Tetovo Choir Conductors

The tradition must be kept and continued

Vlado Srbinovski - has been a conductor of the choir since its renewal in 1990. He also manages the Chamber mixed choir at the House of Culture. He has graduated at the Music Academy in Skopje, Department for solo singing in the class of Professor Milka Eftimova.

He has been devoted to choral conducting since 1983, from the beginning of his work career.

He was born in Tetovo in 1959, and now he works as a teacher in the High School "Kiril Pejcinovic" in Tetovo and in the Music and Ballet School Centre "Ilija NIkolovski Luj" in Skopje.

The Association of Composers of Macedonia awarded him as the conductor with the most successful performance at the Tetovo Choral Festival "TEHO '93". He has also been awarded several other festival awards.

Milka Eftimova is at present a full professor and the Faculty for Music Art in Skopje.Owing to her three decades active work in opera and concert stages.For her active and highly prolific work as a soloist ,Milka Eftimova is the bearer of many acknowledgements. In the period between 1967 and 1984 Eftimova is the leading vocal in Ljubljana and Skopje Operas where she accomplishes more than twenty leading roles. Revealing another aspect of her integrity, Eftimova is a very often guest on the concert stage through her recitals, performances in numerous oratorios, her style varying from Monteverdi to Honeger.. the critics call her the " Glorious Carmen.

Gordana Antovska is working as my assistant conductor. She has graduated at the Music Academy in Skopje in the section of music theory and pedagogy as well as choir conducting in the class of Proffesor Dragan Shuplevski. She had performed as a conductor of the choirs under the House of Culture "Iljo Antevski Smok" in Tetovo before home audience. In 1997 she made her debut at the international scene as well. It was at the Bedzih Smetana festival in Litomishel, The Chech Republic, where the Chamber choir conducted by her won the bronze medal.