
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music critic
John Martin John Martin may refer to:
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, wrote, "This particular group, part of a national movement toward the revival of the folk arts, comes from
Macedonia
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* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
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… brilliantly spectacular and wonderfully unfamiliar dances … unforgettable pipe."
The
New York Herald Tribune
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music critic Walter Terry, wrote, "Tanec, a
Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian group of some forty dancers and musicians, gave generously of their rich folk heritage ... In "Sopska Poskocica", to make the point five young men took over the stage and indulged in show-off tactics to attract the girl ... An audience which jammed Carnegie to capacity cheered and applauded the folk dancing with as much enthusiasm as if it had been witnessing classical, theatrical ballet at its most glittering".
Stjepan Pucak, former ''
Tanjug'' correspondent and
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n journalist note: "To choose which were the most successful of the program's seventeen folk dances, when all were greeted with stormy applause, is really very difficult and risky ... "Sopska Poskocica" was even repeated, and to repeat a performance on the American stage is a really rare and exclusive event."
Naum Nachevski, journalist of the newspaper
Nova Makedonija,
Skopje
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,
People’s Republic of Macedonia note: "The audience interrupted some of the folk dance performances with applause; these dances in particular left great impressions of the folklore … the unusual rhythm of
Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian folk music. The "Tanec" ensemble not only received a warm welcome from the New York public, but also from the New York press."
The New York Times
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music critic
John Martin John Martin may refer to:
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, on 5 February 1956, wrote, "There is an amazing variety to the dances that comprised this particular program … the broken circles of the kolo of the
Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian mountains … a dateless
reed pipe"
Tanec's North American tour began with their debut on
CBS TV Programme
Omnibus (U.S. TV series)
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History
''Omnibus'' was created by the Ford Foundation, which sought to increase the education level of the American public. The show was conceived by Ja ...
on 22 January 1956. Their first live US television performance was taped on videocassette and archived at the
Library of Congress
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in Washington, D.C. and in Catalog Record is written description content: "The
Yugoslav national folk ballet / directed by
Elliot Silverstein; with the Tanec dance troupe from
Macedonia
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* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
(20 min.)"
For the concerts at The
Civic Opera House
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in Chicago, Illinois on 4–5 February 1956, The ''
Chicago Daily Tribune'' reviewer,
Claudia Cassidy
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Starting in 1925 she was music and drama critic for The Journal of Commerce. Sh ...
, noted: "… called Tanec, which is the
Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian word for dance, this group of 37 dancers, singers and musicians is a kaleidoscope of the Balkans ... When five of them dance the "Sopska Poskocica", which apparently just means they are showing off to the girls. I would keep them any day as an unfair trade for the four little swans in
Swan Lake
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."
For the concert at The
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 7 February 1956, ''
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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'' music critic Samuel Singer commented, "'Tanec' means 'dance', but 'dance' in a larger form than customary. Besides dance alone, it conveys drama, ritual, tradition, songs, even military maneuvers ... there was a remarkable precision in both dancing and playing ... Clarinet, bass fiddle, violin, drums, guitar and flute provided most of the accompaniments in various combinations."
For the concert at The
Constitution Hall
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in Washington, D.C. on 9 February 1956, Paul Hume, the
Washington Post and Times music critic observed, "A "Sopska Poskocica" is devised to show the girls how handsome and wonderful and brilliant and exciting and sensational their man friends are. The rate at which it is danced, and the tremendous energy and precision of six men who dance it, is unique and demanded a repetition."
For the concert at
Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 13 February 1956, John Kraglund, a music critic for
The Globe and Mail
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wrote: "The first impression, however, must be one of rhythmic precision ... Nor was the performance without spectacle ... in the case of one dance, Sopska Poskocica, it was no more than a show-off dance. As such it was highly effective."
For the concert at The
War Memorial Opera House
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It is part of the San Francisco War Memorial and ...
in San Francisco, California on 7 March 1956,
San Francisco Chronicle
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music critic R. H. Hagan says, "… in a number titled simply "
Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian Tune", which in its intricate rhythms and plaintive melody should at least make
Dave Brubeck
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send out an emergency call for
Darius Milhaud".
For the concert at The Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on 12 March 1956,
Los Angeles Times
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music critic Albert Goldberg commented: "For authentic folk dancing, wild and free and yet subject to its own intricate disciplines, this group would be hard to beat ...They are accompanied by a group of musicians consisting of a violinist, guitar and accordion players, a flutist, a clarinetist and double bass, though drums of different types are frequently involved, as well as a shepherd's reed pipe"
''Dance Observer'' commented: "The capacity audience at Carnegie Hall on January 27 for the single New York performance of Tanec, the Yugoslav National Folk Ballet, enjoyed a fascinating cross-section of over 2000 years of human history and culture. Tanec is a
Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian group"
After the end of the tour the
Life
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commented: "A hundred years ago on the rugged roads of Macedonia, bands of brigands used to plunder the caravans of rich merchants and, like Robin Hood, pass on some of their spoils to the poor ... this spring, the
Yugoslav National Folk Ballet is making a first, and highly successful tour of the U.S ... Together they make as vigorous a display of dancing as the U.S. has ever seen."
Craig Harris at
Allmusic
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noted for The Tanec Ensemble and clarinetist
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
, "The ensemble reached their peak during the late '50s, when influential clarinet and pipes player
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
was a member."
Notable members of the
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
Ensemble include clarinetist and composer
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
– Tale Ognenovski performed as clarinet and
reed pipe (
recorder
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* ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...
) soloist with Ensemble
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
during their tour of : United States of America and Canada (66 concerts, between 22 January 1956 and 12 April 1956 including on the Ford Foundation TV Programme
Omnibus (U.S. TV series)
''Omnibus'' was an American, commercially sponsored, educational variety television series.
History
''Omnibus'' was created by the Ford Foundation, which sought to increase the education level of the American public. The show was conceived by Ja ...
on 22 January 1956 on
CBS and concert on 27 January 1956 at
Carnegie Hall
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in New York City) ; Germany (72 concerts from 15 August until 27 October 1956) ; France (83 concerts from 20 September until 25 November 1959) ; Switzerland (4 concerts from 7–10 July 1959)
For the contribution of
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
to the
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
's North American tour, his biographer Stevan Ognenovski in the book entitled ''
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer'' / ''Тале Огненовски виртуоз на кларинет и композитор'' (2000), noted: "
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
was clarinet soloist in "Sopska Poskocica" but he also helped arrange the music for he added his own improvisations to some parts of the dance ... Ensemble
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
performed 66 concerts ... They were described as a Great Cultural Event by the American press."
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
as a clarinet soloist performed the Macedonian folk dances "Zhensko Chamche" and "Beranche" with Ensemble
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
in Vardar Film's 1955 production of "Ritam i zvuk (Rhythm and Sound),.
Ensemble
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
during their tour of France from 20 September until 25 November 1959. They performed 83 concerts in 58 towns and cities in France. The Ensemble twice had performances broadcast on television, on 21 and 22 September 1959: 20 million people would have seen them on the most popular programme on French Television. Radio Paris recorded a 45-minute programme of Macedonian folk dances and songs.
In a 1964 interview, for the newspaper "Večer",
Skopje
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,
People's Republic of Macedonia Raymond Guillier, The Manager of Ensemble
Tanec
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History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
's tour of France (from Paris, France) commented: "Everyone who went to the concerts by Ensemble
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
in France was fascinated …
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
is playing in the spirit of
Macedonia
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, no other Ensemble in the world can perform ... Your girls and boys put their whole heart into the dance and example of this is clarinetist
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
."
For the concert of The
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
ensemble at "Grand Palais" in Bourges, France on 23 September 1959, newspaper "La nouvelle republique du Centre" commented: "The first performance of the National Ballet of
Macedonia
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was a tremendous success. Everyone in the hall applauded with enthusiasm, here in the 'Grand Palais' in Bourges at the first performance in France ... The members of the National Ballet of
Macedonia
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arrived four days ago in Paris and have been shown on television," and newspaper "Le Berry Republicain" commented: "The quality and talent of this group is admirable ... This is the first time that they have performed in France ... At the end of their concert, the members of Ensemble
Tanec
Tanec ( mk, Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.
History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
remained on stage and were applauded by the Bourges audiences for more than a quarter of an hour."
The concerts of the
Tanec
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History
The Tanec ensemble was founded by the Government of the People's Repu ...
ensemble were performed in Berne on 7 and 8 July 1959 and in Geneva on 9 and 10 July 1959.
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
made his debut on a special programme broadcast on Swiss Television. Playing as clarinet soloist, he performed his personally composed
Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian folk dances "Bitolsko oro" and "Brusnichko oro".
For the concert of The Tanec ensemble at
Port Gitana Bellevue, Geneva on 10 July 1959, newspaper "Tribune de Geneve" commented: "We were presented with remarkable spectacles performed by the
Yugoslavian National Folk Ballet 'Tanec' from
Macedonia
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* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
... Nothing here that resembled classical dances of our Western World ... They have the rhythm of the dances of their country in their blood...."
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
was included in the book ''The Greatest Clarinet Players of All Time: Top 100'' by Alex Trost and Vadim Kravetsky. Mi2n Music Industry News Network published an article entitled, "Clarinetist
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
Is Included in the Book Entitled "The Greatest Clarinet Players of All Time: Top 100" By Alex Trost And Vadim Kravetsky, Publisher: CreateSpace.""
Classical music
Mokranjac School of Music
The
Mokranjac School of Music was established in
Skopje
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in 1934. In addition to its well-respected
choir
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, it was famous for the people that were involved in its establishment, composers like
Trajko Prokopiev
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and
Todor Skalovski
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.
Post-WWII
After the formation of the
PR Macedonia, the
Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra
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Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primari ...
was established in 1944, while in 1947 the Association of Musicians of Macedonia was created. Shortly after that, the first Macedonian radio concert was made, conducted by
Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski ( mk, Тодор Скаловски, 21 January 1909 – 1 July 2004) was a Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor who wrote the music to North Macedonia's national anthem "Denes nad Makedonija" (). The music greatl ...
.
During the 1950s, the first Macedonian ballet by
Gligor Smokvarski
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and opera ''
Goce'' by
Kiril Makedonski Kiril Makedonski (19 January 1925 – 2 June 1984) was a Macedonian composer. Born as ''Kiril Vangelov'' in Bitola, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Makedonski studied music composition at the Zagreb Conservatory in Croatia. He is best known today for c ...
were produced. The period after these brought a relative renaissance of Macedonian music, focussed on innovation. The most prominent composers in this period are
Zivko Firfov,
Trajko Prokopiev
Trajko Prokopiev ( mk, Трајко Прокопиев; Kumanovo, Ottoman Empire, 6 November 1909 – Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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,
Stefan Gajdov
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* Stefan (given name)
* Stefan (surname)
* Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname
* Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname
* Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...
,
Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski ( mk, Тодор Скаловски, 21 January 1909 – 1 July 2004) was a Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor who wrote the music to North Macedonia's national anthem "Denes nad Makedonija" (). The music greatl ...
,
Petre Bogdanov Kocko,
Vlastimir Nikolovski
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,
Blagoja Ivanovski Blagoja is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Blagoja Kitanovski (born 1962), former Macedonian football player, now assistant coach at FK Pelister
*Blagoja Kuleski (born 1962), retired Macedonian football player and currently a f ...
,
Tomislav Zografski
Tomislav Zografski (29 March 193414 January 2000) was a Macedonian composer and music pedagogue who also wrote music for film and television.
His progressive neoclassical language played a key part in the journey of Macedonian music toward th ...
,
Toma Prosev Toma or TOMA may refer to:
Places
*Toma, Burkina Faso, a town in Nayala province
*Toma Department, a department in Nayala province
*Toma, Banwa, Burkina Faso, a town
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**Tōma Station, its railway station
*Toma, a to ...
and
Mihajlo Nikolovski
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;Science
*Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian physicist
*Mihajlo ...
. Among the most prominent music artists in this period are the opera singers
Danka Firfova Danka may refer to:
*A family affiliated with a Buddhist temple in Japan, or '' danka''.
People with the given name
*Danka Barteková (born 1984), Slovak skeet shooter
*Danka Kovinić (born 1994), Montenegrin professional tennis player
*Danka Pod ...
,
Pavlina Apostolova Pavlina may refer to:
Given name:
*Pavlina Chilingirova (born 1955), Bulgarian chess player, Woman International Master (WIM, 1982)
*Pavlina Evro (born 1965), retired Albanian mid-distance and long-distance runner
*Pavlina Filipova (born 1975), Bul ...
,
Georgi Bozikov and
Zina Krelja
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, and the pianist
Ladislav Palfi
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Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.
Spellings and variations
In Bulgarian a ...
. Firfova was one of the first trained sopranos in Macedonia and debuted in 1947 as Santuzza in a Macedonian-language version of the ''
Cavalleria Rusticana'', the first opera ever sung in Macedonian.
The "Macedonian National Police Wind Orchestra" comprising about 30 musicians and conducted by Micho Kostovski was established in 1949. In December 1952,
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
as clarinet soloist, together with pianist Nino Cipušev as accompaniment, performed the classical concert "Concert Polka for Clarinet" by Miler Bela in the "Police House" in Skopje with outstanding success and he became the first clarinet soloist in the history of country to perform a classical concert for the clarinet. On 24 May 1953 he played clarinet soloist in the classical concert "Concert Polka for Clarinet" by Miler Bela with
Gligor Smokvarski
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Education and Career
Gligor was born in Zalău and live ...
's arrangement for the "Public Police Wind Orchestra", comprising about 30 musicians and conducted by Micho Kostovski. The concert was performed in the Radio Skopje building, and broadcast directly to the nation via Radio Skopje (now
Macedonian Radio Television).
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
and his son Stevan Ognenovski arranged for two clarinets
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622, composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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and recorded the albums: ''Mozart and Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos'' and ''Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 Arranged for Two Clarinets by Tale Ognenovski'' . Perhaps these two albums are unique recordings of this concert with two clarinets where first clarinet with first arrangement and second clarinet with second arrangement that's played simultaneously – by one performer (
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
).
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Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; fren ...
News published the articles entitled, "
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
, Internationally Renowned Jazz And Classical Clarinetist Released CD Album Entitled: Mozart And Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos To Celebrate The 250th Anniversary of Mozart's Birthday" on 13 November 2006, and "Mozart and Ognenovski Is the Best Clarinet Concertos in the World" on 21 November 2014 Mi2n Music Industry News Network published an article entitled, "New Digital Album of Clarinetist And Composer
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
: "Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 Arranged For Two Clarinets By
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
""on 27 April 2017.
Today
Today, one of the most prominent classical music artists is the pianists
Simon Trpčeski, also notable
opera singers include
Neven Siljanovski Nevena may refer to the following articles
* ''stefan'' (album), a 2013 album by M-Flo
* Neven (given name), a Slavic masculine name
* Neven Bell, a character from the ''Monk'' TV series
* Hartmut Neven (born 1964), German scientist working in com ...
,
Blagoj Nacoski
Blagoj Nacoski ( mk, Благој Нацоски, born 18 May 1979 in Skopje), is a Macedonian tenor opera singer.
Biography
He began his studies in his native city and continued in Rome, Italy with Mirella Parutto, Antonio Boyer and Anna Vandi ...
,
Ana Durlovski,
Igor Durlovski
Igor Durlovski ( mk, Игор Дурловски, born 26 March 1977 in Bitola), is a Macedonian bass opera singer and politician.
Life and career
Durlovski was born in Bitola, SR Macedonia, part of SFR Yugoslavia, now North Macedonia, in 197 ...
and
Boris Trajanov
Boris Trajanov ( mk, Борис Трајанов, born in Ljubljana, 1959) is Macedonian operatic baritone.
At the beginning, he studied singing with his father Goga Trajanov in Skopje. He continued his studies with Biserka Cvejic in Belgrade ...
. From the diaspora, a notable performer is the Australian born, but
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
pianist
Hristijan Spirovski. The most prominent conductors include
Borjan Canev
Borjan Canev (born 1973 in Skopje) is a Macedonian conductor trained at the Royal College of Music in London. Back then, he served as Sir Colin Davis' assistant conductor at his 2001 production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ''Don Giovanni
''Don ...
, Sasho Tatarchevski, Bisera Chadlovska and Oliver Balaburski, and the most notable instrumentalist are the violinists
Ljubisha Kirovski,
Oleg Kondratenko
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and Russian born
Anna Kondratenko
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People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221)
...
, the saxophonist
Ninoslav Dimov, the clarinetist
Stojan Dimov, the bassists
Velko Todevski and
Petrus Petrusevski
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People
* Petrus (given name)
* Petrus (surname)
* Petrus Borel, pen name of Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive (1809–1859), French Romantic writer
* Petrus Brovka, pen name of Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka (1905–1980), Soviet Belar ...
, the oboists Tome Atanasov, Vasil Atanasov and
Gordana Josifova-Nedelkovska. Among the composers are Darija Andovska, Jana Andreevska, Goce Kolarovski, Tome Mancev, Stojan Stojkov, Damjan Temkov, Valentina Velkovska,
Soni Petrovski
Soni may refer to:
Places
* Soni, Maharashtra, a village in India
* Soni, Nara, a village in Japan
* Soni Falls
People
* Soni (name)
*Soni Clan involved in Gold Business in Rajasthan.
* Soni (caste), a Hindu caste of goldsmiths and jewellers ...
, Goran Nachevski, Boris Svetiev,
Ljubomir Brangjolica
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Nicknames
Lubor, Luboš, Luborek, Lubošek, Borek, Lubo, Ľubo, Ljubo, L ...
, Michael Bakrnče
and the composer, but also a performer, musicologist and researcher,
Dimitrije Bužarovski
Dimitrije Bužarovski Ph.D. ( mk, Димитрије Бужаровски) (born 8 August 1952 in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian composer, versatile artist and a scholar with interests in different fields: composition, musicology, comput ...
.
Popular music
Pop music
Popular pop music performers in
North Macedonia
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include:
Toše Proeski (the most prominent Macedonian singer),
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 ...
,
Maja Odžaklievska
Maja Odžaklievska (in Cyrillic, ; in Serbo-Croatian, , ; born April 21, 1954, in Skopje), is a Macedonian, Serbian and ex- Yugoslav singer and songwriter popular across Europe. She lives and works in Serbia.
Biography
Maja Odžaklievska began ...
,
Ljupka Dimitrovska, Rebeka,
Gjoko Gjorchev,
Elena Risteska
Elena Risteska ( mk, Елена Ристеска, ; born 27 April 1986), sometimes known as simply Elena, is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens with the song "Ninanajna", and finished in 1 ...
, Andrea,
Vlatko Ilievski
Vlatko Ilievski ( mk, Влатко Илиевски; 2 July 1985 – 6 July 2018) was a Macedonian pop rock singer and actor. He was the runner-up to be the Macedonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and represented FYR Macedonia i ...
,
Vlatko Lozanoski, DNK,
Dani Dimitrovska
Daniela Dimitrovska ( mk, Даниела Димитровска) (born 4 June 1979 in Skopje) or simply Dani, is a Macedonian pop music singer.
Biography
Dimitrovska started her career on the music contest ''Makfest'' in Štip with the song " ...
,
Kaliopi
Kaliopi Bukle ( mk, Калиопи Букле, ; born 28 December 1966), known professionally as Kaliopi, is a Macedonian singer-songwriter. In her career, Kaliopi has progressed from singing lead vocal with her eponymous band in 1980s Yugoslavi ...
,
Tamara Todevska
Tamara Todevska ( mk, Тамара Тодевска, pronounced , born 1 June 1985), also known mononymously as Tamara, is a Macedonian pop singer.
Tamara began her music career in 2003 following the release of her debut studio album '' Sino' ...
,
Vrcak,
Robert Bilbilov
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,
Lambe Alabakoski
Lambe Alabakovski ( mk, Ламбе Алабаковски, ; born 15 November 1987, in Ljubojno, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian singer.
Biography
Alabakovski attended the Euro-College in Kumanovo. He won the M2 Production's Play: Search For A ...
,
Jovan Jovanov
Jovan Jovanov ( mk, Јован Јованов) is a Macedonian-Canadian music producer, record engineer and songwriter of pop, R&B, house, and hip-hop. Now based in Toronto, Ontario, Jovanov is working with Canadian artists such as Alx Veliz ...
,
Andrijana Janevska
Andrijana Janevska ( mk, Андријана Јаневска, born December 6, 1981) is a famous Macedonian singer and musician.
Biography
Janevska was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia (in present-day North Macedonia) where she current ...
,
Kristina Arnaudova
Kristina Arnaudova ( mk, Кристина Арнаудова; born 1979) is a Macedonian pop singer.
She is also president and founder of the largest Macedonian association for children at social risk, ''Project Happiness''.
Biography
She was ...
,
Aco Andonov
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and others. Notable composers, producers and arrangers involved in the pop music scene are
Darko Dimitrov, Damir Imeri, Aleksandar Masevski, and
Grigor Koprov
Grigor Koprov ( mk, Григор Копров) (born September 30, 1943)Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945, Vol. 2, Stanford University Press, 2002, , pp. 160-168. is arguably one of the most famous Macedonian pop music ...
. Many artists are famous as both singer and songwriter such as
Jovan Jovanov
Jovan Jovanov ( mk, Јован Јованов) is a Macedonian-Canadian music producer, record engineer and songwriter of pop, R&B, house, and hip-hop. Now based in Toronto, Ontario, Jovanov is working with Canadian artists such as Alx Veliz ...
and
Miyatta.
The first examples of Macedonian pop music appeared in the mid-20th century and was called "zabavna muzika". The most famous old-generation performers are
Zafir Hadzimanov Zafir or al-Zafir may refer to:
* Al-Zafir, a Fatimid caliph from 1149 to 1154
* Al-Ẓafīr, an ancient Arabian tribe
* Az Zafir, a village in western central Yemen
* Al-Zafir (missile), a short-range ballistic missile
People with the name
* Zaf ...
,
Verica Risteska
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,
Dragan Mijalkovski
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People named Dragan include:
Politicians and office holde ...
and many others. According to style, Macedonian pop music is a Western type of pop music, with influences of folk and oriental music. Several fusion genres such as pop-rock, pop-rap, ethnopop, and pop-folk also have developed.
Music festivals
Major music festivals in North Macedonia include
Skopje Fest
Skopje Fest ( mk, Скопје фест) or Festival na zabavni melodii Skopje (Фестивал на забавни мелодии Скопје) is one of the main musical events in North Macedonia.
SkopjeFest began in 1968 in the Universal Hall ...
in
Skopje
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The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
,
Ohrid Fest
Ohridski Trubaduri - Ohrid Fest is a music festival that takes place in Ohrid, North Macedonia every summer. It began in 1994 as a showcase for Macedonian summer folklore.
In 1997, a pop evening was introduced to motivate Macedonian lyricists an ...
in
Ohrid,
MakFest MakFest ( mk, МакФест) founded in 1986, is the largest festival of Macedonian popular music. It is held every year in November, in Štip, Republic of North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before Febr ...
in
Štip
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As of the 2002 census, the city ...
, ''Interfest'' in
Bitola
Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...
.
North Macedonia debuted as an
independent state
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at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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. So far, its highest placing was seventh in
Eurovision Song Contest 2019 final which altogether was overall best result in televoting years.
Rock music
The most successful and influential rock band in North Macedonia and one of the most popular in Western Balkans was
Leb i Sol
Leb i sol ( mk, Леб и сол) is a Macedonian and former Yugoslav rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski (guitar), Bodan Arsovski (bass guitar), Nikola Kokan Dimuševski (keyboards) and Garabet Tavitjan (drums). Tavitjan ced ...
