Premiere of the theatre play “Amadeus” by Peter Shaffer

Directed by Andrej Cvetanovski

NI Turkish Theatre Skopje

Talent as a category has been assessed and investigated throughout history and is considered to be a valuable attribute of a person. Even if that is a category rather subjective and personal, the real quality can’t be denied and even if tried, it comes to light after the time when the works are created. It can easily be said that talent is the one quality immune to the ravages of time. The genius of a man in a certain field can’t be hidden mainly the relatively few universally accepted genius people.

When it comes to music, one of the few people who have left a lasting mark on humanity with their works is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But he was not accepted and hailed by his contemporaries. All but one. His eternal nemesis Antonio Salieri is the only person who recognized his genius.  And it is due to Mozart’s genius talent that Salieri becomes his archrival. Salieri carries the burden of being able to know music so well that he is capable of recognizing the divinity of Mozart, at the same time not being able to ever compose anything so perfect himself.

Talent and sense are not connected to each other, they are not developed together and should not be sought together. It is exactly what the goal of our play is – to celebrate talent and sense as two different principles and portray their eternal and universal battle.

Andrej Cvetanovski

Andrej Cvetanovski is a Macedonian director who mainly focuses on the classical works but is also deeply invested in the plays by Macedonian writers. His approach is very visual and focused on new interpretations of the classical works.

A graduate of the University ESRA Paris-Skopje-New York in 2010, his graduation play is “Salieri” by Peter Shaffer. He earns his master’s degree 2018 directing “Midsummer night’s dream”. From 2010 he is engaged by the University as an assistant in the subjects Theatre directing and acting, and he later is the assistant to prof. Dejan Projkovski. Between the years 2013 and 2017 he is the managing director of the Comedy Theatre in Skopje.

He has directed more than 40 plays of different genres and aesthetics that unite in the idea of contemporary interpretations of classical works and his strive for the highly visual element in directing. His work has been presented at festivals and performances in Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Russia, where they have been warmly received by audiences and critics.

Roles:

Selpin Kjerim

Jetkin Sezair

Slagjana Vujoshevic

Aksel Mehmet

Dzenap Samet

Burhanedin Ibrahim

Emine Halil

Ozan Ildriz

Igbal Saidova

Set design: Sergej Svetozarev

Costume design: Rade Vasilev

Assistant director: Dzabir Doko