Tale Ognenovski, Musical Genius, Clarinetist And Composer

Tale Ognenovski is the number four in the list of notable deaths in 2012, as recorded by Wikipedia

(http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/notable-deaths-in-2012-as-rec.html)

Tale Ognenovski played as virtuoso and clarinet and reed pipe (‘kavalche’) soloist with Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" in Carnegie Hall, New York , on January 27, 1956 for most parts of the programme, including the Macedonian folk dances ‘Bride’s Dance’ (‘Nevestinsko Oro’), ‘Chupurlika’, ‘Shopska Podripnuvachka’ (Sopska Poskocica), ‘Kopachka’, ‘Shepherd’s Dance (‘Ovcharsko Oro’), ‘Soborski Igri’, Macedonian songs, Serbian folk dances and songs and ‘Shote’, an Albanian folk dance.

The New York Times for Ognenovski's performances as clarinet and reed pipe (recorder) instrumental soloist at Carnegie Hall, New York City on January 27, 1956 with Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" wrote: "Display of Tremendous Skill”; “joy and delight”; “folk arts, comes from Macedonia”; “brilliantly spectacular and wonderfully unfamiliar dances”; “great individuality”; “wide variety”; “incredible phrases”; “the dances are ravishing, and their range is truly astonishing”; “remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments”; “a raucous and unforgettable pipe”; “wonderful art but also a superb show”; “Surely one performance in New York is not enough”;… - Article entitled "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art; 'Tanec' Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill"…, written by music critic John Martin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_%28dance_critic%29) (January 28, 1956), and “spectacle”; “stunning show that any set of spectators would find hard to resist”; "thousand different shades of dynamics”; “rapidity”; “conscious virtuosity”; “the broken circles of the kolo of the Macedonian mountains”; “curious musical instruments that accompany many of the dances”; “a dateless reed pipe”… - Article entitled "THE DANCE: FOLK ART; Group From Yugoslavia In Impressive Debut Learning vs. Magic No Macedonian Monopoly The Week's Events", written by music critic John Martin, The New York Times. (February 5, 1956).

These musical terms written in these articles are the most brilliant musical expressions written for performance by an instrumental soloist (with orchestra) in Carnegie Hall in New York published in The New York Times from 1891 until now.

Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" was the first dance company from Yugoslavia (the former Yugoslavia) to perform in America. Ensemble ‘Tanec’s North American tour (January 22, 1956 – April 12, 1956) was sponsored by International Artists in association with Charles E. Green and Lee V. Eastman. ‘Tanec’s sixty-six performances in North America attracted much attention in the North American press.

Programme for Macedonian Ensemble “Tanec” performances in Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 27, 1956

Allmusic's reviewer, Craig Harris, noted: "The only professional folklore ensemble in Macedonia, the Tanec Ensemble are dedicated to the preservation of traditional Macedonian music, dance, and costuming. Founded by the government of the People's Republic of Macedonia in 1949, the group has shared their musical heritage with audiences around the world for more than half a century, performing an estimated 3,500 concerts in 31 countries'... The ensemble reached their peak during the late '50s, when influential clarinet and pipes player Tale Ognenovski was a member..." "Biography of Ensemble Tanec"

Three CD Albums available at: CD Baby, Amazon.com, CD Universe, iTunes, The Orchard, MySpace Music…

Amazon.com MP3 Downloads of Albums of Tale Ognenovski:

MP3 Albums:

Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski by Tale Ognenovski	Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music by Tale Ognenovski	Mozart And Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos by Tale Ognenovski
MP3 Album	MP3 Album	MP3 Album

Important Webpages:

Stevan, Nikola, Tale and Kliment Ognenovski at “Promuzika TRA-LA-LA Studio” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, May, 2001

Three CD's were produced by Tale Ognenovski and Stevan Ognenovski:
* "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music" (2001, IR04542; Record label: Independent Records, US; Tracks: Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1, 5 and 8; Brusnichko oro; Nevenino oro; Bukovsko svadbarsko oro; Talevo kasapsko oro; Stevchevo oro; Sharsko oro and Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1 - http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/firstcd.html)

* "Mozart and Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos" (2006, IR37223; Record label: Independent Records, US; Tracks: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Allegro; Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Adagio; Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Rondo - Allegro and Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1 - http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/mozartcd.html)

* "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski" (2008, IR38824; Record label: Independent Records, US; Tracks: Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 - http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/jazzcd.html)

1. "11 October" Award.
Tale Ognenovski won the"11 October" Award, the highest and the most prestigious national award in Republic of Macedonia. "11 October" Award recipients are selected based on their "contributions to the creation, growth and support of the arts in the Republic of Macedonia.", Octobar 11, 2003. The glittering ceremony on October 11, 2003 in the Macedonian Parliament was attended by Mr. Boris Trajkovski (19 November 1999 – 26 February 2004), President of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Branko Crvenkovski (1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to May, 2004), Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Nikola Popovski (October 3, 2002 - November 8, 2003), President of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Kiro Gligorov (January 27, 1991 – November 19, 1999), the First President of Republic of Macedonia,Ms. Radmila Shekerinska (November 1, 2002 – August 27, 2006), Deputy to the President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, Ms. Liljana Popovska (January 23, 2003 – December 6, 2004), Vice President of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Hari Kostov (2002 – 2004), Minister of Interior of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, Members of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia… President of the Board for award "October 11" prof. Dr. Trajan Gocevski awarded "October 11" awards. (http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/aw11oct.html)

2. "Estradna nagrada Jugoslavije”.
Tale Ognenovski won the “Estradna nagrada Jugoslavije” (“Yugoslavian Stage Award”), the greatest award in former Yugoslavia for musical stage artists, from the Association of Stage Artists of Yugoslavia, (Former Yugoslavia) signed by the composer Miljenko Prohaska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miljenko_Prohaska), in Zagreb, Croatia on October 31,1978. (http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/awards.html)

3. First Award at the Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia, September 9–12, 1951.
Tale Ognenovski won the First Award at the Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia, September 9–12, 1951, together with another 11 members of the Folk Dance Ensemble from the Bitola village of Nizopole, Republic of Macedonia. This was out of 85 folk dance groups from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia.  The Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavian) Folk Music Festival in Opatija had been specially arranged for the members of the Conference of the International Folk Music Council. IFMC - The International Folk Music Council (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Council_for_Traditional_Music) was established in 1947 in London, UK. Marie Slocombe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Slocombe), recorded music archivist at the BBC wrote: "It was natural that on this occasion expositions of Yugoslav folklore and music should form the backbone of the Conference, and these received the most wonderful illustrations in the nightly Festival which took place in the magnificent ballroom of a nearby hotel. Every evening, for three hours or more, we witnessed an astonishing pageant of costume and custom, ritual and social dance, song and instrumental playing by 700 performers brought together from every part of the country." Title: "Some impressions of the Yugoslav conference and festival", published by The International Folk Music Council, London, in March, 1952, Volume IV, page 2.
Extracts from Programme notes on the dances and songs performed at the Yugoslav Folk Music Festival: "From the time of the conquests of Alexander the Great to the modern era, Macedonia has been the scene of dramatic events, brutal invasions and profound social upheavals. Many different trends have met and clashed on this territory: trends which have inevitably left their traces on the life of the people and are reflected in its folk art. Macedonian folk music is governed by rhythmic laws and set metres. Foreign influences, in so far as they existed, where subjected to the rules of accentuation of the Macedonian popular language. The melody is usually asymmetrical..." - This appeared in the ‘International Folk Music Journal’ under the title ‘Extracts from PROGRAMME NOTES ON THE DANCES AND SONGS performed at the Yugoslav Folk Music Festival’, with the subtitle ‘MACEDONIA - represented by 23 villages’, published by The International Folk Music Council, London, in March, 1952, Volume IV, pages 60-64. The performance of Tale Ognenovski as clarinet player caught the attention of the editors of International Folk Music Journal, also noted that “Teshkoto (the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) from Nizopole (Bitola) means "heavy," and indicates the heavy rhythm which is typical of very ancient dances...” This appeared in the ‘International Folk Music Journal’ under the title ‘Extracts from PROGRAMME NOTES ON THE DANCES AND SONGS performed at the Yugoslav Folk Music Festival’, with the subtitle ‘MACEDONIA - represented by 23 villages’, published by The International Folk Music Council, London, in March, 1952, Volume IV, pages 60-64. Croatian ethnomusicologist Vinko Žganec (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinko_%C5%BDganec) wrote "“The clarinet (the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) was as effective an accompaniment to the large drum in the folk dance from Kozjak as it was to the small drum in the folk dance ‘Teshkoto’ from Nizopole. They provided a very effective combination”, cultural magazine "Kulturni radnik' No. 10-11, published on October 1051 in Zagreb, Croatia. 
The musical part of the group had only two members: Tale Ognenovski played solo clarinet with the accompaniment of drummer Lambe Petrovski. This is a musical sensation, to receive the First Award with orchestra consisting of only two members: the clarinetist Ognenovski and drummer Petrovski., together with another 11 members of the Folk Dance Ensemble from the Bitola village of Nizhopole, Republic of Macedonia. This was out of 85 folk dance groups from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia. The Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavian) Folk Music Festival in Opatija had been specially arranged for the members of the Conference of the International Folk Music Council. IFMC - The International Folk Music Council was established in 1947 in London, UK. (http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/opatija1951.html)

JOURNAL of the INTERNATIONAL FOLK MUSIC COUNCIL, Vol. IV, March, 1952

Title: "Some impressions of the Yugoslav conference and festival", written by Marie Slocombe published by The International Folk Music Council, London, in March, 1952, Volume IV, page 2

Title: "Extracts from PROGRAMME NOTES ON THE DANCES AND SONGS performed at the Yugoslav Folk Music Festival", with the subtitle ‘MACEDONIA - represented by 23 villages’, page 60

“Teshkoto (the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made  by Stevan Ognenovski) from Nizopole (Bitola) means "heavy," and indicates  the heavy rhythm which is typical of very ancient dances...” This appeared  in the ‘International Folk Music Journal’ under the title ‘Extracts from PROGRAMME NOTES ON THE DANCES AND SONGS performed at the Yugoslav Folk Music Festival’, with the subtitle ‘MACEDONIA - represented  by 23 villages’, published by The International Folk Music Council, London,  in March, 1952, Volume IV, page 64

4. First Award as the best clarinetist at the first Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs, held in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on October 11, 1948.
453 Folk dances and songs groups competed in this festival. (http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/skopje1948.html)

6. All About Jazz celebrated April 27, 2009, the birthday of Tale Ognenovski with All About Jazz recognition: Jazz Musician of the Day: Tale Ognenovski, with announcement published at his website. (http://news.allaboutjazz.com/news.php?id=34707#.UOmsW2_LR8E) 
All About Jazz is a jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.

7. Certificate for National Pension.
Prime Minister of Republic of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski awarded Certificates for National Pensions to the composer and clarinetist Tale Ognenovski and 39 prominent representatives of cultural life in Republic of Macedonia for their contributions to Macedonian culture in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on March 3, 2012.
Before awarding the certificates, Prime Minister Gruevski said "Your successes are underpinned with many prizes and awards, and the remarkable contribution you have made in building a cultural mosaic in Republic of Macedonia ." The glittering ceremony in the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle was attended by Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kancheska Milevska and her deputy Dragan Nedeljkovic. Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kancheska Milevska said that today stressed the "very little" give back to the artists for their invaluable "very", but also made great strides and the historical need to valorize the work of artists. The Certificates for National Pensions were established by the Law on Culture from Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia (January, 2011) for artists and other experts in the field of cultural heritage, who have won the awards: "11 October", "St. Kliment Ohridski" and "23 October " for long-term achievements in culture.
(http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/natpen.html and http://www.kultura.gov.mk/index.php/foto-galerii/430-dodeluvanje-na-prvite-40-resenija-za-nacionalni-penzii) 

Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" was the first dance company from Yugoslavia (the former Yugoslavia) to perform in America. Ensemble ‘Tanec’s North American tour (January 22, 1956 – April 12, 1956) was sponsored by International Artists in association with Charles E. Green and Lee V. Eastman. ‘Tanec’s sixty-six performances in North America attracted much attention in the North American press.

Tale Ognenovski played as virtuoso and clarinet and reed pipe (‘kavalche’) soloist with Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" in Carnegie Hall, New York , on January 27, 1956 for most parts of the programme, including the Macedonian folk dances ‘Bride’s Dance’ (‘Nevestinsko Oro’), ‘Chupurlika’, ‘Shopska Podripnuvachka’ (Sopska Poskocica), ‘Kopachka’, ‘Shepherd’s Dance (‘Ovcharsko Oro’), ‘Soborski Igri’, Macedonian songs, Serbian folk dances and songs and ‘Shote’, an Albanian folk dance.

Advertisement for Macedonian Ensemble ”Tanec” performances in in Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 27, 1956. It appeared in the newspaper “The New York Times” on January 22, 1956

Great Variety of Dance in Yugoslav Folk Ballet     Daily Boston Globe
"The word, Tanec, means Dance in Macedonian, all kinds of dance. And the repertory of Tanec, the Yugoslav National Folk Ballet, in the United States and Canada as the first artistic import from the newYugoslavia, Illustrates that meaning in its broadest sense... " - By Daily Boston Globe - Boston, Mass., January 22, 1956.

Yugoslav Ballet Booked Here     TheWashington Post and Times Herald
"The Yugoslav National Folk Ballet will be presented for one night only at Constitution Hall on Thursday, Feb. 9. This company of Balkan singers, musicians and folk dancers has been on tour in Europe and currently is preparing for its New York bow... " - By The WashingtonPost and Times Herald  - Washington, D.C., January 22, 1956 

Ensemble ‘Tanec’s North American tour was sponsored by International Artists in association with Charles E. Green and Lee V. Eastman.

Advertisement for Macedonian Ensemble ”Tanec” performances in in Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 27, 1956. It appeared in the newspaper “The New York Times” on January 22, 1956

Advertisement for Macedonian Ensemble ”Tanec” performances  in Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 27, 1956

Advertisement for Macedonian Ensemble ”Tanec” performances  in Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 27, 1956. It appeared in the newspaper “The New York Times” on January 25, 1956

Tale Ognenovski played as virtuoso and clarinet and reed pipe (‘kavalche’) soloist with Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" in Carnegie Hall, New York , on January 27, 1956 for most parts of the programme, including the Macedonian folk dances ‘Bride’s Dance’ (‘Nevestinsko Oro’), ‘Chupurlika’, ‘Shopska Podripnuvachka’ (Sopska Poskocica), ‘Kopachka’, ‘Shepherd’s Dance (‘Ovcharsko Oro’), ‘Soborski Igri’, Macedonian songs, Serbian folk dances and songs and ‘Shote’, an Albanian folk dance.

The New York Times for Ognenovski's performances as clarinet and reed pipe (recorder) instrumental soloist at Carnegie Hall, New York City on January 27, 1956 with Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" wrote

: "Display of Tremendous Skill”; “joy and delight”; “folk arts, comes from Macedonia”; “brilliantly spectacular and wonderfully unfamiliar dances”; “great individuality”; “wide variety”; “incredible phrases”; “the dances are ravishing, and their range is truly astonishing”; “remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments”; “a raucous and unforgettable pipe”; “wonderful art but also a superb show”; “Surely one performance in New York is not enough”;… - Article entitled "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art; 'Tanec' Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill"…, written by music critic John Martin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_%28dance_critic%29) (January 28, 1956),

These musical terms written in these articles are the most brilliant musical expressions written for performance by an instrumental soloist (with orchestra) in Carnegie Hall in New York published in The New York Times from 1891 until now.

Allmusic's reviewer, Craig Harris, noted: "The only professional folklore ensemble in Macedonia, the Tanec Ensemble are dedicated to the preservation of traditional Macedonian music, dance, and costuming. Founded by the government of the People's Republic of Macedonia in 1949, the group has shared their musical heritage with audiences around the world for more than half a century, performing an estimated 3,500 concerts in 31 countries'... The ensemble reached their peak during the late '50s, when influential clarinet and pipes player Tale Ognenovski was a member..." "Biography of Ensemble Tanec"

Comments from the American newspapers about the Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" performance in Carnegie Hall on January 27, 1956 published in the newspaper "Chicago Daily Tribune, February 3, 1956.

TV debut of "Tanec” on CBS
The North America tour began on January 22, 1956, and finished on April 12, 1956. Ensemble "Tanec" performed 65 concerts in 50 cities.  ‘Tanec’s American tour began with their debut on one of the most popular television programmes in the United States, the Ford Foundation TV Programme "OMNIBUS", on January 22, 1956. This programme was seen by millions of Americans. This TV debut of ‘Tanec’ on CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network, one of the largest radio and television broadcasting companies in the United States, created great interest in all 65 concerts in many towns throughout the United States.

A copy of this programme may be viewed free of charge on a videocassette at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

On the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS’ Internet Web site, http://catalog.loc.gov with Keyword = Ansambl za narodni igri i pesni Tanec is written:

Main Title: Omnibus. IV, vol. 15 / TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation; Producer, Robert Saudek.

