BA in conducting at the UKIM FM in 1997 (professor Fimco Muratovski)
MA in conducting at State Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov" in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1998 (Vasil Kazandziev and Ivan Vulpe , orchestra and opera conducting)
Post Graduate Diploma at the
Royal College of Music - London in 2001 (Neil Thomson, John Carewe and
Edwin Roxburgh)
in 2001
Master-classes with conductors Janos Fürst, Daniele Gatti and Sir Simon Rattle , 2001
Assistant conductor with Sir Colin Davis on Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni", 2001
LSO Discovery Conducting Masterclass with Sir Colin Davis, 2001
Performances:
With orchestras:
Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra;
London Symphony Orchestra, "Stanislav Binichki" Symphony Orchestra-Belgrade;
RCM Sinfonietta-London; State Musical Academy Symphony Orchestra-Sofia;
UKIM School of Music Symphony Orchestra-Skopje; Chamber Orchestra Colegium~Musicum
"Bankja"; Jeunesses Musicales Macedonia Chamber Orchestra.
With soloists:
Peter Lucas - Graf, Stefan Limoner,
Pavel Vernikov, Stefania Belodi, David Walter, Xavier Philiphes, Joseph
Malovany, Dominique Vidal, Maximiliano Martin, Darko Brlek, Anton Dikov,
Dragan Djordjevich, Shefika Kutluer, Oleg Kondratenko, Leonid Pejsahov,
Stojan Dimov, Gordana Josifova-Nedelkovska, Ana Stamenkovska etc.
At festivals:
"Days of Macedonian Music"; "Ohrid
Summer Festival"; "Skopje Summer Festival"; "Young conductors, soloists
and composers" Sofia-Bulgaria; "Zagreb Summer Festival" Croatia; "Days
of the Chamber Music" Gabrovo-Bulgaria etc.
In countries:
France, Italy, England, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Macedonia
Recordings:
Life recordings: Macedonian Television and Bulgarian National Radio
CD's: featuring Jeunesses Musicales Macedonia Chamber Orchestra, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Macedonian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and UKIM School of Music Symphony Orchestra.
Awards :
2001, August Manns Prize for Conducting at the Royal College of Music, London
Appointments:
- 1999 - , conductor of the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 2002 - , assitant professor at UKIM SM
Reviews:
"...Once again, Borjan Canev presented his musical, emotional and contemplative
qualities as a conductor in a suggestive manner..."
(Vlado Chuchkov, Skopje, "Vecher", June 5th 1997)
"No doubt - a talent! "The morning tells us what the day will be like"
- this is an old saying... To put it shortly - he has a conductor's glow!
I can foretell Canev a future!"
(Prof. Dimitar Sagaev, Sofia, December 19th 1997)
"A conductor is born before whom the world's superhighways will be wide
open!"
(Prof. Dimitar Sagaev, Sofia, February 11th 1998)
"Owning to his immense talent, consistency, his strong will and ambition,
he is looking at a great future career as a conductor."
(Prof. Vassil Kazandjiev, Sofia, June 2nd 1998)
"...He has shown all needed qualities for a successful international
career; with his excellent inner temperament he was clearly leading the
orchestra. It was also clearly seen even on rehearsals that the young Macedonian
conductor knew how to gain their attention - they were motivated to work
to the high degree of interpretation..."
(Alexander Abadjiev - musicologist, Sofia, January 21st 1999)
"...The real artistic discovery was coming of the 25 years old conductor
Borjan Canev from Macedonia with the Symphony Orchestra "Stanislav Binicki",
Belgrade..."
(G.Krajachic, Belgrade, "Blic", March 8th 1999)
"...Here, in Belgrade, as well as in Skopje and Sofia previously, Canev
is imposed as superior in representing the extensiveness of Macedonian
musical world..."
(Dushica Ilin, correspondent of Macedonian TV - Belgrade, February
20th 1999)
"...The bright side of the interpretation elevated in a cosmic joy of
the Symphony by Franck, Borjan Canev has managed to finished the concert
as something that will be long remembered..."
(Snezana Anastasova-Chadikovska, "Puls" May 5th 2000)
"...Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra has given all the trust to their
young conductor with an enormous belief that he would present them excellent,
which has become obvious on the three days tour in Croatia..."
(Branimir Pofuk, "Jutarnji list", Zagreb July 19th 2000)
"...Borjan has shown himself to be a conductor of real talent and artistic
personality. He has a good technique, thorough rehearsal skills and the
ability to influence an orchestra immediately by his presence..."
(Prof. Neil Thomson, Royal College of Music, London July 2nd 2001)
IRAM Students Internet Radio program on Borjan Canev
e-mail: bcanev@unet.com.mk