DIMITRIJE BUZAROVSKI
born in 1952 in Skopje, Macedonia

Buzarovski March 2008

(photo courtesy of Andrej Ginovski)

Link to the IRAM Students' Internet Radio program - Portrait of the Artist - Dr. Dimitrije Buzarovski - with text in Macedonian and excerpts from Buzarovski's compositions

Link to the IRAM Students' Internet Radio program - The first CD recorded at IRAM - Dimitrije Buzarovski - 9 Nocturnes for piano performed by the author (September 4th, 2000)

Education:

music education:
Bachelor of Music in Performance (piano - 1972, University "Cyril and Methodius")
Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition (1973 - University "Cyril and Methodius")
Master's degree in Composition (1976, University of Arts, Belgrade)

Doctor's degree in Philosophy (1984, Aesthetics of music, University "Cyril and Methodius", Philosophy Dpt.)

postdoctoral :
(1985-86) Fulbright Fellow at Boston University Philosophy Dpt., research subject - History of Aesthetics of Music (1992-1993) at Arizona State University, research project on music education
(1999-2000) Fulbright Fellow at Arizona State University College of Business, research subject - Economics of Music

Compositions:

More than 70 musical compositions, mainly large forms (sonatas, concertos, symphonies, cantatas, oratorios, operas and ballets), for various instrumental and vocal soloists, groups and orchestras, including usage of electronic musical instruments and computers, performed or recorded in Macedonia, former Yugoslavia, Germany, France, Spain, USA, former USSR, Bulgaria, Greece , Holland etc.

Performances:

as a pianist or piano accompanist, soloist on synthesizers, conductor (only for his own compositions), recitals and concerts in Europe and USA, recordings for various radio and TV programs

Musicology:

main field - aesthetics, sociology and economics of music, over 150 reviews of musical events, 52 essays or conference papers, books on aesthetics of music, electronic music, musical analysis, editor of 15 books from IRAM International conferences

International educational, artistic or research projects:

coordinator of several international projects, among them:

- TEMPUS JEP 13567/1998 - Development of Electronic Music and Audio Recording Courses (with Trinity College of Music -London and Koninklijk Conservatorium - Den Haag)

- TEMPUS JEP 15019-2000 -Development of IRAM - Institute for Research and Archivation of Music (with Trinity College of Music -London and Koninklijk Conservatorium - Den Haag)

- SCOPES 2000-2003 (SNF) - Research and Digital Archivation of Macedonian Music Folklore (with Musikethnologisches Archiv der Universitat Zurich)

- TEMPUS JEP 17088-2002 -Multimedia Program at University "Sts. Cyril and Methodius" of Skopje, Faculty of Music (MPUF) (with Trinity College of Music -London and Koninklijk Conservatorium - Den Haag)

Teaching:

at School of Music - University "Cyril and Methodius"

Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (1983- ) Polyphony and Harmony ( 1987-1991) Analysis of Musical Forms (1991- ) Intro into Arts Business (1998- ) - Sonology (2000 -), Multimedia (2006- )

at ASU Study Abroad at UKIM

Balkan Cultures and Traditions (1998 - 2001)

at School of Music- Arizona State University

Basic Music Theory (1993)

at Fine Arts School - University of Nish (Serbia)

Vocal Literature (2007), Music Styles (2007), Music Arranging (2007), Composition (2007), Digital Processing of Sound (2007)

Appointments:

Member of FIJM (Jeunesse Musical) Animator's Committee (1976-78), Member of European Broadcasting Union working group for music programs (1984-85) President of the Union of Yugoslav composers' organizations (1990-1991), President of the University council of the University "Cyril and Methodius", President of the Council of international "Ohrid Summer Festival"(1990-92 ), Producer, Music Program "Ohrid Summer Festival" (1994) , Member of Macedonian Music Artists Association, RILM (International Repertory of Music Literature) Chairperson for Macedonia (1992), Arizona State University Projects Coordinator in Macedonia ( 1994-1999), Dean of UKIM Faculty of Music (1995-1999), President of MMC (1997-1999), IRAM Director (2000- ), IRAM Students' Radio Director (2003- )

Awards:

Yugoslav youth organization for the String quartet (1973), JRT (Yugoslav Radio and TV) for II symphony (1979), III award of SSNO for the cantata "Eyes" (1981), University "Sts.Cyril and Methodius" for the oratorio "Ohrid" (1989), first award for music for the theater play "Monsters in our City" at the festival "Vojdan Chernodrinski" (1990) special awards (1987,1990) from Macedonian Ministry of Culture for merits for the introduction of electronic and computer music in Macedonian musical culture, and the research on computer archivation of music materials.