Published/Created: United States: CBS Television Network, 1956-01-22

Library of Congress   http://lccn.loc.gov/88705799

Library of Congress - Catalog Record: LC control no. 88705799. Main title: Omnibus. IV, vol. 15 / TV-Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation; producer, Robert Saudek. Published/Created: United States : CBS Television Network, 1956-01-22. Host: Alistair Cooke. An episode of the television cultural anthology series. Ansambl za narodni igri i pesni Tanec. Title: Yugoslav national folk ballet. Contents :The Yugoslav national folk ballet / directed by Elliot Silverstein; with the Tanec dance troupe from Macedonia (20 min.)
http://lccn.loc.gov/88705799
With Ford Foundation funding, Omnibus, featured diverse programming about science, the arts particularly music and theater, and the humanities. The program featured original works, interviews with public figures and performances by many of the most prominent entertainers of the day. The series won more than 65 awards, including seven Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards. The series is held at The Library of Congress and Global ImageWorks, among other archives. During its run from 1952 to 1961, "Omnibus" introduced the best in dance, music, drama, opera, history, science and art and was the most succ

The great contribution of Tale Ognenovski for tremendous success of Ensemble "Tanec" at North America tour can be seen in the published articles in major North American newspapers:

"Venerable Carnegie Hall fairly vibrated as the audience blistered its palms in appreciation..." - By Robert Coleman,  New York Daily Mirror, January 28, 1956

"Last night this Yugoslav National Folk Ballet preluded a transcontinental tour at Carnegie Hall. This is the freshest, gayest, most expert dance affair that has come over the horizon in years… We have been afforded many novelties from the Orient and the Occident but none of them won a more enthusiastic reception than the Yugoslav National Folk Ballet..." - By William Hawkins, New York World Telegram, January 28, 1956  

Yugoslav Folk Ballet      New York Herald Tribune
"And these antique measures, accompanied sometimes by a shepherd's pipe … Tanec, a Macedonian group of some forty dancers and musicians, gave generously of their rich folk heritage... An audience which jammed Carnegie to capacity (the house had been sold out by last Monday) cheered and applauded the folk dancing with as much enthusiasm as if it had been witnessing classical, theatrical ballet at its most glittering." ..." - By Walter Terry, New York Herald Tribune., January 28, 1956

THE DANCE: FOLK ART; Group From Yugoslavia In Impressive Debut Learning vs. Magic No Macedonian Monopoly The Week's Events     The New York Times
"Everybody knows, of course, that folk dancing is entirely for participation, and has no value at all as spectacle; everybody knows it, that is, until something like the Yugoslav National Folk Ballet, "Tanec", comes along and puts on a stunning show that any set of spectators would find hard to resist... The social and sociological roots are there, to be sure, but what is actually offered is the theatrical flower. There is an amazing variety to the dances that comprised this particular program. To indicate, that they are dances of war, of courtship, of harvest, of sheep-herding, is to lapse into platitudes, for a variety exists in far closer terms than any such standards backgrounds imply. It is again, the flower that we see; not the roots. And this flowering is in terms of movement that compasses a thousand different shades of dynamics, of elevation, of rapidity, of aplomb, of spatial range, of conscious virtuosity, of total strangeness and exoticism of texture. The ethnologist will care enormously that there are here relics of Grecian antiquity, Turkish influences from the hated occupation, full-circled kolos from the plains of Croatia in contrast to the broken circles of the kolo of the Macedonian mountains. There is equal interest in the curious musical instruments that accompany many of the dances... a dateless reed pipe.", February 5, 1956 - By John Martin, The New York Times, February 5, 1956. 

Tale Ognenovski played as virtuoso and clarinet and reed pipe (‘kavalche’) soloist with Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs Ensemble "Tanec" in Carnegie Hall, New York , on January 27, 1956 for most parts of the programme, including the Macedonian folk dances ‘Bride’s Dance’ (‘Nevestinsko Oro’), ‘Chupurlika’, ‘Shopska Podripnuvachka’ (Sopska Poskocica), ‘Kopachka’, ‘Shepherd’s Dance (‘Ovcharsko Oro’), ‘Soborski Igri’, Macedonian songs, Serbian folk dances and songs and ‘Shote’, an Albanian folk dance.

The New York Times for Ognenovski's performances as clarinet and reed pipe (recorder) instrumental soloist at Carnegie Hall, New York City on January 27, 1956 with Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" wrote: "Display of Tremendous Skill”; “joy and delight”; “folk arts, comes from Macedonia”; “brilliantly spectacular and wonderfully unfamiliar dances”; “great individuality”; “wide variety”; “incredible phrases”; “the dances are ravishing, and their range is truly astonishing”; “remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments”; “a raucous and unforgettable pipe”; “wonderful art but also a superb show”; “Surely one performance in New York is not enough”;… - Article entitled "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art; 'Tanec' Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill"…, written by music critic John Martin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_%28dance_critic%29) (January 28, 1956), and “spectacle”; “stunning show that any set of spectators would find hard to resist”; "thousand different shades of dynamics”; “rapidity”; “conscious virtuosity”; “the broken circles of the kolo of the Macedonian mountains”; “curious musical instruments that accompany many of the dances”; “a dateless reed pipe”… - Article entitled "THE DANCE: FOLK ART; Group From Yugoslavia In Impressive Debut Learning vs. Magic No Macedonian Monopoly The Week's Events", written by music critic John Martin, The New York Times. (February 5, 1956).

These musical terms written in these articles are the most brilliant musical expressions written for performance by an instrumental soloist (with orchestra) in Carnegie Hall in New York published in The New York Times from 1891 until now.

Comments from the American newspapers about the Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" performance in Carnegie Hall on January 27, 1956 published in the newspaper "Chicago Daily Tribune", February 3, 1956

Advertisement for Macedonian Ensemble ”Tanec” performances in Philadelphia, February 7, 1956. It appeared in the newspaper “The Philadelphia Inquirer”: NEW YORK CRITICS RAVED! SO WILL YOU! "We have been afforded many novelties from the Orient and the Occident but none of them won a more enthusiastic reception than the Yugoslav National Folk Ballet.” - New York World Telegram FIRST TIME IN AMERICA CHARLES E, GREEN & LEE V. EASTMAN present YUGOSLAV NATIONAL BALLET (TANEC) DANCERS * SINGERS * MUSICIANS COMPANY OF 40 "Freshest, gayest, most expert dance affair that has come over the horizon in years" - New York World Telegram "Carnegie Hall vibrated as the audience blistered its palms in appreciation" - New York Daily Mirror "Tremendous skill ... a joy and delight." - New York Times " Lively, handsome, magnificently skilled." -  New York Herald Tribune ONE NIGHT ONLY, TUESDAY, FEB, 7, at 8:30 ACADEMY OF MUSIC

“THIS SPECTACLE IS MAGNIFICENT YOU MUST SEE IT”, MELODY MAKER, London - these words were printed in the Los Angeles Times on March 10, 1956 in a poster announcement from the “MARY BRAN” company advertising Macedonian Ensemble Tanec performances in the PHILHARMONIC AUDITORIUM in Los Angeles. The announcement also included the comments: “JOY and DELIGHT * SPECTACULAR * WINNING SONGS * TREMENDOUS SKILL * STUNNING * WONDERFUL ART * REMARKABLE MUSIC * ASTONISHING * Superb Show, First Time in America, The YUGOSLAV NATIONAL FOLK BALLET, 40 DANCERS, SINGERS, MUSICIANS on the STAGE. Only Three Unique Performances PHILHARMONIC AUDITORIUM Tomorrow and Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday March 14, 8:30 p.m. Also Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Thursday, March 15, 8:20 P.M., Los Angeles Times, March 11, 1956." These words appeared in the advertisement in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles on March 10, 1956.

DANCE BOUNCING BRIGANDS

"A hundred years ago on the rugged roads of Macedonia, bands of brigands used to plunder the caravans of rich merchants and, like Robin Hood, pass on some of their spoils to the poor... the Yugoslav National Folk Ballet which this spring is making a first, and highly successful, tour of the U.S...Together they make as vigorous a display of dancing as the U.S. has ever seen..." - By Life (magazine), April 9, 1956 (pp 173)

THE DANCE: REVIEW; SOLOIST WITH DANCE GROUP     The New York Times
On May 20, 1956, summing up the performances of soloists and dance groups including Ensemble "Tanec", The New York Times's music critic John Martin identifies last season as unpredictable, strong, international and creative innovation. He writes, "Looking over one's shoulder at the season just closed, as is conventional practice at this time of year, one is impressed most of all by its general obstreperousness. It was fecund, unpredictable, energetie, international, creative,..." - By John Martin, The New York Times, May 20, 1956. 

Sо brilliants commentaries written by the most prominent music critics and published in the newspapers and magazines in North America are not written for performances of any ensemble or artist in any musical genre who  had performed on tour in North America until now.

Concerts of North America tour include Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - The Forum (capacity 1,763 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania) January 23, 1956; New York City - Carnegie Hall (capacity 2,760 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall); Symphony Hall, Boston (capacity 2,625 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_Hall,_Boston), January 1, 1956; Civic Opera House (Chicago) (capacity 3,563 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Opera_House_(Chicago)), February 4 and 5, 1956; Academy of Music (Philadelphia) (capacity 2,897seats), February 7, 1956; DAR Constitution Hall Washington, D.C. (capacity 3,702 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAR_Constitution_Hall), February 9, 1956; Lyric Opera House Baltimore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_Opera_House), February 10, 1956; Syria Mosque Theater Pittsburgh (capacity 3,700 seats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_Mosque), February 12, 1956; Massey Hall Toronto, Canada (capacity 2,752 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massey_Hall), February 13, 1956; Detroit Masonic Temple (capacity 4,404 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Masonic_Temple), February 18, 1956; Murat Centre Indianapolis (capacity 1,800-seats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat_Shrine), February 20, 1956; Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis (Municipal Auditorium with the capacity 9,300 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Auditorium), February 26, 1956; Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City - Music Hall, capacity 2,400 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_Auditorium_(Kansas_City,_Missouri)), February 29, 1956; Colorado Springs City Auditorium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Springs_City_Auditorium), March 3, 1956; Denver Arena Auditorium (capacity 6,841 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Arena_Auditorium), March 4, 1956; War Memorial Opera HouseSan Francisco (capacity 3,146 seats), March 7 and 9, 1956; Hazard's Pavilion Los Angeles (Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium with capacity 2,700 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philharmonic_Auditorium_(Los_Angeles,_California)), March 12, 13 and 14, 1956; Pasadena Conference Center Civic Auditorium Pasadena (capacity 3,029 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena_Conference_Center), March 15, 1956; Russ Auditorium San Diego (capacity 2500 seats - http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/82spring/momentous.htm), March 19–20, 1956; City Auditorium Houston (http://scottymoore.net/houstonAud.html), March 28 and 29, 1956; Civic Theatre New Orleans (http://www.wwltv.com/news/Civic-Theater-Reopening-Part-of-New-Orleans-Historic-Theater-Renaissance-183274041.html), April 1, 2 and 3, 1956; Tower Theatre Atlanta  (http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4784), April 5, 6 and 7, 1956 and Brooklyn Academy of Music New York City (capacity 2,109 seats - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music), April 11 and 12, 1956. 

Tale Ognenovski with his uncle Petar Hristov (from North City (also known as "Coello"), Illinois, US) and his friend Jandre Kunovski (from Gary, Indiana, US), February, 1956

Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" played in larger auditoriums including: Kiel Auditorium - St. Louis, Missouri on February 26, 1956 and Denver Arena Auditorium, Colorado on March 4, 1956. Kiel Auditorium (Originally named the Municipal Auditorium) with seating capacity of 9,300 played host to a variety of rock concerts including concerts of Elvis Presley on March 29, 1957. and September 10, 1970. 
From the 1950s until the 1970s, the Kiel Auditorium was behind only Madison Square Garden as North America's most famous wrestling arena.
Denver Arena Auditorium is a pure sporting venue with seating capacity of 6,841. On December 26, 1968, the rock group Led Zeppelin played their first concert in the United States.

 Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" caught the attention of some of the North America's top music critics including: John Martin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_%28dance_critic%29 and http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/21/nyregion/john-martin-is-dead-at-91-times-dance-critic-35-years.html - The New York Times), Robert Coleman (New York Daily Mirror), William Hawkins (New York World-Telegram), Walter Terry (New York Herald Tribune) , Claudia Cassidy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Cassidy - Chicago Daily Tribune), Samuel Singer (Philadelphia Inquirer), Paul Hume (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hume - The Washington Post and Times), John Kraglund (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/john-kraglund- The Globe and Mail), R. H. Hagan (San Francisco Chronicle), Albert Goldberg (http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-06/news/mn-228_1_music-critic - Los Angeles Times) and Margaret Lloyd (http://www.answers.com/topic/margaret-lloyd - Christian Science Monitor) 

Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall) has its own artistic programming, development, and marketing departments, and presents about 250 performances each season. It is also rented out to performing groups. Carnegie Hall's main auditorium seats 2,804 on five levels. It was named for violinist Isaac Stern in 1997.
Carnegie Hall first opened its doors in 1891. The music hall opened officially on May 5,1891, with a five-day Music Festival during which the composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted several of his works. Carnegie Hall is the most prestigious concert hall in the United States of America. Many of the world’s best-known musicians, orchestras and their conductors have performed concerts in Carnegie Hall. These include Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Macedonian Ensemble ‘Tanec’, Elton John, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Sviatoslav Richter, Edith Piaf, Tina Turner, Sergej Rachmanianoff, Artur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Mstislav Rostopovich, Enrico Caruso, Placido Domingo, Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, Gustav Mahler, Herbert von Karajan, The Beatles, Isaac Stern, Arturo Toscanini Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Judy Garland, Harry Belafonte, Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, James Gang, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sissieretta Jones, Count Basie and Bill Haley.

Tale Ognenovski is the number one clarinetist
Following every concert of ‘Tanec’s’ North American tour, critics in almost every newspaper commented about the Macedonian folk dance ‘Sopska Poskocica', “...in the case of one dance, Sopska Poskocica, it was nothing more than a demonstration in dancing. As such it was highly effective...A dance like Sopska Poskocica is produced to demonstrate...The speed at which it is danced, and the tremendous energy and precision of the six men who dance it, makes it unique…It earned an encore...” Tale Ognenovski was a virtuoso clarinet soloist in ‘Sopska Poskocica’ (‘Shopska Podripnuvachka’) but he also helped arrange the music for he added his own improvisations to some parts of the dance. This has also been the case with others dances where Tale Ognenovski has performed as virtuoso clarinet and reed pipe soloist. Ecstatic applause followed Ensemble ‘Tanec’s successes throughout North America. At the end of concerts, the audiences surrounded the members of Ensemble “Tanec”, congratulated them for their display of tremendous skill, and asked for their autographs. Many of them told Tale Ognenovski that he was the number one clarinetist.

Macedonia is the Centre of the Folk Universe 
‘Tanec’s triumphant appearance on American television, in the Ford Foundation ‘Omnibus’ programme on January 22, 1956 in New York City opened America’s doors to a wealth of Macedonian musical talent. What followed would be called a Musical Sensation. ‘Tanec’s performances at Carnegie Hall and at other famous concert halls were displays of tremendous skill, the likes of which North America had never seen before. Tale Ognenovski and other members of the Ensemble arrived as foreign ambassadors, but they received the warmest welcome and the most enthusiastic reception possible in North America. In their commentaries, the North American press gave such magnificent descriptions of the Ensemble’s performances that it could be concluded that Macedonia was the ‘centre of the folk universe’.

Tale Ognenovski with members of Macedonian Ensemble “Tanec” and with June Allyson, one of the screen’s most important stars in the U.S. in the main Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio in Hollywood, March 14, 1956

Tale Ognenovski with his friend Jandre Kunovski (from Gary, Indiana, US) and his family in Chicago are photographed after the concert at the entrance in the Chicago Civic Opera House on February 5, 1956	Tale Ognenovski with his friend Jandre Kunovski (from Gary, Indiana, US) are photographed after the concert at the entrance in  the Chicago Civic Opera House on February 5, 1956
Tale Ognenovski with his uncle Petar Hristov (from North City (also known as "Coello"), Illinois, US) and his friend Jandre Kunovski (from Gary, Indiana, US), February, 1956	Tale Ognenovski with his uncle Petar Hristov (from North City (also known as "Coello"), Illinois, US) and the wife of his uncle Petar Hristov, February 1956
Tale Ognenovski with his uncle Petar (from North City (also known as "Coello"), Illinois, US) and the wife of his uncle Petar Hristov, February 1956	Tale Ognenovski with his uncle Petar (from North City (also known as "Coello"), Illinois, US) and the wife of his uncle Petar Hristov, February 1956
Anita Mc Cormack (the daughter of Petar Hristov), Tale Ognenovski,  the wife of Petar Hristov and  his uncle Petar Hristov (from North City (also known as "Coello"), Illinois, US), February 1956	Ed Mc Cormack, Tale Ognenovski and  his uncle Petar Hristov (from North City (also known as "Coello"), Illinois, US), February 1956

Tale Ognenovski in the books and encyclopedias:

Tale Ognenovski and Dushko Dimitrovski

Book: "Za Nasha Muzika" (For Our Music);  Author: Dushko Dimitrovski; Publisher: BID "Misirkov" (1994).
"For creative generations performing our contemporary music, it is very fortunate that we already have three (International) National Outstanding Persons in this field of music whose brilliant creations they can surely rely on to inspire them with authentic, dynamic power and direct them towards creating the same. These Giants of Music are Jovan Kukuzel (John Kukuzelis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kukuzelis), Pece Atanasovski and Tale Ognenovski... The prodigy, however, is called Tale Ognenovski... Both Jesus Christ's: "I came not to do away with the Bible, but to fulfil and continue it", and Michaelangelo's: "The Artist must adopt strict, artistic rules at first, to be able to break them afterwards"... could well apply to Ognenovski. Absolutely masterly and limitless imagination and music inventiveness are only 'potka', a condition, a starter, tonal 'organon', for his creative accomplishments.... As a virtuoso playing 'Chalgija' music (in his child-hood, as a shepherd, he played the pipe ('kavalche'); later, as an educated musician he played Cavallini, Weber and Mozart). Tale Ognenovski, at the same time, navigates himself effectively all around the world of classical music. As if the ingenious knowledge of the 'chalgija' universe, but also with the live primordial in the rustic sound, together with the vivid, creative touch of the mysteries of European classical music idea, had predetermined the outstanding talent of Ognenovski to make one, perhaps unconscious, but in musical and historical terms, more than far-reaching creative step forward. In other words if without telling in advance, we approach carefully and analytically the 'chalgija' opus created by the Maestro, we will discover with surprise and great delight that Ognenovski is (probably) the FIRST, and (surely) THE FARTHEST REACHING contemporary who first made the connection between the two "UNCONNECTABLE" worlds - the Orient and the West - with words and melodies. Tale Ognenovski does not find it problematic to start with a motive, a theme, and then to navigate through all the labryinths of the archaic and old church styles, so that at in a certain section of his improvisation... to decide on a strict, "very Western-style" tonality and to bring all that to the starting-point by perfectly structuring and observing the style. The impossible becomes possible: two, "usually non-complimentary" parallel-existing worlds of sounds - Europe - The Orient - are in Tale Ognenovski's music naturally brought closer together, understand each other and merge. Has Ognenovski's ingenuity in advance not done something that with the power of empirical palpability and outright proof, will convince us that Macedonia - with the power of both worlds of melodies being borne and present in her galaxy of sounds - is the one predetermined to play the role of a tonal catalyst for the future universal connection and natural mixing and circulation of the creative idea of East - West - East?... Za Nasha Muzika (За Наша Музика - For Our Music);  Author: Dushko Dimitrovski; Publisher: BID "Misirkov" (1994), Republic of Macedonia; Language: Macedonian; ISBN 9989-600-01-5 
Tale Ognenovski 
Lambert M. Surhone (Editor), Mariam T. Tennoe (Editor), Susan F. Henssonow (Editor) 
Product Description: The content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tale Ognenovski (Macedonian: Тале Огненовски) (born April 27, 1922) is a Macedonian multi-instrumentalist: clarinet, reed pipe (instrument) (recorder), tin whistle, small bagpipe, zourla (zurla) and drum, composer and bandleader. On January 27, 1956, he performed at Carnegie Hall, New York City as clarinet and reed pipe (recorder) soloist of Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec".
Product Details: Paperback: 92 pages
Publisher: Betascript Publishing (March 2, 2011)
Language: English; ISBN-10: 613507024X; ISBN-13: 978-6135070248.
Betascript Publishing is part of VDM Publishing Group based in Saarbrücken, Germany. VDM Publishing specializes in German, Russian, Spanish, French and English dissertations, theses and research projects. VDM Publishing is one of the leading publishing houses of academic research.

BARNES&NOBLE: Tale Ognenovski by Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe (Editor), Susan F. Henssonow (Editor) 
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tale-ognenovski-lambert-m-surhone/1103724547 

Britannica  Concise Encyclopedia;
2005 Encyclopedia  Britannica, Inc; Publisher: Toper and Media Print Makedonija, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Language: Macedonian; ISBN 9989-165-12-2 - "Ognenovski, Tale - Clarinetist and composer, born in village Brusnik, Bitola. As clarinet and reed pipe virtuoso he reached international success with his performances with National Ensemble "Tanec". He composed hundred folk dances... " (pp 66, book 7)

Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer / Тале Огненовски виртуоз на кларинет и композитор

Tale Ognenovski's biographer is his son Stevan Ognenovski, Mag.Scient. who wrote the book entitled: Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer / Тале Огненовски виртуоз на кларинет и композитор (2000). Publishing house is Matica Makedonska, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The book is published in both Macedonian and English. The content of the book are: the biography of Tale Ognenovski and music notation of compositions of 67 Macedonian Folk Dances, "Tale Ognenovski Clarinet Concerto No.1" and "Tale Ognenovski Jazz composition No. 1" (all composed by Tale Ognenovski).
Editor in chief and Director Rade SILJAN; Editor Dejan PAVLESKI; Cover Stevan OGNENOVSKI Mag.Scient.; Design editor Niko P. TOZI; ISBN 9989-48-312-4 ; 406 pages (format A4).

Promotion of the book entitled: “Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer” at the Cultural Centre "Grigor Prlicev" - Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia on July 9, 2001.

Promotion of the book entitled: “Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer” / "Тале Огненовски виртуоз на кларинет и композитор" at the Cultural Centre "Grigor Prlicev", Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia on July 9, 2001.

The promotion of the book was organized by the Balkan Festival of Folk Songs and Dances under the auspices of the National Institution Center of Culture "Grigor Prlicev", Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.

Kiril Todevski, Tale Ognenovski, Stevan Ognenovski

Kiril Todevski, Tale Ognenovski, Stevan Ognenovski	Tale Ognenovski
Stevan Ognenovski and Tale Ognenovski	…Suzana Jolevska, Rade Siljan, Boshko Trenevski,             Margarita Ognenovska, Kliment  Ognenovski
Kiril Todevski, Tale Ognenovski, Stevan Ognenovski	Ivan Chorbev…Katerina Chorbeva, Kliment Ognenovski,       Margarita Ognenovska, Boshko Trenevski
Stevan Ognenovski and Tale Ognenovski	Kiril Todevski, Tale Ognenovski
Katerina Chorbeva, Tale Ognenovski	Boshko Trenevski, Tale Ognenovski, Kliment Ognenovski,     Nada Andreeva, Rade Siljan, Suzana Jolevska
Boshko Trenevski, Tale Ognenovski, Nada Andreeva,          Rade Siljan, Suzana Jolevska	Kiril Todevski, Katerina Chorbeva, Stevan Ognenovski,        Tale Ognenovski

Tale Ognenovski, Clarinetist and Composer, performed at the promotion of the book entitled: “Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer” ” / "Тале Огненовски виртуоз на кларинет и композитор" at the Cultural Centre "Grigor Prlicev", Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia on July 9, 2001.

Stevan Ognenovski and Tale Ognenovski

Kiril Todevski, Katerina Chorbeva, Stevan Ognenovski, Tale Ognenovski

Promotion of the book entitled: “Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer” / "Тале Огненовски виртуоз на кларинет и композитор" at the Cultural Centre "Grigor Prlicev", Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia on July 9, 2001.

The promotion of the book was organized by the Balkan Festival of Folk Songs and Dances under the auspices of the National Institution Center of Culture "Grigor Prlicev", Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.

Tale Ognenovski and his son Stevan Ognenovski, Mag.Scient., the writer of the book  entitled: “Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer” / "Тале Огненовски виртуоз на кларинет и композитор"

Kiril Todevski, Tale Ognenovski, Stevan Ognenovski

Rough Guide to World Music Volume One: Africa, Europe & The Middle East; 
Simon Broughton (Author), Mark Ellingham (Author), Publisher: Rough Guides; 2nd edition (February 7, 2000); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1858286352; ISBN-13: 978-1858286358 - "One of the few clarinettists to have performed successfully both with a calgia and in the more modern style is Tale Ognenovski, born in 1922 and one of the most influential musicians of the post-war era. He was a member of the Tanec group during the 1950s and lead clarinet of the Radio Skopje calgia. The composer of many tunes that have become standards, he is today the leader of his own group, and a master of the more Westernised style that become prominent in the 1940s and 50s. This is the style that still holds sway, and which is the basis for Macedonia's own new composed folk music." (pp 203)

Lichnosti od Makedonija (Distinguished People from Macedonia); 
Authors: Petar Karajanov, Hristo Andonovski, Jovan Pavlovski; Publisher: MI-AN (2002), Republic ofMacedonia; Language: Macedonian; ISBN 9989-613-28-1 - "...Tale Ognenovski composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances. With his performances with Ensemble "Tanec" at Carnegie Hall in New York City he received his first international success... (pp 233)

ZNACHAJNI LICHNOSTI ZA BITOLA (DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE FOR BITOLA); 
Authors: Lence Andonovska, Naume Gorgievski, Blagoj Nikolov, Trajko Ognenovski, Gordana Pesevska, Aneta Stefanovska, Svetlana Taleska, Publisher: NUUB “St. Clement Ohridski” – Bitola and Municipality of Bitola (2007), Republic of Macedonia; Language: Macedonian and English; ISBN 978-9989-2783-0-3 - "Ognenovski, Tale (1922), Macedonian clarinetist , one of the most important Macedonian folk musicians; belong to the line of the biggest instrumentalists and composers in the world music. He made the connection between the oriental and the western music and represents one of the biggest exponents of the composing for a clarinet. He has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances, one classical concert “T.Ognenovski concert for clarinet number 1” and many jazz compositions. Tale is one of the best representatives in playing of a clarinet with special technique, inventiveness and amazing improvisation virtuosity..." (pp 161-162)

Three CD's were produced by Tale Ognenovski and Stevan Ognenovski:
* "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music" (2001, IR04542; Record label: Independent Records, US; Tracks: Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1, 5 and 8; Brusnichko oro; Nevenino oro; Bukovsko svadbarsko oro; Talevo kasapsko oro; Stevchevo oro; Sharsko oro and Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1 - http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/firstcd.html)

* "Mozart and Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos" (2006, IR37223; Record label: Independent Records, US; Tracks: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Allegro; Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Adagio; Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Rondo - Allegro and Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1 - http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/mozartcd.html)

* "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski" (2008, IR38824; Record label: Independent Records, US; Tracks: Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 - http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/jazzcd.html)

Classical Music - Amazon.com Reviews:

"MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos" (Tracks: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Allegro; Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Adagio; Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Rondo - Allegro and Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1)

"This reviewer is familiar with the three B's of classical music: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms and can distinguish their styles, one can *now* add a fourth "B" which stands for "Balkan" as played by Tale Ognenovski ....Ognenovski explodes with passion as he performs his own "Tale Ognenovski Concerto for Clarinet No. 1" ... The labyrinthine musical pathways he creates are enormously pleasing to the listener. The pentatonic scale and odd metered rhythms of Macedonia awaken the listener to new vistas of musical excitement and enjoyment...", Review entitled: " Mozart Born Anew! Outstanding Musical Interpretation", By Erika Borsos, April 13, 2006.

“... no other clarinetist can touch him. after having bought the cd, you will not be able to listen to anything else!! … and bravo mr. ognenovski, for inspiring the world of clarinetists …", Review entitled: "exquisite, you must buy it " - By Michele Zukovsky , 1st clarinet los angeles philharmonic, April 14, 2011

"… this is now my most favorite recording of the Mozart Concerto. I can only hope all clarinetists near and far will learn from this unique interpretation. Bravo Mr.Ognenovski, you've set a new standard." Review entitled: "A New Standard has Been Set", By Julia Heinen, Professor of Clarinet, California State University, Northridge, April 14, 2011

"I must concur with my colleague, Michele Z., for her astute observations regarding Mr. Ognenovski's artistry. His subtle phrasing and amazing tone leave one breathless. Words cannot adequately describe the impression his recordings make …", Review entitled: " Unique Genius", By David Gilman, orchestral & solo clarinetist, Lake Forest, CA, USA, April 16, 2011

These are the most brilliant Reviews published at Amazon.com about the performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622 for any artist who performed this concert.

"Influential Clarinet and Pipes Player Tale Ognenovski" - All Music Guide

'"The only professional folklore ensemble in Macedonia, the Tanec Ensemble are dedicated to the preservation of traditional Macedonian music, dance, and costuming. Founded by the government of the People's Republic of Macedonia in 1949, the group has shared their musical heritage with audiences around the world for more than half a century, performing an estimated 3,500 concerts in 31 countries ... The ensemble reached their peak during the late '50s, when influential clarinet and pipes player Tale Ognenovski was a member." - Craig Harris, All Music Guide

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p509257

Tale Ognenovski at Clarinet-Now.com, Famous Clarinet Players – World

Macedonia - The famous clarinet player from Republic of Macedonia, Tale Ognenovski played the clarinet as a Macedonian folk instrument and became famous worldwide with his work. Hear more from Tale on iTunes
http://www.clarinet-now.com/famous-clarinet-players.html

Clarinet - Wikipedia
"One of the most renowned Macedonian clarinet players is Tale Ognenovski, who gained worldwide fame for his virtuosity.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinet

Stevan Ognenovski, Margarita Ognenovski, Nikola Ognenovski, Tale  Ognenovski and Kliment Ognenovski at “Promuzika TRA-LA-LA Studio” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, May, 2001

Tale Ognenovski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_Ognenovski

Influences of music composed by Tale Ognenovski to the instrumentalists around the world.

Tale Ognenovski (Born: April 27, 1922 - Died: June 19, 2012; Nationality: Macedonian), the greatest clarinetist of all time  is known across the globe for his virtuoso performances. Tale Ognenovskim who brought folk dances from Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Albania to Carnegie Hall (January 27, 1956) and  whose clarinet led a generations of music fans around the world died suddenly on June 19, 2012 at his home in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. He was 90 years old. His technique and the excitement of his playing were legendary. History will judge him as the greatest clarinetist of all time and one of the most innovative clarinetists and composers of clarinet music. Mr. Ognenovski impressed and amazed clarinetists of all schools.  Ognenovski's success with the audience was phenomenal. Amazing technique, electrifying temperament, variety of phrasing, spectacular clarinet solos are both interesting and fascinating for people to listen to and to admire. Tale Ognenovski has opened up new possibilities for the clarinet that no one could have predicted.  Mr. Ognenovski took his music around the world and his music and spirit will live on forever.

Tale Ognenovski, Macedonian Virtuoso of the Clarinet, died on June 19, 2012. He was 90. - Newspaper articles:

"Tale Ognenovski, Macedonian Virtuoso of the Clarinet, died on June 19, 2012. He was 90.  The funeral was held yesterday at the cemetery in Butel. Maestro Tale Ognenovski, especially from the international scene, was evaluated as one of the greatest cultural ambassadors to Macedonia, and critics have described as one of the greatest composers in the world of music .... Winner of numerous awards in Yugoslavia and Macedonia, including the state "11 October" in 2003 ... On 26 January 2006. was published CD album entitled " MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos” (Tale Ognenovski incorporated clarinet as second classical instrument into his arrangements notably on the Mozart Clarinet Concerto Composed by Mozart, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1956–2006)) ... Ethno-musicologist Dusko Dimitrovski in the book "For our music" to describe Tale Ognenovski writes: " The prodigy, however, is called Tale Ognenovski ... The impossible becomes possible: two, "usually non-complimentary" parallel-existing worlds of sounds - Europe - The Orient - are in Tale Ognenovski's music naturally brought closer together, understand each other and merge”, Article entitled "Tale Ognenovski, Virtuoso of the Clarinet, is dead." - By Tina Ivanova, June 21, 2012, Utrinski Vesnik, Republic of Macedonia.

“He was known as one of the world's ambassadors of Macedonian music. He has composed and arranged 150 folk dances, jazz compositions, one classical concert, and today's young musicians learn from his rich oeuvre. Tale Ognenovski,virtuoso of the clarinet, who was known as one of the world's ambassadors of music, went into legends ... Ognenovski left behind a rich opus of which teach generations of young musicians... Though best known as a clarinetist, played the bagpipes, zourla and drum. In 1956 with the ensemble "Tanec" performed in the prestigious "Carnegie Hall" in New York and reputable newspapers like "The New York Times," "Life," "Los Angeles Times” have published articles on this Macedonian musician. He has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances, jazz compositions, one classical concert ... In 2008 he released album "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski," which received excellent reviews… This third release is the follow up to his two previous CD Albums entitled: “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music” and “MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos”…He was awarded with the state award "October 11" and this year was awarded a national pension ... ", Article entitled "Bard of Macedonian music, is dead. Tale Ognenovski, Virtuoso of the Clarinet went into the legends" - By Adrijana Andova, June 22, 2012, Dnevnik, Republic of Macedonia.

“…Macedonian Virtuoso of the Clarinet Tale Ognenovski, was considered one of the greatest cultural ambassadors to Macedonia. His life story, which began exactly 90 years ago in village Brusnik, Bitola ended after nine fruitful decades in constant search of the perfect sound of the clarinet that sovereign rule. Indeed, his works represent the clarinet as an instrument that has the ability to express the highest range in music…Macedonian folk dances of Ognenovski is performed in Switzerland, France, Sweden, Finland, Great Britain, Denmark, Austria. The ensemble "Tanec" has performed at the most famous concert venues in North America and Europe with fantastic success. Particularly stands out his concert at the prestigious "Carnegie Hall" in New York City on 27 January 1956, and was the first Macedonian who performed at the scene when he received outstanding reviews from audiences and critics. As a virtuoso clarinet soloist in "Rhythm and Sound" in 1955 he has performed the Macedonian folk dances: "Zhensko Chamche", "Beranche" and others, with the Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec." His recordings for “Radio Television Belgrade”, Serbia, "Jugoton, Zagreb”, Croatia and Macedonian Radio Television are unique compositions, inspired by the Macedonian folk music. He is author of book "Macedonian Folk Dances" published in 1989. Ognenovski has won numerous awards in the former Yugoslavia and Macedonia, including the state "11 October", which won in 2003”, Article entitled "Silence from the Clarinet of Tale Ognenovski" - By Nova Makedonija, June 23, 2012, Republic of Macedonia.

Tale Ognenovski in front of Macedonian Radio Television in 2000

Macedonian Radio Television, Pogramme: "News", June 20, 2012; 19:30.
"Tale Ognenovski has given a true expression of his rich talent performing with all three different folk music orchestras of Macedonian Radio Television: The "Folk Music" Orchestra, The "Chalgii" Orchestra and The "Authentic Folk Instruments" Orchestra. Tale Ognenovski have played a great part in the presentation of Macedonian folk music, and its beauty, to the world. He was known as one of the world's ambassadors of Macedonian music and one of the greatest cultural ambassadors to Macedonia..."

Tale Ognenovski is the number four in the list of notable deaths in 2012, as recorded by Wikipedia

(http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/notable-deaths-in-2012-as-rec.html)

Condolences for the death of the Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski:

“Dear Stevan and family,
On June 19, 2012 the world lost a brilliant artist, musician, composer, author and innovator. There will never be another Tale Ognenovski, but his music and spirit will live on forever. He was truly gifted, talented, and unique in style.  I have been listening to his music since childhood, and he inspired me from the very first time I came in contact with your family 13 years ago. That is when I got my first clarinet, and even though I don't read music and have not have any music teachers, I still play his music on my clarinet often.  There is not a day that goes by that I don't listen to his music. We are very saddened that he has passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Stevan, your wife Margarita, your sons Nikola and Kliment.
With our love,
The Cvetkovski Family - Dimce, Gerrie, Steven, Jeffrey, Scott, Cvetko,
Sofija, and Stefka”, Jim (Dimce) Cvetkovski, June 25, 2012.

With my families love to yours, Steven Cvetkovski, June 25, 2012.

Celebrate your life because it's filled with priceless memories, wonderful stories, and people who love you!”

"His music is unique in style like no other and will live on forever. He has bridged the gaps among folk music, classical music and jazz. No other artist in the world of music - any music, has ever done or accomplished this. But Tale successfully done so, in a unique genius way. He is truly best in the world..." April 27, 2012, Jim (Dimce) Cvetkovski, Buffalo, New York, USA.

MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI is the best clarinet concertos in the world
“After listening to the CD (MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI) for few days, I have come to a conclusion that this is the best  clarinet concertos  in the world. Whether it's classical, jazz, Macedonian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Serbian, Bulgarian or others, no one can play the clarinet with such perfection, clean tone, variations, curves and improvisation ( without losing the original piece or composition ), like musical Genius Maestro Tale Ognenovski can. Many clarinetists only play one type or style of music Tale can play any style with perfection. "MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI' CD will go down in history as one of the best clarinet concertos ever recorded”, written by Jim (Dimce) Cvetkovski, Buffalo, New York, USA, March 26, 2006; E-mail:  shihandc@yahoo.com

Interview: Tale Ognenovski - Shilo Magazine: "Folk music is our greatest treasure and proof is the performance of folk music from me as a clarinet and reed pipe soloist together with other members of the orchestra and dancers of the Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" of 66 concerts held in prestigious concert halls in North America from January 22 - 12 April, 1956. So brilliant commentaries written by the most prominent music critics and published in the elite newspapers and magazines in North America are not written for any ensemble or an artist in any musical genre performed on tour in North America until now.” - Tale Ognenovski interview with Valentina Gorgievska of Shilo Magazine, Australian Macedonian monthly magazine, Sydney, Issue: August 2011, No 51, Article entitled: “Tale Ognenovski, one of the best clarinet virtuoso in the world who flashed at Carnegie Hall”

"This Audio CD album entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music” is confirmation that Tale Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist of all time in the World, demonstrating unique skill, a wealth of invention, amazing improvisational virtuosity, and outstanding musical competence... ” ", Article entitled "Mix of Macedonian Folk Dances and World Jazz of the Old Maestro " - By Sonja Stoilkovska, January 31, 2002, Dnevnik, Republic of Macedonia.

