Danica Stojanova – Piano Recital
Sunday, October 5th from 2 pm at Klavierhaus, located at 790 11th Avenue, two blocks north from Gallery MC: Please join us for a free admission piano recital by the great Danica Stojanova
Prof. Danica Stojanova is a prominent Macedonian pianist with a long standing career both in Macedonia and around the world. Throughout her schooling, she worked with international academies for music and collaborated with renowned pianists such as: Snezana Panovska, Jokut Mihailovik, Zheni Zaharieva, Jacques Rouvier, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Liudmila Roschina, Tatiana Gaydamovich, Sachiko Kodama, Heribert Koch etc. which makes her one of the most important piano and chamber music professors in Macedonia. She works at the music and ballet school center “Ilija Nikolovski-Luj” and throughout the years her students have accomplished many awards and acknowledgements in Macedonia and abroad.
She has been a jury in a number of international music contests and has led many piano master classes in Macedonia, Kosovo,Turkey and Malaysia. She has also taught specialized classes in international music festivals such as “The Chopin Festival” in Kuala Lumpur and Belgrade, “Epta” and the International Balkan Conference in Skopje etc.
Prof. Danica Stojanova has performed as a soloist with the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vidin Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria. She has also performed on the stages of Ukraine, Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Chezch Republic, Malaysia, USA.
She has received the following awards: “Best Piano Collaborator” on the 22nd edition of the International competition “The Music and the People” in Sofija, Bulgaria (2004); “Successful Work in the Music Educational Field” awarded by the music and ballet educators in Macedonia (2007);“Excellent Achievement in Education” in Bulgaria (2009); “Achievement of Long Standing Educational Work in Macedonia” (2011); the award for artistic achievement “St. 15 Tiveriopol Martyrs” given by the city of Strumica, Macedonia (2016); “Georgi Bozikov” for best performance of Macedonian music awarded by the Union of Music Composers (2020).
Prof. Danica Stojanova is a member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Music Composers in Macedonia. She has been an honorary member of the Foundation “Tomislav Zografski” since 2016. In 2019, she was given the special acknowledgement by the Foundation for her dedication and international promotion of Tomislav Zografski’s works. She is also a member of the international piano duo-association in Tokyo, Japan. At 2020 and 2021she has been the music selector for the “Ohrid Summer Festival”. Prof. Danica Stojanova is the author of the book “Frédéric Chopin – the Poet of the Piano”. She is a principal of the music and ballet school center Ilija Nikolovski Luj in Skopje, North Macedonia from 2021-2024.
Since 2024 she is working as a professor of piano and chamber music in DMBUC Ilija Nikolovski Luj in Skopje.
About D.Stojanova concerts
“During this concert, Danica’s artistic expression was built upon a thorough embodiment of the vital elements of every composition. The performance of the compositions particularly consisted of subtle elaboration of details and phrasing, distinguishing dynamic gradations, emphasized dynamic contrasts, and phons. In addition, the tempos, the dynamic, and the agogic were a pure expression of the individual musical pulse. In doing this, the pianist Danica Stojanova performed a transparent artistic effect.”
Mirjana Shulajkovska Pavlovska, October 2020.
“A powerful piano recital in an intimate gallery in New York. The following was the performance of the neo-classic Suite by Zografski. The distinctive tonic emphasis accompanied by eccentric atonic accents provided a refreshing experience. A majestic composition performed majestically! Clear, harmonious, and beautiful, the performance was inspired by the Classicism style and adorned with modernistic elements. It was a rare gem in an ocean of recitals, especially due to the poetic, sincere, and emotional power of the performer and the direct visceral impact on the listener.”
Tony Adzinikolov, New York, July 2015
