The Ohrid Summer Festival is one of
the few Macedonian festivals that has managed to remain on the
international cultural and artistic scene, a festival that has been carrying the leading role of
cultural life in Macedonia for more than 40 years, as the most significant manifestation
in Macedonian art and culture. Many world famous musicians -
soloists and ensembles performed at the Ohrid Summer Festival, such as Svyatoslav
Richter, Leonid Kogan, Andre Navarra, Henryk Szeryng, Ivo Pogorelić, Igor Oistrakh,
Mstislav Rostropovich, the Prague Madrigalists, the Julliard quartet, the Bolshoy Opera and Ballet etc.
Most of the concerts take place in the beautiful and mysterious St. Sophia
church, which has unique acoustics. Other famous concert venues are the Samuel
Fortress and the Saraj.
Along with the official music and
theatrical program, also organized are summer music seminars and master
courses with various instruments, led by world famous musicians in the
field of music reproductive art and pedagogy. The development of the
festival has incurred the increase of the quality and quantity of the
program, as well as the need to introduce new events. It was in the year
1974 when the Youth Platform was introduced in the program, and from 1984
the Youth Chamber Orchestra of the Music Youth of Macedonia started its
work, which speaks of the magnitude of the Festival. As the years went by,
the Ohrid Summer Festival increasingly showed its interest in the various,
instrumental formations including recitals and soloists concerts of world famous instrumentalists, performances of some chamber ensembles, big symphonic orchestras,
vocal and instrumental pieces, oratoria, etc. As proof of the high level of
artistic quality, in 1994 the Ohrid Summer Festival became a member of the
European Festival Association, an organization whose members include more than sixty
large and significant festivals from Europe.
Many of the performances at
the Ohrid Summer Festival were realized by Serbian musicians: instrumentalists,
singers, chamber ensembles, symphonic orchestras and choirs. In the period between
1961 and 1991, Serbian musicians performed 149 concerts at the Festival.
This number verifies that Serbian musicians had a very important role in
enhancing the Festival’s program and history. The first concert of Serbian
musicians was performed in 1963.
According to the instrumental structure, the
performances of Serbian musicians are divided into:
The largest proportion of all
Serbian concerts at the Ohrid Summer Festival were recitals. In total,
there have been 69 recitals: 25 recitals for violin and piano, 14 for
voice and piano, 13 for cello and piano, 8 piano recitals, 3 for clarinet
and piano, 2 for oboe and piano, 2 for flute and piano, 2 for solo guitar,
1 recital for clavicemballo, and 1 recital for contrabass and piano. The
Macedonian audience had the opportunity to listen the outstanding
performances of the following: M. Čhangalović, R. Bakočevič, A. Preger, D.
Trbojević, J. Kolundžija, S. Milenković and others. Some of the Serbian
pianists were piano accompaniments of very famous instrumentalists, as for example Andreja Preger, a pianist from Belgrade
who collaborated with Andre Navarra, cello, France, Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano, USA, Evgenija
Chugaeva, violin, Russia, Teiko Maehashi, violin, Japan. Also, Nada Kecman, a pianist
from Belgrade, in collaboration with M. Fleksmen, cello, USA, and J.van Kesteren, tenor, Holland.
Some examples of collaboration
between Serbian and Macedonian musicians are:
Some 39 concerts took place where
Serbian musicians performed as soloists with orchestras, choirs, choirs
and orchestras, and with chamber ensembles. The largest number of the
soloists were singers (24 concerts), and the rest were violinists (4
concerts), pianists (4 concerts), a flutist (1 concert), a clavicemballist
(1 concert), a clarinetist (1 concert). In this category, I also include the performances of Serbian
conductors Angel Šurev, (Belgrade), who conducted the Macedonian Philharmonic, the Macedonian
Opera, and the Choir from RT Skopje, Mladen Jagušt (Belgrade)
who conducted the Chamber Orchestra from RT Skopje and Oskar Danon (Belgrade) conducting the Macedonian Philharmonic.
Some examples of collaboration between Serbian and Macedonian musicians are:
Serbian musicians performed 17
concerts of chamber music. The chamber ensembles had various instrumental formations: string
trios, wind trios, chamber orchestras, chamber orchestras for old
music, a cello duo, a trio (harp, violin, voice).
Some examples
of collaboration between Serbian and Macedonian musicians are:
The music repertory
of the Ohrid Summer Festival has forever held concerts of large symphonic
orchestras. Among them were 7 concerts of Serbian symphonic orchestras: the Symphonic orchestra from
JNA, Belgrade (4 concerts), the Symphonic orchestra from RT Belgrade (1 concert), the
Belgrade Symphonic orchestra (1 concert) and the Orchestra of the Belgrade Guards (1 concert).
Some examples of cooperation between Serbian and Macedonian musicians:
In the acoustic church of St.
