Toni Kitanovski

Who is Toni Kitanovski?

Toni Kitanovski is a Macedonian jazz guitarist. Born in Skopje, 1964. Toni started his musical education with Dragan Gjakonovski - Spato in 1979. From 1986 till 1990 he was the leader of the trio “Spato”, performing numerous concerts, radio and TV appearances as a trio as well as many solo performances. Composes / arranges concerts for the MBUC chamber orchestra, music for the dance orchestra of MRT. Records soloist materials for WDR in Cologne, Germany.

1988 - 1990 guitarist for the dance orchestra of MRT.

1990 - 1997 study stay in the USA. Graduates at Berklee College of Music, attends composition seminars with Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, private studies with Denis Grillo. Composes for the concert jazz orchestra of Herb Pomeroy; Greg Hopkins' Big-Band; and leads groups of his own. Cooperates with the performance artists Bart Uchida and Nancy Adams from Boston; composes the solo act of Uchida in Taipei, Taiwan.

1997 returns to Skopje, forms the band Luna, appears on the AFES festival with the chamber orchestra of FMA as composer and soloist.

As a soloist, bandleader, composer and arranger with his trio and the jazz orchestra he performs at many festivals, concerts and clubs.