Toni Kitanovski

Born In Skopje 1964. Toni Started His Musical Education With Dragan Gjakonovski - Spato In 1979. From 1986 Till 1990 He Was The Leader Of The Trio “Spato” Performing Numerous Concerts Radio And TV Appearances As A Trio As Well As Many Solo Performances. Composes / Arranges Concerts For The MBUC Chamber Orchestra Music For The Dance Orchestra Of MRT. Records Soloist Materials For WDR In Cologne Germany. 1988 - 1990 Guitarist For The Dance Orchestra Of MRT. 1990 - 1997 Study Stay In The USA. Graduates At Berklee College Of Music Attends Composition Seminars With Luciano Berio György Ligeti Private Studies With Denis Grillo. Composes For The Concert Jazz Orchestra Of Herb Pomeroy Greg Hopkins' Big-Band And Leads Groups Of His Own. Cooperates With The Performance Artists Bart Uchida And Nancy Adams From Boston Composes The Solo Act Of Uchida In Taipei Taiwan. 1997 Returns To Skopje Forms The Band Luna Appears On The AFES Festival With The Chamber Orchestra Of FMA As Composer And Soloist. As A Soloist Bandleader Composer And Arranger With His Trio And The Jazz Orchestra He Performs At Many Festivals Concerts And Clubs. He Has Collaborated With Many Highly Regarded Musicians Including Greg Hopkins. Charlie Mariano Gustavo Aguilar Vinny Golia Steve Bernstein & The Sex Mob Matt Dariau And Nat Su. In 1998 In Conjunction With The Skopje Jazz Festival Label Toni Released His Debut CD “One For Charlie”. Three Years Later In 2001 He Released The Live Album “Duet” With The Same Label. His Current Project Is With The Gypsy Brass Bend Cherkezi. In 2006 They Released Their Album “Borderlands” Under The Enja Records Label. Awards 1988 Robert Share Memorial Award 1992-95 Awarded On Three Occasions With The Berklee Achievment Scholarship Award For Extraordinary Musical Acomplishments. 1994 Charles Mingus Award For Outstanding And Original Accomplishments In The Field Of Jazz Composition. He Comes From Macedonia. read less