Sophia, the performances of the vocal ensembles had a very special
expression. Serbian choirs had 24 concerts with different types of choirs:
mixed, youth, and chamber choirs. The concerts of the Choir from Radio and
Television Belgrade had the most performances - 11 in all. Tagging along
are the concerts of the Belgrade Madrigalists - 4 concerts, Collegium
Musikum with 3 concerts,
Youth choirs from Novi Sad and Zrenjanin with
3 concerts, the JNA Choir, Belgrade, the Chamber ensemble - Renaissance and
the Academic choir Branko Krsmanović.
The program of the Ohrid Summer
Festival is receptive for the performances of big vocal-instrumental
ensembles (orchestras, choirs and soloists). There were a total of six
concerts of the
Serbian large ensembles at the Ohrid Summer Festival: six concerts for
orchestra, choir and soloists and one concert for the orchestra and choir.
Some examples of collaboration between Serbian and Macedonian musicians are:
During the seasons of 1979 and 1980,
a famous
ballet, the Ohrid Legend by
S. Hristić was performed by the Ballet ensemble from
the Macedonian National Opera and Ballet House. The choreographer was Dimitrije Pаrlić from Belgrade.
Due to the concerts of the Folk
ensembles from all over
the world performed at the Ohrid Summer Festival, the
audience had an opportunity to learn about some new cultures. Among
the folk ensembles was the Folk ensemble Kolo from Belgrade, which
had two concerts at the Ohrid Summer Festival in 1965 and in 1984.
1. 1963 – Miroslav Čangalović -
bass, Dušan Trbojević - piano. Program: Mokranjac-Trbojević, Jelić, Bach-Guno, Lully, Beethoven, Hristić, Hercigonja, Mussorgsky. St. Sophia
Miroslav Čangalović – bass, Dušan Trbojević – piano
2. 1963 – Choir from RT Belgrade. Conductor: Borivoje
Simić. Program: Lasso, Monteverdi, Lully, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Britten,
Mokranjac, Hercigonja, Prelovec, Simić, Nikolovski, Živković, Gotovac,
Skalovski. St. Sophia
3. 1964 – Belgrade Madrigalists Choir. Conductor:
Dimitrije Stefanović. Program: Spiritual music from Greece, Serbia,
Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia. St. Sophia
4. 1965 – Belgrade Trio: A. Preger - piano, K. Pavlović -
violin, V. Jakovčić - cello. Program: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. St.
Sophia
5. 1965 – Miroslav Čangalović - bass, Dušan Trbojević -
piano. Program: Dvorak, Baranović, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Tchaikovsky,
Korsakov. St. Sophia.
6. 1965 – Folk ensemble Kolo, Belgrade.
7. 1966 – Margarita Preda - mezzosoprano, Vienna, Dimitar
Marinovski - baritone, Novi Sad, Ladislaf Palfi - piano, Skopje. Program:
Battista, Scarlatti, Handel, Stradella, Nikolovski. St. Sophia
8. 1966 – Milka Eftimova - alto, Skopje, Snežana
Organdžieva, piano Skopje, Nada Kecman, piano, Belgrade. St. Sophia
9. 1966 – JNA Art ensemble Orchestra, Belgrade. Conductor
Angel Šurev. Soloist Olga Jovanović, piano. St. Sophia
10. 1966 – JNA Chamber orchestra, Belgrade. Conductor
Angel Šurev. Soloists: Julijana Anastasijević, soprano, Olga Jovanović,
piano. St. Sophia.
11. 1966 – Choir Belgrade Madrigalists. Conductor
Vojislav Ilić. Program: Stihira St. Clement’s, Mokranjac. St. Sophia
12. 1966 – Belgrade Madrigalists Choir. Conductor
Vojislav Ilić. Program: Stihira St. Clement’s, Mokranjac, Stanković,
Monteverdi, Di Lasso. St. Sophia.
13. 1967 – RT Belgrade Choir. Conductor: B. Simić.
Program: Badev, Slovenian spiritual music. St. Sophia.
14. 1968 – Radmila Bakočević, soprano, Djurdjevka
Čakarević, mezzosoprano, Zdenko Marasović, piano. St. Sophia
15. 1968 – Belgrade Madrigalists Choir. Conductor: Dušan
Miladinović. Program: Beethoven, Bert, Tchaikovsky, Galus, Palestrina,
Mozart, Binički, Malashkin, Orff, Arhangelski, Bortnjanski. St. Sophia
Belgrade Madrigalists Choir
16. 1968 – Evening of poetry and music. Zagorka Sabljić,
piano, Serbia, Ljudmila Lisini - reciter, USSR. Program: Scarlatti,
Beethoven. St. Sophia
17. 1969 – The Macedonian Philharmonic. Conductor Vančo
Čavdarski. Soloist Zagorka Sabljić, piano. Program: Cimarosa, Schubert,
Beethoven. St. Sophia
18. 1969 – Ilze Volf, mezzosoprano, London, Olivera
Djurdjević, piano, Belgrade. Program: Bononcini, Caccini, Monteverdi,
Durante, Persel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. St. Sophia.
19. 1969 – Djurdjevka Čakarević, mezzosoprano, Zdenko
Marasović, piano. Program: Stradella, Dvorak, Wagner, Mahler, Beethoven.
St. Sophia
20. 1970 – RT Belgrade Choir. Conductor: B. Simić.
Soloists: Vera Popov, soprano, Aleksandra Ivanović, alto, Belgrade, Josip
Pipelj - harp. Program: Britten, Tchaikovsky. St. Sophia
21. 1970 – Radmila Bakočević, soprano, Zdenko Marosović,
piano. Program: Wolf, Mozart, Peričić. St. Sophia
22. 1970 – Budapest Madrigal Choir, Chamber ensemble of
the Macedonian Philharmonic. Conductor A. Šurev. Soloists: L. Ivkov -
bass, Belgrade J. Čakar, piano, Skopje, A.L.Tofović, alto, Skopje, Blagoja
Nikolovski, tenor, Skopje. Program: J. S. Bach, J. K. Bach. St. Sophia
23. 1970 – The Romanian Madrigalists, Chamber orchestra
of the Macedonian Philharmonic. Conductor V. Čavdarski. Soloists: Radmila
Bakočević, soprano, Belgrade, Milka Eftimova, alto, Skopje, Ratka
Dimitrova, violin, Skopje. St. Sophia
24. 1970 – RT Belgrade Choir. Conductor: B. Simić. St.
Sophia
25. 1970 – Andre Navarra, cello, France, Zorica
Dimitrijević-Stošić, piano, Serbia. Program: Locatelli, Bach, Frakner. St.
Sophia
26. 1971 – RT Skopje Chamber orchestra. Conductor O.
Pipek. Soloists: Radmila Bakočević, Serbia, Stanislav Apolin, cello, SSSR.
Program: Cherubini, Couperin, Suck, Sarti, Gluck, Nikolovski. St.
Sophia
27. 1971 – Belgrade chamber orchestra. Conductor: D.
Janigro. Soloist: Petar Toškov, violin. Program: Vivaldi, Handel, Vitali,
Rafanović, Mozart. St. Sophia
28. 1971 – Leonid Kogan, violin, USSR, Andreja Preger,
piano, Serbia. Program: Bach, Franck, Brahms. St. Sophia
29. 1971 – Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano, USA, Andreja
Preger, piano, Serbia. Program: Lully, Martini, Wolf, Rossini, Donizetti,
Granados, Turina, black spiritual songs. St. Sophia.
30. 1971 – Andre Navarra, cello, France, Andreja Preger,
piano, Serbia. Program: Boccherini, Bach, Šostakovič, Fore, Nin,
Tchaikovsky. St. Sophia
31. 1971 – Mixed choir and the JNA Orchestra, Belgrade.
Conductor: A. Šurev. Soloists: Radmila Miljanić, Djurdjevka Čakarević,
Zvonimir Krnetić, Gorgi Gurgević. Program: Verdi. St. Sophia
32. 1972 – JNA Symphonic orchestra, Belgrade. Conductor:
A. Šurev. Soloist: Teiko Maehashi, violin, Japan. Program: Lalo, Brahms,
Ivanovski. St. Sophia
33. 1972 – RTB Choir. Conductor: B. Simić. Soloist:
Olivera Djurdjević, piano, Margarit Legat - reciter. Program: Hristić,
Agriano, Banchieri. St. Sophia
34. 1972 – RT Skopje Chamber orchestra. Conductor: O.
Pipek. Soloist: B. Cvejić - soprano. Program: Dvorak, Honegger. St.
Sophia
35. 1972 – Milka Stojanović, soprano, Serbia, O.
Enigaresky - baritone, Romania, Viorika Kajokariu, piano, Romania.
Program: Schubert, Scarlatti, Schumann, Brahms, Monteverdi, Caccini,
Handel, Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Nikolovski, Mizeti. St. Sophia
36. 1972 – Andre Navarra, cello, France, Andreja Preger,
piano, Belgrade. Program: Bach, Beethoven, Schubert. St. Sophia
37. 1973 – Teiko Maehashi, violin, Japan, Darinka
Mihajlović, piano, Serbia. Program: Mozart, Brahms, Paganini Szymanowski,
Webern, Saint-Saens. St. Sophia.
38. 1973 – RT Skopje Chamber orchestra. Conductor: O.
Pipek. Soloists: M. Stefanović, clarinet, Belgrade, Lj. Gospodinov, viola,
Skopje. Program: Černahorski, Stamich, Prošev, Janaček. St. Sophia
39. 1973 – The Belgrade Trio: Aleksandra Pavlović,
violin, Viktor Jakovčić, cello, Andreja Preger, piano. Program: Haydn,
Beethoven, Smetana. St. Sophia
40. 1974 – Belgrade Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: A.
