Programme:
Goran Bojčevski: Kaval sviri na sred pole (Kaval Playing in the Middle of a Field)
Macedonian folk song, arr. Goran Bojčevski: Makedonsko devojče (Macedonian Girl)
Goran Bojčevski:
Nineteen
The Wind whispers your name to me
In Your Eyes
She
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Goran Bojčevski: Libertango
Goran Bojčevski: Oblivion
Macedonian folk songs, arr. Goran Bojčevski:
Kalajdžisko oro
Kasapsko oro
Taraf de Haidouks, arr. Goran Bojčevski: Turceasca
Klezmer, arr. Goran Bojčevski: Let’s be happy
Macedonian folk song, arr. Goran Bojčevski: Jovano, Jovanke
Antonio Vivaldi: Storm from Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, RV 315

Macedonia-born clarinettist Goran Bojčevski began his professional musical career at the Ljubljana Academy of Music and completed the master’s programme in clarinet at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, studying with renowned teacher Alois Brandhofer. In 2018 he was awarded the Bronze Coat of Arms of Celje in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of culture. He is also a composer and the originator of the musical style known as Balkan Nuevo, which combines the music of the Balkans with elements of classical music and jazz. He will be joined at the 73rd Ljubljana Festival by a group of promising young musicians, with a programme consisting of ethno-jazz arrangements of folk songs and jazz standards and his own original compositions. Andraž Ferce studied the accordion at the Ljubljana Academy of Music, the Lucerne School of Music and the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts. He performs regularly at European music festivals and collaborates with ensembles such as Klangforum Wien and the Austrian New Music Ensemble (oenm). Since graduating in guitar from the Ljubljana Academy of Music, Matic Dolenc has dedicated himself to world music and arranging. He collaborates regularly with Bojčevski and also works with other ensembles. Jan Sever is one of the more prominent pianists of his generation in Slovenia and regularly appears at festivals at home and abroad. His repertoire covers a wide range of classical music and other genres, in particular tango. Jaka Krušič is a member of several ensembles and performs regularly with them at home and abroad. He is currently completing jazz double bass studies at the Gustav Mahler Private University of Music in Klagenfurt and also works as a music teacher. Having completed a master’s degree in classical percussion, Gregor Horvat today collaborates regularly with musicians such as Uroš Perič, Maja Keuc, Omar Naber and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra.

• Improvisation is a key element of Bojčevski’s music, in which he combines Balkan melodies with the openness and spontaneity of jazz, allowing the two worlds to exist alongside each other and interweave, while maintaining the emotional power of tradition.
• Composer and clarinettist Goran Bojčevski combines elements of classical and world music in his compositions, with each instrument in his ensemble telling its own story, rich with emotions that stretch from the Balkans to contemporary musical worlds.
• In Goran Bojčevski’s native North Macedonia, the clarinet is not only an instrument, it is a symbol – frequently a central element of weddings and celebrations, where every master clarinettist is hailed as a kind of national hero.
• Compositions by Goran Bojčevski form part of the syllabus at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.