Jana Andreevska is the first female Macedonian composer and one of the most internationally performed Macedonian composers. She was born in 1967 in Skopje, to parents Olivera Nikolova and Cane Andreevski, both renowned writers. Having very diverse interests in arts, she finished both classical gimnasium and secondary music school (major in piano) in Skopje. Since early age she has been taught by the exceptional piano pedagogue, Stela Slejanska who, as Jana reveals, was the first to instigate her interest in composition and music analysis. After the high-school graduation, deciding not to further pursue a career as a painter, she continued her composition studies at the Faculty of Music in Skopje, with the renowned composer and professor Tomislav Zografski, where she earned both her BA and MA degrees. Her education as a composer also includes numerous workshops in the Netherlands, Poland, USA and Macedonia, with other renowned composers such as Ilija Pejovski, Louis Andriessesn, Ton de Leeuw, Michael Nyman, Francois Bernard-Mache, Eric Gaudibert, John Woolrich, Nigel Osborne, Glenn Hackbarth among others.
In 1991 she started working as a producer for classical music in the Macedonian Radio Television. Since 1995 she has been teaching at the Theory and Composition Department of the Faculty of Music in Skopje (musical analysis, counterpoint, composition etc) where she has recently been tenured as a full professor. From 2005 to 2013 she also held the positions of Head of the Theory and Composition Department and Vice-Dean for concerts and international cooperation.
She has received research fellowships and given lectures at the Arizona State University in Tempe (USA), Academy of Music in Ljubljana (Slovenia), Royal Academy of Music in London (UK), Royal Conservatories in Liege and Mons (Belgium), Yasar University in Izmir (Turkey), University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Austria), Jerusalem Academy of Music (Israel), as well as series of extra-curricular lectures in her own country.
Her pieces have been performed and recorded by herself and soloists and ensembles such as the Macedonian Philharmonic, the Chamber orchestra of the Macedonian Radio Television, Ensemble ALEA, Contempora Ensemble, Ensemble Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Saxophone Quartets “Dimov”, “Axone”, Tel Aviv Saxophone Quartet and Saxofonquadrat, choir Collegium Musicum and Darinka Matic-Marovic, New London Chamber Choir, Proars Choir, the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ensemble Horizonte, Artwork Ensemble, Alliage Quintet, Antarja Quartet, The String Quartet of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Society, 4 Saxess, Calliope Women’s Choir, ensemble ConTempora and pianists such as Marcel Worms, Ana Gaceva, Marija Vrshkova, Natalija Mladenovic, Hajdi Elzeser, Nenad Lecic, Natasha Mitrovic, Liljana Vukelja and Milica Lawrence, Roderick Chadwick, Dejan Sinadinovic, Madalina-Claudia Danila, Jean-Luc Fafchamps and Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven, Steffen Schleiermacher, Milena Arsovska, Vesna Ginovska-Ilkova and others in Macedonia, Serbia, former USSR, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Moldova, Germany, Denmark, France, Russia, Romania and the USA. Her works have been published on CDs by SOKOM, Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik, Peer Music, Zefir Records. She is an active member of many professional organizations such as the Macedonian Composers Association (SOKOM), a delegate of SOKOM in the European Composers Forum (ECF) and ECSA (European Composer and Songwriter Alliance) since 2008. From 2013 to 2018 she chaired the Artistic Committee of the ECCO (European Contemporary Composers Orchestra). From 2008 to 2019 she was Artistic Director of the festival “Days of Macedonian Music”. From 2019 to 2022 she was Vice-President of the ecf committee and Board Member of ECSA. Jana Andreevska speaks Macedonian (native), English (fluent), French (fluent), German (passive), Serbocroatian (near-native), Bulgarian (passive). Her other interests include painting and translating fiction and articles on music from English and French into Macedonian. Translations include Michael Cunningham’s novel “The Hours” (published by “Tri”, 2006); Robert Coover’s “the Babysitter” (published by “Templum”, 2008); Marcel Schwob’s “Vies Imaginaires” (“Templum”, 2018) and Jill Bolte Taylor’s “Whole Brain Living” (“Koncepcija”, 2022).