Šurev. Soloist: Kiro Božinovski, flute, Skopje. Program: Corelli, Lekler,
Mozart, Prošev, Prokofiev, Martinu. St. Sophia
41. 1974 – Evgenia Čugaeva, violin, USSR, Andreja Preger,
piano, Serbia. Program: Mozart, Brahms, Grieg, Čugaeva. St. Sophia
42. 1974 – Andre Navarra, cello, France, Andreja Preger,
piano, Serbia. Program: Locatelli, Bach, Schubert. St. Sophia
43. 1975 – RT Belgrade Symphonic orchestra. Conductor M.
Jagušt. Soloist: Dubravka Tomšič. Program: Brahms, Beethoven. St.
Sophia
44. 1975 – Julijana Anastasijević, soprano, St. Sophia
Chamber ensemble, Skopje. St. Sophia
45. 1975 – RT Belgrade Choir and Symphonic orchestra.
Conductor: M. Jagušt. Soloist: Irina Arskin, soprano. Program:
Papandopulo, Ivanov, Vukdragović. St. Sophia
46. 1975 – RT Belgrade Choir. Conductor: B. Simić.
Soloist: Nikola Rackov, bass. Program: Haydn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky,
Lajovich, Debussy, Britten, Mokranjac, Badev, Slavenski, Maksimović,
Babić. St. Sophia
RT Belgrade Choir, conductor Borivoje Simić
47. 1975 – RT Skopje Choir and orchestra. Soloists:
Gordana Jeftović, soprano, Belgrade, Nikola Mitić - baritone, Belgrade, B.
Nikolovski, tenor, Skopje. Program: Bach, Viktori. St. Sophia
48. 1976 – St. Sophia chamber ensemble, Skopje.
Conductor: T. Prošev. Soloists: Julijana Anastasijević, soprano, Belgrade,
Josip Klima - violin, Zagreb, Ciril Škerjanec, cello, Ljubljana. Program:
Ortakov, Prošev, Stojkov, Bužarovski, Stibilj, Sakač. St. Sophia,
49. 1976 – Olivera Djurdjević, clavicemballo, Belgrade.
Program: Bird, Person, Couperin, Rameau, Galuppi, Scarlatti, Podbielski,
Benda, Handel, Bach. St. Sophia
50. 1976 – Milenko Stefanović, clarinet, Serbia, Evgenij
Koroljov, piano, USSR. Program: Saint-Saens, Honegger, Poulenc, Debussy,
Boca. St. Sophia
51. 1976 – Biljana Gavrilska, violin, Skopje, Božidar
Bratoev, violin, Skopje, Zorica Milovanović, piano, Belgrade. Program:
Telemann, Bach, Haydn, Zografski, Bartok, Honegger. St. Sophia
52. 1976 – Andre Navarra, cello, France, Andreja Preger,
piano, Serbia. Program: Schumann, Brahms, Stravinsky, Paganini. St.
Sophia
53. 1976 - Ljupčo Samardžijski, contrabass, Skopje,
Olivera Djurdjević, piano, Belgrade. Program: Ravel, Dvorak, Golabovski,
Stojkov, Prošev. St. Sophia
54. 1976 – Belgrade chamber orchestra. Conductor: Pavle
Dešpalj, Zagreb. Soloist: Severino Gazelloni, flute, Italy. Program:
Vivaldi, Mozart. St. Sophia
55. 1976 – RT Belgrade Choir. Conductor: B. Simić.
Soloist: Nikola Rackov, bass. Program: Gallus, Haydn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky,
Dvorak, Ravel, Black songs, Mokranjac, Zlatić, Simić, Maksimović, Babić,
Gajdov. St. Sophia
56. 1977 – JNA Symphonic orchestra, Belgrade. Conductor:
A. Šurev. Soloist: Jovan Kolundžija, violin, Belgrade. Program: Beethoven.
St. Sophia
57. 1977 – JNA Mixed choir and Orchestra, Belgrade.
Conductor: A. Šurev and B. Gajić. Soloists: Ljubica Marković, soprano,
Slavoljub Kocić, tenor, Lazar Ivkov, bass, Miška Šćepanović, soprano. This
concert was dedicated to President J. B. Tito.
58. 1977 – Trio: Milica Bajić, harp, Julijana
Anastasijević, soprano, Tripo Simonuti, violin. Program: Handel,
Donizetti, Martini, Saint-Saens, Šostakovič. St. Sophia
59. 1977 – Teiko Maehashi, violin, Japan, Andreja Preger,
piano, Serbia. Program: Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Paganini.
