Stevo Teodosievski

Who was Stevo Teodosievski?

Stevo Teodosievski was born in Kočani. He was a Macedonian artist, music educator and humanist. After a childhood in his hometown, he spent his youth in Belgrade, returning to Kocani after WWII. Stevo Teodosievski died in Skopje on April 9, 1997.

In the 1950s he was a truck driver while pursuing professional photography in Skopje, where he began to make money as a musician. Playing accordion at restaurants and private parties, Teodosievski engaged in private music lessons for solfeggio and music theory. Teodosievski later worked at co-repetition program of Radio Skopje. In 1954 he met Esma Redžepova who would later become his life companion. In the period from 1960 to 1989 Stevo and Esma Teodosievski lived and worked in Belgrade, and then they returned to Skopje. 47 children were brought up and educated in the traditional spirit in his music school.

Ensemble "Teodosievski" has held more than 20,000 concerts, of which around 2,000 humanitarian, has issued 108 single plates, 20 Long - play records, 32 audio cassettes, 15 CDs, 6 video cassettes and recorded 12 shows by 30 minutes at MRTV.

Winner of many awards and honors: