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

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composers. He has worked with many stars like

Toše Proeski Todor "Toše" Proeski ( mk, Тодор "Тоше" Проески, ; 25 January 1981 – 16 October 2007) was a Macedonian multi-genre singer and songwriter. Considered a top act of the local Macedonian and Balkan music scene, Proeski's music w ...

Vlado Janevski Vladimir Vlado Janevski ( mk, Владимир Владо Јаневски ) is a popular Macedonian singer. He was North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic ...

, Marjan Stojanovski,

Martin Vučić Martin Vučić ( mk, Мартин Вучиќ, sr-Cyrl, Мартин Вучић) is a Macedonian pop musician. Biography He finished elementary school in Skopje and expressed his interests in music at an early age. He started playing drums at ...

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 ...

, Andrijana Janevska and Robert Vukelić

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In 1997 he composed the song "Ne Zori Zoro" with which Vlado Janevski represented then Republic of Macedonia (today

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) at the

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, the first contest for the Republic. Koprov has made many other attempts in the contest, with his songs failing to win the Macedonian National Final. He is best known for his work with Macedonia's "Elvis" -

. Koprov composed Proeski's mega hits: "Sonce Vo Tvoite Rusi Kosi" ("The Sun in Your Golden Hair"), "Usni Na Usni" ("Lips on Lips"), and "Nemir" ("Restless," which was sung in duet with

). He composed the music for the first ever Macedonian entry for Eurovision in Birmingham (UK) in 1998. The song "Ne zori, zoro" was performed in the finals by

who himself wrote the lyrics. He is also known as a composer for the famous Macedonian singer

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 he ...

, with songs such as: "Julija," "Te ljubam ludo," "Niki," "Lidu lidu du," "Šila" and "Prosti mi." Most recently, he wrote the song "Mojot Svet" which was a Macedonian entry performed by Karolina Gočeva at the

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. He also composed a song ("Zastani, solzi izbrisi") for Aleksandar Belov.

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