St. Sophia
60. 1977 – Miroslav Čangalović, bass, Dušan Trbojević,
piano. Program: Kir Stefan Srbin, Lukačić, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy,
Ibe, Zografski, Grechaninov, Mokranjac, Rajičić, Trbojević, Glinka,
Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Black spiritual songs. St. Sophia
61. 1977 – Nada Kolundžija, piano, Belgrade. Program:
Scarlatti, Bach, Chopin, Bach, Liszt. St. Sophia
62. 1978 – Dušan Bogdanović, guitar, Belgrade. Program:
Bajs, Bach, Mendelssohn, Lobos. St. Sophia
63. 1978 – Collegium Musikum Choir, Belgrade. Conductor:
D. Matić-Marović. Program: Monteverdi, Lasso, Mokranjac, Morley, Prošev,
Nikolovski. St. Sophia
64. 1978 – St. Sophia Chamber ensemble, Skopje. Conductor
T. Prošev. Soloists: Gordana Jeftović, soprano, Belgrade, Nikola Mitić,
baritone, Belgrade. Program: Avramovski, Sakač, Brkanović, Prošev. St.
Sophia
65. 1978 – Biljana Gavrilska, violin, Skopje, Božidar
Bratoev, violin, Skopje, Nada Kecman, piano Belgrade. Program: Vivaldi,
Leckler, Boccherini, Shpor, Obradović, Milhaud. St. Sophia
66. 1978 – Zorica Milanović, piano, Belgrade, Nenad
Daleore, violin, Belgrade. Program: Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, Tartini,
Chopin. St. Sophia. Young performers podium
67. 1979 – Teiko Maehashi, violin, Japan, Andreja Preger,
piano, Serbia. Program: Vitally, Franck, Prokofjev, Saint-Saens. St.
Sophia
68. 1979 – RT Skopje Choir. Conductor: A. Šurev,
Belgrade. St. Sophia
69. 1979 – Gordana S. Stakić, piano, Stjepan Bašić,
clarinet, Vera Tod-Horti, piano, all from Novi Sad. Program: Chopin,
Debussy, Obradov, Bonard. St. Sophia
70. 1979 – Macedonian Philharmonic, Kolegium Kantorum
Priština Choir. Conductor Oskar Danon, Belgrade. Soloists: Irena Arskin,
soprano, Belgrade, Milka Eftimova, alto, Skopje, Blagoja Nikolovski,
tenor, Skopje, Franjo Petrušanec, bass Zagreb. St. Sophia
Macedonian Philharmonic, conductor Oskar Danon
71. 1979 – Ballet ensemble from MOB, Skopje. Conductor:
A. Lekovski. Choreographer: D. Parlić, Belgrade. Program: S. Hristić
72. 1979 – RT Titograd Chamber orchestra. Conductor:
Ilmar Lapinj. Soloists: Radmila Vranašević, violin Belgrade, J. Čakar,
piano, Skopje. Program: Mozart. St. Sophia
73. 1979 – John van Kesteren, tenor, Holland, Nada
Kecman, piano, Belgrade. Program: Schumann, Wolf, Brahms. St. Sophia
74. 1980 – JNA Symphonic orchestra, Belgrade. Soloists:
Radmila Bakočević, soprano, Belgrade, Raxan Desera cello, Sri Lanka.
Conductor: Živojin Zdravković. Program: Prošev, Verdi, Saint-Saens,
Tchaikovsky. St. Sophia
75. 1980 – Mixed JNA choir, Belgrade. Conductor: Gregori
Minov. Soloists: Dragoslava Nikolić, Milena Nestorović. Program:
Baranović, Tajčević, Lajovic, Babić, Mokranjac, Slavenski, Berdović,
Skalovski. St. Sophia
76. 1980 – Violin duo Gavrilska Bratoev, Skopje, Nada
Kecman piano, Belgrade. St. Sophia
77. 1980 – JNA Mixed choir and Orchestra, Belgrade.
Conductor: Ilija Ilijevski. Soloists: Milka Eftimova, alto, Skopje, Nikola
Mitić, baritone, Belgrade, Nada Gešovska - reciter, Skopje. Program:
Nikolovski.
78. 1980 Andre Navarra, cello, France, Nada Kecman,
piano, Serbia. Program: Schubert, Schumann, Hačaturian, Castella,
Paganini. St. Sophia
79. 1980 – Eric Grinberg, violin, England, Nada Kecman,
piano, Serbia. Program: Bartok, Tartini, Dvorak, Stravinsky, Ravel. St.
Sophia
80. 1980 – Chamber orchestra from Novi Sad. Conductor: M.
Janoski. Program: Rossini, Kovačević, Vivaldi, Mozart. St. Sophia
81. 1980 – Irena Grafenauer, flute, Ljubljana, Nikola
Atanasov, flute, Skopje, Olivera Djurdjević, clavicemballo, Belgrade.
Program: J. S. Bach, V. F. Bach, Samartini, Mozart, J. S. Bach. St.
Sophia
82. 1980 – Jovan Kolundžija, violin, Belgrade, Vladimir
Krpan, piano, Zagreb. Program: Tartini, Brahms, Suk. St. Sophia
83. 1980 – Collegium Musikum Choir, Belgrade. Conductor:
D. Matić-Marović. Program: Mokranjac, Ilić, Tajčević, Prošev, Hristić,
Taminčić, Berdović, Kostić, Nikolovski. St. Sophia
84. 1980 – Bodin Starčević, flute, Belgrade, Dubravka
Jovičić piano, Belgrade. Program: Bach, Varese, Chopin, Ravel, Liszt.
