Music of the Republic of Macedonia
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Music
of the Republic of Macedonia
and the Macedonians has many things in common with the music of neighbouring Balkan countries, but maintains its own distinctive sound.
(Macedonian
: Народна музика, Narodna muzika
) includes:
or urban
(starogradska muzika
), includes: lyric songs, epic songs, labour songs, ritual songs, humorous songs, circle dance
("oro"), the old urban style called Čalgija
(not to be confused with chalga
) etc.
Popular traditional songs are: Kaleš bre Angjo
, Slušam kaj šumat šumite, Biljana platno beleše, Dafino vino crveno
, Narode Makedonski
, 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
.
The music of the Balkans is known for complex rhythms. Macedonian music exemplifies this trait. Folk songs like "Pominisli libe Todoro" can have rhythms as complex as 22/16, divided by stanza to 2-2-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2. In order to add tension to notes, musicians (primarily from older schools) will add the distinctive characteristic of stretching out beats.
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 Atanasovski (video), leader of the Radio Skopje
ensemble Ansambl na Narodni Instrumenti, as the source of modern tradition.
Other instruments include:
Macedonian folk orchestras consist of a clarinet
or saxophone
, drum kit
, bass guitar
, accordion
and guitar
, sometimes with modern synthesizer
s and drum machine
s. These orchestras are very popular in Macedonia. Popular members are virtuoso
musicians Skender Ameti and Goran Alachki on accordion and Miroslav Businovski on clarinet.
Čalgija
is an urban style, played by bands (Čalgii) with a dajre (tambourine
) and tarabuka (hourglass drum
) providing percussion
for ut (lute
), kanun
(zither
), clarinet
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
, who plays a wide variety of traditional and modern sounds.
: новокомпонирана народна музика or новосоздадена народна музика), is a contemporary popular style based on the traditional music. However, unlike it, the newly-composed folk music is credited to a particular author and it falls under the copyright laws, its performed by professional musicians and its usually (but not necessarily) played with modern instrumentation. Usually, the older performers and composers (such as the highly acclaimed Aleksandar Sarievski
, Jonče Hristovski
and Dobri Stavrevski) stay closer to the traditional roots, and thus some newly-composed folk songs are 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
. Nevertheless, the style is popular among the common people and notable performers include: Elena Georgieva, Suzana Spasovska, Mitre Mitrevski, Efto Pupinovski, Vojo Stojanovski, Orce Stefkovski, Blagica Pavlovska
, Dragan Vučić
, Zoran Vanev
, Vaska Ilieva
and others. Some of them also perform traditional songs. The newest generation of performers of this genre such as Blagojce Stojanovski-TUSE, Sonja Tarculovska, Elena Velevska
, Jasmina Mukaetova
, Aneta Nakovska, Pane Panev altogether with the bands such as Bioritam, Bolero bend have introduced a newer outlook to this kind of music inspired by the Serbian turbofolk, 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
, Cvetnici in Skopje, Ohridski trubaduri - Ohrid Fest
in Ohrid
and others.
in the USA, Australia
, Canada
and other countries.
A notable example is the folk musician Kostas Novakis
from Greece
(born in Koufalia
, Thessaloniki prefecture
, Greek Macedonia), who claims Macedonian ethnicity and performs traditional ethnic Macedonian music. Despite the political tensions between Republic of Macedonia, with ethnic Macedonians on one side and Greece on the other, Novakis released several CD titles with traditional ethnic Macedonian music in Greece http://www.culture.in.mk/story.asp?id=3103.
, in 1934. In addition to its well-respected choir
, it was famous for the people that were involved in its establishment, composers like Trajko Prokopiev and Todor Skalovski
.
concert was made, conducted by Todor Skalovski
.
During the 1950s, the first Macedonian ballet
by Gligor Smokvarski and opera Goce
by Kiril Makedonski
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, Stefan Gajdov, Todor Skalovski
, Petre Bogdanov Kocko, Vlastimir Nikolovski, Blagoja Ivanovski, Tomislav Zografski, Toma Prosev
and Mihajlo Nikolovski. One of the most prominent music artists in this period are the opera singers Danka Firfova, Pavlina Apostolova, Georgi Bozikov and Zina Krelja, and the pianist Ladislav Palfi.
artists is the pianist
s Simon Trpčeski
, also notable opera singers include Blagoj Nacoski
, Ana Durlovski, Igor Durlovski and Boris Trajanov
. From the diaspora, a notable performer is the Australian born, but ethnic Macedonian pianist Hristijan Spirovski
. The most prominent conductors include Sasha Nikolovski-Gjumar, Borjan Canev
, Sasho Tatarchevski
, Bisera Chadlovska and Oliver Balaburski, and the most notable instrumentalist are the violinists Ljubisha Kirovski, Oleg Kondratenko and Russian born Anna Kondratenko, the saxophonist Ninoslav Dimov, the clarinetist Stojan Dimov, the basists Velko Todevski and Petrus Petrusevski and the oboist Gordana Josifova-Nedelkovska. Among the composers are Darija Andovska, Jana Andreevska, Tome Mancev, Stojan Stojkov, Damjan Temkov, Valentina Velkovska, Soni Petrovski, Goran Nachevski, Boris Svetiev, Ljubomir Brangjolica and the composer, but also a performer, musicologist and researcher, Dimitrije Bužarovski
.
performers in Republic of Macedonia
include: the superstar Toše Proeski
(and the most prominent Macedonian singer), Karolina Gočeva
, Maja Odžaklievska, Verica Risrtevska, Ljupka Dimitrovska, Gjoko Gjorchev, Elena Risteska
, Dani Dimitrovska
, Kaliopi
, Tamara Todevska
, Vrcak, Robert Bilbilov, Lambe Alabakoski
, Jovan Jovanov
, Andrijana Janevska
, Kristina Arnaudova
and others. Notable composers, producers and arrangers involved in the pop music scene are Darko Dimitrov
, Damir Imeri, Aleksandar Masevski, and Grigor Koprov
. Many artists are famous as both singer and songwriter such as Jovan Jovanov
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, Verica Risteska, Dragan Mijalkovski and many others.
According to style, the 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.
in Skopje
, Ohridski Trubaduri - Ohrid Fest in Ohrid
, MakFest
in Štip
, Interfest in Bitola
.
The Republic of Macedonia debuted as an independent state at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
. So far, its highest placing was 12th in Eurovision Song Contest 2006
final which altogether was overall best result in televoting years. Skopje Fest currently also serves as Macedonia's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.
in Macedonia (and one of the most popular in former Yugoslavia
) was the band Leb i Sol
. They combined rock music
with fusion jazz and traditional music
elements creating a distinct sound of their own, becoming one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene. After they broke up, the guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski
, the bassist Bodan Arsovski
, 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
and other 1960s artists. It was formed in 1964 by merging two previously existing bands Biseri (meaning Pearls) and Bezimeni (No Names). During the 1970s notable groups were Pu, Ilinden 903, Den za Den, Leva patika, Triangl, Torr and others. Most of them were into hard rock
, progressive rock
, folk rock
, symphonic rock
, jazz rock and funk rock
. The late 1970s saw the emergence of punk rock
. The first punk rock band was Fol Jazik
, formed in Skopje in 1978. During the 1980s other notable punk groups were Saraceni and Badmingtons
, both led by Vladimir Petrovski Karter. Later he switched to a more mainstream sound and formed the group Aleksandar Makedonski
(Alexander The Great). The New Wave music
scene featured artists such as the ska
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
became a prominent writer. Notable heavy metal
artists were the groups Karamela and Concorde, the latter being remembered for their more radio-friendly megahit Visoki štikli i crni čorapi (High Heels and Black Stockings). Its guitarist Venko Serafimov later started a successful solo career. The synthpop
trio Bastion
which featured Kiril Džajkovski
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
, darkwave
and gothic rock
scene which included the cult bands Mizar
, Arhangel
and Padot na Vizantija
, the latter led by Goran Trajkoski
. Later he formed the neo-folk group Anastasia
which became internationally acclaimed with its soundtrack for the Milčo Mančevski
's Academy Award nominated film Before the Rain
.
Notable artists during the first half of the 1990s
included the thrash metal
group Sanatorium
, the alternative rock
bands Suns, Last Expedition, The Hip, Balkan Express,Decadence, Vodolija
, Nikeja, the punk rockers Rok Agresori and Parketi, and D' Daltons, which was initially a rockabilly
act. The second half of the decade saw the emergence of the hardcore punk
bands Sidewalk, Fluks, Tank Warning Net, Smut, Bumbiks and No Name Nation, while a notable extreme metal
band was Siniac. In the 2000s, prominent acts in the country include Superhiks
(ska punk
), Bernay's Propaganda (indie-rock, post-punk revival
), Denny Te Chuva (melodic hardcore
, emo
), Smut (metalcore
), Two Sides (hardcore punk), Parketi (pop punk
), Noviot početok (hardcore punk), Fluks (melodic punk), Kulturno Umetnički Rabotnici (garage punk
) and many others. Notable all-female bands included 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
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 during the tensions in the Balkans such as the Yugoslav Wars
and the Macedonia naming dispute
, a peace festival called Urban fest was organized in Skopje gathering underground music
artists from all the Balkan countries.
scene also exist. Contributed to the development of hip hop music in Macedonia, Vladimir Agovski became involved in the Macedonian hip-hop scene since childhood as a very young b-boy in 1986. In the following year he formed a juvenile rap act called The Masters of Rap and recorded his first studio track in 1988. In 1991 he joined the band Instant Beat, which performed around the country and made recordings in the Macedonian Radio-Television production, which were never officially released. Later, he formed another group The Most Wanted which in 1995 released the first Macedonian hardcore rap album, called "Judgment Day". After the group disbanded in 1996, he continued to work under the name Temnata strana (The Dark Side) and he founded the first Macedoninan hip-hop label, called "Dolina na senkite" abbreviated "DNS" (Valley of the Shadows) to promote his own works and other upcoming Macedonian hip hop acts as well. One of the famous hip hop acts is SAF Sakam Afro Frizura, lang-en|I want an afro hairdo. Also, brothers Aleksandar and Slavcho Koviloski, known by their hip hop political and social activism, and known as a long time members of hip hop groups like Braka Po Krv and Klan Istok, since the year 2005 are holding hip hop lectures in Macedonian highschools, universities ana cultural centres. Brothers by the year 2008 have been published three books about hip hop and urban culture, unique on the Balkans.
Most Macedonian hip hop artists are underground hip hop but there are many mainstream pop-rap artists as well. Melbourne Based Vulk Makedonski keeps the language and his cultural pride alive in Australia, through his involvement in the band 'Curse ov Dialect' who are gaining popularity in countries such as Germany and France. In addition many new faces come to the music scene on a daily basis. Gazda Pari also known as Goranco Petrovski is a worth while mentioning face that was amongst the new faces in 2010. His new music video Dobra Kombinacija aired on K-15 TV and was accepted with great success by the hip hop community.One of the young names worth mentioning is Dino 'Versus' Bojadzievski,who is considered to be one of the best Macedonian Hip-Hop lyricists.In 2009,he entered and won the "Rap i Pivo" freestyle battle competition,which brought him some recognition.Afterwards he released several demo recordings,some of which still retain popularity.Also,during that period,he worked with Macedonian rap legend Vladimir 'Temnata Strana' Agovski on a single entitled 'Kako shto e' (As it Is) which is to be released on the mixtape 'PRO-dukt'.He is currently finishing work on his album 'Od Hejt do Aplauzi' which will feature many new songs as well as remakes of some of his most popular demo's.
ians are Kiril Džajkovski
(a former member of Bastion
), the PMG Collective, Robotek, Novogradska
and Gotra. Macedonia has a developed clubbing scene especially in Skopje
. Several festivals featuring foreign DJs take place in the country, many of them on the Ohrid Lake during the summer season.
The Macedonian jazz scene is highly appreciated as well. The premier jazz
guitarist in Macedonia currently is Toni Kitanovski
. Among notable jazz musicians and bands are vibraphonist Zoran Madžirov
, pianists Dragan Soldatovic - Labish and Simon Kiselicki, bands like Sethstat, Letecki Pekinezeri, La Colonie Volvox among others. The Skopje Jazz Festival
is held annually.
festivals is Zlatno slavejče (Golden Nightingale) annually held in Skopje
, which has a long tradition in the Republic of Macedonia. Other festivals include Si-Do
in Bitola
Kalinka in Gevgelija
and Super Zvezda, also in Skopje. Notable composers of children songs,producers and arrangers include Dragan Karanfilovski Bojs, Miodrag and Marjan Nečak, Kire Kostov, Petar Sidovski, Slave Dimitrov, Milko Lozanovski, Aleksandar Džambazov, 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
.
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
of the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
and the Macedonians has many things in common with the music of neighbouring Balkan countries, but maintains its own distinctive sound.
