* Caro mio ben<\/strong> \u00a0G. Giordani, Shkodran Tolaj – tenor<\/em><\/p>\n * Un<\/strong> ballo in maschera<\/strong> \u00a0G. Verdi, Besiana Mehmedi – mezzosoprano<\/em><\/p>\n * E lucevan le stelle<\/strong> \u00a0from \u201cTosca\u201d G. Puccini, Shkodran Tolaj – tenor<\/em><\/p>\n * The Queen of Spades<\/strong> \u00a0P. I. Cajkovski, Besiana Mehmedi – mezzosoprano<\/em><\/p>\n * Hej ju male<\/strong>\u00a0 from opera\u201c Skenderbeu\u201d C. Zadeja, Besiana Mehmedi – mezzosoprano<\/em><\/p>\n * Dein ist meine ganzes Herz<\/strong> \u00a0from operetta \u201cDas Land des Lachelns\u201d F. Lehar, Sh. Tolaj – tenor<\/em><\/p>\n * Komm Zigan<\/strong> \u00a0from opereta \u201cGrafin Mariza\u201d E. Kalman, Shkodran Tolaj – tenor<\/em><\/p>\n * Cruda sorte<\/strong> \u00a0from opera \u201dItaliana in Algeri\u201d G. Rossini, B. Mehmedi – mezzosoprano<\/em><\/p>\n * La dona e mobile<\/strong> \u00a0from \u201cRigoleto\u201d G. Verdi, Shkodran Tolaj – tenor<\/em><\/p>\n * Habanera<\/strong> \u00a0from \u201cCarmen\u201d G. Bizet, Besiana Mehmedi – mezzosoprano<\/em><\/p>\n * Granada<\/strong> \u00a0Spanish song – A. Lara, Shkodran Tolaj – tenor<\/em><\/p>\n * O sole mio<\/strong> \u00a0Napolitan song – Di Capua, duet Besiana Mehmedi& Shkodran Tolaj<\/em><\/p>\n * Mus\u2019t the winter come so soon<\/strong> \u00a0from \u201cVanesa\u201d- S. Barber, B. Mehmedi – mezosoprano<\/em><\/p>\n * Kenge moj<\/strong> \u00a0M. Piperku, Shkodran Tolaj – tenor<\/em><\/p>\n * Margjelo<\/strong>\u00a0 Prenk Jakova, duet Besiana Mehmedi&hkodran Tolaj<\/em><\/p>\n * Time to Say Goodbye<\/strong> \u00a0F. Sartori, duet Besiana Mehmedi & Shkodran Tolaj<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026…………………piano: Andrej Naunov<\/strong>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Besiana Mehmedi-mezzo-soprano<\/strong><\/p>\n Besiana Mehmedi was born in 1982 in Pristina, Kosovo but her family origin relates to the Macedonian city of Kicevo. She completed the primary and secondary musical school \u201cPrenk Jakova\u201d in Pristina for piano and solo-singing where she was widely regarded as one of the best students in the school. She held several concerts in Kosovo\u2019s cities of Pristina, Peja, and Gjakova. She completed her high school one year in advance due to her excellent academic performance.<\/p>\n Ms. Mehmedi graduated from the Academy of Arts of Albania, in Tirana, with an excellent GPA and highest academic honors. During the studies and after graduation, she was part of numerous classical music performances which were produced by the National Albanian Theater of Opera and Ballet. Ms. Mehmedi finished her graduate studies in musicology, under the auspicious of professor Zana Shuteriqi, with an excellent academic record (a GPA of 4.0) and her thesis was on \u201cThe role of National Television of Macedonia on the development of Albanian music during 1967-2012\u201d. She is about to receive her second master\u2019s in solo-singing from the Kosovar Academy of Arts in Pristina. From 2006-2013, Ms. Mehmedi served as an assistant professor of music history and vocal technique at the State University of Tetovo. Since 2013, she has been working as a professor of music history, solo-signing and vocal technique at the State University of Tetovo.<\/p>\n Besiana Mehmedi has made her name as one of the most well -known Albanian musical singers. She is also known as a music professor, a publicist, radio reporter, and media presenter. She has received numerous musical awards and has been involved in re-producing and re-interpreting some of the Albanian folk hits.