FIMCO MURATOVSKI

conductor

Education:

BA in conducting at the Music Academy in Zagreb in 1958 (professor Milan Horvat)

1964 and 1965 - master classes with Musin, Rabionovic and Mravinski at the Sankt Peterburg Conservatory

Performances:

- active at the Macedonian music scene for over 40 years

- conducting first performances of more than 40 pieces, and more than 850 operas and balets from world and macedonian composers at Macedonian National Theater

- 1978-1983 conducting Macedonian Chamber Orchestra; numerous tours in the country and abroad (Poland, Russia, Lithuania).

- concerts and opera performances in Former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Mexico ect. also at : Ohrid Summer Festival, Dubrovnik Summer days, May Opera Evenings, Struga Music Autumn, Festival of Contemporary Music in Opatija etc.


Recordings:

- numerous recordings for Macedonian Radio and TV

Awards and Recognitions:

- 1969 , the city of Skopje award "13 noemvri"

- 1977, Republic of Macedonia award"11 Oktomvri"

-1995, Republic of Macedonia award"11 Oktomvri" for special achievments

Appointments:

- 1959-1971, conductor at Opera and Ballet of Macedonian National Theatre in Skopje

- 1971-1983, conductor of Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra

- 1971-1977, Manager of Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra

- 1978-1983, conductor of Macedonian Chamber orkestra

- 1986-1992, conductor of Youth Chamber Orkestra

- 1989-1994, conductor and artistic director of MRTV Chamber Orchestra

- 1983- , professor at UKIM SM

Critical References:

... F. Muratovski has made an inteligent and rational translation of Borodin's Bogatyrian simphony ," Osloboduvanje" Saraevo.

...Under the pure , expresive and musical conducting liedership of F. Muratovski the orchestra played in a breathtakeing chamber style "Delo", Ljubljana

... F. Muratovski is a genius conductor, he is a sophisticated and full with subtlety... Refined virtouso of conducting who is enthusiasticly dedicated to his own art interpretation.''El universal'' Mexico.

...The premiere of "DieEntfluhrung aus dem Serial" is primarily a success of the conductor, who conducted this piece with extraordinary confidence and a great feeling for style.. "Zvuk"

...Fimcho Muratovski is a conductor who has completed his task thoroughly, carefully, showing refined feeling for the character of the music.. "Vjesnik"

Repertoire:

Numerous pieces from the standard baroque, classical, romanticism  and contemporary composers, including all major works by Macedonian composers

Operas - H. W. Gluck - "Orpheus", W. A. Mozart - "Die Entfluhrung aus dem Serail", "Cosi fan tutte", Rossini -"Il Barbiere di Seviglia", Verdi -"Don Carlos", "Rigoletto", "Aida", "La Traviata", "Eleksir d' Amore", "Lucia di Lammermoor", "Faust", "The Medium", "Cavalleria Rusticana", "Dido and Aeneas", "Evgenii Onegin"

Ballets - S. Prokofiev - "Romeo and Julliet", M. de Falla - "Al amor brujo", Adam - "Giselle", Delibes - "Coppelia", Egk  - "Abraxas"


IRAM Students Internet Radio program on Fimco Muratovski

Address:
Boulevar Partizanski odredi 129/21
1000 Skopje
Macedonia

tel: + 389 2 3078 008