"In honor of the anniversary 250 anniversary of the birth of musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756-27 January 2006) Tale Ognenovski, Musical Genius has released CD album entitled "MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos". On this day January 27, is another big anniversary for him, and the Macedonian culture, 50 - years of performances of Tale Ognenovski in Carnegie Hall in New York, together with the Macedonian Ensemble "Ensemble" where, by the reaction of the audience and the writing of American press, achieved a sensational success. Ognenovski has considered musical genius, the greatest clarinet instrumentalist, reed pipe (recorder), small bagpipe and zourla of all times in the world and one of the greatest composers in world music history. The new album was recorded, mixed and mastering done by Dimitar Dimovski in his "Promuzika Tra-la-la Studio" in Skopje, and is released under the label of the U.S. label "Independent Records"...", Article entitled "Tale Ognenovski, Virtouso of the Clarinet Celebrate Jubilee Today: Fifty years after the appearance of Tale and Ensemble "Tanec" at Carnegie Hall" - By Valentina Gorgievska, September 5, 2006, Vecher, Republic of Macedonia.

Tale Ognenovski won top honors as the winner of 11 Oktomvri award, the highest and the most prestigious national award in Republic of Macedonia.October 11 awards for special and eminent achievements in the areas of science, culture, art and journalism were handed at the Macedonian Parliament on Saturday, October 11th., 2003. Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" from Skopje and Professor Dr. Ljupco Ajdinski, teacher of the handicapped, are the winners of the award in the area of science and education. President of the Board for award "October 11" prof. Dr. Trajan Gocevski awarded "October 11" awards.The winners of October 11 award for 2003 in the area of culture and art are Tale Ognenovski, the clarinet virtuoso, and Zoica Purovska-Velevska, prima ballerina from Skopje. The glittering ceremony on October 11, 2003 in the Macedonian Parliament was attended by Mr. Boris Trajkovski (19 November 1999 – 26 February 2004), President of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Branko Crvenkovski (1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to May, 2004), Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Nikola Popovski (October 3, 2002 - November 8, 2003), President of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia , Mr. Kiro Gligorov (January 27, 1991 – November 19, 1999), the First  President of Republic of Macedonia, Ms. Radmila Shekerinska (November 1, 2002 – August 27,  2006), Deputy to the President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, Ms. Liljana Popovska (January 23, 2003 – December 6, 2004), Vice President of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Hari Kostov (2002 – 2004), Minister of Interior of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, Members of the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia…  The informations for Winners of 11 Oktomvri Awards were published at: Macedonian Radio (September 26, 2003), MIA (Macedonian Information Agency, September 26, 2003), http://vesti.mt.net.mk, newspapers: “Nova Makedonija”, “Vecher”, “Dnevnik”, “Utrinski Vesnik” and”Vest” (October 11 and 13, 2003), magazine “Makedonsko Sonce” (October 10, 2003), Macedonian Television, A1 Television, Sitel Television, Telma Television, Kanal 5 Television (October 11, 2003

“…Tale Ognenovski  is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time, and one of the Greatest Composers in World Music...Tale Ognenovski said: “I am very proud and happy for I am the winner of "11 Oktomvri" award. This award is the main source of my strength and motivation for composing… My son Stevan Ognenovski has great contribution for my career: for realizing my first CD album "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music," and for writing the book entitled: “Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer,” Article entitled " “Macedonian Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski, the winner of "11 Oktomvri" award."  - By Mileva Lazova, October 10, 2003, Makedonsko Sonce, Republic of Macedonia.

Interview of Tale Ognenovski for the newspaper "Nova Makedonija" on October 11, 2003
  Tale Ognenovski: “I received the First Award Clarinet as a best clarinetist at the First Republic Macedonian Festival of Folk Dances and Songs, Skopje, October 6-10, 1948. I performed as a virtuoso clarinet and reed pipe soloist with the Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs ‘Tanec’ on American television, CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System), on January 22, 1956, on French Television on September 20 and 21, 1956, on Swiss Television, on July, 1959… Parts of the articles in the newspapers: “…some remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments - a raucous and unforgettable pipe…,” written by John Martin, The New York Times, January 28, 1956,  Title: "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art 'Tanec' Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill,"  is related to my appearance at world-famous Carnegie Hall as reed pipe and clarinet soloist.
“…When five of them dance the "Sopska Poskocica,"  which apparently just means they are showing off to the girls. I would keep them any day as unfair trade for the four little swans in "Swan Lake." They are brilliant, gay, and worth seeing...,” written by Claudia Cassidy, title: "On the Aisle Yugoslav Ballet a Colorful Addition to International Dance", and published in the newspaper Chicago Daily Tribune, on  February 6, 1956. I was a virtuoso clarinet soloist in Sopska Poskocica ("Shopska potskoknuvachka") but also and arranger of music because I added my own musical phrases and improvisations in more parts of the dance. I performed with much faster rhythm than appear in the original version of this folk dance, which contribute all articles in the newspapers for this dance to be brilliants.
“…An audience which jammed Carnegie to capacity (the house had been sold out by last Monday) cheered and applauded the folk dancing with as much enthusiasm as if it had been witnessing classical, theatrical ballet at its most glittering." Written by Walter Terry, title: 'Yugoslav Folk Ballet", New York Herald Tribune, January 28, 1956.
“…This group would be hard to beat…”  written by Albert Goldeberg, title "Yugoslav Folk Ballet Opens Engagement",  Los Angeles Times, March 13, 1956.
“…"Macedonian Tune," which in its intricate rhythms and plaintive melody should at least make Dave Brubeck send out an emergency call for Darius Milhaud..." Written by R. H. Hagan, title "Yugoslav Ballet Proves Folk Dancing 'Tricky' ", San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, March 8, 1956.
“…Together they make as vigorous a display of dancing as the U.S. has never seen." Title: "Dance Bouncing Brigands, Yugoslav come to U.S.", Life, USA, April 9, 1956.
My contribution for these wonderful articles in the newspapers was the greatest regarding the other musicians of Ensemble “Tanec”.  I was virtuoso clarinet and reed pipe soloist in the most parts of the programme of Ensemble “Tanec.” I was Head of the “Folk Music Orchestra” of “Macedonian Radio Television.” I performed with many Cultural Artistically Societies. I recorded many gramophone records.   On October, 2001, is released my CD-album entitled, "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music." Record Label: Independent Records, USA. This Audio CD is the best album for all time for instrumental music. This album is confirmation that I am the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time and one of the greatest composers in the world of music. My sincere gratitude for I won top honors as the winner of 11 Oktomvri award, the highest and the most prestigious national award in Republic of Macedonia. This Award gave me inspiration for new composing... My biography was published in the book on December 2000 and entitled "Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer", and written by  Stevan Ognenovski, Mag.Scient.  Publishing house is MATICA MAKEDONSKA. The book is published in both Macedonian and English. My biography is published on the Web site www.taleognenovski.com.mk, since September 18, 1998, and written by the same author, my son Stevan Ognenovski, M.Sc.” These words appeared in an article entitled, “Tale Ognenovski, Clarinetist, and Musical Virtuoso, which has been touring World” and published in the newspaper "Nova Makedonija" on October 11, 2003.

He is maestro of improvisation and creativity
In the programme “Folklorni odblesoci” of Nacional Macedonian Radio, broadcasted on October 22, 2003, Kiril Todevski, the author of the programme said about Tale Ognenovski, “Tale Ognenovski won 11 Oktomvri award for 2003, the highest national award in Republic of Macedonia for achievements in the area of culture and art… During last six decades he has continuously demonstrated his skill at original and superb interpretation. He has composed and arranged 200 Macedonian folk dances… He has amazed audiences with his virtuoso solo clarinet performances not only of various Macedonian folk dances, but also of classical music by Mozart, Cavallini, Wagner… His authenticity feeling for style, brilliant invention, highly gracious in all registers colour and sovereign virtuosity made his performances to sound unique and unimagined magnificently... In the area of artistic imagination and power of creative improvisation, Ognenovski developed his rare talent. He combines beautiful tone with unique technique… He is maestro of improvisation and creativity; he starts with a motive, a theme, and then develops a complex instrumental content…  In his performances he demonstrates fascinate invention and virtuosity…  Tale Ognenovski has demonstrate his rich talent performing with all three different folk music orchestras of Macedonian Radio Television: “The Folk Music Orchestra”, the “Chalgii” orchestra and “The Authentic Folk Instruments Orchestra”... From him, how to preserve creative perfection in folk musical reproduction learned, learn, and will learn numerous folk instrumentalists…”

Composer and Clarinetist Tale Ognenovski (right) after receiving the Certificate of National Pension by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski during a Ceremony at the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, March 3, 2012. Prime Minister of Republic of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski awarded Certificates for National Pensions to the composer and clarinetist Tale Ognenovski and 39 prominent representatives of cultural life in Republic of Macedonia for their contributions to Macedonian culture. Before awarding the certificates, Prime Minister Gruevski said "Your successes are underpinned with many prizes and awards, and the remarkable contribution you have made in building a cultural mosaic in Republic of Macedonia ."  The glittering ceremony in the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle was attended by Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kancheska Milevska and her deputy Dragan Nedeljkovic. 

http://www.kultura.gov.mk/index.php/foto-galerii/430-dodeluvanje-na-prvite-40-resenija-za-nacionalni-penzii

News about the ceremony at the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia were published despite others in the newspaper Dnevnik, article titled: Awarded for the first 40 national pensions.

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"Composer Aleksandar Dzambazov, actress Joana Popovska, musician Tale Ognenovski, painter Gazanfer Bajram and writer Resul Shabani are some of the forty artists who will receive a national pension in the future..." , Article entitled: "National Pension for Dzambazov, Ognenovski, Popovski...", newspaper Vecher, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, March 3, 2012.

Tale Ognenovski Clarinet Solo - Brusnichko Oro Macedonian Folk Dance    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfM97pOp23M

Tale Ognenovski Clarinet Solo - Bukovsko Svadbarsko Oro Macedonian Folk Dance     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZvuHuLswaI

Tale Ognenovski plays Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Allegro    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9390xDUuPuU

Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1  - Macedonian Classical Clarinet Solo    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hJqfSv3Jnc

Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1 - Macedonian Jazz Clarinet Solo    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5v68GMLaCs

Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 6 - Macedonian Jazz Clarinet Solo    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJkibqVfE5I

In this sensational recording the clarinet is accompanied by second clarinet (performed and arranged by Tale Ognenovski). Tale Ognenovski performed the Concerto on a standard-range A clarinet (Buffet Crampon). Clarinet solo parts of this recording are performed according to Breitkopf & Hartel edition (Publisher’s no.: Nr. 2300). Perhaps this is unique recording where every notes of measure numbers III/311-313 from the Third movement: Rondo: Allegro are played by Tale Ognenovski exactly as they are written in

Breitkopf & Härtel is the world's oldest music publishing house. The firm was founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf (1695-1777). The catalogue currently contains over 1000 composers, 8000 works and 15,000 music editions or books on music.

NME.com feature on Breitkopf & Härtel including YouTube music video: "Tale Ognenovski Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A K.622 III. Rondo Allegro (final movt)" as selection from Breitkopf & Härtel, the world's oldest music publishing company. NME.COM is Web site of music magazine NME.

http://www.nme.com/video/id/gbUqKvpmPfU/search/Breitkopf%20&%20Hartel

Music Industry News Network – Music Events: Macedonian Clarinetist Tale Ognenovski - Jazz Musician Of The Day: April 27, 2010 At AllAboutJazz.com

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Posted: 2010-04-27

Jazz Musician of the Day - April 27, 2010: Tale Ognenovski

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All About Jazz celebrated Tale Ognenovski's birthday April 27, 2010, with All About Jazz recognition: Jazz Musician of the Day - April 27, 2010 Tale Ognenovski was born in the village of Brusnik near Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia on April 27, 1922.

All About Jazz recognition: Jazz Musician of the Day - April 27, 2010 was announced at http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=54768 All About Jazz

All About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.

Tale Ognenovski received All About Jazz recognition: Jazz Musician of the Day first time on April 27, 2009.

Valentina Gorgievska of the newspaper Spic wrote: "Macedonian Music Virtuoso Tale Ognenovski received second time All About Jazz recognition: Jazz Musician of the Day on April 27, 2010, the day of his 88th birthday... This is great recognition and for such recognition in the days when you were born, whether at that moment they were alive or deceased, received the other the most famous jazzers of all time - Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Artie Shaw, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and others. Article: "Tale Ognenovski - Jazz Musician of the Day", April 30, 2010, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=120961

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Tale Ognenovski

Posted: 2009-04-27

All About Jazz is celebrating Tale Ognenovski's birthday today!

Tale Ognenovski was born in the village of Brusnik near Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia on April 27, 1922. Tale Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time, demonstrating unique skill... more Tale Ognenovski at All About Jazz

Article written by Valentina Gorgievska, entitled:  “At All About Jazz - The World's Largest Jazz Music Website - Jazz Musician Of The Day: Tale Ognenovski”, Vreme, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, July 6, 2009.

Interview: Tale Ognenovski – TV A1: “I wish to record all my music…” - Tale Ognenovski interview with Aleksandra Bubevska of TV A1, National TV in Republic of Macedonia, 09.07.2009, 16:02

Tale Ognenovski , clarinet	Tale Ognenovski, reed pipe (recorder)
Tale Ognenovski, small bagpipe	Tale Ognenovski, zourla (zurla)
Tale Ognenovski, clarinet	Tale Ognenovski , clarinet
Tale Ognenovski, clarinet	Tale Ognenovski, tin whistle
Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan Ognenovski	Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan Ognenovski

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"Tale Ognenovski is always  environed with love of his son Stevan Ognenovski and daughter in law Margarita Ognenovska." - Article written by Rumena Ravanovska-Tulbevska, entitled: "World Jazz Musician of the Day Tale Ognenovski", Tea Moderna, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, July 29, 2009.

Tale Ognenovski, Internationally Renowned Clarinetist on YouTube

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Posted: 2008-09-27        http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=23555

The Album from Tale Ognenovski is available. Release Date: September 1, 2008 (Digital - iTunes). Physical CD version of the album

This third release is the follow up to his two previous: CD Albums entitled: Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music and MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos (Tale Ognenovski arranged parts of the Mozart's clarinet concerto for two clarinets. Tale Ognenovski released this CD to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Release date: January 24, 2006).

Tale Ognenovski is known across the globe for his virtuosic performances.

New CD Album feature the Ognenovski performing with his current quartet: Tale Ognenovski on clarinet, reed pipe, zourla, small bagpipe and drum, his son Stevan Ognenovski on reed pipe and drum, his grandsons: Nikola Ognenovski on reed pipe and Kliment Ognenovski on reed pipe.

Ognenovski and his quartet offering a sensational clarinet jazz music. Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski will became something of a phenomenon. Variety of phrasing, spectacular clarinet solos are both interesting and fascinating for people to listen to and to admire. Each piece on this album is rhythmically complex. The exploration of Macedonian music traditions with a jazz sensibility is remarkable. The sound is quite simply phenomenal. Ognenovski's music is timeless. Tale Ognenovski was obviously way ahead of his time, and it is a classic that will be around forever. This CD Album is one of the Best Jazz Instrumental Albums of all time.

Tale Ognenovski has opened up new possibilities for the clarinet that no one could have predicted. He is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time, demonstrating unique skill, a wealth of invention, amazing improvisational virtuosity and outstanding musical competence in all areas of music. He is one of the greatest composers in the world of music.

Release info
Release: Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski

Artist: Tale Ognenovski
Genre: Jazz
Format: CD (Full Length)
Label: Independent Records
Catalog: IR38824

Track Listing
  1.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1         4:04
  2.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 2         4:13
  3.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 3         4:49
  4.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 4         7:43
  5.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 5         6:07
  6.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 6         7:18
  7.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 7         5:39
  8.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 8         2:35
  9.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 9         3:07
10.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No.10        3:50
11.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No.11        5:48
12.    Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No.12        6:32

Composed and arranged by Tale Ognenovski (Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
Personnel: Tale Ognenovski (clarinet, reed pipe (recorder), tin whistle, small bagpipe, zourla, drum); Stevan Ognenovski (reed pipe, drum); Kliment Ognenovski (reed pipe); Nikola Ognenovski (reed pipe). 
Special Thanks To: Ministry of Culture for the Republic of Macedonia and Mr. Dimce Cvetkovski, from Buffalo, New York, USA.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dimitar Dimovski at PROMUZIKA TRA-LA-LA STUDIO in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

Raintree (Annville, Pennsylvania United States, Website http://www.raintree.com) provided CD duplication of the three CDs of Tale Ognenovski: "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music", "MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos" and  "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski"    

 

The three CDs of Tale Ognenovski: "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music", "MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos" and "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski were recorded and mixed by Dimitar Dimovski at PROMUZIKA TRA-LA-LA STUDIO, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

Stevan Ognenovski, Nikola Ognenovski, Tale Ognenovski and Kliment Ognenovski at “Promuzika TRA-LA-LA Studio” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, May, 2001

Stevan Ognenovski, Margarita Ognenovski, Nikola Ognenovski, Tale Ognenovski and Kliment Ognenovski at “Promuzika TRA-LA-LA Studio” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, May, 2001

Utrinski Vesnik, Republic of Macedonia

“Tale Ognenovski is one of the greatest composers in the world of music.” is written by “All About Jazz”.  New Album from Macedonian clarinetist and composer Tale Ognenovski released on September 1, 2008 entitled: “Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski” received excellent reviews, especially on Website of All About Jazz. Tale Ognenovski composed and arranged all 12 tracks. The album from Independent Records is produced by Tale Ognenovski and Stevan Ognenovski and is distributed by The Orchard. This third release is the follow up to his two previous: CD Albums entitled: Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music and MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos (Tale Ognenovski arranged parts of the Mozart's clarinet concerto for two clarinets. Tale Ognenovski released this CD to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.). New CD Album feature the Ognenovski performing with his current quartet: Tale Ognenovski on clarinet, reed pipe, zourla, small bagpipe and drum, his son Stevan Ognenovski on reed pipe and drum, his grandsons: Nikola Ognenovski on reed pipe and Kliment Ognenovski on reed pipe. “Tale Ognenovski is known across the globe for his virtuosic performances. Ognenovski and his quartet offering a sensational clarinet jazz music. Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski will became something of a phenomenon. Variety of phrasing, spectacular clarinet solos are both interesting and fascinating for people to listen to and to admire. Each piece on this album is rhythmically complex. The exploration of Macedonian music traditions with a jazz sensibility is remarkable. The sound is quite simply phenomenal. Ognenovski's music is timeless. Tale Ognenovski was obviously way ahead of his time, and it is a classic that will be around forever. This CD Album is one of the Best Jazz Instrumental Albums of all time. Tale Ognenovski has opened up new possibilities for the clarinet that no one could have predicted. He is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time, demonstrating unique skill, a wealth of invention, amazing improvisational virtuosity and outstanding musical competence in all areas of music. He is one of the greatest composers in the world of music…” is written at All About Jazz.”  From an article written by Tina Ivanova, entitled:  “New  CD of Clarinetist Tale Ognenovski reviewed as phenomenal”, Utrinski Vesnik, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, October 4, 2008.

