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 Goran Alacki Macedonian Accordion and Macedonian Singing Teacher Director of the Seminar G_Alacki@yahoo.com |
Goran Alacki has
been playing accordion since he was 8 years old. Recognized at a
young age for his musical talent, he began performing and recording
music as a young teenager. He directs a music academy in Skopje
which specializes in training students in the rich folkloric musical
traditions of Macedonia. Goran and has taught and performed all over
the world; students from as far away as the U.S. and Australia come
to Skopje to study with him. Goran has been designated as one of the
fifteen national treasures of Macedonia by the Ministry of Culture,
and as such is one of only fifteen artists who are supported by the
government. In addition to teaching accordion lessons at the Seminar, Goran will accompany many of the dance classes. He is one of the most highly acclaimed and sought-after dance accompanists in the world, playing for dance classes, Macedonian dance performances, and Middle Eastern solo dancers! |
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 Adrijana Alacki Singer - Seminar Menager&Coordinator |
Adrijana Alacki started as a
dancer at 9 years of age in KUD Koco Racin as a student of legendary
Atanas Kolarovski. She starts singing career in 1987 at the famous
Valandovo Festival where she won multiple awards. She published 7
solo albums with Macedonian music and is one of the most renowned
singers in Macedonia. She performed on many continets: Australia,
America, Asia, Europe... always representing her country Macedonia.
At the moment she is manager and assistant in Goran Alacki Music
School and still travels around the world performing concerts and
seminars together with Goran. |
Bajsa Arifovska
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Bajsa Arifovska is one of the most famous representatives of forthcoming generations of musicians. She was growing up with the best zurla and tapan players in the village of Ratevo located in the eastern part of Macedonia. In her family the music has a long tradition and it was nursed among many generations which gave famous names such as her father Dzelo Destanovski who is one of the best zurla players in Macedonia. Since from the seven years old, Bajsa started performing with her first instrument made by herself, and today she is professor of traditional folk instruments in state hihg school in Macedonia. She plays wonderfull kaval, tapan, tarabuka, clarinet, tambura... She feels very happy to cooperate with maestro Goran Alachki and Macedonian Pearl Folk - Seminar. |
Special guest on the seminar Michael Ginsburg Advance dance teacher |
Michael Ginsburg is a native of the United States and lives in New York City. He started dancing as a young child with his parents. For many years, Michael has been interested in Balkan music and dances, especially Macedonian and Gypsy. He is an expert in the complicated rhythms of Balkan music. |
 Baba Fima Rusinska
traditional folk
dance&song presenter
Most famous traditional costume & hand made craft maker from Maleshevo region |
Fima Rusinska is tipical Malesh village-woman with big knowledge about traditional Macedonian folk dances and songs. Born in village Rusinovo, she learn from his grand fathers hundreds of songs and dances from Berovo region. She will join us during the lunch time, every day, singing old traditional songs and in same time working on the old fashion machine making hand crafts in the middle of the restaurant. It will be very big experience for all the participants of "Macedonian Pearl Folk-Seminar 2009" to learn from Baba Fima secrets of our hand made costumes and crafts authentically from her. She will teach us few most famous dances from Berovo region too. |
Suat Usein - Cule Guitar Teacher |
Born in Skopje 1959. His first steps in traditional folk music was on age 10. Today he is one of Macedonian cult guitar musician specialist for traditional folk music style. Suat Usein - Cule play wonderful all balkan music styles. His first love was mandolin,then guitar. He was study in high school trombone with a lot of awards on competitions. Like a solist on guitar he is a guest of many famous singers in Macedonia. He was a member of our Macedonian State Chalgia Orchestra. He was a member of our Big Bend State orchestra of Macedonian Radio Television. He is one of the best studio musician and composer of more then 200 songs and arrangemants for many famous musicion and singers all around Balkan countries. He is teaching guitar in Goran Alachki's School of Music in Skopje. Now he is working on his first solo album with traditional dances and songs. |
 Zeljo Destanovski Dance teacher - traditional village style from Eastern part of Macedonia Zurla player |