Folk music
The ethnic Macedonian folk musicFolk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
(Macedonian
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
: Народна музика, Narodna muzika
Narodna muzika
Narodna muzika also called Folk muzika means folk music in the South Slavic languages; Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian...
) includes:
- Traditional musicTraditional musicTraditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
(Macedonian: Изворна музика, translit.: Izvorna muzika literally meaning: roots music) - Newly-composed folk music (Macedonian language: новокомпонирана народна музика or новосоздадена народна музика)
Traditional music
The ethnic Macedonian traditional music, which can be ruralRural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
or urban
Urban culture
Urban culture is the culture of towns and cities. In the United States, Urban culture may also sometimes be used as a euphemistic reference to contemporary African American culture.- African American culture :...
(starogradska muzika
Starogradska muzika
Starogradska muzika is an urban traditional folk music of Macedonia and Serbia.-In Serbia:...
), includes: lyric songs, epic songs, labour songs, ritual songs, humorous songs, circle dance
Circle dance
"Circle dance" is the most common name for a style of traditional dance usually done in a circle without partners to musical accompaniment.-Description:...
("oro"), the old urban style called Čalgija
Calgija
Čalgija is a subgenre of the old urban traditional folk music of Republic of Macedonia.Čalgija is performed by ensembles called Čalgii with instruments such as a dajre and tarabuka providing percussion for ut , kanun , clarinet and violin.Čalgija is an old part of the whole...
(not to be confused with chalga
Chalga
Chalga is a Bulgarian music genre. It is a blend of Arabic, Balkan, Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish influences, as well as motives from flamenco, filmi and klezmer music...
) etc.
Popular traditional songs are: Kaleš bre Angjo
Kaleš bre Angjo
Kaleš bre Angjo is a Macedonian patriotic folk song dating from the times of the Ottoman Empire.-The song structure:It is often performed by a male / female duet, but not necessarily. It is structured in a form of a dialogue...
, Slušam kaj šumat šumite, Biljana platno beleše, Dafino vino crveno
Dafino vino crveno
"Dafino vino crveno" is а folk song from the region of Macedonia. It is about a girl called Dafina and her boyfriend.-Explanation of the lyrics:...
, Narode Makedonski
Narode makedonski
"Narode Makedonski" is Macedonian folk revival song about the national awakening of the Macedonians.-Explanation of the lyrics:The song suggests that people should stop believing to everyone and wake up to see who they really are...
, Zemjo Makedonska
Zemjo Makedonska
"Zemjo Makedonska" is a Macedonian folk song about Macedonia.-Interpretations of the song:This song has been interpreted by lot of Macedonian singers. One interpretation of this song was by Vaska Ilieva...
and many others.
Often referenced oro dances are Teškoto from the village of Galičnik
Galicnik
Galičnik is a mountain village in the Republic of Macedonia and along with Lazaropole is one of the two biggest and oldest Mijak villages in the region. Galičnik has well preserved traditional architecture, including an amphitheater in the village square and is famous for its surrounding...
, Kalajdžiskoto, Komitskoto (The Dance of the freedom fighters) and others. An internationally acclaimed professional folklore association is the award winning Tanec
Tanec
Tanec is an eminent professional large folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. It is considered as an ambassador of the Macedonian folklore tradition worldwide.-History:...
.
The music of the Balkans is known for complex rhythms. Macedonian music exemplifies this trait. Folk songs like "Pominisli libe Todoro" can have rhythms as complex as 22/16, divided by stanza to 2-2-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2. In order to add tension to notes, musicians (primarily from older schools) will add the distinctive characteristic of stretching out beats.
The gajda
Gaida
The gaida is a musical instrument, aerophone, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag.The gaida, and its variations, is a traditional musical instrument for entire Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East....
(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 Atanasovski (video), leader of the Radio Skopje
Macedonian Radio-Television
Macedonian Radio Television is the public broadcasting organization of the Republic of Macedonia. It was founded in 1993 by the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia...
ensemble Ansambl na Narodni Instrumenti, as the source of modern tradition.
Other instruments include:
- šupelkaKavalThe kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, southern Serbia , northern Greece , Romania , and Armenia...
(шупелка) — small fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - kjemane (кемане) — three-stringed fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- tamburaTamburaThe tambura, tanpura, or tambora is a long-necked plucked lute . The body shape of the tambura somewhat resembles that of the sitar, but it has no frets – only the open strings are played to accompany other musicians...
(тамбура) — long-necked luteLuteLute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes.... - zurlaZurnaThe zurna , is a multinational outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul in Anatolian folk music. The name is from Turkish zurna, itself derived from Persian سرنای surnāy, composed of sūr “banquet, feast” and nāy “reed, pipe”...
(зурла) — large double-reed horn - tapanDavulThe davul or tupan is a large double-headed drum that is played with sticks. It has many names depending on the country and region.-Names:Some names of davuls include:*tupan *davul...
(тапан) — cylindrical drum - kavalKavalThe kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, southern Serbia , northern Greece , Romania , and Armenia...
(кавал) — rim-blown fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - harmonikaAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
(хармоника) — accordion
Macedonian folk orchestras consist of a clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
or saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, drum kit
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, sometimes with modern synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s and drum machine
Drum machine
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...
s. These orchestras are very popular in Macedonia. Popular members are virtuoso
Virtuoso
A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument. The plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine form sometimes used is virtuosa...
musicians Skender Ameti and Goran Alachki on accordion and Miroslav Businovski on clarinet.
Čalgija
Calgija
Čalgija is a subgenre of the old urban traditional folk music of Republic of Macedonia.Čalgija is performed by ensembles called Čalgii with instruments such as a dajre and tarabuka providing percussion for ut , kanun , clarinet and violin.Čalgija is an old part of the whole...
is an urban style, played by bands (Čalgii) with a dajre (tambourine
Tambourine
The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
) and tarabuka (hourglass drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
) providing percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
for ut (lute
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
), kanun
Kanun (Instrument)
The Qanun is a string instrument found in the 10th century in Farab in Turkestan...
(zither
Zither
The zither is a musical string instrument, most commonly found in Slovenia, Austria, Hungary citera, northwestern Croatia, the southern regions of Germany, alpine Europe and East Asian cultures, including China...
), clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
and violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
. 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
Tale Ognenovski is a Macedonian multi-instrumentalist: clarinet, reed pipe , tin whistle, small bagpipe, zourla and drum, composer and bandleader. On January 27, 1956, he performed at Carnegie Hall, New York City as clarinet and reed pipe soloist of Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances...