. They combined rock music with
fusion jazz
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and
traditional music
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elements creating a distinct sound of their own, becoming one of the top acts of the Western Balkans. After they broke up, the guitarist
Vlatko Stefanovski, the bassist
Bodan Arsovski
Bodan Arsovski (born 22 April 1956) is a Macedonian bassist and a core founding member of the rock group Leb i sol, one of the most important rock bands in the former Yugoslavia. He is the only band member to have played on every Leb i sol recor ...
, the keyboard player Kokan Dimuševski and the drummer Garabet Tavitijan all started successful solo careers, each in his own right. In 2006 they gathered again for a reunion tour to mark 30th anniversary since their beginning as a band. In 2008, a different line-up recorded a new album, ''I taka nataka'' without Stefanovski's and Tavitjan's participation.
Other notable group was Bisbez, which was influenced by
The Beatles
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and other 1960s artists. It was formed in 1964 by merging two previously existing bands Biseri (meaning ''Pearls'') and Bezimeni (''Nameless''). During the 1970s notable groups were Pu, Madrigali, Ilinden 903, Den za Den, Leva patika, Triangl, Torr and others. Most of them were into
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
,
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
,
folk rock
Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers suc ...
,
symphonic rock,
jazz rock and
funk rock. The late 1970s saw the emergence of
punk rock. The first punk rock band was
Fol Jazik
The Fol Jazik ( mk, Фол Јазик; English translation: ''Fake Tongue'') is considered to be the first Macedonian punk rock band, founded in Skopje by Vlado Hristov – KRLE (vocals) in 1978. The band members were: Vlado Hristov – KRLE (vo ...
, formed in Skopje in 1979. During the 1980s other notable punk groups were Saraceni and
Badmingtons
Badmingtons (in Macedonian: Бадмингтонс) were a prominent Macedonian punk rock band.
Biography
Badmingtons were formed in 1983 in Skopje, then SR Macedonia (now the Republic of Macedonia) by Vladimir Petrovski - Karter (guitar and ...
, both led by Vladimir Petrovski Karter. Later he switched to a more mainstream sound and formed the group
Aleksandar Makedonski (Alexander of Macedon). The
new wave scene featured artists such as the
ska
Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...
group
Cilindar, Usta na usta and Tokmu taka. Tokmu taka's vocalist Ljupčo ''Bubo'' Karov from
Kavadarci later became popular as an actor of the comedy TV show ''
K-15'', while Usta na usta's member
Aleksandar Prokopiev
Aleksandar Prokopiev ( mk, Александар Прокопиев; born February 24, 1953) is a Macedonian PhD in comparative literature and literary theory working in the Institute of Macedonian Literature at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Univer ...
became a prominent writer. Another influential band was
Bon Ton Bend
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with Dario Pankovski, who released many hits of new wave music. Notable
heavy metal artists were the groups Karamela and Concorde, the latter being remembered for their more radio-friendly hit "Visoki štikli i crni čorapi" ("High Heels and Black Stockings"). Its guitarist Venko Serafimov later started a successful solo career. The
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
trio
Bastion
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which featured
Kiril Džajkovski
Kiril Džajkovski (Djaikovski), ( mk, Кирил Џајковски ) – often credited as simply Kiril – is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.
Biography
In the early 1980s together with Milčo Man ...
was one of the most important 1980s acts. Another notable 1980's act was
Haos in Laos. The
pop-rock group Memorija formed in 1984 was one of the most prosperous from this period. The most productive in the country was the
post-punk
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,
darkwave
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and
gothic rock
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scene which included the
cult bands
Mizar,
Arhangel and
Padot na Vizantija
Padot na Vizantija ( mk, Падот на Византија, en, The Fall of the Byzantine Empire) was an influential 1980s post-punk, darkwave and gothic rock band with occasional Byzantine music elements from Skopje, SR Macedonia. The group is ...
, the latter led by
Goran Trajkoski
Goran Trajkoski ( mk, Горан Трајкоски) (born 21 November 1963) is a Macedonian musician. He rose to international prominence as a frontman of the group Anastasija which was featured on the soundtrack album for the Academy Award- ...
and
Klime Kovaceski. Later they formed the
neo-folk group
Anastasia
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which became internationally acclaimed with its soundtrack for the
Milčo Mančevski
Milcho Manchevski ( mk, Милчо Манчевски, )["Milcho Manchevski: Full Biography"](_blank) 's
Academy Award
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-nominated film ''
Before the Rain''.
Notable artists during the first half of the 1990s music included the
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
group
Sanatorium
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, the
alternative rock
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bands Suns, Last Expedition, The Hip, Balkan Express, Decadence,
Vodolija
Vodolija (Cyrillic::Водолија; English translation:Aquarius) is a Macedonian rock band formed in 1989 that officially started in 1991 when they had their first official appearance on Pop-Rock Fest 1991 and recorded the first official singl ...
, Nikeja, the punk rockers
Rok Agresori and Parketi, and D' Daltons, which was initially a
rockabilly
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act. The second half of the decade saw the emergence of the
hardcore punk
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bands Sidewalk, Fluks, Tank Warning Net, Smut, Bumbiks and No Name Nation, while notable
extreme metal
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band was Siniac. In the 2000s, prominent acts included
Superhiks
Superhiks ( mk, Суперхикс) is a Macedonian ska-punk and reggae band with occasional swing, Latin and Balkan folk music elements from Skopje, North Macedonia. They gained international prominence after appearing on MTV France, MTV Israel ...
(
ska punk), Denny Te Chuva (
melodic hardcore,
emo
Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...
), Smut (
metalcore
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),
Verka
Verka ( Macedonian: ''Верка'') is a music band from Delčevo, Republic of Macedonia. They play authentic metal combined with elements of traditional Macedonian music that includes folk instruments such as folk drum, kettle drum, bagpipes, cl ...
(
folk metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ...
), Two Sides (hardcore punk), Parketi (
pop punk
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), Kulturno Umetnički Rabotnici (
garage punk), Noviot početok (hardcore punk),
Bernays Propaganda
Bernays Propaganda are a Macedonian post-punk band. They took their name from Edward Bernays' book '' Propaganda''. While their lyrical content contains socio-political lyrics, their sound has drawn comparisons to New Order and Tom Tom Club.
The ...
(
indie-rock,
post-punk revival
Post-punk revival (also known as garage rock revival,J. Stuessy and S. D. Lipscomb, ''Rock and roll: its History and Stylistic Development'' (London: Pearson Prentice Hall, 5th edn., 2006), , p. 451. new wave revival,. and new rock revolution) is ...
) and others. Notable artists during the 2010s are
Vizija
Vizija (Cyrillic: Визија; English translation: Vision) is a Macedonian rock band formed in November 2011 in Skopje. The band's first performance was at T'k – tak fest 2012 in Kavadarci, shortly followed by the Taksirat music festival in S ...
(
alternative
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Arts, entertainment and media
* Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki''
* ''The Alternative'' (film), a 1978 Australian television film
* ''The Alternative ...
/
experimental rock), XaХаXa (
punk rock), Molokai (
Surf rock
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), Smoke shakers (
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
), Chromatic point (
progressive metal), Culture Development (
post hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has be ...
), Tempera (
Alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
) and others.
Notable
all-female band An all-female band is a musical group in popular music that is exclusively composed of female musicians. This is distinct from a girl group, in which the female members are solely vocalists, though this terminology is not universally followed. While ...
s in the Macedonian scene were Royal Albert Hall and Vivid.
There are several rock music festivals, some of the most notable include: ''Taksirat'' annually organized by Lithium Records and the ''Skopje gori'' organized by Avalon Productions. Both of the festivals hosted numerous internationally acclaimed rock,
electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...
and
hip hop acts. There are also smaller demo band festivals such as ''Winner Fest'' (formerly known as ''Loser Fest'') and ''Rok-fest'', the latter has existed for several decades. The most notable international open-air festival was ''Alarm'' held in Ljubaništa by the
Ohrid Lake in 2002. In 1994 a peace festival called ''Urban fest'' was organized in Skopje gathering
underground music artists from all the
Balkan
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countries.
Hip hop
A well-developed
hip hop music scene also exists.
Electronic scene
The most prominent
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
ians are
Kiril Džajkovski
Kiril Džajkovski (Djaikovski), ( mk, Кирил Џајковски ) – often credited as simply Kiril – is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.
Biography
In the early 1980s together with Milčo Man ...
(a former member of
Bastion
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), Galoski, the PMG Collective, Robotek,
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and
Gotra
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. North Macedonia has a developed clubbing scene especially 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 ...
. Several festivals featuring foreign DJs take place in the country, many of them on the
Ohrid Lake during the summer season.
Psychedelic trance is one of the most popular electronic genres in North Macedonia, and there is large number of internationally popular and successful psytrance acts from Macedonia, for example Fobi, Kala, Yudhisthira, AntHill (joined project of Kala and Yudhisthira), Blisargon Demogorgon, Atriohm, Zopmanika, Demoniac Insomniac, Egorythmia, Galactic Explorers, Djantrix, Spirit Architect, Tengri, etc.
Jazz
The Macedonian jazz scene is highly appreciated as well. Famous and celebrated jazz musicians and bands include: guitarist
Toni Kitanovski
Toni Kitanovski (born 1964 in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in present-day North Macedonia)) is a Macedonian jazz guitarist.
Career
Kitanovski started his musical education with Dragan Gjakonovski – Spato in 1979. From 1986–1990 he was the leader of ...
, vibraphonist
Zoran Madžirov
Zoran Madzirov (14 January 1968 – 9 May 2017) was a Macedonian percussionist, composer and the inventor of the Bottlephone.
Biography
Zoran Madzirov performed with and was honored by stars such as Sting, Tito Puente, Tina Turner, Harry Bel ...
, pianists Dragan Soldatovic – Labish and
Simon Kiselicki
Simon Kiselicki (pronounced Simon Kiselichki, Macedonian Cyrillic: Симон Киселички; born October 25, 1974) is a Macedonian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He is considered "one of the most important personalities of the Maced ...
, bands like Tavitjan Brothers, Sethstat, Letecki Pekinezeri, La Colonie Volvox among others. The
Skopje Jazz Festival
The Skopje Jazz Festival is a jazz festival held in Skopje, North Macedonia, since 1982.
Although the festival promotes a genre which seems distant from its own culture and traditions, it attracts large audiences and receives attention in the B ...
is held annually.
In September 2008,
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
Quartet released CD album: ''Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
.'' ''All About Jazz'' published article entitled: "New CD 'Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
of Internationally Renowned Jazz, Folk Dance And Classical Clarinetist" on 27 September 2008 at his website.
"…lively discussion about clarinetist
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
, which segued to the proliferation of New York bands interpreting Balkan music," wrote ''JazzTimes'' music critic Bill Shoemaker in an article entitled "Dave Douglas: Parallel Worlds", appearing in the website of ''
JazzTimes'' on 3 January 1998.
Jazzclub Unterfahrt from Munich, Bavaria, Germany commented: "Playing the music of clarinetist
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
is different from imitating
Michael Breckers style."
''
All About Jazz'' celebrated 27 April 2009, the birthday of
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
with All About Jazz recognition: Jazz Musician of the Day:
Tale Ognenovski
Tale Ognenovski ( mk, Тале Огненовски; April 27, 1922 – June 19, 2012) was a North Macedonia, Macedonian multi-instrumentalist who played clarinet, Recorder (musical instrument), recorder, tin whistle, bagpipe, zurna, and drums. ...
, with announcement published at his website.
Children's music
One of the most notable
children's music
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festivals is ''Zlatno slavejče'' (''Golden Nightingale'') annually held 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 ...
, which has a long tradition in North Macedonia. Other festivals include
Si-Do
Detski Muzicki Festival Si-Do is a children's festival held annually in Bitola, North Macedonia. Held in November, it has gained much support from the audience in recent years. Children from across the country participated on this event which usual ...
in
Bitola
Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...
''Kalinka'' in
Gevgelija
Gevgelija ( mk, Гевгелија; ) is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of the North Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece (Bogorodica-Evzoni), the point ...
and Super Zvezda, also in Skopje. Notable composers of children's songs, producers and arrangers include Mile Sherdenkov, Dragan Karanfilovski Bojs, Miodrag and Marjan Nečak, Kire Kostov, Petar Sidovski, Slave Dimitrov, Milko Lozanovski,
Aleksandar Džambazov
Aleksandar Džambazov ( mk, Александар Џамбазов; born February 3, 1936, in the village Stapar, Vojvodina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia - died on 25.01.2022 in Skopje, Macedonia )Buntevska, 2005 p.203 was a Macedonian conductor and ...
, Ljupčo Mirkovski, Darko Mijalkovski and others. Several TV shows featuring children music exist. The country also takes part in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest and recently achieved the best result- 5th place for their 2007 entry at the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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.
See also
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Esma Redžepova
Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska ( mk, Есма Реџепова-Теодосиевска, ; 8 August 1943 – 11 December 2016) was a Macedonian Romani vocalist, songwriter and humanitarian. Because of her prolific repertoire, which included hund ...
, eminent musician of
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
ethnicity from
North Macedonia
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.
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List of radio stations in North Macedonia
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External links
Audio clips: Traditional music of Macedonia.Musée d'ethnographie de Genève
The ' ("Geneva Ethnography Museum") is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Switzerland.
History
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. Accessed 25 November 2010.
Macedonian ethnology, folk music and dances– Foundation
Open Society Institute
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, Macedonia
Macedonian Music NetworkMister Company ProductionLithium Records (Macedonian music label)– mostly alternative rock & roll and electronic artists including news, biographies and MP3s
Avalon ProductionMacedonian Underground Music Archiveincluding most of the Darkwave generation of bands from the 1980s
Mavrova 'dan aldim sumbul(Turkish lyrics)Brenna MacCrimmon – EdiyeTous aux Balkans » Macedoniasongs lyrics and videos
Audio
Kaleš bre AngjoSlušam kaj šumat šumiteBiljana platno belešeDafino vino crvenoNarode Makedonski
Video
Teškoto oro folk danceKalajdžiskoto oro folk dancePece Atanasovski playing gajda (bagpipe)Pajduško oro folk danceNevestinskoto oro – Wedding folk danceŽensko beranče female folk dance
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Macedonian music
Balkan music