Tuesday, Nov. 11th
It's a Beautiful Pizza
3342 SE Belmont St.
Portland, Oregon
Dragi Spasovski was born in the small village of Studena Bara, near Kumanovo, only 25 km from
Skopje. His family moved to Skopje when he was 4, and Skopje is the place where he made his first steps
in exploring life, art, music and dancing. He was "the" actor in elementary school drama, then
joined the school ballet group, and finally, influenced by his mother's singing, mostly in their home,
he found himself swept away by the folk spirit.
Most of the songs Dragi has
recorded he learned from his mother, "songs which were
inside of me since I was a child, songs which I shared with myself and others when I was
happy and when I was sad. The song was, is, and will be a description of me, a picture of my soul."
Doors open at 8:00pm.
Show at 8:30.
Stefče Stojkovski was born in Skopje in 1972. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing kaval,
supelka, gajda, zurla, tambura, tarabuka, tapan, and others. He learned music from his father
and grandfather, and first won recognition as a kaval soloist at a festival when he was seven.
Stefče also studied under Pece Atanasovski. When Pece retired, Stefče took his place
in the Macedonian national radio and television network's ensemble. He's recorded over 2,000
"signatures" and also worked in theater and on film scores. He leads his own folk music
ensemble in Skopje, where he continues to record as well as teach.