Tale Ognenovski won top honors as the winner of 11 Oktomvri award, the
highest and the most prestigious national award in Republic of
Macedonia.
October 11 awards for special and eminent achievements in the areas of
science, culture, art and journalism were handed at the
Macedonian Parliament on Saturday,
October 11th., 2003. Institute of
Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" from Skopje and Professor Dr.
Ljupco
Ajdinski, teacher of the handicapped, are the winners of the award in
the
area of science and education.
The winners of October 11 award for 2003 in the area of culture and art
are Tale Ognenovski, the clarinet virtuoso, and Zoica
Purovska-Velevska, prima ballerina from Skopje.
Journalist Boris Pop-Gjorcev from
Skopje is a winner of the award for achievements in the area of
journalism. Trajan Gocevski, the chairman if the 11 Oktomvri Board
handed the awards.
Present at this ceremony on October 11, 2003 at Macedonian Parliament
were Mr. Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr.
Branko Crvenkovski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr.
Nikola Popovski, President of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia ,
Mr. Kiro Gligorov, the First President of Republic of Macedonia,
Mrs. Radmila Shekerinska, Deputy to the President of the Government of
the Republic of Macedonia,
Ms. Liljana Popovska, Vice president of the Parliament of Republic of
Macedonia, Mr. Hari Kostov, Minister of Interior, Members of the
Parliament of Republic of Macedonia including Ms. Ganka
Samoilova – Cvetanovska and Mr. Tito Petkovski…
The informations for Winners of 11 Oktomvri Awards were published at:
Macedonian Radio (September 26, 2003), MIA (Macedonian Information
Agency, September 26, 2003), http://vesti.mt.net.mk, newspapers: “Nova
Makedonija”, “Vecher”, “Dnevnik”, “Utrinski Vesnik” and”Vest” (October
11 and 13, 2003), magazine “Makedonsko Sonce” (October 10, 2003),
Macedonian Television, A1 Television, Sitel Television, Telma
Television, Kanal 5
Television (October 11, 2003)…
Macedonian Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski, the
winner of "11 Oktomvri" award… He is the greatest clarinetist, reed
piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time, and one of the Greatest
Composers in World Music...
“…Tale Ognenovski has
appeared with Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" on
the world's most prestigious concert stages in North America and
Europe. The album under the title, "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and
Classical Music," is confirmation that Musical Genius Tale
Ognenovski is one of the Greatest Composers in World Music… Tale
Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and
small bagpiper of all time, and one of the Greatest Composers in World
Music...Tale
Ognenovski said: “I am very proud and happy for I am the winner of "11
Oktomvri"
award. This award is the main source of my strength and motivation for
composing… My son Stevan Ognenovski has great contribution for my
career: for realizing my first CD album "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances
and Classical Music," and for writing the book entitled: “Tale
Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer,” …Tale Ognenovski
received: First Award Clarinet as a best clarinetist at the First
Republic Macedonian Festival of Folk Dances and Songs,
Skopje, October 6-10, 1948; First Award at the Yugoslav (Former
Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia, September 9-12,
1951, together with other 11 members of the Folk Dance group from
Bitola's village Nidzopole…
Tale Ognenovski has appeared on the world's most prestigious concert
stages as clarinet and reed pipe virtuoso in New York, Chicago,
Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Bonn (1956),
Paris, Geneva (1959)…
Macedonian folk dances Sopska Poskocica ("Shopska potskoknuvachka")
received the best critics in the eminent American newspapers: The New
York
Herald Tribune, The Washington Post and Times Herald, The Globe and
Mail
(Toronto), Los Angeles Times… Tale Ognenovski was a virtuoso clarinet
soloist
in Sopska Poskocica ("Shopska potskoknuvachka") but also and arranger
of
music because he added his own musical phrases and improvisations in
more
parts of the dance.
: “…some remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments -
a raucous and unforgettable pipe…,” written by John Martin, The New
York Times, January 28, 1956, Title: "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art
'Tanec'
Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill."
“…When five of them dance the "Sopska Poskocica," which
apparently just means they are showing off to the girls. I would keep
them any day as unfair trade for the four little swans in "Swan Lake."
They are brilliant, gay, and worth seeing...,” written by Claudia
Cassidy, title: "On the Aisle Yugoslav Ballet a Colorful Addition to
International Dance", and published in the newspaper Chicago Daily
Tribune, on February 6, 1956.
Virtuoso Ognenovski has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk
dances, one classical concert "Tale Ognenovski Clarinet Concerto No.1",
and more Jazz compositions. Some of his compositions are recorded on 11
LPs, 11 cassettes, 10 gramophone records, one videotape, and one CD. He
performed with all
three different folk music orchestras and was Head of the “Folk Music
Orchestra” of “Macedonian Radio Television.” He performed as clarinet
soloist on the televised concerts on Macedonian Television: Mozart
Clarinet Concerto K.622 and Wagner Adagio for Clarinet (1987) with
accompaniment by excellent pianist Tanja Shopova and Cavallini concert
Fiori Rossiniani (1970) with accompaniment by legendary pianist
Professor Ladislav Palfi. First CD album of Tale Ognenovski under the
title, "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music,” was released
on October, 2001…,” written by Mileva Lazova and published in the
magazine “Makedonsko Sonce” , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on October
10, 2003, Title: "Macedonian Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski, the winner
of "11 Oktomvri" award.”
