Participants Universitas Cantat 2022

”Dragan Shuplevski” Choir of Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia
Conductor: Sasho Tatarchevski

”Dragan Shuplevski” Choir of Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia

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The "Dragan Shuplevski" choir from the faculty of music in Skopje is a very important factor in the Macedonian music stage. Apart from the regular concerts, the choir participates in joint projects with the other ensembles of the faculty and on festivals such as "May Opera Evenings", "Interfest", "Ohrid summer festival" and others. The repertoire of the ensemble is rich and versatile, ranging from renaissance to contemporary. The ensemble performs a capella, as well as vocal-instrumental music in different formations (male, female, chamber, big mixed choir). Several live concert recordings were published on CD and other concerts were aired on the Macedonian Radio and Television. Under the leadership of prof. Sasho Tatarchevski, the choir established itself as a renowned ensemble on international level as well, winning the highest prizes at international choral competitions in Poland, Italy, Bulgaria and France. As a result, the choir is regularly invited to participate in many prestigious festivals and competitions every year.

Sasho Tatarchevski earned his master's degree of choral, symphonic and opera conducting at the Faculty of Music in Skopje. He also attended conducting master classes in New York, Rome, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Florence, Sarteano and Moscow. Mr. Tatarchevski has performed with the Macedonian philharmonic, the Macedonian opera and ballet, the Bitola chamber orchestra, the Bitola opera, the modern music ensembles "Alea" and "ConTempora", the Symphony orchestra of the FM and many other choral, chamber and symphonic ensembles. Besides domestically he has performed numerous concerts and won international prizes with various ensembles in Portugal, Slovenia, UK, Belgium, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Russia, Austria, France, Slovakia, Poland, Romania and Turkey. He also won several conducting prizes. At the moment he works as a professor at the Faculty of Music in Skopje and conductor of “The soloists of the FM” chamber orchestra, the "Dragan Shuplevski" choir, the Female choir of the Youth center and the "Pro Ars" professional choir. Also, he is a regular jury member of several international competitions and artistic director of the Choral forum in Struga.

  
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia