Borjan Canev

conductor

Education:

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



Address:
Vasil Gjorgov  26/15
1000 Skopje
Macedonia

e-mail: bcanev@unet.com.mk