Lectures in USA:

Boston University (1985), Boston Colloquium of Philosophy of Science (1986), Harvard University (1986), Colorado State University (1986), University of Wyoming (1986), Boston University (1987), Arizona State University (1992,1993,1994,1995,1996), University of Arizona- Tucson (1992) Southern Oregon State College (1993), The University of Texas (Austin) (1994), Kent State University (1994). Louisianna Tech University (2003)

Compositions

solo instruments:

Sonatine for piano (1973), Sonata for piano ( 1976) II Sonata for piano (1983) III Sonata for piano (1987), All that Dance (Variation for two pianos) (1995), 2O Variations on a folk theme for solo clarinet (1978), Motifs for solo cello (1979), " Parahodot " Variations for solo cello (1997), 9 Nocturnes (Vecherinki) for piano (Kales Ango, Vo vlashkoto malo, Sechi mome, Jovano/More sokol pie, Katinke, Despina, Dafino, Serbez Donka,Zajdi jasno sonce,) (2000), 4 Nocturnes (Vecherinki) for piano (Trnushko/Shekerna/Vecherajte, Ne si go prodavaj Koljo chiflikot, Ne se beli Mare mori, Dali pametvish Milice) (2004)
Piano Recital of Dimitrije Buzarovski at Days of Macedonian MusicMarch 27, 2004 IRAM/moviefiles/Nocturnes.mov(60.1 Mb, QuickTime player needed)

vocal cycles:

"Humorous songs" for baritone and piano (1976), "Love songs" for baritone and piano (1979), "Songs about Goce" for baritone and wind quintet (1977) , (also versions for piano or synthesizer 1984) ,"Heroic songs" for baritone and string orchestra (1983), "Elegy about you" for soprano, baritone and synthesizers, "Trois poemes de Paul Verlaine composes à la maniere d'impressionnistes" for baritone and piano (1989), "Spiritual songs" for children’s choir, soprano, baritone and synthesizers (1992), " Songs of Peace and War" for soprano, mezzo and synthesizers (1994),"Songs about Goce" for baritone and oboe, clarinet, folk instruments, percussion and synthesizer(1996) , Eco songs (1996), " Wedding songs " for children's choir and synthesizers (1997)

songs:

"A tramp" for baritone and piano (1984), "A song about the soldier three meters under the ground" for bartione and piano (1981), "A swallow Mica" for children voice, choir and synthesizers (1991)

chamber music:

Chorale, prelude and fugue for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1980), String quartet (1971), Folk suite for four trombones (1982), Wind quintet (1981), Folk quintet for wind instruments (1985), "Elegy" for chamber orchestra (1975), Five preludes for synthesizer and chamber orchestra (1987), Baroque concertino for string orchestra and synthesizer (1988, Trio version 2001), A suite from music for the plays "Zoika's flat" and "Deutsche Mark" for violin, viola and piano (1989 - alto saxophone version 1994), Sextet for wind quintet and synthesizer (1990), Concerto for strings, harp and synthesizer (1990), TechnoSymph (1997), Concerto grosso for violin, cello, piano, strings and percussions (1999, Trio version 2001) Kreuzweg - Reflexionen IX for flute, viola, guitar and accordion (2001), Nonet Concerto (2003)IRAM/moviefiles/nonet.mov(64.8 Mb, QuickTime player needed))

symphonic music:

Fantasia quasi una Sinfonia (1973), II Symphony (1979), Musurgia ecclectica for symphonic orchestra and synthesizer (1989), Piano Concerto (1998), Vocal Symphony (for 8 voices and symphonic orchestra) (2006) (version for 4 soloists, choir and symhony orchestra, 2007; version for 4 soloists, choir and piano four hands 2007, VokSiNisUn08.mpg 146.7MB), Ouverture (2007)

vocals, choir, orch.:

"Ballad" for tenor, choir and chamber orchestra (1981), "Four heroic songs for wind orchestra mezzo-soprano, baritone and choir" (1978), "Eyes" a cantata for soprano, baritone, narrator and wind orchestra (1980), "Live-memory" oratorio for soprano, baritone, choir, narrators and synthesizers (1985), "Ohrid" oratorio for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, narrator, choir and symphonic orchestra (1988) "Radomir's Psalms" oratorio for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, children's choir, choir and symphonic orchestra (1999)

ballet - opera :

"Candy tale" children's opera (1976), "Trains" ballet (1986), "Snow-white" children's ballet (1986), "Despina and Mr Dox" comic opera (1991)

synthesizers:

Experiment I (also a version for synthesizer and chamber orchestra) (1984), Tema con repetizioni (1984), Pop-suite (1984), "Eneads I" (1987), "Eneads II" (1991), "Eneads III" (1991), "The Skeleton and the Beauty" (1993) SynthSon (1997)

music for theatre, soundtracks :

"Zoika's flat" (1986)"Deutsche Mark" (1987), "Good night, mother" (1987), "Fairy tale about time" (1988), "Collecting center" (1988), "Weekend of corpses" (1989), "Giant" (1989), "Nothing without Trifolio" (1990), "Monsters in our city" (1990) (also a TV serial), "The comedy of errors" (1990), "Hunter’s tales" (1990),"A tavern on the road to Europe" (1991), "Electra" (1992), "Clowns" (1993), "Caligula" (1994), "Hecuba" (1994), "Confusions" (1994), "Dicho Zograf" (1994)," Harlequin" (1995)," Prometheus" (1995) "Waiting for the spirit" (1995), "Fortinbras is dead " (1996), " Farewall" (1997), "Two in Eden" (1998), "Figaro's wedding" (1998), "Jane Zadrogaz"(2001), "Ghoul Quest" (2001) "Completed works by Shakespeare" (2002), "Advertisments for old clowns" (2002), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2008)

radio and TV music:

"Helmet" (1981), "Poetic theater - Horhe Luis Padron" (1990), signature tunes for MRT, soundtracks for documentaries for TV KISS (2001-2002)

arrangements:

for synthesizers and children’s choir or solo voices : Bach, Gounot, Faure, Handel, Gershwin, Bolcon, Ives, Copland, Brahms, Verdi, Beethoven, Schubert ; Anthems - Macedonian, US, Great Britain etc.

Selected papers

1. "Za muzikata denes", (On Contemporary Music) Sovremenost nr.1-2,1972

2. "Shund vo muzikata ili", (Schund in Music or...) Sovremenost nr.4, 1972

3. "Eden od chinitelite za pojavata na muzichkiot shund vo Makedonija" (One of the Factors for Appearance of Musical Schund) Sovremenost nr.5, 1972

4."Ulogata na radioto i televizijata vo shirenjeto na muzichkiot shund kaj nas", (The Function of Broadcasting Organizations in Spreading of Musical Schund) Sovremenost nr.6, 1972

5."Mestoto i ulogata na raznite organizacii vo akcijata protiv muzichkiot shund kaj nas", ( The Role and the Place of Certain Organizations in Prevention of Musical Schund ) Sovremenost nr.8, 1972

6."Kako protiv muzichkiot shund", ( How Against the Schund in Music? ) Sovremenost nr.8, 1972

7. "Serburskite cadori", ( The Cherbourg Umbrellas) Sovremenost nr.1-2, 1979

8."Za psihofizioloshkite determinanti pri percepcijata na muzikata", ( On Psycho-physiological Determinants in Perception of Music), Sovremenost nr.9-10, 1979

9. "Pet prashanja na tema muzichkata animacija", (Five Questions on the Subject - The Animation in Music) Treta programa RTS nr.2-3, 1980

10."Za estetskite konsekvencii na interakcijata tekst-muzika", (On the Aesthetical Consequences in the Interaction Music-Text). Sovremenost nr.3-4, 1980

11. "Muzikata kako intonacija - megju Kant i Asafjev" , (Music as Intonation - comparing Kant to Asafjev),Treta programa na RTS, spring 1980

12."Za muzikata vo politichkite spisi na Platon" (Plato on Music) Treta programa na RTS, spring 1981

13."Za i protiv sloevitosta na muzichkiot fenomen vo estetikata na Nikolaj Hartman" (For and Against the Layers of Musical Phenomenon in Nikolai Hartmann's Aesthetics) Treta programa na RTS, spring 1980