Zeljo Destanovski is one of the best zurla player and dancer, expert especially for village style from eastern part of Macedonia. From October 1967 he was member of our state ensemble - "Tanec" like dancer and zurla player until 1998 when he was retire.... Born 1942 in the famous village RATEVO - 5 miles from BEROVO. All his family was musicians and famous dancers in that region. He was traveling all around the world playing and dancing traditional dances from his country with beautiful brilliance style.... in Japan, Australia, UK, Germany, Spain, France, Holland, USA, and Canada..... Sharing his knowledge, Zeljo is ready to present a lot of dances from Berovo region to all the participants of "Macedonian Pearl Folk-Seminar".... in real authentic atmosphere of Maleshevo region and village of Ratevo ... In this period he is working on his memoirs (2 CD's and a book) putting inside all his knowledge of old Macedonian dances and songs. |
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Igor Dimovski |
Igor Dimovski is one of the most famous students of "Goran Alachki school of Music". He follows the steps of his Mentor Goran Alachki, playing music on clear lyric Macedonian way...He will play live music together with Goran, Bajsa, Stefce, Ratko and other musicians every night for all the participants of "Macedonian Pearl Folk-Seminar 2009"on his instrument-accordion. He just received brand new "Guerrini&Figli" accordion, model superior 2 President Elegant - ORO- Crystal. |
 Zenil Redzepov Advance Folk Dance Teacher- Expert for the VILLAGE STYLE dances from the region of Maleshevo and Pijanec-Eastern part of Macedonia |
Zenil is most famous dancer and choreograph in Eastern part of Macedonia in a region of Piyanec and Maleshevo. His mother was very famous dancer from village Gabrovo |
 Graciela Alacki Teacher of Macedonian language and history |
Graciela started learning English when she was 5, and started learning traditional Macedonian folklore when she was 9. She is an active member of the Koco Racin Ensemble of traditional songs and dances. She has visited many countries in Europe, where she has presented programs in Macedonian language and history. Graciela plans to attend university in the United States.
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Stefche Stojkovski was born
in 1972 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. As an instrumentalist he
has so far been distinguished in playing and instructing almost all
of the Macedonian traditional wind instruments such as the: Kaval,
Supelka, Dvojnik, Gajda, Duduce and Zurla; the most popular
traditional string instrument: Tambura as well as the traditional
percussion instruments: Tarabuka and Tapan. He have started his musical education under the patronage of his father and grandfather (also folk musicians) and have won his first festival recognition as a Kaval soloist at the age of seven. Ever since than, he has been professionally engaged in music and have performed on a number of International Folk Festivals worldwide. The last of teachers and musical influences was the most proclaimed Balkan folk musicians and bagpipe player of the century, Mr. Pece Atanasovski. After his retirement Stefche was honored to replace him as a full time member of the Macedonian national radio and television network’s ensemble. Since 1981 when Stefche made his first recording for the mentioned music label, he has recorded over 2000 signatures. He has also had the chance to work on musical projects including theater and film music scores. On 01-03-1997 he received the honorable, national title of an Independent Folk Artist-Musician and Music Instructor. Except as a performer and a studio musician he has an experience as an instructor in all of the above mentioned instruments as well as singing and the traditional Balkan dancing (oro). Stefche is now very interested to extend his realm of experience through working and educating aspiring musicians in the country where my musical mentor, late Mr. Pece Atanasovski, used to successfully teach and perform. |
 Temjanoski Trajche Clarinet teacher |
Trajche Temjanoski is a
Academic musician who continues traditional Macedonian clarinet
playing in the best way and with the next generations of young
musicians. He works in a Music School in Ohrid and stil plays on
traditional Macedonian weddings in the western part of Macedonia. He
has recorded many albums fo Macedonian Radio and TV
Production. |
 Spaseski Trajce from vilage Lacocherej TAPAN teacher |
Traditional village style,
one of the foremost weding style tapan player. |
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Zoran Dzorlev is a violin
profesor at the Macedonian state music high school and son of the
legendary accordion player and composer Mr.Nasko Dzorlev.
Traditional Macedonian song and oro is played in his family
continuosly through his life. Today, Zoran is one of the best violin
instrumentalists in Macedonia. His great knowledge of the instrument
is passed to next generations of musicians from whole
world. |
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