Pande Shahovcomposer
news:
Recent performances:
Concerto Makedonissimo for clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano and orchestra had several performances by the pianist Simon Trpčeski and his quintet, under direction of Ana Spasovska, on the 31st March and 1st April with the Ajga Orchestra at the National Philharmonic Hall in Skopje (Macedonia), and on the 25th April with the Sofia Philharmonic at the Bulgaria Hall in Sofia (Bulgaria).
Love, As It Once Was, a collection of original songs on folk lyrics and transcriptions of Macedonian folk songs, was premiered by the baritone Ivan Naumovski, accopanied by the pianist Elena Atanasovska, on the 17th April at the National Museum in Skopje (Macedonia).
Dreams, a song cycle upon lyrics Jordan Plevnes, received its Austrian premiere on the 14th October by Gonca Bogoromova (soprano) and Altus Ensemble, under direction of the ensemble's Artistic Director Pascal Gallois at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria), as part of the Dynamik Festival.
Forthcoming performances:
Pletenki
for clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano written for the project
Makedonissimo, will have its Scottish premiere by the pianist Simon Trpčeski and his quintet on the 9th June at the New Auditorium of the
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, as part of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's chamber music season.
Si Mila et Remi Adoraient La Fin for two guitars will be performed by the Duo Denicija at the Cologne Music Academy concert hall in Wuppertal (Germany) on the 23rd of June.
latest reviews:
"...a showcase for the marvellous rhythmic vitality of this music, here fused with jazz harmonies and riffs to make for an immensely enjoyable, foot-tapping listen...Perhaps most special of all, however, is the atmosphere that Makedonissimo
conjures: alongside the ensemble’s supreme technical assurance,
there is also a real sense of communion and conviviality here.
Imaginative, intricate and wonderfully warm-spirited, this is a joy of a disc."
BBC Music Magazine on Makedonissimo
released by Linn Records
"It is frequently as delicate as Mozart chamber music."
Gramophone Magazine on Makedonissimo
released by Linn Records
"Contrasting between energetic dance and tender ballad,
the music here is at the same time great fun and movingly expressive."
Dominy Clements (Music Web International) on
Makedonissimo released by Linn Records
a selection of concert reviews:
“The rousing music… was a success factor which ensured that, despite the strangeness and unfamiliarity of the music, the attention in the audience always remained high”
Sandra Bildmann on
Makedonissimo in
Bietigheimer Zeitung, 20 May 2017.
“quite enchanting”
Dietholf Zerweck on
Makedonissimo in
Kreiszeitung, 20 May 2017.
“…awareness of the factories of rearranged time, meteorology, bleakness, broken down to the atoms which, on the contrary, create a vibrant movement, bouncing with life and a brutally-advancing intention…”
Dušica Kojić on the
Saxophone Quartet in
Danas, 12 November 2013.
"Pande Shahov's
In Struga is rather wonderful"
BBC Music Magazine, 6 May 2012.
“Shahov’s work is fiercely pianistic… and its ebullient virtuosity, very much in Rachmaninov territory,
was right up Trpčeski’s street”
Peter Reed on
Songs and Whispers in
Classical Source, 13 October 2009.
educational work
I have taught music in schools, colleges and conservatoire/university for over twenty years. I have mentored young composers on behalf of
Hampshire Music Service
and
Martin Read Foundation.
I am delighted to work as Director of Music at
Alton School and as Academic Professor at the Royal College of Music