14."Kon odredbata na poimot - gragja na muzikata" (Towards the Determination of the Concept - Matter in Music) Treta programa na RTS, esen 1980

15."Kon dijalektichko-kritichkata estetika na muzikata", (Towards Dialectical Critical Aesthetics of Music), a conference paper for the third radio channel symposium, Arangelovac,1983, several reprints in former Yugoslav reviews)

16."Kon odnosot na opshtite i posebno-nauchnite ispituvanja na muzichkiot fenomen", (On the Relation Between the General and Particular Scientific Inquiry of Musical Phenomenon)Treta programa na RTS , automn 1982

17. Cycle of essays broadcast as an extract from the doctoral thesis on the Third Radio Channel of Skopje, weekly in Summer-Autumn, 1984 : - Gnoseology of Music as Dialectics of Meaning - Modality of a Musical Piece - Development - Basic Category in Music a) The roots b) The progress c) The musical multiversum d) From harmony to reflection e) Originality and tradition f) The influence of technique g) The future of music

18. Generative Ideas in the Aesthetics of Music, International review of Sociology and Aesthetics of Music nr. 2, 1986, p.163-184

19. Odumiranje umetnosti zadovoljenog chovechanstva, (Dying of Art in a Satisfied Mankind), Treci Program Radio Sarajevo, nr. 61, 1988

20. Polyphony on the Balcan - Sketches for a Comparative Study between the Western Classic-music Genre and Macedonian Musical Folklore (conference paper, Tirana, October,1989)

21. Moznostite za kompjuterska obrabotka na podatocite vo muzikologijata (The Possibilities for Computer Storage of Musicological Data) (conference paper, Strushka muzichka esen, 1989)

22. Nacionalnoto i internacionalnoto vo muzichkata kultura ( The National and the International in Music Culture), Treta programa na MRT, spring 1989

23. Confessio -Jugoslovenskiot muzichko-kulturen prostor na krajot od vekot (Confessio-The Yugoslav Cultural and Musical Space at the End of the Century), Treta programa na MRT, spring 1989

24."Veshtachkata intelegencija" ( The Artificial Intelegence, conference paper, Skopje,1990)

25. Piano versus syntesizer (conference paper for Valentino Bucchi competition, Rome,1991)

26. Computers in musical education (conference paper for Valentino Bucchi competition, Rome,1991)

27. Kon problemot na originalnosta na muzichkoto delo, ( Towards the Problem of the Originality of the Musical Piece), Treta programa na MRT, esen 1991

28. "Kon specifikite na muzikata za film - muzikata na Trajko Prokopiev vo filmot "Frosina" kako povod za edno poshiroko razmisluvanje za relacijata muzika-film" (On the specific details of the film music - The music of Traiko Prokopiev in the film "Frosina" as a pretext for a wider reflection on the relation between music and film), from the book: Frosina prv makedonski igran film, Kinoteka na Makedonija, Skopje 1991

29. Muzikata na Ivan Rupnik za filmot "Mis Ston" ( Ivan Rupnik's music for the movie "Miss Ston") Kinoteka na Makedonija, Skopje 1991

30. Avtonomijata ili slobodata na kulturata , (Autonomy and Liberty of Culture) Lik Nova Makedonija, january 1992

31. Cultural diversity and ethnic space ( conference paper at Macedonian council for international cooperation conference, Skopje, september 1994)

32.College Students' Attitudes Toward Music (with Jere T. Humphreys and Barrie Wells), Bulletin of Research in Music Education, vol.21,95/96, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, p.20-43

33. "Macedonian Musical Life Under the Conditions of a Market Economy" (conference paper, Macedonian Music Council, April 18, 1997)

34. "Muzikata vo erata na kibernetichkiot pank" (Music in the cyber punk era) Lik, Nova Makedonija, March 1998,

35."European cooperation and cultural rights after the fall of the Berlin wall "(conference paper for "The Power of Culture" Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development, Stockholm, 30 March - 2 April 1998)

36. Articles on Macedonian Music Culture and the composer Tomislav Zografski in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1998)

37. IRAM and digital promotion and archivation of Macedonian music culture ( I London Conference paper, also publidshed in the book "Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future - I London Conference" IRAM 2001)

