Due to the increased risk of transmission of the new coronavirus, we are unfortunately forced to cancel the concert of violinist Bojan Ilkoski and pianist Dino Imeri. We will keep you updated on any other information. Thank you for your understanding.

BOJAN ILKOSKI, violin

DINO IMERI, piano

Programme:

M. Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major
M. Ravel: La Valse

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F. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor (cadenza: Dino Imeri)
C. Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano

Bojan Ilkoski began studying the violin aged seven at SMBEC Ilija Nikolovski-Luj in Skopje. His first contact with the instrument was closely followed by prof. Rumen Dimitriev, and he has graduated at the Faculty of Music Arts – Skopje in the class of prof. Oleg Kondratenko. Ilkoski has successfully performed solo concerts in Macedonia as well as abroad: Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania. He also performed with the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, FMU Symphonic Orchestra as well as the Chamber orchestra “FMU Soloists”. In 2009, the young violinist has performed his first solo-recital at Daut-Pashin Amam gallery. The young violinist is a member of the Chamber Orchestra of the Jeunesse Musicales Macedonia with hom he has had the opportunity to collaborate with artists such as Gabriel Kameda, Misha Katz, Sasha Nikolovski-Gjumar, Dijana Ilkoski, Kokan Dimushevski and others, having performed at the Ohrid Summer, Bitola Summer, Interfest and Skopje Summer festivals. Since recently, Ilkoski is a member of the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the F.A.M.E.’s – Film and Music Recording Company orchestra.

Dino Imeri is one of the finest Macedonian pianists. He is recognized for his work in classical music as well as a variety of different genres. He has performed to great public and critical acclaim with the Strasbourg Philharmonic, Macedonian Philharmonic, Sofia Philharmonic, FMU Symphonic Orchestra, Macedonian Opera and Ballet orchestra, JMM Chamber Orchestra. He has performed recitals at many prestigious European venues and festivals such as “Vatroslav Lisinski” Zagreb (Croatia), Schloss “Esterhazy” Eisenstadt (Austria), “Liszt Zentrum” Raiding (Austria), “Piano Plage Festival” Ouistreham (France), Ohrid Summer Festival, Skopje Summer Festival, Interfest – Bitola etc. He has collaborated with many leading musicians of today including conductors Nayden Todorov, Emil Tabakov, Sasha Nikolovski-Gjumar, Borjan Canev, Dijana Imeri Ilkoska, Josep Vicent, singers Ana and Igor Durlovski, Blagoj Nacoski, Libuse Santorisova, Aleksey Shapovalov, Luigi Schifano, Biljana Josifov, instrumentalists Vlatko Stefanovski, Adi Imeri, Bojan Ilkoski, Marija Vrshkova etc. He was awarded the “Mother Theresa” – Skopje award for his humanitarian work as well as the title Laureate of Foundation “Tomislav Zografski”, “Virtuosi” award, many national and international prizes. As of 2019, Imeri is an Associate Professor (docent) at the Faculty of Music Arts in Skopje, Macedonia teaching Piano, Chamber Music, Piano in Context and Accompaniment.