Youth performance podium. St. Sophia
85. 1980 – Ballet ensemble from MOB, Skopje. Conductor:
A. Lekovski. Choreographer: D. Parlić, Belgrade. Program: S. Hristić
86. 1981 – Dragan Lazić, oboe, Belgrade, Dubravka
Kovačević, piano, Belgrade, Aida Čolak flute, Zenica, Milorad Romić,
guitar, Bihać, Nebojša Krulanović, piano, Foča. Program: Vivaldi, Rossini,
Bach, Debussy, Honegger, Romić, Mozart, Chopin, Papandopulo. Youth
performance podium. St. Sophia
87. 1981 – Choir and Orchestra from RT Belgrade.
Conductor: F. Muratovski, Skopje. Program: Zografski, Atanacković. St.
Sophia
88. 1981 – Belgrade Symphonic Orchestra. Conductor:
Mladen Jagušt. Soloist: Kiro Davidovski, oboe, Skopje. Program: Haydn,
Dvorak, Baranović. St. Sophia
89. 1981 – RT Belgrade Choir. Conductor: Mladen Jagušt.
St. Sophia
90. 1981 – Božidar Bratoev, violin, Skopje, Nada Kecman,
piano, Belgrade. Program: Mozart, Schumann, Shoson, Ravel, Prošev. St.
Sophia
91. 1982 – Ksenija Janković, cello, Belgrade, Nada
Kecman, piano, Belgrade. Program: Brahms, Debussy, Mokranjac, Tchaikovsky.
St. Sophia
92. 1982 – Miomir Nikolić, bass, Belgrade, Nada Kecman,
piano, Belgrade. Program: Scarlatti, Jordani, Gluck, Basini, Schubert,
Strauss, Tajčević, Gajdov, Skalovski, Korunovski. St. Sophia
93. 1982 – RT Skopje Choir and Chamber ensemble.
Conductor: Dragan Šuplevski. Soloists: Irena Arskin, soprano, Belgrade,
Milka Eftimova, altoo, Skopje, Blagoja Nikolovski, tenor, Skopje. Program:
Vivaldi, Toševski. St. Sophia
94. 1983 – Suzana Stefanović, cello, Serbia, Jagoda
Naumova, piano, Macedonia. Program: Valentin, Granados-Casado, Poper.
Youth performance podium. St. Sophia
95. 1983 – Ensemble Renaissance, Belgrade. St. Sophia
96. 1983 – Jovan Jovičić, guitar, Belgrade. Program:
Levis, Bach, Sor, Lobos, De Vize, Albeniz, Turina, Torobos, Jovičić. St.
Sophia
97. 1984 – Asnom Jubilee. Orchestra of the Belgrade
Guard. Conductor: A. Šurev. Soloists: Gordana Jeftović, soprano, Nikola
Mitić, baritone, Vukan Dinevski, reciter. Program: Scarlatti, Ilievski,
Tchaikovsky, Gligorov-Šurev.
98. 1984 – Chamber orchestra from Novi Sad Music centre.
Conductor: Juraj Ferić. Program: Stefan Srbin, Nikolovski, Marinković,
Mokranjac, Binički, Skalovski, Sabulj, Vlain, Tolinger, Štefanović. St.
Sophia
99. 1984 – Jovan Kolundžija, violin, Belgrade, Nada
Kolundžija, piano, Belgrade. Program: Leclair, Isai, Brahms, Dvorak,
Saint-Saens. St. Sophia
100. 1984 – Ksenija Janković, cello, Serbia, Christof
Richter, cello, Germany. Program: Bach, Boccherini, Britten, Jeftić,
Paganini. St. Sophia
101. 1984 – Dragan Marković, violin, Belgrade, Jasminka
Stančul piano, Belgrade. Program: Brahms, Isai, Paganini. St. Sophia
102. 1984 – Folk ensemble Kolo, Belgrade.
103. 1985 – RT Belgrade Choir and Symphonic orchestra.
Conductor: Vladimir Kranjčević, Zagreb. Soloists: Radmila Smiljanić,
Aleksandra Ivanović, Jovo Reljin, Vukašin Savić. St. Sophia
104. 1985 - Mixed choir of the Music youth from Novi Sad.
Conductor: Eugen Gvozdanović. Youth performance podium. St. Sophia
105. 1985 – Z. Milenković, flute, A. Serdar, piano.
Program: Chopin, Shaminad. Youth performance podium. St. Sophia
106. 1985 – D. Šafran, cello, SSSR, Nada Kecman, piano,
Serbia. Program: Schumann, Schubert, Šostakovič. St. Sophia
107. 1985 – RT Belgrade Choir. Conductor: M. Jagušt.