, who plays a wide variety of traditional and modern sounds.
Newly composed folk music
The newly-composed folk music (in Macedonian languageMacedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
: новокомпонирана народна музика or новосоздадена народна музика), is a contemporary popular style based on the traditional music. However, unlike it, the newly-composed folk music is credited to a particular author and it falls under the copyright laws, its performed by professional musicians and its usually (but not necessarily) played with modern instrumentation. Usually, the older performers and composers (such as the highly acclaimed Aleksandar Sarievski
Aleksandar Sarievski
Aleksandar Sarievski was a Macedonian iconic singer-songwriter whose career spanned almost six decades. He was one of the most recognizable figures in Macedonian music....
, Jonče Hristovski
Jonče Hristovski
Jonče Hristovski ; was a Macedonian singer and composer of folk music. During his career he gained a special reputation among the people as a communicative person and wonderful singer...
and Dobri Stavrevski) stay closer to the traditional roots, and thus some newly-composed folk songs are 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
Kitsch is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value. The concept is associated with the deliberate use of elements that may be thought of as cultural icons while making cheap mass-produced objects that...
. Nevertheless, the style is popular among the common people and notable performers include: Elena Georgieva, Suzana Spasovska, Mitre Mitrevski, Efto Pupinovski, Vojo Stojanovski, Orce Stefkovski, Blagica Pavlovska
Blagica Pavlovska
-Albums:*Nemozam Da Te Zaboravam *Ptičica Unreleased*Vljubena žena *Skršeno Srce *...i Celo Vranje *Spij Mirno Moja Planeto *Te Sakam Zemjo Crvena Bulko *Casino...
, Dragan Vučić
Dragan Vucic
Dragan Vučić is a Serbian-Macedonian composer and singer.Dragan was born in Skopje. Dragan has composed numerous pop hits such as Svirete Ja Zajdi Zajdi, Angeli Me Nosat and Kazi Zvezdo. In the 1990s he was the lead singer of the pop-folk band Koda...
, Zoran Vanev
Zoran Vanev
Zoran Vanev 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"...
, Vaska Ilieva
Vaska Ilieva
Vaska Ilieva was a Macedonian leading folk singer from Yugoslavia and the Republic of Macedonia. She started her career as a dancer and singer in the State Ensemble Tanec in the early 1950s...
and others. Some of them also perform traditional songs. The newest generation of performers of this genre such as Blagojce Stojanovski-TUSE, Sonja Tarculovska, Elena Velevska
Elena Velevska
Elena Velevska is a Macedonian turbo folk and popular music singer. Due to her dress and musical style, which resembles that of Svetlana Ražnatović, as well as her strong presence in the yellow press of the successor states of Yugoslavia, she is at times called "the Macedonian Ceca"...
, Jasmina Mukaetova
Jasmina Mukaetova
Jasmina Mukaetova is a Macedonian turbo folk and popular music singer.In 2007, she conducted a world tour, performing in front of large diaspora audience....
, Aneta Nakovska, Pane Panev altogether with the bands such as Bioritam, Bolero bend have introduced a newer outlook to this kind of music inspired by the Serbian turbofolk, Bulgarian chalga
Chalga
Chalga is a Bulgarian music genre. It is a blend of Arabic, Balkan, Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish influences, as well as motives from flamenco, filmi and klezmer music...
, and Greek laika
Laika
Laika was a Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth – as well as the first animal to die in orbit.As little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of Laika's mission, and the technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, there...
, so their style is more considered as pop-folk
Pop-folk
Pop-folk is the umbrella term for the popular musical genres originating in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that are characteristic by the fusion of commercial folk music and "nightclub" music. The term is used alternatively for Turbo-folk and Chalga and is mostly used in Bulgaria...
, rather than folk music.
Several popular folk music festivals exist, including: Folk fest Valandovo in Valandovo
Valandovo
Valandovo is a city in southeastern Republic of Macedonia.The city is the seat of Valandovo Municipality.-Ancient History:Evidence of life can be found beginning in the 10th-7th centuries B.C. There is a settlement known as Mal Konstantinopol dating from Roman times, and the life in the Middle...
, Serenada na Širok sokak in Bitola
Bitola
Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...
, Cvetnici in Skopje, Ohridski trubaduri - Ohrid Fest
Ohrid Fest
Ohridski Trubaduri - Ohrid Fest is an annual music festival that takes place in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia every summer. The festival began in 1994 as a showcase for Macedonian summer folklore. In 1997, a pop evening was introduced to motivate Macedonian lyricists and composers, as well as artists...
in Ohrid
Ohrid
Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has...
and others.
Outside the Republic of Macedonia
Traditional as well as modern music is created and performed in other countries where ethnic Macedonian communities exist, which include primarily the Balkan countries surrounding Republic of Macedonia, as well as enclaves resulting from the diasporaDiaspora
A diaspora is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland" or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location", or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands".The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of...
in the USA, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and other countries.
A notable example is the folk musician Kostas Novakis
Kostas Novakis
Kostas Novakis is an amateur ethnographer and musician from Greece who has published CDs with Macedonian Slavic folksongs.-Biography:Kostas Novakis comes from Koufalia, near Giannitsa, Greece, where he works as a dentist. During the mid-1990s, he began recording traditional Slavic songs from...
from Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
(born in Koufalia
Koufalia
Koufalia is a former municipality and a city in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chalkidona, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is located 40 kilometres North-West of the City of Thessaloniki, and virtually...
, Thessaloniki prefecture
Thessaloniki Prefecture
Thessaloniki is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Thessaloniki. It is the second most populous regional unit in Greece, behind Central Athens.-Geography:...
, Greek Macedonia), who claims Macedonian ethnicity and performs traditional ethnic Macedonian music. Despite the political tensions between Republic of Macedonia, with ethnic Macedonians on one side and Greece on the other, Novakis released several CD titles with traditional ethnic Macedonian music in Greece http://www.culture.in.mk/story.asp?id=3103.
The Mokranjac School of Music
The Mokranjac School of Music was established in SkopjeSkopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, in 1934. In addition to its well-respected choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, it was famous for the people that were involved in its establishment, composers like Trajko Prokopiev and Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski was a famous Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor....
.
Post-WWII
After the liberation of the country from fascist occupation in the Second World War and the formation of the modern Macedonian state, the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra was established in 1944, while 1947 saw the formation of the Association of Musicians of Macedonia. Shortly after that, the first Macedonian radioRadio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
concert was made, conducted by Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski was a famous Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor....
