"with a warm, emotionally-balanced interpretation, the six musicians evoked all hidden messages in Schoenberg's extraordinary music...' Vikica Kostoska-Peneva, critic
performances
8-30 September 2024
Project Creative Europe Quiberon Skopje, France
Residency for creation and performance at different venues in Quiberon ( schools, home for the elderly), as well as the 10th Les Musicales de Quiberon Festival
Gonca Bogoromova-Krapovski (soprano), Elena Stojčeska (flute), Martin Dimitrov (violin), Aleksandar Laovski (viola), Paskal Krapovski (cello)
17 April 2024
Chamber Hall of the National Philharmonic, Skopje
47th Days of Macedonian Music Festival
Pascal Gallois, conductor
Gonca Bogoromova-Krapovski, soprano
Milena Damijanovic, soprano
Elena Stojčeska (flute), Igor Ivanov (clarinet), Antonie Veskovski (vibraphone), Marijana Nikolovska (piano), Martin Dimitrov (violin), Marko Videnovikj (viola), Paskal Krapovski (cello)
Programme: Ana Pandevska, Blagoj Canev, Jana Andreevska, Pande Shahov, Valentina Velkovska Trajanovska, Mihajlo Trandafilovski
14 October 2023
DynamikFest Mozarteum Academy, Salzburg
Pascal Gallois, conductor
Gonca Bogoromova-Krapovski, soprano
Elena Stojčeska (flute), Igor Ivanov (clarinet), Antonie Veskovski (vibraphone), Marijana Nikolovska (piano), Katarina Pavlović (violin), Paskal Krapovski (cello)
Programme: Pierre Boulez, Pande Shahov, Augusta Read Thomas
12 October 2023
DynamikFest Mozarteum Academy, Salzburg
Pascal Gallois, conductor
Gonca Bogoromova-Krapovski, soprano
Elena Stojčeska (flute), Vladimir Lazarevski (oboe), Igor Ivanov (clarinet), Nikola Velkovski (horn), Jordan Kolevski (trumpet), Branko Ilievski (trombone), Antonie Veskovski (vibraphone), Alexey Grots (piano), Katarina Pavlović, Dijana Markoska (violin), Marko Videnovikj (viola), Paskal Krapovski (cello), Kristijan Kožumanovski (double-bass)
Programme: Augusta Read Thomas, selected works by composition students of Mozarteum Academy
9 October 2023
Chamber Hall of the National Philharmonic, Skopje
Pascal Gallois, conductor
Gonca Bogoromova-Krapovski, soprano
Elena Stojčeska (flute), Igor Ivanov (clarinet), Antonie Veskovski (vibraphone), Marijana Nikolovska (piano), Katarina Pavlović (violin), Paskal Krapovski (cello)
Programme: Pierre Boulez, Johannes Maria Staud, Pande Shahov, Augusta Read Thomas
We thank the following organisations for their support with above three projects:
altus new breath
The Altus Ensemble was born out of the project New Breath, an exciting initiative by the Centre for Education and Music (CEM) and the Macedonian Philharmonic, aiming at supporting contemporary music enthusiasts within the orchestras, by encouraging them to take on challenging repertoire and seek new audiences. Another aim of the project is to provide essential stimulation for creating new works. Thus, the ensemble established a productive platform for ambitious programming which, together with the orchestra's symphonic repertoire, provides a varied kaleidoscope of musical concepts and cutting-edge quality musicianship. The first concerts enabled long-overdue Macedonian premieres of seminal 20th-Century works, including important pieces by Schoenberg, Webern and Berio. The audience welcomed these performances with evident enthusiasm, which encouraged the ensemble to seek even more demanding challenges for the projects ahead. Furthermore, music by Macedonian composers was programmed alongside the 20th-century classics, including works by Valentina Velkovska-Trajanovska, Jana Andreevska and Pande Shahov. Another important focus is on programming vocal pieces; so far the ensemble has worked with three of the best vocal soloists of the country: Gonca Bogoromova, Milena Arsovska and Ivan Naumovski.
The conductor Pascal Gallois has also contributed to innovative programming of the orchestra; the Macedonian premiere of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians in the large symphony hall received very encouraging reviews, and was acknowledged by many as the most important event of the season.
In spite of being a new protagonist of the contemporary music scene, the ensemble has already performed at the most significant Macedonian festival, Ohrid Summer. The enthusiasm of the musicians involved, the evident sense of friendship and togetherness, and the flexibility in terms of innovative programming, have already set this ensemble on a path towards international acclaim; several unusual and impactful projects are already planned for the near future.
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