Piano duo Marija Gjoshevska and Slavica Micovska North Macedonia

Marija Gjoshevska-piano

Marija Gjoshevska is one of Macedonia’s most accomplished pianists. She completes her graduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies at the Faculty of music in Skopje in the class of renowned pianist and professor Boris Romanov. She has been awarded numerous prizes at national and international competitions. As a soloist and chamber musician, Gjoshevska has performed at all Macedonian music festivals as well as in the USA, Great Britain, France, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey etc. She has been a soloist with the Macedonian philharmonic multiple times and has also performed with the Dubrovnik Symphony and the Chamber orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales Macedonia. Apart from her solo career she is a member of several ensembles and is also a respected partner of some of the highly acclaimed instrumentalists in Macedonia. Marija Gjoshevska is one of the few selected Macedonian participants in the European project “Piano- reflection of European culture” which has given her the opportunity to perform in five countries: France, Austria, Poland, Moldova and Macedonia. In 2021 at the invitation of Maestro Antoni Wit, Marija Gjoshevska performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano concerto no. 2 with the Krakow Philharmonic in the orchestra’s 2021/22 Season. In 2016 she is awarded the “Virtuoso” prize for best performer in 2015, and several years later in 2018 she wins the “Golden Lyre” award for artistic accomplishents presented by the Association of music artists.  Marija Gjoshevska is a professor at the Faculty of music in Skopje and chairs the department for keyboard instruments and harp, and the doctoral studies for interpretation and composition at the Faculty of Music of the University “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje. She is currently member of the board of the Macedonian Philharmonic as well as member of the Association of music artists of Macedonia and Association of music pedagogues of Macedonia.

Slavica Micovska-Smilevska-piano

Slavica Micovska-Smilevska finishes her primary and secondary music education at Music and ballet centre “Ilija Nikoklovski-Luj” in the classes of prof. J. Mitrevska and prof. M. Vlaisavljevic. She graduates from the Piano department of the Music academy in Sofia in the class of prof. Zeni Zaharieva where she also obtained her master’s degree in 2004. In 2019 she finishes her doctoral studies and earns her Phd degree at the Faculty of Music in Skopje under the mentorship of Zeni Zaharieva. She has participated in numerous seminars and master classes and has competed in national and international competitions earning many prizes and awards. As a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist, Slavica Micovska has performed in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Austria, Malaysia, France. She has performed with the Youth chamber orchestra in Skopje, the Bulgarian chamber orchestra “Collegium musicum Bankia” conducted by Svilen Simeonov and the Chamber orchestra “Profundis” conducted by Gjurgica Dashic. In 2003-2004 she works as a piano professor in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and between 2005-2013 she is engaged by the Pedagogical Faculty in Skopje, as well as the National opera ballet. She currently is a professor of piano at the Music and ballet centre “Ilija Nikoklovski-Luj”.

Programme:

E.Grieg:                     Peer Gynt Suite No.1 op.46

E.Grieg:                     Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 op.55

interval

1. A. Mozart: Sonata for piano four hands C major K. 521

Allegro

                                               Andante

                                               Allegretto

1. Ravel: “Ma Mere L’oye”

                                               Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

                                               Petit Poucet

                                               Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes

                                               Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête

                                               Le Jardin féerique

M.Ravel:                    ” Spanish Rhapsody”

Prelude a la nuit

                                               Malaguena

                                               Habanera

                                               Feria