Konventhuset, Domkirkestræde 10, 4000 Roskilde
Duo Stockmarr-Macedonio (Marie Stockmarr Becker – viola, Ilaria Macedonio – harpsichord)
World premiere of BEYOND for baroque viola and harpsichord
Concert Hall of the Faculty of Music - Skopje
Zoran Pehchevski - piano
Performance of In a Quiet Mood (Winds of August; Renata’s Tune; Waltz; Autumn In April)
32.INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF COMPOSERS, Belgrade, Serbia, Studentski kulturni centar, Velika sala, 20.00h
Concert of GRADILISTE ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC: (Milena Damnjanovic - sosprano, Marko Sretenovic - flute, Veljko Klenkovski - clarinet, Veselin Jovanovic - viola, Vuk Ovaskainen - cello, Srdjan Sretenovic - conductor)
Serbian premiere of “If I die...” for soprano, alt flute, clarinet, viola and cello
Cycle “Women 2023 - Stories and Music by Strong Women”, Foyer of Elsbach Haus, Herfort, Germany
Hajdi Elzeser - piano
Performance of Simple Song of Tenderness
Wind aus dem Balkan, Bei Fuchs, Luettelforst, Schwalmtal, Germany
Danica Stojanova - piano
Performance of Winds of August, Waltz, Autumn in April (from In A Quiet Mood)
Gottinger Abende zeitgenossicher musik, Klaviersalon, Stumpfebiel 4, Germany
Hajdi Elzeser - piano
Performance of Simple Song of Tenderness
Play It Out Loud, Pocket Cinema - YCC Skopje
JMM String Quartet
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
Balkan Contemporary Youth Academy, University of Arts - Tirana, Albania
Marta Ceretta - piano
Performance of Scattered Blues
45. Days of Macedonian Music, Museum of Macedonian Struggle - Skopje
Jelena Jovanovic-Petrovic - piano
Performance of Scattered Blues
45. Days of Macedonian Music, Museum of Macedonian Struggle - Skopje
Vesna Ginovska - Ilkova - sopran, Kristina Svetieva - piano
Performance of Tranquility
45. Days of Macedonian Music, Museum of Macedonian Struggle - Skopje
String Quartet ATAKA (Eva Bogoevska Marija Trajkovska Yllza Baftiari Maja Mihajlovska)
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
Museum of Macedonian Struggle - Skopje
Anastasija Grkovska - piano
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
Moscow Romance Center, Russia
Vesna Ginovska - Ilkova - sopran, Galina Sergeevna - piano
Performance of Tranquility
Ohrid Summer Festival, St. Sofia Cathedral, Macedonia
Milena Arsovka - soprano, Pascal Gallois - conductor, Elena Stojceska - alto-flute, Ivan Ivanov - clarinet, Marko Videnovik - viola, Paskal Krapovski - cello
Performance of ”If I die...”
St. Sofia Cathedral, 20.00h, Ohrid, Macedonia
Vesna Ginovska - Ilkova - sopran, Galina Sergeevna - piano
Performance of Tranquility
"Impressions" - Online Concert of Ensemble Horizonte
"Days of Macedonian Music Festival 2020" - Recording date: 20th of December 2020 at Freie Waldorfschule Gütersloh-Friedrichsdorfy
Performance of "...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?"(YouTube link)
43. Days of Macedonian Music, Museum of Macedonian Struggle
Concert of Biljana Kamcheva- mezzo-soprano and Ana Gaceva - piano
Performance of “Tranquility” for mezzo-soprano and piano
43. Days of Macedonian Music, Museum of Macedonian Struggle
Concert of Danica Stojanova - piano
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
“Muztranzit: East-West” International New Music Festival, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian Federation
Concert of the Kazan Chamber Orchestra "New Music” and members of the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble conducted by Anna Gulishambarova, on the occasion of Sofia Gubaidulina’s birthday
Performance of Mandala
Live broadcast on radio Deutschlandfunk Kultur
live performance recording of “...am I a falcon, a storm or an unending song?” from the concert of Ensemble Horizonte on June 7, 2019 at the Tonhalle, Duesseldorf
Golden Lyra Festival, Museum of Macedonian Struggle, Skopje, North Macedonia
Concert of Danica Stojanova
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
SCHÖNES WOCHENENDE: Festival für modernes Hören, Tonhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Concert of ENSEMBLE HORIZONTE
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?” for string quartet
New Gates - Komponistinnen der Gegenwart, Hangar 21, Detmold, Germany
Concert of ENSEMBLE HORIZONTE
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?” for string quartet
Le Cap (Franzosiche Kirche), Bern, Switzerland
Concert of Ana Gaceva - piano
Performance of Study for prepared piano
Le Cap (Franzosiche Kirche), Bern, Switzerland
Concert of Ana Gaceva - piano
Performance of Study for prepared piano
42.Days od Macedonian Music Festival, Museum of Macedonian Struggle
Concert of young pianists - Anastasija Kocheva - piano
Performance of Variations for piano
42.Days od Macedonian Music Festival, Macedonian Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Concert of Ensemble ZEITFLUSS, conducted by Edo Micic
Performance of Elective Affinities
Hövelhof, Germany
Concert of HAJDI ELZESER - piano
Performance of A Simple Song of Tenderness
GRAZ MEETS SKOPJE, Großer Minoritensaal, Graz, Austria
Concert of Ensemble ZEITFLUSS, conducted by Edo Micic
Performance of Elective Affinities
De Binnenwai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Concert of Danica Stojanova - piano
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
Koffieconcert, Thorenlaantheater Zeist, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Concert of Danica Stojanova - piano
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
Neu-Bottenbroich, Germany
Concert of Danica Stojanova - piano
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
Musikschule Lenze, Herford, Germany
Concert of Danica Stojanova - piano
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
27.INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF COMPOSERS, Belgrade, Serbia, Studentski kulturni centar, velika sala, 20.00
Concert of GRADILISTE ENSEMBLE FOR NEW MUSIC
Serbian premiere of Mandala
OPENING SEASON FESTIVAL, Tel Aviv, Israel, Israel Conservatory of Music, 19.30
Concert of TEL AVIV SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Israeli premiere of "...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?"
FUNDRAISING EVENT AT THE MACEDONIAN EMBASSY, Stockholm, Sweden
Concert of HAJDI ELZESER - piano
Swedish premiere of A Simple Song of Tenderness
KLASSIKA, Musikschule Lenze - Herfort, Germany, 11.00
Concert of HAJDI ELZESER - piano
World premiere of A Simple Song of Tenderness
CONCERTI DEL TEMPIETTO, Rome, Italy, Parco Archeologico del Teatro di Marcello, 20.30
Concert of DANICA STOJANOVA - piano
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
10 Jahre MEHRKLANG Festival, Freiburg, Germany, Archäologische Sammlung der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 19 und 21 Uhr
Concert of Ensemble AVENTURE
Performance of Mandala (version for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, vibraphone, viola, cello and double bass)
Talk Town Festival Copenhagen, Denmark, Huset - KBH, 18.00
Concert of String Quartet ANTARJA
Performance of ...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?
41. Days of Macedonian Music, NUCK Anton Panov - Strumica, 19.30
Concert of Hajdi Elzeser and Nenad Lecic (ARTWORK Ensemble)
Performance of 2.2.4 to 4.4.2 for four-hands piano
41. Days of Macedonian Music, Hotel Apolonija - Gevgelija, 19.30
Concert of Hajdi Elzeser and Nenad Lecic (ARTWORK Ensemble)
Performance of 2.2.4 to 4.4.2 for four-hands piano
41. Days of Macedonian Music, Faculty of Music - Skopje, 20.00
Concert of Hajdi Elzeser and Nenad Lecic (ARTWORK Ensemble)
Performance of 2.2.4 to 4.4.2 for four-hands piano
CD released by MIC-Skopje, Jana Andreevska/ selected works
"...am I a falcon, a storm or an unending song?"
Tracks include: Variations for piano, Scattered Blues, Study, Elective Affinities, By the Lake, "...am I a falcon, a storm or an unending song?", 2.2.4 to 4.4.2, Bolno lezhi... and Mandala.
Festival BUNT, Belgrade, Serbia, AKUD Lola 20h
Concert of String Quartet ANTARJA
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
8.Hoerfest Neue Musik - Detmold, Gemany
Concert of Ensemble HORIZONTE
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde, The Netherlands
Concert of Ana Gaceva - piano
Performance of Study for prepared piano
8.Hoerfest Neue Musik - Detmold, Gemany
Concert of Ensemble HORIZONTE
Performance of Elective Affinities
Noorderberg Concerts, Deventer, The Netherlands
Concert of Ana Gaceva - piano
Performance of Study for prepared piano
Kamermuziek in De Hoop, Diemen, The Netherlands
Concert of Ana Gaceva - piano
Performance of Study for prepared piano
Hall of Dietrichstein Palace in the Moravian Museum in Brno
Concert of Danica Stojanova - piano
Performance of Six Piano Pieces
40.Days of Macedonian Music
String Quartet ANTARJA
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
String Quartet ANTARJA
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
Ungehoerte Klaenge: Kоmponistinen aus dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien, Universitaet fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, Joseph Haydn-Saal, Vienna, Austria
String Quartet ANTARJA
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
University Goce Delchev in Shtip, Macedonia
Concert of the String Quartet of the ensemble ConTempora
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
Concert series “Young Talents” Haydnhaus, Vienna, Austria
String Quartet ANTARJA
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
Meridian Festival, Bucurest, Romania
String Quartet PROFIL
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
53. Glazbena tribina, Opatija, Croatia
String Quartet of the ensemble ConTempora
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”
Skopje, Macedonia
Recital of Natasha Mihajlova - soprano and Elena Atanasovska-Ivanovska-piano
Performance of Tranquility
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Concert Hall, Izmir, Turkey
Yasar Chamber Orchestra
Performance of Mandala
25.International Review of Composers, Belgrade, Serbia
Liljana Vukelja and Milica Lawrence
Performance of 2.2.4 to 4.4.2
39. Days of Macedonian Music
Concert of the choir PROARS, conducted by Sasho Tatarchevski
Performance of Bolno lezhi...
39. Days of Macedonian Music
Concert of ConTempora Ensemble
World premiere of Mandala
39. Days of Macedonian Music
Recital of Steffen Schleiermacher - piano
Macedonian premiere of Three Dyadic Variations
Autorenkonzert, Musikschule Lenze, Germany
Concert of Hajdi Elzeser and Nenad Lecic
Performance of 2.2.4 to 4.4.2
Palazzina Liberty, Milano
Recital of Blagoj Nacoski - tenor and Stefano Giannini - piano,
Performance of Tranquillity
Autumnal Music Festivities
Concert of the choir PROARS Conducted by Sasho Tatarchevski
World premiere of Bolno lezhi...
Meridian Festival, Bucurest, Romania
Recital of Madalina-Claudia Danila - piano
World premiere of Three Dyadic Variations
Mini Festival “Cafe Budapest”, Budapest, Hungary
Istvan Lajko - piano
Performance of Scattered Blues
6.Hoerfest Neue Musik, Detmold, Germany
Hajdi Elzeser and Nenad Lecic - 4-hands piano
Performance of 2.2.4 to 4.4.2
Concert of ConTempora at the Conservatoire Royal de Liege, Belgium
Marija Vrshkova - piano
Performance of Study 2
38.Days of Macedonian Music
Jean-Luc Fafchamps and Jean-Philip Collard-Neven - 4-hands piano
Macedonian premiere of 2.2.4 to 4.4.2
Concert “Blagovestie”, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Soloists of the Ensemble for New Music of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Society
Performance of “...am I a falcon, a storm, or an unending song?”