<\/p>\n Classic musical performances<\/p>\n \u201cPeace and happiness in the spring of new century\u201d \u2013 solo concert, 1999<\/p>\n Albanian Theater of Opera \u2013 concert, June, 2004<\/p>\n Soloist in the Concert of Mother Teresa\u2019s canonization with the \u201cJan Kukuzeli\u201d Orchestra and conductor Zhani Ciko, National Theater of Pristina, 2004<\/p>\n Solo-concert with \u201cLatino Band\u201d, Struga, Macedonia, 2007<\/p>\n Solo-concert \u201cOne language for all\u201d, with guests including Suzana Frasheri, Edit, Mihal, Redon Makashi, accompanied by the Macedonian National Theater of Opera and Ballet, Conductor Sasho Tatarqevksi, 2009<\/p>\n Solo-concert with guests including Shkodran Tolaj and Suzana Frasheri, accompanied by the Macedonian National Theater of Opera and Ballet, Conductor Sasho Tatarqevksi, 2010<\/p>\n Besiana Mehmedi has also participated in the musical and arts activities organized by the State University of Tetovo. She performed as a soloist in the musical concert \u201cKantata e alfabetit\u201d with conductor Arifikmet Xhemaili which was performed in Tetova, Struga, and Gostivar during 2008. She has also participated in the concert organized between the State University of Tetovo and Radio Television of Albania in 2008, and the concert in honor of the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of Albania\u2019s declaration of independence. Ms. Mehmedi has also performed in the concert organized by the Kosovo Embassy in Turkey in February, 2013.<\/p>\n During her career, Besiana Mehmedi has collaborated with numerous conductors including Milto Vako, Suzana Turku, Eno Koco and Jetmir Burbullushi.<\/p>\n Her roles in operas include:<\/p>\n Besiana Mehmedi has won many music awards. She received the second place in the \u201cFlag Festival,\u201d which was organized in honor of the Albanian 100th<\/sup> years of declaration of independence and received the \u201cNexhimje Pagarusha\u201d award in the \u201cKenga Ime\u201d Festival.<\/p>\n Ms. Mehmedi also contributes as a writer for numerous social arts journals where she has written on the \u201cRole of media in enhancing music\u201d and \u201cMenzra e kriprimit permes muzikimit\u201d.<\/p>\n She is currently working with the National Radio of Australia as a free-lance reporter. Before that, she had her own show \u201cGjurme ne pentragram\u201d which was broadcasted in the National Radio television of Macedonia. Besiana Mehmedi has written many articles for numerous newspapers and in some of them, she also held the role of editor in chief.<\/p>\n Shkodran Tolaj\u2019s biography <\/strong><\/p>\n Shkodran Tolaj is an Albanian classical music singer <\/strong>who has performed in the German musical and arts scene for more than a decade. His latest vocal specialization was with the world-famous Mexican music professor Francisco Araiza. During his collaboration with Mr. Araiza, Mr. Tolaj performed the roles of Puccini. He also played the roles of Rodolfo and Pinkerton at the \u201cLa Boehme\u201d and \u201cMadam Butterfly\u201d operas respectively. He has also collaborated with the \u201cOrso\u201d Philharmonic Orchestra when he played the role of Barinkay in the operetta \u201cZigeunbaron\u201d of J. Strauss. With the same orchestra, he also conducted the vocal recording of Symphony Nr. 1 of A. Scriabin. Mr. Tolaj, apart from playing major classical opera characters, has also performed in modern musical pieces. He was part of the cast of the \u201cFrafin Mariza\u201d opera of E. Kalmman with his role of Tasilos. His two other musical performances were in the \u201cWest Side Story\u201d of L. Bernestein (Tonny) and \u201cDance of the Vampires\u201d of Jim Steinman (Graf von Krolock). In one of its musical reviews, the German newspaper \u201cBaditsche Zeitung\u201d praised Mr. Tolaj for his unique and high pitched voice which it claimed is \u201cmesmerizing to the public.