.
During the 1950s, the first Macedonian ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
by Gligor Smokvarski and opera Goce
Goce
Goce is an opera composed by Kiril Makedonski in tribute to Gotse Delchev. The work was commissioned to be the very first opera performed by the Macedonian National Opera Company. It premiered on May 24, 1954 and it is the first opera to be written in the Macedonian language....
by Kiril Makedonski
Kiril Makedonski
Kiril Makedonski was a Macedonian composer. Born in Bitola, Macedonia, Makedonski studied music composition at the Zagreb Conservatory in Croatia. He is best known today for composing Goce , the first opera in the Macedonian language, which was commissioned for the inaugural performance of the...
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, Stefan Gajdov, Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski
Todor Skalovski was a famous Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor....
, Petre Bogdanov Kocko, Vlastimir Nikolovski, Blagoja Ivanovski, Tomislav Zografski, Toma Prosev
Toma Prošev
Toma Prošev is a Macedonian composer and professor.-Education:He completed his postgraduate studies at the Ljubljana Music Academy under Prof. L.M. Škerjanc and under Nadia Boulanger in Paris....
and Mihajlo Nikolovski. One of the most prominent music artists in this period are the opera singers Danka Firfova, Pavlina Apostolova, Georgi Bozikov and Zina Krelja, and the pianist Ladislav Palfi.
Current
Today, one of the most prominent classical musicClassical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
artists is the pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
s Simon Trpčeski
Simon Trpceski
Simon Trpcheski , OMM , is a Macedonian classical pianist. In 2002, he received his degree in music from the University of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, where he studied with Professor Boris Romanov...
, also notable opera singers include Blagoj Nacoski
Blagoj Nacoski
Blagoj Nacoski , 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 and with Raul Gimenez in Barcelona, Spain....
, Ana Durlovski, Igor Durlovski and Boris Trajanov
Boris Trajanov
Boris Trajanov 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 and Pier Miranda Ferraro in Milano. He made his stage debut in 1986 in the operetta The Gypsy Baron...
. From the diaspora, a notable performer is the Australian born, but ethnic Macedonian pianist Hristijan Spirovski
Hristijan Spirovski
Hristijan Spirovski is an Ethnic Macedonian pianist and singer.-Biography:Spirovski showed interest in music from a very young age. He was encouraged to play piano from the age of six by his father, himself a guitarist...
. The most prominent conductors include Sasha Nikolovski-Gjumar, Borjan Canev
Borjan Canev
Borjan Canev 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....
, Sasho Tatarchevski
Sasho Tatarchevski
Sasho Tatarchevski is a Macedonian conductor trained at the Faculty of Music in Skopje. He also attended conducting masterclasses in New York, Rome, Moscow and Berlin.-References:* Faculty of Music - Skopje* IRAM - Skopje...
, Bisera Chadlovska and Oliver Balaburski, and the most notable instrumentalist are the violinists Ljubisha Kirovski, Oleg Kondratenko and Russian born Anna Kondratenko, the saxophonist Ninoslav Dimov, the clarinetist Stojan Dimov, the basists Velko Todevski and Petrus Petrusevski and the oboist Gordana Josifova-Nedelkovska. Among the composers are Darija Andovska, Jana Andreevska, Tome Mancev, Stojan Stojkov, Damjan Temkov, Valentina Velkovska, Soni Petrovski, Goran Nachevski, Boris Svetiev, Ljubomir Brangjolica and the composer, but also a performer, musicologist and researcher, Dimitrije Bužarovski
Dimitrije Bužarovski
Dimitrije Bužarovski Ph.D. is a Macedonian composer, versatile artist and a scientist with interests in different fields: composition, musicology, computers and electronic music, performance, teaching and research ....
.
Pop music
Popular pop musicPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
performers in Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
include: the superstar 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...
(and the most prominent Macedonian singer), Karolina Gočeva
Karolina Goceva
Karolina Gočeva, often credited as Karolina Gocheva is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia in the 2002 and 2007 Eurovision Song Contests, ranking 19th and 14th, respectively...
, Maja Odžaklievska, Verica Risrtevska, Ljupka Dimitrovska, Gjoko Gjorchev, Elena Risteska
Elena Risteska
Elena Risteska is a Macedonian singer and song-writer. She represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens with the song "Ninanajna" and finished on the 12th place. That is the best result made by Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest ever...
, Dani Dimitrovska
Dani Dimitrovska
Dani Dimitrovska or simply Dani, is a Macedonian pop music singer.- Biography :Dimitrovska started her career on the music contest Makfest in Štip with the song "Samo Ti Mi Trebaš". The single was well accepted both by audience and journalists. In 2000 she appeared on the national selection for...
, Kaliopi
Kaliopi
Kaliopi Bukle , more simply known as Kaliopi, is a popular Macedonian singer and song-writer. Kaliopi will represent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.-Early life and education:...
, Tamara Todevska
Tamara Todevska
Tamara Todevska , known as Tamara, is a Macedonian pop singer. She was born to a Macedonian father and a Serbian mother from Turkey. Her sister is the well known Macedonian pop singer Tijana Todevska-Dapčević.-Early life:...
, Vrcak, Robert Bilbilov, Lambe Alabakoski
Lambe Alabakoski
Lambe Alabakovski is a Macedonian singer.-Biography:...
, Jovan Jovanov
Jovan Jovanov
Jovan Jovanov is one of the Macedonian most successful composers, arrangers and producers of POP, R&B, POP-ROCK, HOUSE, HIP-HOP music in Macedonia. As Bachelor of Music in Education, he is currently enroled on the postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Music in Skopje.He is born on 27th of May 1981...
, Andrijana Janevska
Andrijana Janevska
Andrijana Janevska , born December 6, 1981) is a famous Macedonian singer and musician.-Biography:Janevska was born in Skopje capital of Republic of Macedonia , Yugoslavia) where she currently works and lives. Her occupation is a violinist for the Macedonian National Opera. In addition to her...
, Kristina Arnaudova
Kristina Arnaudova
Kristina Arnaudova is a pop singer from Republic of Macedonia.The promotion of Kristina's debut album "Vozovi" took place on "Mr...
and others. Notable composers, producers and arrangers involved in the pop music scene are Darko Dimitrov
Darko Dimitrov
Darko Dimitrov ) is a Macedonian record producer, songwriter, arranger and record executive. Highly acclaimed for revitalising the Macedonian mainstream pop music scene, which also influenced the surrounding Balkan countries, he also received international recognition for working with many popular...
, Damir Imeri, Aleksandar Masevski, and Grigor Koprov
Grigor Koprov
Grigor Koprov is arguably one of the most famous Macedonian pop music composers. He has worked with many stars like Toše Proeski, Vlado Janevski, Marjan Stojanovski, Martin Vučić, Karolina Gočeva and Andrijana Janevska.In 1997 he composed the song "Ne Zori Zoro" with which Vlado Janevski...
. Many artists are famous as both singer and songwriter such as Jovan Jovanov
Jovan Jovanov
Jovan Jovanov is one of the Macedonian most successful composers, arrangers and producers of POP, R&B, POP-ROCK, HOUSE, HIP-HOP music in Macedonia. As Bachelor of Music in Education, he is currently enroled on the postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Music in Skopje.He is born on 27th of May 1981...
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, Verica Risteska, Dragan Mijalkovski and many others.
According to style, the 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 Macedonia include Skopje FestSkopje Fest
Skopje Fest or Festival na zabavni melodii Skopje is one of the main musical events in the Republic of Macedonia....
in Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, Ohridski Trubaduri - Ohrid Fest in Ohrid
Ohrid
Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has...
, MakFest
MakFest
MakFest founded in 1986, is the largest festival of Macedonian popular music. It is held every year in November, in Štip, Republic of Macedonia, at the Cultural Center "Aco Šopov" . MakFest is a member of FIDOF with headquarters in Los Angeles, CA, USA. In 1997, MakFest was awarded the "Festival...
in Štip
Štip
Štip is the largest urban agglomeration in the eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, serving as the economic, industrial, entertainment and educational focal point for the surrounding municipalities. As of the 2002 census, the Štip municipality alone had a population of about 47,796...
, Interfest in Bitola
Bitola
Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...
.
The Republic of Macedonia debuted as an independent state at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson...
. So far, its highest placing was 12th in Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...
final which altogether was overall best result in televoting years. Skopje Fest currently also serves as Macedonia's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Rock music
The most successful and influential rock bandRock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
in Macedonia (and one of the most popular in former Yugoslavia
Former Yugoslavia
The former Yugoslavia is a term used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
) was the band Leb i Sol
Leb i sol
Leb i sol is a Macedonian rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski , Bodan Arsovski , Nikola Kokan Dimuševski and Garabet Tavitjan . Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on Kao Kakao and Putujemo...
. They combined rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
with fusion jazz and traditional music
Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
elements creating a distinct sound of their own, becoming one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene. After they broke up, the guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski is Macedonian ethno-rock jazz fusion guitar player.-Biography:Born in Prilep in 1957, he started playing guitar at the age of 13. Stefanovski was one of the founding members of Leb i sol with whom he recorded 13 albums between 1978 and 1991...
, the bassist Bodan Arsovski
Bodan Arsovski
Bodan Arsovski is a Macedonian bassist, 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 record. He also released four solo albums.-Biography:As a solo artist, he has...
, 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
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
and other 1960s artists. It was formed in 1964 by merging two previously existing bands Biseri (meaning Pearls) and Bezimeni (No Names). During the 1970s notable groups were Pu, Ilinden 903, Den za Den, Leva patika, Triangl, Torr and others. Most of them were into hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
, progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
, folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
, symphonic rock
Symphonic rock
Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....
, jazz rock and funk rock
Funk rock
Funk rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. Its earliest incarnation was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Eric Burdon and War, Trapeze, Parliament-Funkadelic, Betty Davis and Mother's Finest. The 1990s were known for acts...
. The late 1970s saw the emergence of punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
. The first punk rock band was Fol Jazik
Fol Jazik
The Fol Jazik is considered to be the first Macedonian punk rock band founded in Skopje by Vlado Hristov - KRLE in 1978. The band members were: Vlado Hristov - KRLE , Saso Nikolovski - GZLA , Petar Georgievski - PERO KAMIKAZA , Bratislav Grkovic - BATA PANKER...
, formed in Skopje in 1978. During the 1980s other notable punk groups were Saraceni and Badmingtons
Badmingtons
Badmingtons is a prominent Macedonian punk rock band in Macedonia.-Biography:The group was formed in the 1980s in Skopje, then SR Macedonia with the unconventional line-up: Vladimir Petrovski- Karter , Dean Škartov - Deko and Boris Georgiev- But .Previously, Karter played in one...
, both led by Vladimir Petrovski Karter. Later he switched to a more mainstream sound and formed the group Aleksandar Makedonski
Aleksandar Makedonski
Aleksandar Makedonski was a notable Macedonian rock band.-Biography:...
(Alexander The Great). The New Wave music
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
scene featured artists such as the ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
group Cilindar
Cilindar
Cilindar is a New Wave, Ska, 2 Tone and Reggae band from Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia formed in the early 1980s, in the then SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia.Today its former members are respectable solo or band artists in the Macedonian music scene:...
, Usta na usta and Tokmu taka. Tokmu taka's vocalist Ljupčo Bubo Karov from Kavadarci
Kavadarci
Kavadarci is a town located in the Tikveš region of the Republic of Macedonia. Situated in the heart of Macedonia’s wine country, it is home to the largest winery in south-eastern Europe, named after the Tikveš plain. The town of Kavadarci is the seat of Kavadarci Municipality...
later became popular as an actor of the comedy TV show K-15
K-15
K-15 is a comedy show project established by three people from Macedonia. The main characters of the show are played by Vasko Todorov, played by Ljupčo "Bubo" Karov, and played by Branko Ognjanovski, who are respectively the three founders and current writers, directors, and actors in the...
, while Usta na usta's member Aleksandar Prokopiev
Aleksandar Prokopiev
Aleksandar Prokopiev born on February 24, 1953 in Skopje is a Macedonian Ph.D. in comparative literature and literary theory working in the Institute of Macedonian Literature at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia...
became a prominent writer. Notable heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
artists were the groups Karamela and Concorde, the latter being remembered for their more radio-friendly megahit Visoki štikli i crni čorapi (High Heels and Black Stockings). Its guitarist Venko Serafimov later started a successful solo career. The synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
trio Bastion
Bastion (band)
Bastion was an eminent electronic music group from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, notable for its member Kiril Džajkovski , who later rose to international prominence as a solo musician, DJ and a composer of the soundtrack album for Milčo Mančevski's movie Dust.The trio was formed in 1983 in...
which featured Kiril Džajkovski
Kiril Dzajkovski
Kiril Džajkovski , often credited as simply Kiril, is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.-Biography:...
was one of the most important 1980s acts. Another notable 1980's act was Haos in Laos
Haos in Laos
Haos In Laos was a Macedonian New Romantic and later a Pop band from Skopje, SR Macedonia from 1984–1987. Its frontman Risto Samardžiev, formerly a vocalist of the band Cilindar, later started a successful solo career as a pop singer, while its drummer Borjan Jovanovski, later became a...