Soloists: Vlado Mikić, bass, Vukašin Savić, bass. St. Sophia
108. 1986 – RT Skopje Chamber orchestra. Conductor: M.
Jagušt. Soloist: J. Kolundžija, violin. Program: Bach, Stojkov, Britten.
St. Sophia
109. 1986 – Collegium Musicum Choir. Conductor: D.
Matić-Marović. Program: Britten, Kuljerić, Prošev, Nikolovski, Despuci.
St. Sophia
110. 1986 – Kemal Gekić, piano. Program: Chopin. St.
Sophia
111. 1986 – Ksenija Janković, cello, Belgrade, Nada
Kecman, piano, Belgrade. Program: Debussy, Falla, Strauss. St. Sophia
112. 1986 – Ensemble Muzika Antika. Soloists: V.
Zloković, mezzosoprano, B. Milin, soprano, V. Todorović, tenor, G.
Paunović, tenor, D. Karolić, flute, baritone, S. Lukašinović, violin, D.
Krajić, lute. Program; Love songs from the 15th and 16th century, Songs
from Paris, London and Florence from the 15th and 16th century, Spiritual
songs from: Serbia, 15th, 16th century, Spain 13th century, France 13th
century, England 13th century, Holland 15th century. St. Sophia
113. 1986 – Tomaž Rajterić, guitar, Slovenia, Sanja
Jančin, cello, Serbia, Istra Pečvari, piano, Serbia. Youth performance
podium. St. Sophia.
114. 1986 – Macedonian Philharmonic, RT Skopje Choir.
Conductor: A. Šurev. Program: Nikolovski. St. Sophia
115. 1987 – Milena Kitić, mezzosoprano, Serbia, Maja
Nanušić, piano, Serbia, T. Tunteva, piano, Macedonia. Program: Falla,
Bizet. Youth performance podium. St. Sophia
116. 1987 – Stefan Milenković, violin, Belgrade, Lidija
Kanaco, piano, Belgrade. Program: Kreisler, Fore, Paganini, Corelli. St.
Sophia (two concerts).
117. 1987 – Dragoslav Pavle Aksentijević, tenor, Vocal
ensemble Renaissance, Belgrade. Program: Nikola Srbin, Joakim
Harsianitski, Jovan Kukuzelj, Dimitrije Dokijan. St. Sophia
118. 1987 – RT Skopje Chamber orchestra. Conductor: M.
Jagušt. Soloists: A. Korsakov, violin, SSSR, V. Atanasov, oboe, Macedonia.
Program: Albinoni, Strauss, Avramovski. St. Sophia
119. 1987 – Academic Choir Branko Krsmanović. Conductor:
D. Matić-Marović. Program: Mokranjac, Tajčević, Rachmaninov, Ljubimov,
Tchaikovsky. St. Sophia
120. 1987 – Opera from MOB, Skopje. Conductor: A. Šurev.
Program: Verdi. St. Sophia
121. 1987 – Young orchestra, Skopje. Soloist: Smiljka
Isaković, clavicemballo, Belgrade. St. Sophia
122. 1987 - Nikola Srdić, clarinet, Novi Sad, I. Moizes,
piano, SSSR. St. Sophia
123. 1988 – Kemal Gekić, piano. Program: Beethoven,
Chopin. St. Sophia
124. 1988 – Youth mixed choir - Josif Marinković from
Zrenjanin. Conductor: Slobodan Bursić. Program: Mokranjac, Rachmaninov,
Hristić. St. Sophia
125. 1988 – Jovan Kolundžija, violin, Belgrade, Nada
Kolundžija, piano, Belgrade. St. Sophia
126. 1988 – Ilija Gruber, violin, USSR, Djuro Rajković,
piano, Serbia. St. Sophia
127. 1988 – Vinko Kostić, violin, Serbia, Ivan Meleš,
piano, Serbia, Elena Misirkova piano, Macedonia. Youth performance podium.
St. Sophia
128. 1988 – Robert Cekov, violin, Macedonia, Nataša
Dukan, piano, Serbia. Youth performance podium. St. Sophia
129. 1988 – Youth chamber orchestra, Skopje. Soloist:
Ljubiša Jovanović, flute, Belgrade. Program: Jommelli, Telemann, Britten,
Stojkov. St. Sophia
130. 1989 – Natasha Veljković, piano. St. Sophia
131. 1989 – Leningrad Soloists. Conductor: Mihail Gant.
Soloist: Mira Jeftić, piano, Serbia. St. Sophia
132. 1989 – Michael Flaxman, cello, USA, Nada Kecman,
piano, Serbia. St. Sophia
133. 1989 – Ensemble Muzika Antika. St. Sophia
134. 1989 – Stefan Milenković, violin, Belgrade, Lidija
Kanaco, piano, Belgrade. St. Sophia
135. 1989 – Dejan Božović, cello, Serbia, Andjelka
Gorgović, piano, Serbia. Youth performance podium. St. Sophia.
