MILKA
EFTIMOVA
alto
Education:
music education:
Bachelor's degree from Music Academy in Ljubljana (1960, prof. Julius Betetto)
Postgraduate studies:
Master's degree from Music Academy in Ljubljana (1972, prof. Ksenija
Kushej- Novak)
Additional studies with prof.
Georgo Favaretto at Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome -Italy, 1966
Teaching voice at UKIM FM from
1993 and vocal technique at UKIM Faculty of Drama from 1999.
She made her opera debut in
Skopje in 1961, with the role of Accucena in " Il Trovatore " by Guiseppe
Verdi.
Performances and tours:
Skopje and other towns in Macedonia;
Belgrade, Novi Sad, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Maribor. . .; Germany,
Russia, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Canada, USA, Bulgaria,
Norway, China, France. . .
Recordings:
RT Skopje, RT Belgrade, RT Zagreb,
Radio Sophia, RT Ljubljana, RT Sarajevo, record production " Musica Slovenica,"
"Balkanton" - Bulgaria, "Orphée"-
Italy.
Awards:
Third prize winner at the competition
of music artists from Yugoslavia in Zagreb, 1957; Third prize winner at
the Second International competition of singers in Sophia - Bulgaria, 1961;
Gold medal of Association of Composers of Yugoslavia, 1970; "Golden Lyra"
by the Association of the Music Artists in Macedonia, 1984; "11th October
Award" of Republic of Macedonia, 1995; "Kliment Ohridski Award" of
Republic of Macedonia, 2001.
Repertoire:
G.
Verdi: Accucena in "Il Trovatore", Quickly in"Falstaff" and Ulrika in "Un
ballo in maschera"; C. Saint-Saëns: Dalila from "Samson et Dalila";
G. Bizet: Carmen in "Carmen"; C. W. Gluck: Orpheus in "Orpheus and Euridika";
V. Nikolovski: Vocal cycle "Ispoved"; T. Skalovski: "Zalez"; R. Avramovski:
"Kon Makedonija"; T. Mancev: Vocal cycle "Sanatoriumska balada"; T. Prokopiev:
"Smrtta na Goce"; J. Slavenski: "Pesni za mojata majka"; M. de Falla: "Siete
canciones populares espanõlas"; Two spanish romances: "Mundo sin
valor" and "Ahí momentos"; R. Schumann: "Mondnacht" and "Der Nußbaum";
G. F. Händel: Rinaldo in "Rinaldo"; M.P. Musorgsky: Marfa in "Hovanschina",
L. Janacek: Kabaniha in "Katja Kabanova". G. Rossini "Stabat Mater"
Published materials:
"The World of One's Voice" - biographycal
book on Milka Eftimova, by Snezana Anastasova Chadikovska, Direction for
Culture and Arts, Skopje:2003