. 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
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
, darkwave
Darkwave
Dark Wave or darkwave is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles, dark wave added dark, introspective lyrics and an undertone of sorrow for some bands...
and gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
scene which included the cult bands Mizar
Mizar (band)
Mizar is a Macedonian rock band from Skopje. They achieved a status of a cult band, especially in Macedonia and across the former Yugoslavia....
, Arhangel
Arhangel
Arhangel is an Macedonian alternative rock band formed in 1987. The frontman is Risto Vrtev who has also been part of such rock bands as Mizar and Inola X. The original line-up is: Panta Dzambazoski, Risto Vrtev, Dragan Ginovski, Petar Jankov...
and Padot na Vizantija
Padot na Vizantija
Padot na Vizantija was an influential 1980s post-punk, darkwave and gothic rock band with occasional Byzantine music elements and Orthodox Christian beliefs from Skopje, SR Macedonia, then a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
, the latter led by Goran Trajkoski
Goran Trajkoski
Goran Trajkoski is an eminent 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 nominated movie Before the Rain directed by Milčo Mančevski. He started his musical career as a member of...
. Later he formed the neo-folk group Anastasia
Anastasia (band)
Anastasia is a Macedonian music group.Formed in 1990, their members are:*Goran Trajkoski *Zlatko Origjanski Anastasia is a Macedonian music group.Formed in 1990, their members are:*Goran Trajkoski (ex Saraceni, Padot na Vizantija, Mizar, Aporea)*Zlatko Origjanski Anastasia is a Macedonian music...
which became internationally acclaimed with its soundtrack for the Milčo Mančevski
Milco Mancevski
Milcho Manchevski , usually credited as Milcho Manchevski, is a film director and screenwriter from Macedonia.-Biography:Milcho Manchevski wrote and directed the feature films "Before the Rain" , "Dust'" , Shadows" and "Mothers" , over 50 short forms, including “TENNESSEE” for Arrested Development...
's Academy Award nominated film Before the Rain
Before the Rain (film)
Before the Rain is a 1994 Macedonian film starring Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, and Labina Mitevska. It was directed and written by Milčo Mančevski. The music was created by the band Anastasia.-Plot:...
.
Notable artists during the first half of the 1990s
1990s
File:1990s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: The Hubble Space Telescope floats in space after it was taken up in 1990; American F-16s and F-15s fly over burning oil fields and the USA Lexie in Operation Desert Storm, also known as the 1991 Gulf War; The signing of the Oslo Accords on...
included the thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
group Sanatorium
Sanatorium (band)
Sanatorium is a Macedonian thrash metal band from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia-Members:Pero Stefanovski , Konstantin Kačev , Goran Stanković and Goran Atanasov on drums.-Biography:...
, the alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
bands Suns, Last Expedition, The Hip, Balkan Express,Decadence, Vodolija
Vodolija (band)
Vodolija is a Macedonian rock band formed in 1989 but officially started in 1991 when they had their first official appearance on Pop-Rock Fest 1991 and recorded the first official single in the studio M2 of the Macedonian Radio Television.They have released three studio albums and participated...
, Nikeja, the punk rockers Rok Agresori and Parketi, and D' Daltons, which was initially a rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
act. The second half of the decade saw the emergence of the hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
bands Sidewalk, Fluks, Tank Warning Net, Smut, Bumbiks and No Name Nation, while a notable extreme metal
Extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...
band was Siniac. In the 2000s, prominent acts in the country include Superhiks
Superhiks
Superhiks is a Macedonian ska-punk and reggae band with occasional swing, Latin and Balkan folk music elements from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They gained international prominence after appearing on MTV France, MTV Israel and MTV Adria...
(ska punk
Ska punk
Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting...
), Bernay's Propaganda (indie-rock, post-punk revival
Post-punk revival
The post-punk revival was a development in alternative rock of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in which bands took inspiration from the original sounds and aesthetics of garage rock of the 1960s and post-punk and New Wave of the late 1970s...
), Denny Te Chuva (melodic hardcore
Melodic hardcore
Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on vocal melody. The genre is commonly defined with fast hardcore drum beats, complex guitar riffs and melodic singing with occasional screaming and shouting.-History:...
, emo
Emo
Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...
), Smut (metalcore
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
), Two Sides (hardcore punk), Parketi (pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
), Noviot početok (hardcore punk), Fluks (melodic punk), Kulturno Umetnički Rabotnici (garage punk
Garage punk
Garage punk is a fusion of garage rock and punk rock. It is fast-paced lo-fi music characterized by a dirty, choppy guitar sound—usually played by bands who are on independent record labels or who are unsigned...
) and many others. Notable all-female bands included 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
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
and hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
acts. There are also smaller demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
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 during the tensions in the Balkans such as the Yugoslav Wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
and the Macedonia naming dispute
Macedonia naming dispute
A diplomatic dispute over the use of the name Macedonia has been an ongoing issue in the bilateral relations between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia since the latter became independent from former Yugoslavia in 1991...
, a peace festival called Urban fest was organized in Skopje gathering underground music
Underground music
Underground music comprises a range of different musical genres that operate outside of mainstream culture. Such music can typically share common values, such as the valuing of sincerity and intimacy; an emphasis on freedom of creative expression; an appreciation of artistic creativity...
artists from all the Balkan countries.
Hip hop
A well-developed hip hop musicHip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
scene also exist. Contributed to the development of hip hop music in Macedonia, Vladimir Agovski became involved in the Macedonian hip-hop scene since childhood as a very young b-boy in 1986. In the following year he formed a juvenile rap act called The Masters of Rap and recorded his first studio track in 1988. In 1991 he joined the band Instant Beat, which performed around the country and made recordings in the Macedonian Radio-Television production, which were never officially released. Later, he formed another group The Most Wanted which in 1995 released the first Macedonian hardcore rap album, called "Judgment Day". After the group disbanded in 1996, he continued to work under the name Temnata strana (The Dark Side) and he founded the first Macedoninan hip-hop label, called "Dolina na senkite" abbreviated "DNS" (Valley of the Shadows) to promote his own works and other upcoming Macedonian hip hop acts as well. One of the famous hip hop acts is SAF Sakam Afro Frizura, lang-en|I want an afro hairdo. Also, brothers Aleksandar and Slavcho Koviloski, known by their hip hop political and social activism, and known as a long time members of hip hop groups like Braka Po Krv and Klan Istok, since the year 2005 are holding hip hop lectures in Macedonian highschools, universities ana cultural centres. Brothers by the year 2008 have been published three books about hip hop and urban culture, unique on the Balkans.
