biography
biography
Pande Shahov (born 1973 in Skopje) studied composition with Risto Avramovski, before enrolling at the Sts. Cyril and Methodius University Faculty of Music in Skopje, where he graduated in the class of Tomislav Zografski. He also studied Jazz harmony and arranging privately with Ilija Pejovski. As a British Council Chevening Scholar, Pande Shahov completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Composition at the Royal College of Music, studying with Julian Anderson. In 2013, he completed his doctorate at the Royal Holloway University of London, under Philip Cashian’s supervision.
Pande Shahov's music has been performed by the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Macedonian Philharmonic, Sofia Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra, the Choir and Orchestra of the Macedonian National Opera and Bаllet, New London Chamber Choir, Pro Ars Choir, California EAR Unit, Smith Quartet, as well as the De Ereprijs, Lontano, Ixion, Chroma, Reconsil, Kokoro, ConTempora, Freiburg Percussion Ensemble, Horizonte and Composers’ ensembles. Stage works include several theatre projects with the Macedonian director Goran Trenčovski, as well the ballet The Sound of the Water Says What I Think-a collaboration with the Estonian choreographer Teet Kask.
Recent premieres include Concerto Makedonissimo
(Simon Trpčeski and Friends, with Tonkünstler Orchestra under Yutaka Sado's direction) performed in Vienna and Sankt-Pölten in Austria, Dreams
for soprano and ensemble (Gonca Bogoromova, Altus Ensemble, conducted by Pascal Gallois) at the Dynamik festival in Salzburg, Si Mila et Remi Adoraient La Fin
(by the guitar duo Denicija) in Germany and Holland, and Love, As It Once Was
for baritone and piano (Ivan Naumovski and Elena Atanasovska) at the National Museum in Skopje.
In August 2020, Linn Records
released the CD of his 90-min work Plaits, a commission from Simon Trpčeski for his project Makedonissimo. The recording received positive reviews from Gramophone, Songlines, Presto, Concerti, Fanfare, France Musique and Expressive Audio, as well as five stars from the BBC music Magazine.
His Quintet
for clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone and piano was featured in the album Friendship, also released by Linn Records.
Pande lives in England, and works as Assistant Director of Music and Head of Academic Music at the Royal Grammar School Guildford
and Academic Professor at the Royal College
of Music
in London. He is an active organiser of concerts and festivals, workshop-leader and conductor of new music.