Darko Bageski - North Macedonia
Concert during 2016; jury member and masterclasses 2015, 2016, 2017and 2018
Darko Bageski gained music education in Skopje, (professor Jane Pen), Zagreb (prof Xhevdet Sahatxhija) and graduated at Higher School of Music “Franz Liszt” in Weimar, Germany (prof. Jurgen Roste). His education continued at postgraduate studies at the National Conservatory of Music in Thessaloniki, Greece, in the class of prof. Gerhard Reichenbach, and a master’s degree under prof. Costas Cotsiolis.
He has performed many concerts and recitals in Germany, Greece, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Sweden and the USA, and has participated in seminars and master classes with world-renowned guitarist (A. Desiderio, L. Yang, A. Assad, TM Pering, E. Bitetti, Z.Krajisnik, C.Marchione, N.Koshkin, Z.Dukić …)
He also acts as a soloist with many chamber orchestras as well as with the North Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra. Among many awards, he also received award from Association of Music and Ballet pedagogues North Macedonia for successful years of work in the field of pedagogy.
He is a president and founder of the Association of classical guitarists of North Macedonia and art festival director of “Tremolo Guitar Fest” in Skopje. Currently, he works as a guitar professor at the Faculty of Music Arts in Skopje.