Most Macedonian hip hop artists are underground hip hop but there are many mainstream pop-rap artists as well. Melbourne Based Vulk Makedonski keeps the language and his cultural pride alive in Australia, through his involvement in the band 'Curse ov Dialect' who are gaining popularity in countries such as Germany and France. In addition many new faces come to the music scene on a daily basis. Gazda Pari also known as Goranco Petrovski is a worth while mentioning face that was amongst the new faces in 2010. His new music video Dobra Kombinacija aired on K-15 TV and was accepted with great success by the hip hop community.One of the young names worth mentioning is Dino 'Versus' Bojadzievski,who is considered to be one of the best Macedonian Hip-Hop lyricists.In 2009,he entered and won the "Rap i Pivo" freestyle battle competition,which brought him some recognition.Afterwards he released several demo recordings,some of which still retain popularity.Also,during that period,he worked with Macedonian rap legend Vladimir 'Temnata Strana' Agovski on a single entitled 'Kako shto e' (As it Is) which is to be released on the mixtape 'PRO-dukt'.He is currently finishing work on his album 'Od Hejt do Aplauzi' which will feature many new songs as well as remakes of some of his most popular demo's.
Electronic scene
The most prominent electronic musicElectronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
ians are Kiril Džajkovski
Kiril Dzajkovski
Kiril Džajkovski , often credited as simply Kiril, is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.-Biography:...
(a former member of Bastion
Bastion (band)
Bastion was an eminent electronic music group from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, notable for its member Kiril Džajkovski , who later rose to international prominence as a solo musician, DJ and a composer of the soundtrack album for Milčo Mančevski's movie Dust.The trio was formed in 1983 in...
), the PMG Collective, Robotek, Novogradska
Novogradska
Igor Vasilev, credited as Novogradska is a Macedonian composer/musician. He is most famous for his work with Milčo Mančevski on the soundtrack to the film Mothers...
and Gotra. Macedonia has a developed clubbing scene especially in Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
. Several festivals featuring foreign DJs take place in the country, many of them on the Ohrid Lake during the summer season.
Jazz
One of the most successful Jazz Brand in Macedonia are "Tavitjan Brothers - (Garo Tavitjan Garo Tavitjan Junior& Diran Tavitjan) with traveling around the world there are bringing authentic Macedonian jazz sound with virtuosity of playing and performance.The Macedonian jazz scene is highly appreciated as well. The premier jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
guitarist in Macedonia currently is Toni Kitanovski
Toni Kitanovski
Toni Kitanovski is a Macedonian jazz guitarist. Born in Skopje, 1964. Toni started his musical education with Dragan Gjakonovski - Spato in 1979. From 1986 till 1990 he was the leader of the trio “Spato”, performing numerous concerts, radio and TV appearances as a trio as well as many solo...
. Among notable jazz musicians and bands are vibraphonist Zoran Madžirov
Zoran Madžirov
Zoran Madzirov , born January 14, 1968 in Strumica, Republic of Macedonia), Macedonian percussionist and the inventor of the Bottlephone.Zoran performed and has been honored from musical giants like Sting, Tito Puente, Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Scorpions, Tommy Emmanuel and others...
, pianists Dragan Soldatovic - Labish and Simon Kiselicki, bands like Sethstat, Letecki Pekinezeri, La Colonie Volvox among others. The Skopje Jazz Festival
Skopje Jazz Festival
The Skopje Jazz Festival is a jazz festival held in Skopje since 1982.It is an institution which had consistent growth in the 1980s, 1990s and continues to grow every year...
is held annually.
Children's music
One of the most notable children's musicChildren's music
Children's music is used here to refer to music composed and performed for children by adults. In European influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment...
festivals is Zlatno slavejče (Golden Nightingale) annually held in Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, which has a long tradition in the Republic of Macedonia. Other festivals include Si-Do
Si-Do
Detski Muzicki Festival Si-Do is a children's festival held annually in Bitola, Republic of 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 usually consisted of 15–20 songs...
in Bitola
Bitola
Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...
Kalinka in Gevgelija
Gevgelija
Gevgelija is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of the Republic of Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece , the point which links the motorway from Skopje and three other former Yugoslav capitals with...
and Super Zvezda, also in Skopje. Notable composers of children songs,producers and arrangers include Dragan Karanfilovski Bojs, Miodrag and Marjan Nečak, Kire Kostov, Petar Sidovski, Slave Dimitrov, Milko Lozanovski, Aleksandar Džambazov, 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
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the fifth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 8 December. The host country was chosen by the European Broadcasting Union on 13 July 2006. The host city was...
.
See also
- Esma RedžepovaEsma RedzepovaEsma Redžepova is a Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian. During her life she has performed in more than 9000 concerts in 30 countries, with her late husband Stevo Teodosievski she has fostered forty-seven children, and she has received numerous accolades for her humanitarian work. By...
, eminent musician of Roma ethnicity from Republic of MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. - List of radio stations in the Republic of Macedonia
Audio clips
Video
- Teškoto oro folk dance
- Kalajdžiskoto oro folk dance
- Pece Atanasovski playing gajda (bagpipe)
- Pajduško oro folk dance
- Nevestinskoto oro - Wedding folk dance
- Žensko beranče female folk dance
External links
Audio clips: Traditional music of Macedonia. Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève. Accessed November 25, 2010.- Macedonian ethnology, folk music and dances - Foundation Open Society InstituteOpen Society InstituteThe Open Society Institute , renamed in 2011 to Open Society Foundations, is a private operating and grantmaking foundation started by George Soros, aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform...
, Macedonia - Macedonian Music Network
- Mister Company Production
- Lithium Records (Macedonian music label) - mostly alternative rock & roll and electronic artists including news, biographies and MP3s
- Avalon Production
- Macedonian Underground Music Archive including most of the Darkwave generation of bands from the 1980s
- Mavrova 'dan aldim sumbul(Turkish lyrics)
- Brenna MacCrimmon - Ediye
- Tous aux Balkans » Macedonia songs lyrics and videos