He is maestro of improvisation and creativity
In the programme “Folklorni odblesoci” of Nacional Macedonian Radio,
broadcasted on October 22, 2003, Kiril Todevski, the author of the
programme said about Tale Ognenovski, “Tale Ognenovski won 11 Oktomvri
award for 2003,
the highest national award in Republic of Macedonia for achievements in
the area of culture and art… During last six decades he has
continuously demonstrated his skill at original and superb
interpretation. He has composed and arranged 200 Macedonian folk
dances… He has amazed audiences with his virtuoso solo clarinet
performances not only of various Macedonian folk dances,
but also of classical music by Mozart, Cavallini, Wagner… His
authenticity feeling for style, brilliant invention, highly gracious in
all registers color
and sovereign virtuosity made his performances to sound unique and
unimagined
magnificently... In the area of artistic imagination and power of
creative
improvisation, Ognenovski developed his rare talent. He combines
beautiful
tone with unique technique… He is maestro of improvisation and
creativity;
he starts with a motive, a theme, and then develops a complex
instrumental
content… In his performances he demonstrates fascinate invention
and
virtuosity… Tale Ognenovski has demonstrate his rich talent
performing
with all three different folk music orchestras of Macedonian Radio
Television:
“The Folk Music Orchestra”, the “Chalgii” orchestra and “The Authentic
Folk
Instruments Orchestra”... From him, how to preserve creative perfection
in
folk musical reproduction learned, learn, and will learn numerous folk
instrumentalists…”
Tale Ognenovski won 11 Oktomvri award for 2003, the highest
national award in Republic of Macedonia for achievements in the area of
culture and art…
Extraordinary important, rare voluminous, and with quality,
almost irreplaceable, creative artistic presence of Tale Ognenovski on
the programs of Radio and Television since 1948. Numerous sound records
and every performance of Tale Ognenovski with his clarinet remain
valuable, unique and permanent artist values for our culture. He with
creative work developed into real virtuoso and artist. He had created
his own style for interpreting the folk dances ("ora"), in which are
especially characteristically his inventive
improvisations.
In parallel with reproduction Tale Ognenovski become composer of his
own folk dances. As a composer, Ognenovski kept traditional folk
expression. He is unique maestro of developing from the smallest
element of folk music a complex instrumental content. Tale
Ognenovski as musician and
composer contributed in our folklore culture.” These words
appeared
in an article entitled, “ The Winners of 11 Oktomvri Awards” " Tale
Ognenovski
won 11 Oktomvri award for 2003, the highest national award in Republic
of
Macedonia for achievements in the area of culture and art…
Extraordinary
important, rare voluminous, and with quality, almost
irreplaceable,
creative artistic presence of Tale Ognenovski on the programs of Radio
and
Television since 1948. Numerous sound records and every performance of
Tale
Ognenovski with his clarinet remain valuable, unique and permanent
artist
values for our culture. He with creative work developed into real
virtuoso
and artist. In parallel with reproduction Tale Ognenovski become
composer
of his own folk dances. As a composer, Ognenovski kept traditional folk
expression.
Tale Ognenovski as musician and composer contributed in our folklore
culture.” These words appeared in an article entitled, “ The Winners of
11 Oktomvri Awards” and published in the newspaper "Nova Makedonija" on
October 11,
2003.
Tale Ognenovski as musician and composer contributed in our folklore
culture
" Tale Ognenovski won 11 Oktomvri award for 2003, the highest national
award in Republic of Macedonia for achievements in the area of culture
and art… Extraordinary important, rare voluminous, and with
quality,
almost irreplaceable, creative artistic presence of Tale Ognenovski on
the
programs of Radio and Television since 1948. Numerous sound records and
every performance of Tale Ognenovski with his clarinet remain valuable,
unique and permanent artist values for our culture. He with creative
work
developed into real virtuoso and artist. In parallel with reproduction
Tale
Ognenovski become composer of his own folk dances. As a composer,
Ognenovski
kept traditional folk expression. Tale Ognenovski as musician and
composer
contributed in our folklore culture.” These words appeared in an
article
entitled, “ The Winners of 11 Oktomvri Awards” and published in the
newspaper
‘Nova Makedonija’ on October 11, 2003.
