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Jubilee Concert Celebrating "15 Years of Bete Ilin's Compositions", Skopje - Macedoniaby Anica Karakutovska |
The Jubilee Concert to honor "15 Years of Bete Ilin's Compositions" was held on November 12th in the Chamber Hall of the Macedonian Philharmonic in Skopje. The jubilee celebrated these 15 very successful years from the first concert performance of Bete Ilin's composition "Scherzo" for accordion until today. The concert featured renowned artists from Macedonia and top students of music performing 14 works composed between the two jubilees and for different instruments, voice and ensembles. Picture left: Marija Gjoshevska and Elena Atanasovska Bete’s first instrument and big love, the accordion, enjoyed an important role in the concert, with Bete's compositions for other instruments like piano, violoncello, saxophone, guitar etc. also featured. The performance of the composition "The New Tomorrow" performed by Grayson Masefield with the string orchestra of the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Maestro Vladimir Zubitsky, May 26th this year in Berlin, was projected on the big screen. The culmination of the concert was the performance of the composition "Duellum" performed by AkordioM (accordionists Zorica Karakutovska and Filip Stameski) and the string orchestra (picture above) conducted by Bete Ilin which had performed the premiere earlier in 2018 for the May 6th World Accordion Day concert in Skopje. This excellent concert in honor of Bete Ilin was enjoyed by a very enthusiastic audience, who gave a standing ovation to the composer and performers. Picture below. The concert was supported by the national program of the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Macedonia. |