Amazon.com Customer Review

Original, Artistic, Creative, Enjoyable, October 9, 2008

I am a fan of the clarinet and was absolutely blown away by the beautiful music on this CD. I have all the CDs produced by this fabulous clarinet player from Macedonia who is often called a "genius" which in my opinion is no exaggeration and this one is my favorite. Jazz music has a freedom of expression like few other musical styles. Tale Ognenovski uses the most intricate Western playing techniques and combines them with exotic Balkan stylizations creating a pure and genuine new dimensional sound. The listener's spirit soars, dances and flies with pleasure and anticipation gliding on every note and musical phrase. Besides the astonishing clarinet playing, Tale Ognenovski is also a master player of the reed pipe, small bagpipe, zourla and drums which add more flavor and spice to the original, creative, and artistic clarinet music on this CD. His son Stevan Ognenovski accompanies the master clarinet player on the reed pipes and drum. While his grandsons Kliment and Nikola add their accompaniment on the reed pipes. Overall, this is a an outstanding CD that is rich with Balkan flavor and has great depth. It is filled with sensational and spectacular music.

Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition # 1: starts out with Benny Goodman style playing with cheerful musical phrasing. The tones gradually transition into an exciting exhilarating array of Balkan music which melts into Western stylizations. The sounds are delightful as the clarinet explores new paths that are rich and very satisfying. The creativity is extravagant and the music is beautiful. This piece showcase the originality and amazing artistry of the musician.

Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition # 2: begins with a Middle Eastern/Balkan flavor that expands in scope and range incorporating Western style jazz mofifs despite its Balkan foundation. The results are astonishingly fresh, genuinely harmonious, and totally satisfying.

Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition # 3: has a very lyrical and flowing melody with catchy musical phrases and tremendous innovations. It shows that Tale Ognenovski is a genuinely talented and original artist of the highest order.

Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition # 4: is played with high energy, the drums create a clip clop style like the hooves of horses, and the clarinet shouts with joy and happiness. The free style clarinet improvisation expresses emotions with intensity and honesty. The entire piece is a joyful celebration of life, where the soul is set free.

Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition # 5: starts with a twittering clarinet that calls the listener to engage in a personal journey of discovery. There are interesting interludes where reed pipes carry out a merry melody, followed by a zourla solo and then again the clarinet awakens and reenergizes the entire composition with mesmerizing solos.

For over 50 years Tale Ognenovski has entertained audiences from around the world, with live performances in the United States, Canada, Europe and in his own home country, Macedonia. In January of 1956, he toured with the Ensemble "Tanec" of Macedonia for 84 days straight and even played in Carnegie Hall. This CD once again proves that this master clarinet player of Macedonia is a world class musician who will continue to impress clarinet music lovers everywhere. Erika Borsos

  CD Album Of The Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski Entitled: “Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski”

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NEW CD of The Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski entitled: “MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos”

This recording is sensational. Tale Ognenovski arranged parts of the Mozart's clarinet concerto for two clarinets. The clarinet in standard performance is always accompanied by the Orchestra. In this recording the clarinet is accompanied by drum performed by his son Stevan Ognenovski or by drum and second clarinet (performed by Tale Ognenovski). Tale Ognenovski gives a splendid account of Mozart's most beautiful concerto. The full, wonderful sound of the modern A clarinet is rich and Ognenovski's playing is superb, with good tempo and intonation throughout. His sound is full and expressive, his phrasing is lyrical, his articulations clear, and his tone is beautiful. Tale Ognenovski's performance is the most beautiful and the fastest performance of Mozart's clarinet concerto of all time. Mozart's clarinet concerto is certainly one of the most beautiful works to emerge from the Classical era.

Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1 is the most beautiful and the most difficult Clarinet Concerto of all time. Variety of phrasing, spectacular clarinet solos are both interesting and fascinating for people to listen to and to admire. He is one of the greatest composers in the world of music.January 27, 2006, marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Release info
Release: MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos
Artist: Tale Ognenovski
Genre: Classical
Format: CD (Full Length)
Label: Independent Records
Catalog: IR 37223

Raintree (Annville, Pennsylvania United States, Website http://www.raintree.com) provided CD duplication of the three CDs of Tale Ognenovski: "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music", "MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos" and  "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski"    

  2005 Produced by Tale Ognenovski and Stevan Ognenovski. Made in U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos

By LAdave65 (Lake Forest, CA USA)

This review is from: MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos (Audio CD)

I must concur with my colleague, Michele Z., for her astute observations regarding Mr. Ognenovski's artistry. His subtle phrasing and amazing tone leave one breathless. Words cannot adequately describe the impression his recordings make. One must experience them to believe it. I can still hardly believe it myself. 
David Gilman, orchestral & solo clarinetist, Lake Forest, CA, USA

By H. Golden (Bavaria, Germany)

This review is from: MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos (Audio CD)

I must concur with my esteemed colleagues M. Zukovsky and H. Heinen. After wrestling with this masterpiece throughout my professional career as a principal orchestral clarinetist, I feel this interpretation, with all its nuanced phrasing, carefully placed dynamic innuendo and unmatched intonation is like a revelation. I can truly say that I have never heard a Mozart like this one. I doubt I ever will again. Any reader of this review should simply listen to the samples on this site to understand the depth of my new reverence for Mr. Ognenovski. I'll never be able to play the Mozart like this... try though I may. There are indeed great artists in this world that have been overlooked. One asks oneself why. Perhaps we should ask the artists themselves. I would also, by the way, suggest this recording to some of my percussion colleagues as a reference for sensitive and delicate rhythmic structure. Truly a once in a lifetime recording. I will forever be indebted to this astonishing clarinetist.

By AZRobert1 

This review is from: MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos (Audio CD)

Words cannot express my joy. I first heard this last year. It brought a whole new level of awareness to Mozart for me. Highly recommended!

By Julia M. Heinen (Los Angeles, CA United States)

This review is from: MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos (Audio CD)

Based on the recommendation of the wonderful clarinetist, Michele Z. I have to tell you that this is now my most favorite recording of the Mozart Concerto. I can only hope all clarinetists near and far will learn from this unique interpretation. Bravo Mr.Ognenovski, you've set a new standard. 
Julia Heinen, Professor of Clarinet, California State University, Northridge.

By zukovsky 

This review is from: MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos (Audio CD)

after hearing this great artist, i was absolutely dumbfounded. why, oh, why have i not heard this songbird before. his delicate and nuanced mozart was so inspiring that i fell into a reverie---it was a moment of bliss .. 
no other clarinetist can touch him. after having bought the cd, you will not be able to listen to anything else!! 
eat your heart out, karl leister. 
and bravo mr. ognenovski, for inspiring the world of clarinetists--- 
your minion, 
michele zukovsky 
1st clarinet los angeles philharmonic 
it is imperitive that every clarinetist buy and listen to this recording. phenominal....

By Erika Borsos "pepper flower" (Gulf Coast of FL, USA) (TOP 500 REVIEWER)      

This review is from: MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos (Audio CD)

This reviewer is familiar with the three B's of classical music: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms and can distinguish their styles, one can *now* add a fourth "B" which stands for "Balkan" as played by Tale Ognenovski ... Mr. Ognenovski plays Mozart with his own inimitable personal style making the classical music take on mysterious and exotic characteristics and overtones. His virtuosity possesses special qualities related to the Balkan clarinet that would make even Mozart blush with pleasure. Strict classical music is not my overall favorite because the patterns of sound are too prescribed, quite similar sounding as played by most musicians. Not so with Ognenovski whose elegant virtuosity sets him apart, the distinct Balkan flavor and improvisations are extraordinairy and appealing to those who love a more free form fluid style. Music played on the Macedonian clarinet has a long and distinguished history and when it marries classical music: the outcome is superb. 
Ognenovski explodes with passion as he performs his own "Tale Ognenovski Concerto for Clarinet No. 1" ... The labyrinthine musical pathways he creates are enormously pleasing to the listener. The pentatonic scale and odd metered rhythms of Macedonia awaken the listener to new vistas of musical excitement and enjoyment. Anyone who loves jazz improvisation and the sounds of the clarinet will immediately recognize the superior creativity, breath control and complete mastery of this instrument as played by Mr. Ognenovski. It is no surprise that his music has been played on the radio and Mr. Ognenovski has appeared on the television in Macedonia during various occasions for the past 50 years. The music of the Balkans has stayed hidden too long, it deserves wider playing and world wide recognition. Perhaps on his third CD, Mr. Ognenovski will explore the realm of traditional music of Macedonia and share it with the world. His superior talent and expressive lyrical style leaves many possibilities for the future ... we who love clarinet music can only hope for another CD by this grand master. Erika Borsos (erikab93)

years ago. Ognenovski plays music from the Mozart’s famous Concert for Clarinet in its original arrangement.

 MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI is the best clarinet concertos in the world
“After listening to the CD (MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI) for few days, I have come to a conclusion that this is the best  clarinet concertos  in the world. Whether it's classical, jazz, Macedonian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Serbian, Bulgarian or others, no one can play the clarinet with such perfection, clean tone, variations, curves and improvisation ( without losing the original piece or composition ), like musical Genius Maestro Tale Ognenovski can. Many clarinetists only play one type or style of music Tale can play any style with perfection. "MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI' CD will go down in history as one of the best clarinet concertos ever recorded”, written by Dimce Cvetkovski, Buffalo, New York, USA, March 26, 2006; E-mail:  shihandc@yahoo.com

Release info
Release: Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music

Artist: Tale Ognenovski
Genre: Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical
Format: CD (Full Length)
Label: Independent Records
Catalog: IR 04542

Listen to the unique Macedonian folk dances, Classical and Jazz Music of one of the most innovative and important figures in the Musical World History
Tracks
                         1. Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1 (composer. Tale Ognenovski) 4:04 
                         2. Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 5 (composer Tale Ognenovski) 6:07
                         3. Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 8 (composer Tale Ognenovski) 2:35 
                         4. Brusnichko oro (composer Tale Ognenovski) 2:41 
                         5. Nevenino oro (composer Tale Ognenovski) 2:11
                         6. Bukovsko svadbarsko oro (composer Tale Ognenovski) 3:51
                         7. Talevo kasapsko oro (composer Tale Ognenovski) 3:50
                         8. Stevchevo oro (composer Tale Ognenovski) 10:36
                         9. Sharsko oro (composer Tale Ognenovski) 3:46 
                       10. Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1 (composer Tale Ognenovski) 29:21

Raintree (Annville, Pennsylvania United States, Website http://www.raintree.com) provided CD duplication of the three CDs of Tale Ognenovski: "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music", "MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos" and  "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski"    

Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski by Tale Ognenovski	Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music by Tale Ognenovski	Mozart And Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos by Tale Ognenovski
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Tale Ognenovski has been entered in the:   All About Jazz  Artists Directory database

Amazon.com Customer CD Review

Reviewer: Erika Borsos

World-class Jazz Compositions & Traditional Macedonian Folk, April 24, 2004

If the traditional music of the Balkans appeals to you and you like improvisational jazz ... this CD will blow you away. Music of the Balkans and Central Europe has been hidden too long ... The region has been a fertile soil for exciting, astonishing, experimental music which in modern times combines with traditional music that is creative, original and altogether very satisfying. Tale Ognenovski has over 45 years of experience creating music on the clarinet, the main instrument on which he demonstrates technical expertise and artistry. His musical innovations and improvisations shine on this magnificent CD proving great music has no borders or politics. The traditional Macedonian folk tunes and melodies, "Brusnichko Oro", "Nevenino Oro, "Bukovsko svadbarski oro", and "Talevo kasapsko oro" are my favorites because the minor scale and unusual rhythms allow for highly fluid and lyrical melodic interpretation. Tale Ognenovski is a master of interpretative clarinet sounds and inventor of exotic musical phrases. Great examples are, Tracks 1, 2 and 3 "Tale Ognenonvski Jazz Compositions No. 1, No. 5, & No. 8", all of which combine Macedonian music with Benny Goodman type jazz improvisational techniques. The labyrinthine musical phrases that flow from the the undisputed "King of Macedonian Clarinet" are magnificent, extravagant. He explores sound and music with twists and curves that leave the listener breathless. It is world-class music at its finest. He can play fast, exciting, speeding clarinet music or music that is spiritual meditative and soulful. Overall, this CD demonstrates that the mysterious music from the Balkans belongs on the world-stage ... for everyone to hear and enjoy. Erika Borsos

Totally Different and Mesmerizing., May 21, 2003
“…All selections are written by Mr. Ognenovski. This album crosses all of the above genres with finesse. A don't miss, feel good recording. Check out the drums. Tops my list of jazz recordings,” Will  Grandy, Amazon.com Reviewer from Canada.

Undisputed King of the Macedonian Clarinet, June 12, 2003
“…Tale Ognenovski is an undisputed leader and innovator of Balkan style improvisational jazz on the clarinet… Tracks 1, 2 & 3 are called "Tale Ognenovski Jazz Compositions No. 1, No. 5 & No. 8." The first reminds me of American jazz, such as played by Bennie Goodman & his band in the 1940s. Gradually, in a very fluid fashion, the music changes to Macedonian tunes and melodies. No. 5 & No. 8 have exotic musical phrases that only a master musician can create on a Balkan clarinet. My favorite tunes are the folk dances which demonstrate his innovative skills using the minor musical scale, unique rhythms and melodies that predominate in the Balkans. The titles of the tunes, "Brusnichko Oro", "Nevenino Oro", "Bukovsko svadbarski oro", "Talevo kasaspsko oro" ... sound as mysterious and enticing as the music itself…"Tale Ognenvovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1", is an amazing musical labyrinth, an extravaganza of magnificent proportions and dimensions. Although it lasts about 29 minutes, there is nothing boring or repetitive within the entire musical fete. It is a meditative exploration on the clarinet of a new musical form, a fusion of modern Westernized jazz improvisations with ancient Balkan rhythms and melodies…” Erika Borsos, Amazon.com Reviewer from USA.

Slammin', June 22, 2003
“The feel on this set truly eased me&made me feel all the instrumentation from start to finish.the pipes were on point&had a rhythm that moved&grooved to me.the drumming was tight as well.together with His Son&Grandkids Tale leads the way on this Tightly Blend of Different musical styles&bring them all together as one.the kind of music on a Mellow Summer day that truly hits the spot.even though Tale Ognenovski is the Composer&is Leading the way to Quote Sly&The Family Stone this is truly a "Family Affair".Highly Enjoyable.”  Maximillian Muhammad, Amazon.com Reviewer from USA.

MusicWeb (UK) CD Review
 “...The clarinet playing of Tale Ognenovski is much celebrated in his part of the world but he also toured in the west many years ago and even performed at Carnegie Hall. He is undoubtedly an exceptional artist and the predominant image created in my mind is of Benny Goodman playing the superb Contrasts he commissioned Bartók to write for him, but with a folk rather than a classical emphasis. All the pieces are credited as being written (arranged?) by Ognenovski...”  Neil Horner FULL STORY

Tale Ognenovski in 2000. Mountain Vodno, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Press notices: Audio CD album of the Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski – related articles in the newspapers in Republic of Macedonia 

"The Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski is one of the Greatest Instrumentalists and Composers in Word Music…In the new Audio CD, Tale Ognenovski in unique way in Word Music made the connection between Oriental and Western Music…" From an article entitled, “World Music, Fascinate fusion of Classical and Oriental Music“, written by “Sekoj petok” magazine and published on January 25, 2002, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. FULL STORY

"World music critics have been written that hi is the greatest clarinetist of all time, demonstrating unique skill, an unapproachable technique , a wealth of invention and amazing improvisational virtuosity.” From an article entitled, ““Tale Ognenovski, virtuoso of the clarinet, kaval and zourla - Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music, as a result of 73 Years of Work“,  written by Milica Dzarovska and published in the newspaper “Vest”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on January 28, 2002. FULL STORY

"This Audio CD album is confirmation that Tale Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist of all time in the World, demonstrating unique skill, a wealth of invention, amazing improvisational virtuosity, and outstanding musical competence...  The album can be ordered at Web site http://www.cdstreet.com...”   From an article entitled, “Mix of Macedonian Folk Dances and World Jazz of the old Maestro... “, written by Sonja Stoilkovska and published in the newspaper “Dnevnik ”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on January 31, 2002. FULL STORY

“Tale Ognenovski is one of the greatest instrumentalists and composers in word of music. He made the connection between the two "UNCONNECTABLE" worlds - the Orient and the West - with melodies…” From an article entitled, “Virtuoso for the World Books with Macedonian Sign“, written by Greta Odzakova and published  in the newspaper “Vecher” , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on February 2, 2002. FULL STORY

““Nobody in the world can play clarinet like Tale Ognenovski. His music is incredible. His improvisations and solos are out of this world…”, says Dimce Cvetkovski, the sponsor of the  Album entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music”.... Tale Ognenovski's contributions to our and world music are enormous...” From an article entitled, “New Audio CD of Tale Ognenovski – Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music with the clarinet virtuoso... “, written by Tina Ivanova. and published in the newspaper “Utrinski Vesnik ”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on February 8, 2002. FULL STORY

“The  album of the legend of Macedonian music, Tale Ognenovski,   virtuoso soloist on the clarinet, reed pipe ("kavalche"), small bagpipe ("gajdarka") and zourla ("zurla")., entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music,”  has been released by record label Independents Records from USA...  His performances on the album are phenomenally…”   From an article entitled, “Music - Tale Ognenovski – Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music“, written by  “Glas” magazine, and published on February 25, 2002 , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. FULL STORY

“"His performances are ideal and the sound he produces is a revelation in just how beautifully the clarinet can be played. His composition range, virtuosity, and originality with a clarinet made him a luminous cult hero, musical genius in the musical world history. Tale Ognenovski is a genius, a brilliant musician and Musical giant,” written by Stevan Ognenovski and published in the book entitled, “Tale Ognenovski, Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer”…".  >From an article entitled ‘Tale Ognenovski, World Virtuoso of the Folk, Jazz, and Classical Music",  written by Mileva Lazova and published in the magazine “Makedonsko Sonce” , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on November 29, 2002, FULL STORY

“…In the newspaper “Vecher” we were written an article about Tale Ognenovski and his new Album entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music”. The Album was released by record label: Independent Records from USA. Legend of Macedonian music, Tale Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time  and one of the Greatest Composers in World Music…” From an article entitled, "Album of Tale Ognenovski in “Jugoton””, published in the newspaper ‘Vecher’, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on December 28, 2002.

““… remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments - a raucous and unforgettable pipe…  (virtuoso pipe ("kavalche") and the clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski )… The house was completely sold out, and others no doubt would follow the same pattern," from an article written by John Martin entitled "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art ‘Tanec’ Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill," and published in The New York Times, New York, on January 28, 1956. “…” From an article entitled, "And the muses sleep when Tale perform”, written by Valentina Gorgievska and published in the newspaper ‘Vecher’, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on July 30, 2003. FULL STORY

Promotion of the Audio CD of Tale Ognenovski on the television programmes

The television programme 'Folk Plus' of Macedonian Radio Television on February 8, 2002, was dedicated to Tale Ognenovski’s Audio CD,  entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music”, released by record label Independents Records from USA.  The journalist, Vesna Trajchevska said: “The critics in the world commented that Tale Ognenovski is Musical Genius and the best instrumentalist in the world..." FULL STORY

The television programme 'Utrinsko ogledalo' of Macedonian Radio Television.  on February 10, 2002, was dedicated to Tale Ognenovski’s Audio CD ,  entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music”, released by record label Independents Records from USA.  “. Tale Ognenovski performed solo on the small bagpipe and zourla his own composition “Sharsko oro”, the track from the album accompanied by his son Stevan on the drum. Second part of this composition was played by his son Stevan and grandsons Nikola and Kliment on the reed pipe accompanied by Tale Ognenovski on the reed pipe. The journalist, Sinolichka Dzambazova said: “You are one of the greatest Ambassadors in the presentation of the valuable things that Macedonia possesses: Macedonian complex rhythms… The critics in the world commented that Tale Ognenovski is the best instrumentalist in the world…" FULL STORY

Concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 27, 1956
Unforgettable Pipe and Clarinet of Tale Ognenovski Appear at Carnegie Hall
"There are some winning songs, too, and some remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments - a raucous and unforgettable pipe (virtuoso pipe ("kavalche") and clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) ... Written by John Martin, The New York Times, January 28, 1956, Title: "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art.  'Tanec' Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill".

         Wave Audio Samples
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, in A Major,  KV 622, soloist on clarinet Tale Ognenovski, accompaniment on piano by Tanja Shopova (35.56 sec, 197KB)
E. Cavallini: Concert "Fiori Rossiniani", soloist on clarinet Tale Ognenovski, accompaniment on piano by Ladislav Palfi (30.79 sec, 170KB)
R. Wagner: "Adagio for Clarinet", soloist on clarinet Tale Ognenovski, accompaniment on piano by Tanja Shopova (33.97sec, 188KB)
  In December 1952, Tale Ognenovski played a solo clarinet accompaniment with the outstanding pianist Nino Cipushev. They performed the classical concert "Concert Polka for Clarinet" by Miler Bela in the "Police House" in Skopje with great success. Miler’s concert consists of complicated parts that demand great virtuosity, and many cadenzas that are difficult to perform. Tale Ognenovski performed this concert magnificently, and in doing so became the first clarinet soloist to perform a classical concert for the clarinet in the Republic of Macedonia. This was a memorable event in the history of music of the country.

He learned to play many different instruments: besides the clarinet and pipe ("kavalche") , he played the saxophone , the horn ("zurla") , the oboe, the small bagpipe ("gajdarka") , the fagot and the drum ("tapan") with great dexterity.

Tale Ognenovski received numerous awards and honours , all amongst the most prestigious in the world of performing arts. The most significant awards were:

1.) First Award Clarinet as the best clarinetist at the First Macedonian Festival of Folk Dances and Songs, Skopje, October 6-10, 1948, ahead of musicians from 453 folk dance groups. "The First Award Clarinet was received by Tale Ognenovski from Bitola…" appeared under the title "Awards received by choirs, folk dance and song groups, solo singers and players who participated at the first Republic of Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs", published in the newspaper "Nova Makedonija" on October 13, 1948.

2.) First Award at the Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia , September 9-12, 1951, together with 11 other members of the folk dance group from the Bitola village of Nidzopole, ahead of 85 folk dance groups from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia. In the cultural newspaper "Kulturni radnik" Number 10-11, published in October 1951 in Zagreb, Croatia, Dr. Vinko Zganec wrote, under the title "Yugoslav Musical folklore at the Festival in Opatija", "the clarinet (the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by the Stevan Ognenovski) and the large drum provided a most effective combination for the folk dance from Kozjak, as did the clarinet with the small drum for the folk dance "Teshkoto" from Nizhopole. The Yugoslav Folk Music Festival in Opatija had been specially arranged for the members of the Conference of the International Folk Music Council. "...We were privileged to see and hear for ourselves the beauty and variety of Yugoslav folk art at the wonderful Festival which had been especially arranged for the members of the Conference...there were moments during the Festival performances when we could recognize the magic of song and dance...an astonishing pageant of costume and custom, of ritual and social dance, of songs and instrument playing by 700 performers..." These comments appeared under the headings: "EDITORIAL" and "SOME IMPRESSIONS OF THE YUGOSLAV CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL", published in the Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Vol. IV, pages 1-2, London, March, 1952.

3.) "Estradna nagrada Jugoslavije" ("Yugoslavian Stage Award"), the greatest award in former Yugoslavia for musical stage artists, from the Association of Stage Artists of Yugoslavia, (signed by the composer Miljenko Prohaska), Zagreb, Croatia, October 31, 1978.

4.) "Pochesna Estradna Nagrada na Makedonija" ("Macedonian Stage Award with Honours"), the greatest award in the Republic of Macedonia for musical stage artists, from the Association of Stage Artists of Macedonia, (signed by Bozhidar Noev), Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, May 27, 1996.

5.) "Blagodarnica" (This is an honorary award) for life long work from the folk radio "Radio Ros", (signed by the director Aleksandar Dimitrov), December 7, 2000.

6.) Tale Ognenovski received a Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Honors at Annual “10 Folk Biseri”  (“The Ten Folk Pearls”) Awards, sponsored by Macedonian Radio Television. He was on stage in Skopje, February 19, 2002, to personally receive his Lifetime Achievement Award   in front of the more than 700 spectators at the Macedonian National Theatre. This event was broadcast live to the millions spectators in Republic of Macedonia, Europe and Australia by Macedonian Television. The journalist, Eli Tanaskova said: “Tale Ognenovski is a great instrumentalist and composer for clarinet. He made the connection between Oriental and Western Music with extraordinary technique and wealth of invention. This year is the 80th anniversary of his birthday,  73th  anniversary of his playing on the reed pipe, 65th anniversary of his playing on the clarinet and 46th anniversary of his performances at world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York on January 27, 1956. The journalist, Boris Chorevski said: “Tale Ognenovski has composed 150 Macedonian folk dances.  His son Stevan and his grandsons Nikola and Kliment began playing his music, accompanying him as members of his Orchestra. In this “10 Folk Biseri” Awards Ceremony, Tale Ognenovski said: “Thank you very much to you respectable audience and to Macedonian Radio Television for this Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Honors at Annual “10 Folk Biseri” Awards. These days the journalists from many Macedonian newspapers has been written “Tale Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist of all time in the World, demonstrating unique skill, a wealth of invention, amazing improvisational virtuosity, and outstanding musical competence in many areas of music…” . Special thanks to my son Stevan who wrote my biography in the book : “Tale Ognenovski virtuoso of the clarinet and composer” and he is author of my Web site. My Audio CD album entitled, "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music" is the best album for all time for instrumental music.My album has been released in USA. I wish you good health to all of you.” Tale Ognenovski earned rapturous applause from the audience.  Annual “10 Folk Biseri”  (“The Ten Folk Pearls”) Awards, sponsored by Macedonian Radio Television were heralded as great cultural event by the Macedonian press: Vest, Nova Makedonija, Dnevnik, Vecher, Utrinski vesnik…

7. Tale Ognenovski won top honors as the winner of 11 Oktomvri award, the highest and the most prestigious national award in Republic of Macedonia.

Tale Ognenovski’s recordings for Radio Television Belgrade, Jugoton and Macedonian Radio Television are unique compositions based on Macedonian folk music but in places influenced by oriental, jazz and classical music. His pieces have a highly complex pattern of rhythm and attractive melody that is incomparable with any other kind of music known today. Tale Ognenovski’s contributions to world music are enormous. His remarkable music of consistently high quality is unique.

On February 25, 1999, the Tale Ognenovski Web site http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/index.html was listed on Anne Bell’s Clarinet Website Index on the Internet under http://www.sneezy.org/anne_bell/ABCClar.htm, together with another 20 world famous clarinetists. The actual address is

Tale Ognenovski in front of his house in the village
Brusnik, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia, 1999

This is the story of one of the most extraordinary figures in the history of world music.Tale Ognenovski is one of the greatest instrumentalists and composers in the world of music. He is known across the globe for his virtuosic performances.

Tale Ognenovski is one of the world’s most innovative and renowned professional instrumentalists, and is the greatest clarinetist of all time. His compositions of various kinds of music made him a musical phenomenon. On January 27, 1956, Tale Ognenovski, Macedonian clarinetist and composer, appeared with the Macedonian Ensemble ‘Tanec’ at Carnegie Hall in New York City. He toured throughout North America and Europe, and amazed audiences with his brilliant musical ability.

Tale Ognenovski’s remarkable international career has enabled him to make a significant contribution to the world of music with his own style and unique abilities. With the clarinet and pipe ("kavalche"), he demonstrated inimitable technique, a wealth of invention and outstanding musical competence.

1. Musical genius Tale Ognenovski

Tale Ognenovski was born in the village of Brusnik near Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia on April 27, 1922. His music styles include Macedonian folk dances, classical music and jazz.

Tale Ognenovski is an Macedonian multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader of Tale Ognenovski Quartet (founded in 2001). The group consisted of Tale Ognenovski (clarinet, reed pipe (recorder), tin whistle, small bagpipe and zourla (zurla)), his son Stevan Ognenovski (drum, reed pipe) and grandsons  Nikola Ognenovski (reed pipe) and Kliment Ognenovski (reed pipe).

During his career, he appeared with the Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs ‘Tanec’ on some of the world’s most prestigious concert stages. These include appearances in New York City (Carnegie Hall, January 27, 1956 and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, April 11 and 12, 1956), Boston (Symphony Hall, January 1, 1956), Chicago (Chicago Civic Opera House, February 4 and 5, 1956), Philadelphia (Academy of Music, February 7, 1956), Washington, D.C. (Constitution Hall, February 9, 1956), Baltimore (Lyric Theater, February 10, 1956), Pittsburgh (Syria Mosque Theater, February 12, 1956), Detroit (Masonic Auditorium, February 18, 1956), Indianapolis (Murat Theater, February 20, 1956), Saint Louis (Municipal Auditorium, February 26, 1956), Kansas City (Music Hall, February 29, 1956), Colorado Springs (City Auditorium, March 3, 1956), Denver (Auditorium Arena, March 4, 1956), San Francisco (Opera House, March 7 and 9, 1956), Los Angeles (Philharmonic Auditorium, March 12, 13 and 14, 1956), Houston (City Auditorium, March 28 and 29, 1956), New Orleans (Civic Theatre, April 1, 2 and 3, 1956), Atlanta (Tower Theatre, April 5, 6 and 7, 1956), Toronto (Massey Hall, February 13, 1956), Bonn (Town Theater, October 29, 1956), Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Paris, (September 20-22, 1959) Le Havre, Nantes, Lille, Geneva (July 9 and 10, 1959.), Berne (July 7 and 8, 1959.)...

The brilliant musician Tale Ognenovski performed in a multitude of concerts in the United States (65 concerts, from January 22, 1956 till April 12, 1956), Canada (Toronto Massey Hall, February 13, 1956), Germany (74 concerts, from August 15, 1956 till October 27, 1956 and September 17 and 18, 1959 in Dortmund), France (83 concerts, from September 20 till November 25, 1959), Switzerland (Berne, July 7 and 8, Geneva, July 9 and 10, 1959), Bulgaria (November and December, 1955), Romania, (9 concerts, December, 1957 and January 1958), Albania (9 concerts, October, 1957), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia. The public and audiences greeted ‘Tanec’ wherever they performed with great warmth, and showed their appreciation with huge applause. Tale Ognenovski and all other members of the Ensemble became international ambassadors of music.

During his career, Tale Ognenovski composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances. They were recorded at the studio of Macedonian Radio Television. 138 are solo pieces on the clarinet and 12 are solo pieces on the pipe ("kavalche"). The majority of them are his own compositions.

Most of these folk dances that were recorded on gramophone records or cassettes were performed by his own Tale Ognenovski Orchestra, with others performed by various orchestras of Macedonian Radio Television, the Galevski-Nanchevski Orchestra, the Kocho Petrovski Orchestra and the Pece Atanasovski Orchestra. With his own Tale Ognenovski Orchestra, he recorded 17 gramophone records with famous singers (Gramophone producers: RTB, Jugoton, Beograd Disk, and Diskos). As a performer with other orchestras, he recorded more than 30 gramophone records with famous singers.

Several Macedonian folk dances that he composed, including "Bitolsko svadbarsko oro", "Bitolsko oro", "Pelistersko oro" and "Resensko oro" were performed in many countries.

2. Tale Ognenovski’s unique talent and musical genius.

Tale Ognenovski inherited his great talent and musical genius from his great-grandfather Ognen and grandfather Riste, both of whom were excellent players on the pipe ("kavalche"), and from his father Jovan who was an excellent player on the bagpipe ("gajda"). At every celebration in his village of Brusnik, his father Jovan invited to his home the clarinetist Sterjo, accompanied by two other musicians who played the violin and drum, or the clarinetist Lambo, together with two other musicians who played the violin and drum (Lambo’s son Tode played the drum). On these occasions Tale’s father Jovan played the bagpipe. When little Tale was six years old he began to accompany them playing the "daire" (some kind of little drum).

It was during these moments that Tale began to love playing musical instruments. He began to play on the pipe ("kavalche") at the age of 7 (1929) when he also made his first musical composition . These particularly happy times in Tale’s life were broken suddenly, in 1933, when his father Jovan died. By the time Tale was 15 (1937) he was an excellent player on the pipe. During one celebration in Brusnik he asked the clarinetist Vasil Talevski to lend him his clarinet. Tale began to play the clarinet for the first time, and all the villagers who were present, including Vasil Talevski, Mile Karangelevski and the priest Spase were amazed at how well he played.

It was then that one of the most successful careers in the world of music began. Tale’s grandmother Mara and mother Vanka provided some money to buy Tale his first clarinet, and the priest Spase helped them to order it from Celje, Slovenia. Tale began to play the clarinet at many celebrations and concerts in villages and the town of Bitola with many other musicians. His youngest brother Cane was also very talented musically. He was a great singer of Macedonian folk songs and also an excellent drummer.

Tale Ognenovski with his father Jovan, his grandmother Mara, his mother Vanka, and his brother Aleksandar, 1926.
From 1946 till 1951 he played in the Cultural-Educational Societies of "Svetlost" and "Stiv Naumov" in Bitola, and folk dance groups from the villages of Brusnik, Dihovo, Nizhopole, Rotino and Lavci. Always a lover of classical music, Tale Ognenovski was prepared to study alone to learn to play classical music on the clarinet. He performed many times in radio broadcasts on Radio Bitola. He received the First Award as the best clarinetist at the first regional Bitola Festival of Folk Dances and Songs, held on October 9-11, 1947. From November 1, 1948 till December 30, 1948, he was a member of the Folk Orchestra of Radio Skopje at the invitation of Mr. Vasil Hadzimanov and Mr. Nikolaj Galevski. This was after he had received the First Award Clarinet as the best clarinetist at the first Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs, held in Skopje in 1948. He played many times with the Radio Skopje Studio Folk Orchestra, and many of these performances were broadcast.

From 1949 to 1951, at the invitation of Mr. Angel Saldziev, Assistant Director in the Ministry of Science and Culture in Republic of Macedonia, Tale Ognenovski toured the Republic of Macedonia accompanied by folk dance groups from the villages of Brusnik, Dihovo, Nizhopole and Lavci, and the "Chalgii" orchestras of Radio Bitola and Radio Skopje. Mr. Angel Saldziev was the manager of these tours, which were at the time significant musical events in Macedonia.

Tale Ognenovski won First Award at the Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia, September 9-12, 1951, together with another 11 members of the Folk Dance Ensemble from the Bitola village of Nizhopole. This was out of 85 folk dance groups from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia. From 1951 till 1954, Tale Ognenovski worked as a member of the "Police Wind Orchestra".

3. In 1952, Tale Ognenovski became the first clarinet soloist in the history of the Republic of Macedonia to
    perform a classical concert for the clarinet.