\u201d Tenor Tolaj has also performed in the French and Swiss musical scenes where he has been distinguished as a multi-dimensional tenor who is able to adapt to different roles and characters from a wide ranging musical periods. Mr. Tolaj has recently returned to the Balkans and is contributing to the musical scenes of Kosova, Albania, and Macedonia. He has performed several solo concerts recently, including \u201cThe Spring Sounds\u201d with the Macedonian National Theater of Opera and Ballet in October 2014 where he performed some of the world\u2019s most challenging aria. Consequently, the concert was greatly received and appraised by the media and public. Mr. Tolaj has also released a classical music album titled \u201cImpressions\u201d. At the same time, he has performed along with the renowned Macedonian musical assembles, including his performance along with the famous troika of VAM, composed of professor Marija Gjoshevka \u2013 piano, Vladimir Kostov- violin, and Aleksader Kotevski \u2013 violoncello. Mr. Tolaj also was part of the concert held in Bitola\/Manastir in November, 2015 where he performed along with the Albanian National Theater of Opera and Ballet. Some of Mr. Tolaj\u2019s concerts have been broadcasted live on the national public stations and have received wide media coverage.<\/p>\n Andreja Naunov<\/strong> was born in Kochani. He finished elementary musical school in his hometown, while secondary in Shtip. He received his degree in music from the University of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Skopje, at Music Academy in the class of professor Simon Trpchevski, in whose class today, he is attending postgraduate studies. Has won several state awards in chamber music and piano. Andreja has accomplished many recitals in Macedonia. As a soloist he has performed with the Macedonia Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet., and at the same time he took part of the Simon Trpchevski\u2019s national tour .Has taken part of many humanitarian manifestations, concerts and shows. Andreja has realized concerts as a solo singer , as well as a member of many vocal ensembles. With the ensemble \u201d Vocals\u201d he has performed at the Ohrid Summer Festival, Skopje Summer Festival, DMM, and has been involved in movie soundtracks recordings. As a member of the vocal ensemble \u201c Heraclea \u201c has performed at the \u201c Dubrovnik Summer Festival \u201c, \u201c Ohrid Summer Festival \u201c, \u201c Skopje Summer Festival\u201d , \u201c Wine Festival \u201c in Novi Sad and many others. Andreja has remarkable possibilities to emphasize his performing skills on piano, working as an accompianist, with many eminent soloists and ensembles ( AKUD \u201c Mirche Acev \u201c, \u201c France Presern \u201c, EZRM \u201c Mois Hanson \u201c, \u201c Tango Acoustic \u201c ) showing them at many shows in Republic Of Macedonia, such as Ohrid Summer Festival, Days of the Macedonian Music, Skopje Summer Festival, Bit Fest, and shows in Switzerland, Austria, Serbia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia as well. Some of the soloists he has worked with are the prominent artists of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet and instrumentalists. Has worked with many prominent conductors : Urosh Lajovich, Janush Psibilski, Paul Vaigold, Norman Vidzaja, and has started to work as a conductor of his own with the choir of the Church \u201c Presveta Bogorodica \u201c from Skopje. In 2012 and 2014 will perform an amazing concerts with this choir in Vienna, as well as in 2015 in Venice, Roma, and Bari. In May 2013 he has been member of jury for piano, in the international festival of Slavic music in Moskow. In April 2016 he has a debu with complete ansamble of Macedonian Opera And Balet like a conductor.Today, Andreja Naunov is working as an accompianist with the Macedonian Opera and Ballet and as an exterior assistant at the Music Academy in Skopje, and as a conductor of the church choir \u201cPresveta Bogorodica\u201d.<\/p>\n The concert program * La chia ch\u2019io pianga \u00a0Rinaldo – G. F. Handl, Besiana Mehmedi – mezzosoprano * Caro mio ben \u00a0G. Giordani, Shkodran Tolaj – tenor * Un ballo in maschera \u00a0G. Verdi, Besiana Mehmedi – mezzosoprano * E lucevan le stelle \u00a0from \u201cTosca\u201d G. 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