Interview of Tale Ognenovski for the newspaper
"Nova Makedonija" on October 11, 2003
Tale Ognenovski: “I received the First Award Clarinet as a best
clarinetist at the First Republic Macedonian Festival of Folk Dances
and Songs, Skopje, October 6-10, 1948. I performed as a virtuoso
clarinet and reed pipe soloist with the Macedonian Ensemble of Folk
Dances and Songs ‘Tanec’ on American television, CBS (Columbia
Broadcasting System), on January 22, 1956, on French Television on
September 20 and 21, 1956, on Swiss Television, on July,
1959… Parts of the articles in the newspapers: “…some remarkable music
on
both orthodox and unorthodox instruments - a raucous and unforgettable
pipe…,”
written by John Martin, The New York Times, January 28, 1956,
Title:
"Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art 'Tanec' Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in
Display
of Tremendous Skill," is related to my appearance at world-famous
Carnegie
Hall as reed pipe and clarinet soloist.
“…When five of them dance the "Sopska Poskocica," which
apparently just means they are showing off to the girls. I would keep
them any day as unfair trade for the four little swans in "Swan Lake."
They are brilliant, gay, and worth seeing...,” written by Claudia
Cassidy, title: "On the Aisle Yugoslav Ballet a Colorful Addition to
International Dance", and published in the newspaper Chicago Daily
Tribune, on February 6, 1956. I was a virtuoso clarinet soloist
in Sopska Poskocica ("Shopska potskoknuvachka") but also and arranger
of music because I added my own musical phrases and improvisations in
more parts of the dance. I performed with much faster rhythm than
appear in the original version of this folk dance, which contribute all
articles in the newspapers for this dance to be brilliants.
“…An audience which jammed Carnegie to capacity (the house had been
sold out by last Monday) cheered and applauded the folk dancing with as
much enthusiasm as if it had been witnessing classical, theatrical
ballet
at its most glittering." Written by Walter Terry, title: 'Yugoslav Folk
Ballet", New York Herald Tribune, January 28, 1956.
“…This group would be hard to beat…” written by Albert Goldeberg,
title "Yugoslav Folk Ballet Opens Engagement", Los Angeles Times,
March 13, 1956.
“…"Macedonian Tune," which in its intricate rhythms and plaintive
melody should at least make Dave Brubeck send out an emergency call for
Darius Milhaud..." Written by R. H. Hagan, title "Yugoslav Ballet
Proves Folk Dancing 'Tricky' ", San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco,
March 8, 1956.
“…Together they make as vigorous a display of dancing as the U.S. has
never seen." Title: "Dance Bouncing Brigands, Yugoslav come to U.S.",
Life, USA, April 9, 1956.
My contribution for these wonderful articles in the newspapers was the
greatest regarding the other musicians of Ensemble “Tanec”. I was
virtuoso clarinet and reed pipe soloist in the most parts of the
programme of Ensemble “Tanec.” I was Head of the “Folk Music Orchestra”
of “Macedonian Radio Television.” I performed with many Cultural
Artistically Societies. I recorded many gramophone records.
On October, 2001, is released my CD-album entitled, "Jazz, Macedonian
Folk Dances and Classical Music." Record Label: Independent Records,
USA. This Audio CD is the best album for all time for instrumental
music. This album is confirmation that I am the greatest clarinetist,
reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time and one of the
greatest composers in the world of music. My sincere gratitude for I
won top honors as the winner of 11
Oktomvri award, the highest and the most prestigious national award in
Republic
of Macedonia. This Award gave me inspiration for new composing... My
biography was published in the book on December 2000 and entitled "Tale
Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer", and written by
Stevan Ognenovski, M.Sc. Publishing house is MATICA MAKEDONSKA.
The book is published
in both Macedonian and English. My biography is published on the Web
site
www.taleognenovski.com.mk, since September 18, 1998, and written by the
same
author, my son Stevan Ognenovski, M.Sc.” These words appeared in an
article
entitled, “Tale Ognenovski, Clarinetist, and Musical Virtuoso, which
has
been touring World” and published in the newspaper "Nova Makedonija" on
October
11, 2003.
October 11 awards for special and eminent achievements in
the areas of science, culture, art and journalism was heralded as great
cultural
event by the Macedonian press: Nova Makedonija, Vest, Dnevnik, Vecher, Utrinski
vesnik…
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Tale Ognenovski Biography Page
“…Tale Ognenovski has
appeared with Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" on
the world's most prestigious concert stages in North America and
Europe. The album under the title, "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and
Classical Music," is confirmation that Musical Genius Tale
Ognenovski is one of the Greatest Composers in World Music… Tale
Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and
small bagpiper of all time, and one of the Greatest Composers in World
Music...Tale
Ognenovski said: “I am very proud and happy for I am the winner of "11
Oktomvri"
award. This award is the main source of my strength and motivation for
composing… My son Stevan Ognenovski has great contribution for my
career: for realizing my first CD album "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances
and Classical Music," and for writing the book entitled: “Tale
Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer,” …Tale Ognenovski
received: First Award Clarinet as a best clarinetist at the First
Republic Macedonian Festival of Folk Dances and Songs,
Skopje, October 6-10, 1948; First Award at the Yugoslav (Former
Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia, September 9-12,
1951, together with other 11 members of the Folk Dance group from
Bitola's village Nidzopole…