136. 1989 – Borislav Čičovački, oboe, Serbia, Dorijan
Leljak, piano, Serbia. Nina Risteska, flute, Skopje, Olivera Spasova,
piano, Skopje. Youth performance podium. St. Sophia
137. 1989 – RT Belgrade Choir. Conductor V. Kranjčević,
Zagreb. Program: Palestrina, Britten, Aleksinački. St. Sophia
138. 1990 – Stefan Milenković, violin, Belgrade, Lidija
Kanjaco, piano, Belgrade. Program; Beethoven, Grieg, Ravel, Massenet,
Sarasate. St. Sophia
139. 1990- Jokut Mihajlović, piano, Novi Sad. St.
Sophia
140. 1990 – Marko Josifovski, violin, Serbia, Igor
Petruševski, violin, Serbia, Matijaž Devrenšek, saxophone, Slovenia,
Veljko Klenkovski, clarinet, Serbia, Katerina Kostadinova, piano,
Macedonia, Marša Todorova, piano, Macedonia. Program: Rossini, Dvorak,
etc. St. Sophia
141. 1990 – JNA Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: M.
Jagušt. Soloists: G. Jeftović, A. Jovanović, D. Ilić, M. Nikolić. Program:
Mozart. St. Sophia
142. 1990 – The Macedonian Philharmonic. Conductor:
Wolfgang Grost, Germany. Stefan Milenković, violin, Belgrade. Program:
Tchaikovsky. St. Sophia
143. 1990 – Youth chamber orchestra, Skopje. Conductor:
F. Muratovski. Soloists: S. Krstić, violin, Serbia, G. Cvetanova, violin,
Macedonia, G. Josifova, oboe Macedonia. Program: Zografski, Bach, Vivaldi.
St.Sophia
144. 1990 – Rita Kinka, piano, Serbia. Program: Bach,
Chopin, Schumann. St. Sophia
145. 1991 – Marina Arsenijević, piano, Serbia, Žiga
Jožev, violin, Serbia, Liljana Gukić, piano. St. Sophia. Youth performance
podium. St. Sophia
146. 1991 – Macedonian Philharmonic. Conductor: A.
Lekovski. Soloists: Slavoljub Kocić, Ivica Šarić, both from Serbia, Juta
Bokor, Hungary, Svetlana Kotlenko, Bulgaria. Program: Mozart. St.
Sophia
147. 1991 – Academy of Arts Chamber Orchestra, Novi Sad.
St. Sophia
148. 1991 – Stefan Milenković, violin, Belgrade, Lidija
Kanaco, piano, Belgrade. Program: Sarasate. St. Sophia
149. 1991 – Ensemble Renaissance, Belgrade. St.
Sophia
The Ohrid Summer Festival is one of the few Macedonian
festivals that has managed to stay on the international cultural and
artistic scene, a festival that has been carrying the leading role of the
cultural life in Macedonia for more than 40 years. Most of the concerts
are performed in the beautiful and mystical St. Sophia church, which has
unique acoustics. Other famous concert venues are the Samuel Fortress and
the Saraj. As proof of the high level of artistic quality in 1994, the
Ohrid Summer Festival became a member of the European Festival
Association, an organization whose members include more than sixty large
and significant festivals from Europe.
Many of the performances at the Ohrid
Summer Festival were performed by Serbian musicians: instrumentalists,
singers, chamber ensembles, symphonic orchestras and choirs. In the period
between 1961 and 1991, Serbian musicians performed 149 concerts at the
Ohrid Summer Festival. This number verifies that Serbian musicians had a
very important role in enriching the program and history of the Ohrid
Summer Festival. The first concert of the Serbian musicians was realized
in 1963. According to the instrumental structure, the performances of
Serbian musicians are divided into: Recitals (piano, violin and
piano, voice and piano, guitar, cello and piano, oboe and piano, clarinet
and piano, flute and piano, contrabass and piano, clavicemballo);
Soloists performances with: symphonic orchestra, the
philharmonic, choir, choir and orchestra, chamber ensemble; Chamber
ensembles (string trios, wind trios, chamber orchestras, chamber
ensembles for old music, trio-harp, violin, voice); Symphonic
orchestras (with or without soloists); Choir ensembles
(mixed choir, youth choir, chamber choir); Vocal-instrumental
ensembles (choir and orchestra; choir, orchestra and soloists);
Folk ensemble; Guest-Ballet Choreographer
.
The largest percentage of all Serbian concerts at the Ohrid Summer
Festival are connected with the recitals.
Serbian and Macedonian musicians have forever collaborated
at many concerts. This is an important fact, as it speaks about the
positive intercultural collaboration between Macedonian and Serbian music
culture.
At the end of the text, we give a chronological presentation
of all concerts of Serbian musicians at the Ohrid Summer Festival, with
the year of the performance, the performers, the program and concert venue.