38. Musicology and ethnomusicology in the digital era (Struga Conference paper, also published in the book "Contemporary trends in musicology and ethnomusicology" IRAM 2002)

39. IRAM in its second year (II London Conference paper, also publidshed in the book "Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future II London Conference" IRAM 2003)

40. Firfov Collection Revisited: Oral Tradition after 30 Years (II Struga Conference paper, also published in the book "Contemporary trends in musicology and ethnomusicology" II Struga Conference, IRAM 2003)

41.Cultural policy and music education ( also published in the book "Cultural policy and music education" I Skopje Conference, IRAM 2004)

42. I RAM phenomenon - IRAM in its fourth year( also published in the book "Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future III London Conference" IRAM 2004)

43. IRAM’s CD Female vocal soloists from the Firfov Collection ( also published in Contemporary trends in musicology and ethnomusicology, III Struga Conference, IRAM 2004 (editor)

44.Teaching music composition in the 21st centyry - The kingdom of loops( also published in the book "Cultural policy and music education" II Skopje Conference, IRAM 2005)

45. I RAM phenomenon - IRAM in its fifth year - Multimedia ( also published in the book "Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future IV London Conference" IRAM 2005)

46. Is musicology science? - Contemporary trends in musicology and ethnomusicology, X IRAM Conference, IRAM 2005

47. The Ethics of Music Journalism - "Cultural policy and music education" XI IRAM Conference, IRAM 2006

48. 40 Years of Higher Music Education in Macedonia - The IRAM Phenomenon Again - "Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future" XII IRAM Conference, IRAM 2006

49. Macedonian Music Culture 15 Years After the Fall of Socialism - "Cultural policy and music education" XIII IRAM Conference, IRAM 2006

50. Keeping Pace with the Rhythms of the Internet - 10 years of Macedonian Music Culture at the mmc.edu.mk Web Site - "Researches in Musicology and Ethnomusicology", XIV IRAM Conference, IRAM 2007

51. We Are All Authors - "Researches in Musicology and Ethnomusicology", XV IRAM Conference, IRAM 2007

52. Collective Administration of Music Rights in Republic of Macedonia, (cycle of lectures at UKIM School of Law, April-May 2007)

Books

Istorija na estetikata na muzikata ( History of Aesthetics of Music), Fakultet za muzichka umetnost, Skopje, 1989,

Uvod vo analizata na muzickoto delo (Intro into Analysis of Musical Piece), Fakultet za muzichka umetnost, Skopje, 1995

Od prirodni do kompjuterski zvuci i tonovi , izbor i ureduvanje od D. Buzarovski (From natural to computer sounds, selected and edited by D. Buzarovski), Fakultet za muzichka umetnost, Skopje, 2000

Anglisko-makedonski rechnik na tehnichki termini od oblasta na obrabotkata na zvukot ( English-Macedonian dictionary of sound technical terms), Fakultet za muzichka umetnost, Skopje, 2000

Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future, I London Conference IRAM, Skopje 2001 (editor)

Anglisko-makedonski glosar na tehnichki termini od oblasta na obrabotkata na zvukot, (English-Macedonian glossary of sound processing technical terms ), IRAM, Skopje, 2001

Osnovi na digitalnoto arhiviranje na zvukot (The basics of the digital archiving of the sound), IRAM, Skopje 2002

Contemporary trends in musicology and ethnomusicology, IRAM, Skopje, 2002 (editor)

Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future, II London Conference IRAM, Skopje 2003 (editor)

Contemporary trends in musicology and ethnomusicology, II Struga Conference, IRAM 2003 (editor)

Cultural policy and music education I Skopje Conference, IRAM 2004 (editor)

Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future, III London Conference IRAM, Skopje 2004 (editor)

Contemporary trends in musicology and ethnomusicology, III Struga Conference, IRAM 2004 (editor)

Cultural policy and music education II Skopje Conference, IRAM 2005 (editor)

Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future, IV London Conference IRAM, Skopje 2005 (editor)

Contemporary trends in musicology and ethnomusicology, X IRAM Conference, IRAM 2005 (editor)

Cultural policy and music education" XI IRAM Conference, IRAM 2006 (editor)

Reflections on Macedonian Music - Past and Future, XII IRAM Conference IRAM, Skopje 2006 (editor)