Aleksandra Popovska is a singer, composer

Composer

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 and artist

Artist

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, currently resident in The Netherlands. Raised in the Former Yugoslavia, she was exposed to a wide variety of cultural influences. In the Balkans she is known as a pioneer in so called “extended vocal techniques”. She uses her voice as an instrument and her interests in music are various, from folk and pop to jazz and experimental live electronics. Her freely exploration of different art contexts expands the boundaries of the genres. The focus of her most recent work is on new vocal performance and creation of audio-visual works.

1990s

Aleksandra graduated at the Academy of Music in Skopje in 1997.During her studies she performed with female vocal trio (Emilija Lale and Ana Kostova) and collaborated with almost all active Macedonian producers and composers from that period (Darko Dimitrov

Darko Dimitrov

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, Kokan Dimushevski, Valentino Skenderovski

Valentino Skenderovski

Valentino Skenderovski is a Macedonian music producer, sound engineer, songwriter, arranger and keyboard player from Skopje, Macedonia.Valentino has composed, arranged, produced and recorded for many Macedonian rock bands and pop singers....

, Ilija Pejoski, Kire Kostov, etc..). She participated in recordings of over twenty CDs in different music genres with Macedonian artists such as TB Traceri, Arhangel

Arhangel

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, Karolina Gočeva

Karolina Goceva

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, Erzana, Toše Proeski

Toše Proeski

Todor Toše Proeski was a Macedonian multi-genre singer, songwriter and actor. He was popular across the entire Balkan area and all around Eastern Europe, and locally he was considered a top act of the Macedonian music scene...

, Kaliopi

Kaliopi

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, Igor Dzambazov

Igor Džambazov

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, Martin Vučić

Martin Vucic

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, Tijana Dapčević, Vrčak, Rebeka, Adrian Gadza,...

2000s

In 2000(since), Aleksandra become a main vocalist in Dragan Dautovski Quartet

Dragan Dautovski Quartet

The Dragan Dautovski Quartet is a Macedonian quartet founded in July 2000. It was formed by Dragan Dautovski and the vocalist is Aleksandra Popovska, with Ratko Dautovski on drums....

,performing in more than twenty countries around the world.
The quartet is mainly notable for their very distinctive style of music, which encompasses complex rhythms and lyric approach to the arrangements of Macedonian folk tunes.
They released several albums and became popular in Macedonia and The Balkans.
The success of both albums, Path of the sun and Razboj sparked an international interest in new Macedonian music.

Dutch days

Since 2004, Popovska is based in The Netherlands. After completing her music education in The Netherlands and England (music performance, production, applied composition & multimedia), she become very active as a multimedia artist.Working on many multidisciplinary projects as a performer, composer, producer or concept designer,her works includes more than 50 musical compositions in different genres. Smaller forms for various instrumental/vocal soloists and groups, including usage of electronic musical instruments and computers are her main interest.
Recent works includes music composed for context such as media performance, documentaries, animation, music theater, video installations,etc..

Visual art

Aleksandra Popovska is known primarily of her career as a musician. Much less were written about her life as a visual artist.Her collection of images consist of more than two hundred pieces of various artwork (acrylic paintings, drawings, digital works, hand made objects, photography).
Since 2005 she is more active in Holland,presenting her installation art

Installation art

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.
As a part of the project "Show your hope" her painting "Snail story" traveled around the world.

Discography

• Roots and blossoms, 2000
• Path of the sun, 2002
• Raam o Lash,Zoli Soos, 2005
• Three voices by Morton Feldman, 2006

External links

• http://www.aleksandrapopovska.com/
• http://www.popmusicacademy.nl
• http://www.dragandautovski.com.mk