In December 1952, Tale Ognenovski as clarinet soloist, together with the superb pianist Nino Cipushev as accompaniment, performed the classical concert "Concert Polka for Clarinet" by Miler Bela in the "Police House" in Skopje with outstanding success. This classical concert by Miler Bela consists of complicated parts with many cadenzas demanding great skill and expertise from a clarinet soloist. With his superb performance, Tale Ognenovski became the first clarinet soloist in the history of the Republic of Macedonia to perform a classical concert for the clarinet. This was a notable event in the history of Macedonian music.

He staged further classical performances throughout his career. On May 24, 1953, he played clarinet soloist in the classical concert  "Concert Polka for Clarinet" by Miler Bela with Gligor Smokvarski’s arrangement for the "Public Police Wind Orchestra", comprising about 30 musicians and conducted by Micho Kostovski. The concert was performed in the Radio Skopje building, and broadcast directly to the nation via Radio Skopje.

Periodically, from 1949 till 1960, he played solo clarinet with the Small Radio Skopje Orchestra conducted by Nikola Galevski on an honorary basis. These concerts were also broadcast nationally by Radio Skopje. From November 15, 1951 till 1954, he worked with the "Public Police Wind Orchestra". From 1954 till 1956, he worked with the "Public Town Skopje Orchestra," and from 1956 till 1960 with the Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs ‘Tanec’.

4. Tale Ognenovski as a virtuoso clarinet soloist performed Macedonian folk dances with Macedonian Ensemble ‘Tanec’ in the film “Rhythm and Sound,” 1955.

In Vardar Film’s 1955 production of “Ritam i zyuk (Rythym and Sound), Tale Ognenovski as a virtuoso clarinet soloist performed the Macedonian folk dances “Zhensko Chamche” and “Beranche” with Ensemble ‘Tanec’.  In the film, “Zhensko Chamche” begins with some technically very complicated, solo improvisations by Tale Ognenovski that do not appear in the original version of the folk dance.

Tale Ognenovski with Macedonian Ensemble ‘Tanec’ in the film “Rhythm and Sound,” 1955.

Tale Ognenovski with Macedonian Ensemble ‘Tanec’ in the film “Rhythm and Sound,” 1955.

By the end of 1955, Tale Ognenovski worked with the "Police Wind Orchestra". There followed a request by Emanuel Chuchkov, the director of Ensemble ‘Tanec’, to the manager and conductor of the "Police Wind Orchestra", Micho Kostovski, for Tale Ognenovski to be a guest soloist of the Ensemble. Their first tour was to Bulgaria (November and December, 1955), followed soon after by a tour throughout the United States of America and Canada (66 concerts, between January 22, 1956 and April 12, 1956). During the period July 1, 1956 and September 1, 1960, while employed by Ensemble ‘Tanec’, he toured Germany (74 concerts, from August 15, 1956 until October 27, 1956 and September 18 and 19, 1959 in Dortmund), Albania (9 concerts, October, 1957), Romania (9 concerts, December, 1957 and January 1958), Switzerland (Berne, July 7 and 8 and Geneva, July 9 and 10, 1959) and France (83 concerts, from September 20 until November 25, 1959). He also toured with the Ensemble throughout the former Yugoslavia, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia; everywhere they performed, Ensemble ‘Tanec’ and Tale Ognenovski earned rapturous applause.

From 1960 to 1967, Tale Ognenovski worked with "Radio Television Skopje".

During the years 1962 to 1965, Tale Ognenovski took part in a review programme by Radio Skopje entitled "A Competition of the Towns". He also performed as a musician for Radio Skopje, was a leading instrumentalist with the folk orchestra, and coordinator of auditions and the selection of singers from all the towns in the Republic of Macedonia.

As a member of the folk orchestra, he played Macedonian folk dances as a clarinet soloist at the First Festival of Yugoslavian (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music that was broadcast on radio in Skopje, Macedonia (April 14-16, 1967). During 1967, he recorded as accompaniment on the clarinet many records on magnetic tapes with the "Tancov" Orchestra of Radio Television Skopje.

As a clarinet soloist with Radio Television Skopje’s Folk Music Orchestra, he played other Macedonian folk dances that were broadcast on television by "Television Zagreb", Zagreb, Croatia. (1966) .

During the 1960s Tale Ognenovski played as clarinet soloist in many Macedonian folk dances and songs in numerous theatrical performances at the Macedonian National Theatre.

5. In 1966, Tale Ognenovski became Head of the "Folk Music Orchestra" of "Radio Television Skopje"

In 1967 Tale Ognenovski retired, but he continued to play on an honorary basis in the "Chalgii" Orchestra on "Radio Television Skopje" until 1979.

He performed his own compositions of Macedonian folk dances as clarinet and pipe soloist at a special concert marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of Radio Television Skopje, performed in the Universal Hall in Skopje on December 19, 1969 .At this concert, Tale Ognenovski demonstrated his rich talent by performing with all three, different folk music orchestras of Radio Television Skopje, namely the Folk Music Orchestra, the "Chalgii" Orchestra and the Authentic Folk Instruments Orchestra. The audience that jammed the Universal Hall to capacity gave enthusiastic applause. The concert was a great success, with many other famous singers and instrumentalists taking part.

During the 1960’s, Tale Ognenovski performed at many concerts in the Former Yugoslavia with the orchestra of the legendary Kocho Petrovski. The orchestra included among its members Dr. Aleksandar Vasevski and Slobodan Nikolovski. During 1970s Dr. Aleksandar Vasevski was president or secretary of the "Association of Stage Artists of Macedonia".

As clarinet soloist, Tale Ognenovski performed his own compositions of Macedonian folk dances on the television programme "Yugoslavia, Good Day" broadcast on "Television Zagreb" in Croatia, February 27, 1975.

He appeared as a special guest clarinet soloist at the concert marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Cultural Artistical Society "Ilinden" in Bitola, held in the "House of Culture", Bitola in December, 1985. His performances on the clarinet of many of their own, brilliantly composed Macedonian folk dances accompanied by "Ilinden" itself, earned him rapturous applause from the audience.

He appeared as a special guest clarinet soloist at the concert marking the anniversary of the founding of "Radio Television Belgrade" held in the "House of the Syndicate" in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1969. He played as clarinet soloist two Macedonian folk dances, both of which he composed: Bitolsko svadbarsko oro, and Brusnichko oro. He had as accompaniment the Folk Music Orchestra of "Radio Television Belgrade" conducted by the famous violinist Jasharevic. Tale Ognenovski received great applause for his virtuoso playing on the clarinet. This concert was broadcast live on "Radio Belgrade".Tale Ognenovski is one of the greatest instrumentalists and composers in the world of music. He is known across the globe for his virtuosic performances.

 Some of the crowning events of Tale Ognenovski’s professional career were his performances as soloist on concerts broadcast on television by Macedonian Television. These include Mozart’s ‘Clarinet Concerto in A Major K.622’ and Wagner’s ‘Adagio for Clarinet’, performed in 1987 and accompanied by the excellent pianist Tanja Shopova, and Cavallini’s concert ‘Fiori Rossiniani’ performed in 1970 and accompanied by the legendary pianist Professor Ladislav Palfi. He demonstrated brilliant technique and beautiful tone on each occasion.

 Wave Audio Samples
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, in A Major,  KV 622, soloist on clarinet Tale Ognenovski, accompaniment on piano by Tanja Shopova (35.56 sec, 197KB)

E. Cavallini: Concert "Fiori Rossiniani", soloist on clarinet Tale Ognenovski, accompaniment on piano by Ladislav Palfi (30.79 sec, 170KB)

R. Wagner: "Adagio for Clarinet", soloist on clarinet Tale Ognenovski, accompaniment on piano by Tanja Shopova (33.97sec, 188KB)

National Macedonian Radio broadcast numerous folk music programmes in which were included Macedonian folk dances  composed and/or arranged him, and in which he was virtuoso clarinetist and pipe soloist. Three Macedonian folk dances were included in the programme "Sunday folk hit", broadcast on May 2, 1999. These were "Pelistersko oro", "Poljansko oro" and "Kumovo oro - chochek", all his own compositions. Also included in the programme was a biography of Tale Ognenovski edited by Orce Gelevski.

"One clarinet, one life; Half a century of magic with the clarinet; The clarinet as a life, These are only some of the titles of articles in the newspapers that have been written for the clarinet virtuoso Tale Ognenovski who plays Macedonian folk dances as superbly as he does classical music by Mozart, Wagner, Cavallini..." from the Television programme 'Sunday afternoon', 'Macedonian Radio Television'

In a programme with the title 'Sunday afternoon' shown on 'Macedonian Radio Television' on February 28, 1993, the journalist said about Tale Ognenovski, "One clarinet, one life; Half a century of magic with the clarinet; The clarinet as a life; These are only some of the titles of articles in the newspapers that have been written for the clarinet virtuoso Tale Ognenovski who plays Macedonian folk dances as superbly as he does classical music by Mozart, Wagner, Cavallini..."Besides some Macedonian folk dances, the following pieces of music were included on the programme: Mozart's 'Concert in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra K. 622' and Wagner's 'Adagio for Clarinet', both performed by Tale Ognenovski as clarinet soloist accompanied on the piano by the excellent pianist Tanja Shopova, and Cavallini's Concert 'Fiori Rossiniani', performed by Tale Ognenovski as clarinet soloist accompanied on the piano by the famous pianist and composer Professor Ladislav Palfi.

"Everything that has a connection with the clarinet and this man is far from ordinary. Perhaps it is a miracle, this dexterity; perhaps he is a genius, or something more than that...." - Elizabeta Matic on the television programme 'Good morning, good day', Macedonian Radio Television.

In the programme with the title 'Good morning, good day' shown on 'Macedonian Radio Television' on December 5, 1993, the journalist Brane Stefanovski said of Tale Ognenovski, "The living legend of the Macedonian clarinet. Tale Ognenovski can easily be recognized from older records of 'Macedonian Radio Television'. Tale Ognenovski's music is amazing, with his melodious, clean quality of tone and interpretations for which he has received recognition from world-famous experts of the clarinet and of Macedonian music.

The journalist Elizabeta Matic commented, "Everything that has a connection with the clarinet and this man is far from ordinary. Perhaps it is a miracle, this dexterity; perhaps he is a genius, or something more than that. Perhaps the reason for this is genetic disposition in his family where his father played the bagpipe ('gajdadjija'), but the fact that his grandfather and great-grandfather had played some folk instrument suggests that talent has developed over the generations to raise the little pipe ('kavalche') player to the highest level reserved for the best. His music is always based on the strict rules of Macedonian folklore...
Tale Ognenovski is an Ambassador in the presentation of the valuable things that Macedonia possesses: Macedonian complex rhythms...The best clarinetist that this country has ever had. The man from whom his followers can learn a great deal..."

In this interview, Tale Ognenovski said that Macedonian folklore is the best folklore in the World, and that the inspiration he received when composing music he got from Macedonian Folk Music.

The television programme 'Good Day, Macedonia' was dedicated to Tale Ognenovski on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the FOLK MUSIC ORCHESTRA of Macedonian Radio Television. An interview with Tale Ognenovski "This year sees the 50th anniversary of the founding of the 'Folk Music Orchestra' of Macedonian Radio Television. The most famous clarinetist Tale Ognenovski has for a long time performed in this Orchestra," said Simona Ugrinovska, Manager of the programme 'Good Day Macedonia'. She added that the interview with Tale Ognenovski had been done by her colleague Tatjana Stojchevska Manchevska. In the programme, first shown on July 1, 1998, then repeated on July 4, 1998, the journalist Tatjana Stojchevska Manchevska said: "Fifty years ago, at the first Macedonian Republic festival of Folk Dances and Songs held during the period October 6-10, 1948, Tale Ognenovski received the First Award as the best clarinetist. If you listen to the music of Tale Ognenovski, this magnificent, unique, talented virtuoso of the clarinet and composer of Macedonian folk dances, you will imagine an exciting folklore story and sense unparalleled technique in the musical expression of this folk genius. With his maestro, solo improvisations Tale Ognenovski made performances of Ensemble 'Tanec' the most successful they could be. The most significant debut in his rich career was in the famous Carnegie Hall on January 27, 1956.
"The artist must adopt the artistic rules perfectly, to be able to break them afterwards." This comment by Michelangelo described the talent that Tale Ognenovski possessed...In a perfect way he interpreted Mozart, Wagner and Cavallini, and jazz improvisations in the style of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Tale Ognenovski has composed 150 Macedonian folk dances..." Many musicians from Macedonian Radio Television worked together with Tale Ognenovski with the recording of numerous folk dances and songs. These included Nikolaj Galevski, Angel Nanchevski, Kocho Petrovski, Ivan Terziev, Blagoja Deskovski, Aleksandar Piperkov, Ljupcho Pandilov, Stevo Teodosievski, Todor Petrovski-Tosho, Aleksandar Sarievski, Naser, Suljo, Dimitar Najdenov Taki, Hustref Said, Tosho Gjorgjevic, Metodija Zafirovski-Smolski, Hilmi Baki, Raim Baki , Apostol Gelevski, Pece Atanasovski, Dimitar Bugarski, Dragi Simonovski, Dimitar Krstevski, Risto Vasilevski, Vasil Ivanovski-Javasho, Pero Jarchev, Muarem Sakipov, Mamet, Dragi Anchevski, Angele Dimovski, Tihomir Veskovski, Mahmud Muzafer, Nikola Cvetkovski, Mile Kolarovski, Todor Pavlovski , Ljupcho Ilievski, Petar Lukic, Todor Trajchevski, Petar Petrov, Liljana Avtovska, Borche Polizovski, Slobodan Serafimovski, Vlado Dimitrovski, Mendo Dear, Kosta Smilevski, Mladen (Mladjo), Vesel Chun, Medo Chun, Moamed Chun, Amet Eminov, Aki Memedov, Mefail Sakipov, Moamer, Tome Chrchev, Redzep Pampurovski, Moarem Sali, Slobodan Nikolovski, Kurto, Borche Grujovski, Vlado Hristov and Dimitar Krcovski.

Tale Ognenovski, genius virtuoso of the clarinet has, in his life-time, composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances, including Brusnichko oro, Poljansko oro, Stevchevo oro, Kasapsko oro, Nevenino oro, Kumovo oro chochek, Resensko oro, Talevo svadbarsko oro,  Bukovsko svadbarsko oro, Drachevsko oro, Zajachko oro, Pelistersko oro, Caparsko oro, Bitolsko svadbarsko oro, Oreovsko oro, Nevenino lavchansko oro, Sharsko kozarsko oro, Veleshko zhensko oro, Zhensko krsteno oro, Adana oro, Bitolsko oro, Pelagonisko oro, Mominsko oro, Ohridsko oro,  Beranche oro, Mashkoto oro, Nevestinsko oro, Kavadarsko oro, Skopski chochek, Zhensko kichevsko oro, Egejsko oro, Prilepsko svadbarsko oro, Deverovo oro, Ristevo oro, Prespansko oro,  Berovsko zhensko oro, Negotinsko mashko oro, Gevgelisko zhensko oro, Delchevsko zhensko oro, Kumanovsko oro and Galichko oro. The majority of them are his own compositions.

As a composer, Tale Ognenovski was particularly innovative. He composed his music by treating rhythms differently and dividing them into more flexible units. He made many studio recordings for Macedonian Radio Television as a virtuoso clarinet and pipe soloist (folk, jazz, and classical music), and countless radio and television broadcasts.

Tale Ognenovski was a member of the Composers’ Association of Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavia) from 1963 till 1990.

41 of Tale Ognenovski’s compositions had been recorded on 20 gramophone records up until May 28, 1973 (source: a letter dated May 28, 1973 from the Composers’ Association of Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavia)). Tale Ognenovski had composed 128 pieces of musical up until March 29, 1988 (source: a letter dated March 29, 1988 from the Composers’ Association of Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavia)).

He has played on the clarinet in many concerts performing with the following Orchestras and Ensembles: the cultural-educational societies in Bitola of "Svetlost", "Stiv Naumov", "Ilinden"; folk dance groups from the villages of Brusnik, Dihovo, Nizhopole, Rotino and Lavci; the Radio Bitola orchestras; the Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk dances and Songs "Tanec"; cultural art societies: "Vlado Tasevski" and "Kocho Racin"; the academic culture and art society "Mirche Acev; other Ensembles of folk dances and songs including "Orce Nikolov", "Goce Delchev", "Dom na gradezhnici Skopje", "Hor na invalidi Skopje" and "Dom na borci i invalidi Skopje"; the Macedonia Radio and Television folk music orchestras: the Folk Music Orchestra, the "Chalgii" Orchestra and the Authentic Folk Instruments Orchestra; the Orchestra of the legendary Stevo Teodosievski and the Ljupcho Pandilov Orchestra.

Discography

Tale Ognenovski has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances including: Nevenino Oro, Brusnichko Oro, Bukovsko Svadbarsko Oro, Talevo Kasapsko Oro, Stevchevo Oro, Sharsko Oro, Pelistersko Oro, Talevo Svadbarsko Oro, Piperkovo Oro, Zhensko Kichevsko Oro, Caparsko Oro, Staroto Oro, Starsko za Ramo, Skopski Chochek, Kumovo Oro Chochek, Prilepsko Svadbarsko Oro, Resensko Oro, Poljansko Oro, Kasapsko Oro, Patruno Svadbeno Oro, Mominsko Oro, Egejsko Oro and Chamiko Oro.


50 Folk Dances (his compositions with his arrangements) and 28 Folk Dances (with his arrangements) have been recorded on 11 LPs, 11 cassettes and 10 gramophone records. Labels: PGP RTB (Radio Television Belgrade), Serbia; Jugoton, Zagreb, Croatia; Macedonian Radio-Television, Republic of Macedonia and one CD Album entitled: "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music",  (Catalog: IR 04542, Label: Independent Records, US).



Most of them are recorded with his own Tale Ognenovski Orchestra and others with Orchestras of Macedonian Radio Television, the Galevski-Nanchevski Orchestra, the Kocho Petrovski Orchestra and the Pece Atanasovski Orchestra. 12 jazz compositions composed and arranged by Tale Ognenovski have been recorded on CD Album entitled: " “Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski” (Catalog: IR38824, Label: Independent Records, US).Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Allegro,  Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Adagio and Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: Rondo - Allegro composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and arranged by Tale Ognenovski and "Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1", composed by Tale Ognenovski and arranged by Tale Ognenovski have been recorded on CD Album entitled: “MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos”  (Catalog: IR37223, Label: Independent Records, US). With his own Tale Ognenovski Orchestra, he recorded 17 gramophone records with famous singers. As a member of other Orchestras, he recorded more than 30 gramophone records with famous singers.

He made his recording debut as a composer with the Galevski-Nanchevski Orchestra in 1963, with the first record EP 14700 produced by PGP RTB - "Radio Televizija Beograd" (Radio Television Belgrade (now Radio Television Serbia), Belgrade, Serbia). In 1965, Tale Ognenovski established his own "Tale Ognenovski Orchestra", and PGP RTB produces the record EP 14711, He made his recording debut for Jugoton Zagreb, Croatia with the record EPY-3851 (1967).

* Makedonska Ora (1963, EP 14700, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* Makedonska Ora (1964, EP 14702, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* Makedonska Ora (1964, EP 14703, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* Makedonska Ora (1964, EP 14704, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* Tale Ognenovski Klarinet sa Svojim Ansamblom (1965, EP 14711, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* Narodni Ora Tale Ognenovski so Chalgiite (1965, EP 14716, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* Makedonska Ora Svira na Klarineti Tale Ognenovski uz Svoj Ansambl (1967, EPY-3851, Jugoton, Croatia)
* Bitola, Babam Bitola, Makedonske Narodne Pjesme i Kola (1969, LPY-V 780, Jugoton, Croatia)
* Plesovi Naroda Jugoslavije (1971, LPYV-S-806, Jugoton, Croatia)
* Makedonska Ora Tale Ognenovski Klarinet sa Svojim Ansamblom (1972, EPY-34461, Jugoton, Croatia)
* Makedonska Narodna Ora (1972, LPY-50985, Jugoton, Croatia)
* Makedonska Ora Svira Ansambl Chalgija pod Vodstvom Tale Ognenovskim (1972, EPY-34489, Jugoton, Croatia)
* Tale Ognenovski Klarinet Svira Ora (1975, LPY-61143, Jugoton, Croatia)
* Tale Ognenovski Kavadarsko Svadbarsko Oro (1977, EP 14758, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* Makedonski Narodni Ora so Chalgiite na Tale Ognenovski, Staro Kukushko Oro (1979, LP 1495 Stereo, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* Makedonski Igraorni Ora Sviri Tale Ognenovski (1979, LP 1439 STEREO, PGP-RTB, Serbia)
* 35 Godini na RTV Skopje, Narodna Muzika (1979, ULS-578, Macedonian Radio-Television, Republic of Macedonia)
* Tale Ognenovski so Orkestarot Chalgii na RTS (1989, MP 21037 Stereo, Macedonian Radio-Television, Republic of Macedonia)
* 50 Godini na Makedonskata Radio Televizija, Antologija na Makedonskata Narodna Muzika, Svirachi Majstori (1994, MP 21176 Stereo, Macedonian Radio-Television, Republic of Macedonia)
* Muzichki Spomenar (1994, Video Tape MP31087 VHS PAL Colour, Macedonian Radio-Television, Republic of Macedonia)
* Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music (2001, IR04542, Independent Records, US)
* Mozart and Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos (2006, IR37223, Independent Records, US)
* Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski (2008, IR38824, Independent Records, US)

6. In 1965, Tale Ognenovski established his own "Tale Ognenovski Orchestra"

The year 1965 saw Tale Ognenovski establish his own "Tale Ognenovski Orchestra" in Skopje, and "RADIO TELEVIZIJA BEOGRAD" produce the record EP 14711 . On this record, he gives solo clarinet performances of his four compositions, Prespansko oro, Kumovo oro, Deverovo oro and Dihovsko oro, accompanied by the "Tale Ognenovski Orchestra". 

The members of Tale Ognenovski Orchestra were: Blagoja Deskovski, Slavcho Gjurchilov, Dragi Bogatinov, Mile Serafimovski, Kiril Zivkovski, Borche Polizovski, Sime Fonchev, Mile Serafimov, Hilmi Baki, Raim Baki, Muarem Sali, Redzep Pampurovski, Pande Kominovski, Ilija Stavrevski, Mladen Stojanovic, Dimitar Bugarski, Pancho Musev, Aki Memedov, Rushan, Mefail Sakipov, Hustref Said, Mile Brzanov, Aristid Filaktov, Moamed Chun and Vlado Dimitrovski.

"The gramophone record epy-3914, which was recorded with your Ensemble..."
In 1967 a letter, reference ‘My/Mlj’, was sent by Jugoton, producers of gramophone records in Zagreb, Croatia to Tale Ognenovski. In this is written:

"Dear Mr. Ognenovski. The gramophone record epy-3914, which was recorded with your Ensemble and with the singer Anka Gieva, is produced and already delivered to the market. We are sending you two records, one for you and one for Mrs. Anka Gieva. We wish you further great success in the future and send you our regards."

7. The 35th anniversary of the founding of "Radio Television Skopje"
"...Tale Ognenovski who has demonstrated his rich talent by performing with all three different folk music orchestras..." - LP ULS-578

In 1979, the LP reference number ULS-578 was produced by Radio Television Skopje (and manufactured in JUGOTON, Zagreb, Croatia). The LP contains 15 Macedonian folk dances and songs, one of which is the Macedonian folk dance "Veleshko zhensko oro", composed and performed by the virtuoso clarinet soloist Tale Ognenovski.
Some text is written on the back cover of this LP in both Macedonian and English language.

...The basic form in which it presents both songs and dances is the so-called level of improvisation which being both inspiring and inventive is relatively close to the common folk way of playing music, which in conditions of live folklore helps the song not to become petrified. This orchestra also fosters differing styles and arrangements. Besides Nikola Galevski, a number of talented instrumentalists have contributed greatly to the qualitative growth of this ensemble. We should certainly mention the names of Angel Nanchevski, Pero Jarchev, Kocho Petrovski, Ljupcho Pandilov, Ivan Terziev, Stevo Teodosiievski, Tale Ognenovski and Blagoja Deskoski - who is in charge of this orchestra - and others.

                                                                      THE "CHALGII" ORCHESTRA

...Firmly principled in its style, and adaptable to the "chalgija" sound of as many of our folklore regions as possible, the orchestra has always selected as its members the best instrumentalists from all three different "chalgija" schools, that is, from the Skopje, Veles and Bitola schools. Its rich repertoire ranges from this and last century’s old-town songs and dances to those with patriotic motives created during the Liberation war. As "chalgija" is also characteristic of the folklore of other nationalities and ethnic groups who live in Macedonia, the orchestra has produced many Turkish, Albanian, Vlach and Gypsy songs and dances working together with a number of top singers and groups that cultivate this style. However, the orchestra’s instrumentalists themselves have often successfully managed to blend their own group singing into this orchestra. To mention a few: Ordan Hristov, Emin Memedov, Bekir Hadzi Kune, Jashar, Aki Memedov-Chun, Taki Najdenov, Koce Pandilov and Tale Ognenovski who has given a true expression of his rich talent performing with all three different folk music orchestras.

…Unique in its sound and very skilful in its ability to create styles and regional sound combinations, this ensemble is a truly spirited performer of our centuries-long authentic music treasure. Working together with many eminent singers and talented individuals from this area who have accurately interpreted our country songs, it has created a large repertoire. The manager of the orchestra is Pece Atanasovski, a well-known master on the bagpipe even outside of Yugoslavia. Among the other well-known instrumentalists, we should mention Todor Boshov, Mile Kolarov, Tale Ognenovski, Nikola Cvetkovski, Meophail Sakipov, and Angele Dimovski.

With their numerous performances and tours both in Yugoslavia and abroad, the Radio Skopje folk music orchestras have played a great part in the presentation of Macedonian folk music, and its beauty, to the world.

Tale Ognenovski and his wife Nevena Ognenovska, Bitola Republic of Macedonia, 1947

Tale Ognenovski’s wife Nevena Ognenovska, was the main source of his strength and motivation. She had supported his great music career. She died in  1972. He dedicated two of his compositions to her, and gave her name Nevena to the Macedonian folk dance "Nevenino oro" (composed by Tale Ognenovski, and available on the LP and cassette "Tale Ognenovski, clarinetist, plays dances", with the respective reference numbers LPY-61143 and CAY 321 , and produced by Jugoton in 1975; also, the record "Macedonian folk dances played on clarinet by Tale Ognenovski accompanied by his Ensemble", reference number EPY-3851 , and produced by Jugoton in 1967, and "Nevenino Lavchansko oro", composed by Tale Ognenovski and recorded on magnetic tape by Macedonian Radio Television in 1983.

"... It is not widely known both in Yugoslavia and around the world, that the renowned virtuoso clarinetist Tale Ognenovski is a concert clarinetist. Indeed, it is not widely known that Tale Ognenovski can play other styles of music such as jazz, improvising in the style of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, or dance music. It is a phenomenon that Tale Ognenovski has the right amount of embouchure and vibrato for every type of music. He maintains a perfectly level tone for classical music when it is required. It is particularly amazing that he can change the shade and the vibrato in a single moment. The standard is that one timbre and one kind of vibrato exclude all others." From an article by Professor Ladislav Palfi, the famous pianist, in a letter dated May 23, 1973.

14. On August 8 and 9, 1992, Tale Ognenovski played on the clarinet his own compositions of Macedonian folk dances at celebrations marking the 600th anniversary of the founding of the village of Brusnik.

Mr. Kiro Gligorov, President of the Republic of Macedonia and Mr. Petar, Metropolitan of the Macedonian Orthodox Church werepresent at celebrations marking the 600th anniversary of the establishment of the village of Brusnik, near Bitola, on August 8 and 9, 1992. Tale Ognenovski played on the clarinet his own compositions of Macedonian folk dances accompanied by the Culture and Arts Society "Ilinden" from Bitola..

Tale Ognenovski amazed all those present at the celebration with his marvellous solo performance on the clarinet. The celebration was recorded and shown on "Macedonian Radio Television" in the programme "Amidst the village - 600 years of Brusnik", 1992. The Macedonia Radio Television journalist Suzana Trajkovska commented about the programme, "Tale Ognenovski is a virtuoso of the clarinet..."

15. Tale Ognenovski is a synonym for a completely different style of music.

"Each different musician who develops his or her own style of music becomes a synonym for that music; for example, Kocho Petrovski, Stevo Teodosievski, Ljupcho Pandilov, Angel Nanchevski, Aleksandar Sarievski, Tale Ognenovski, Pece Atanasovski, Ivan Terziev, Blagoja Deskoski, Petar Lukic, Zoran Jovanovic, Petar Kargov, Ilija Pejovski-Bas and others", from the article "Macedonian

"Kasapsko oro", the folk dance arranged by Tale Ognenovski, and with him playing solo clarinet accompanied by the "Chalgii" Orchestra from "Macedonian Radio Television", was released in 1994 on the cassette, "Anthology of Macedonian folk music - Maestro players", reference number MP 21176, to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of Macedonian Radio Television. It was produced by the Music and Cassette Department of Macedonian Radio Television; the editor was Mate Grujovski and the chief editor, Jane Kodjabashija.

17. The 50th anniversary of the "Musical Copyright Society of the Republic of Macedonia"
Tale Ognenovski’s 150 compositions have been protected by the Musical Copyright Society of the Republic of Macedonia ("SOKOM-ZAMP"), the director of which is Mr. Zoran Vaskovski. Tale Ognenovski was invited by the society to a concert of the Orchestras of "Macedonian Radio Television" marking its 50th anniversary, on December 3, 1997. The Folk Music Orchestra, the "Chalgii" Orchestra and the Authentic Folk Instruments Orchestra all performed.
At the concert, which was shown on Macedonian Television on January 6, 1998, the legendary singer Jonche Hristovski said:
"Respected guests. I have the honour to greet genius maestro of the clarinet Tale Ognenovski who is present with us today". Tale Ognenovski received great applause from the audience, and offered his thanks to them and to Jonche Hristovski. The audience were given a brochure, written by Kiril Todevski of Skopje on December 3, 1997. In the document, that gave an account of the history of the Folk Music Orchestras of "Macedonian Radio Television", reference was made to the best creative instrumentalists; these were Nikolaj Galevski, Tale Ognenovski, Pece Atanasovski, Kocho Petrovski, Angel Nanchevski, Ivan Terziev, Ljupco Pandilovski, Mile Kolarovski, Nikola Cvetkovski, Hilmi Baki, Blagoja Deskovski, Todor Trajchevski, Mefail Sakipov, Angele Dimovski, Hustref Said, Raim Baki and others.

18. Tale Ognenovski made his debut at the Skopje Summer Festival on June 29, 1998.

Before the debut of the Skopje Summer Festival,the journalist, Liljana Stoilkovska said: "Respected guests. I have the honour to present to you the great virtuoso on the clarinet, Tale Ognenovski who, 50 years ago, at the first Macedonian Republic festival of Folk Dances and Songs received First Award as the best clarinetist. I wish you good health in the future, and many more years playing the clarinet". Tale Ognenovski offered his thanks for these good wishes on his 50th anniversary. He played as virtuoso clarinet soloist, two Macedonian folk dances, his arrangement ‘Kasapsko oro’ and his composition ‘Brusnichko oro’. He received great applause from the audience.

Tale Ognenovski is a member of the "Association of Stage Artists of Macedonia". The president of the Association is Mr. Vojo Stojanoski.

19. This Balkan Folklore was so rich.
"…When I left for America in 1979, I realised that this Balkan folklore was so rich. I always find Macedonian music most interesting. I have rare gramophone records by Kiril Manchevski, Pece Atanasovski and Tale Ognenovski that I have collected every time I’ve been here..." commented Miroslav Tadic in an interview for the magazine EKRAN entitled "Interview with Miroslav Tadic". It was published on October 22, 1998, and the journalist was Ljubomir Grbevski.

In their January 1997 issue, the editors of GUITAR PLAYER magazine voted Miroslav Tadic one of the top thirty, most radical and individual guitarists in the world.

20. The 50th anniversary of the founding of Ensemble ‘Tanec’.

The Ensemble of Macedonian folk dances and songs ‘Tanec’ performed its anniversary concert at the Macedonian National Theatre on December 11, 1999. Present as special guests were Tale Ognenovski and other former members of the Ensemble. Its director, Mr. Boshko Trenevski, said that all its former and current members were praised for their very successful foreign tours and for their affirmation of Macedonian Culture. The concert’s patron was the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia. Present at this concert were Mr. Ljubco Georgievski, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, his Grace the Archbishop of Ohrid, the Macedonia G.G. Stefan, Government Ministers of the Republic of Macedonia and representatives of foreign

23. "The impossible becomes possible: two, ‘usually non-complimentary’ parallel-existing worlds of sounds – Europe – The Orient – are, in Tale Ognenovski’s music, naturally brought closer together, understand each other and merge..." - Dushko Dimitrovski , book ‘For Our Music’

The prodigy, however, is called Tale Ognenovski… Both Jesus Christ’s: "I came not to do away with the Bible, but to fulfil and continue it", and Michaelangelo’s: "The Artist must adopt strict, artistic rules at first, to be able to break them afterwards"… could well apply to Ognenovski. Absolutely masterly and limitless imagination and music inventiveness are only ‘potka’, a condition, a starter, tonal ‘organon’, for his creative accomplishments.... As a virtuoso playing ‘Chalgija’ music (in his child-hood, as a shepherd, he played the pipe (‘kavalche’); later, as an educated musician he played Cavallini, Weber and Mozart). Tale Ognenovski, at the same time, navigates himself effectively all around the world of classical music.

As if the ingenious knowledge of the ‘chalgija’ universe, but also with the live primordial in the rustic sound, together with the vivid, creative touch of the mysteries of European classical music idea, had predetermined the outstanding talent of Ognenovski to make one, perhaps unconscious, but in musical and historical terms, more than far-reaching creative step forward. In other words if without telling in advance, we approach carefully and analytically the ‘chalgija’ opus created by the Maestro, we will discover with surprise and great delight that Ognenovski is (probably) the FIRST, and (surely) THE FARTHEST REACHING contemporary who first made the connection between the two "UNCONNECTABLE" worlds – the Orient and the West - with words and melodies...

 

24. "Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski is on an equal level musically with other World Musical Legends " – ‘Nova Zora’
"Here began the creation of the great heritage of Macedonian Culture which Tale Ognenovski has left. This great heritage put the musical genius Tale Ognenovski on an equal level musically with other world musical legends. Somebody said that Tale Ognenovski was better than Mozart...Tale Ognenovski is the first and the longest surviving person who has managed to connect the two ‘unconnectable’ Music Worlds of the Orient and the West..." This appeared in an article entitled "The Great ‘Chalgii’ opus of the Maestro Tale Ognenovski". It was published in the magazine ‘Nova Zora’ in Bitola, Republic of Macedonia, in November, 1994.

His particular characteristic involved his own creative improvisations called 'maninja'. At the same time as he was performing music like this, he started composing his own folk dances. As a composer, he kept the traditional folk expression. Many years of performing with the orchestras of Radio Television Skopje, with Ensemble 'Tanec' and with other folk ensembles helped him create 'Ognenovski's style' when producing his own Macedonian folk dances. These are easily recognizable by their exuberant melody and rich rhythms in correlation with the traditional style..." - Kiril Todevski

26. Tale Ognenovski translated whatever came into his head directly into the clarinet.

On June 16, 1998, an interview with Tale Ognenovski was recorded for the television programme ‘Good Day, Macedonia’ on Macedonian Television. During the interview, the journalist Tatjana Stojchevska Manchevska asked Tale Ognenovski to play some jazz music. He performed some jazz music that he composed right there and then without any prior planning. He demonstrated his amazing musical talent as a clarinet and pipe player and composer performing jazz music on this programme.
 

ENSEMBLE "TANEC" IN NORTH AMERICA

III. ENSEMBLE ‘TANEC’ IN GERMANY

1. Tale Ognenovski, clarinet and pipe virtuoso soloist with Ensemble ‘Tanec’ toured Germany in 1956
Tale Ognenovski, clarinet and pipe virtuoso with Ensemble ‘Tanec’, toured Germany from August 15 until October 27, 1956. The Ensemble performed 72 amazingly successful concerts in many towns, including Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Bonn, Gottingen, Munich and Wiesbaden, and every performance was a sell-out. As part of their tour of France in 1959, they performed two concerts in Dortmund, Germany on September 18 and 19, 1959, playing to an audience of 7000 on each occasion.

Tale Ognenovski performed as a virtuoso clarinet and pipe ("kavalche") soloist
The majority of the programme of Ensemble Tanec’s German tour comprised of Macedonian folk dances and songs with the rest made up of Serbian and Croatian dances and songs and one Albanian dance. Tale Ognenovski played as virtuoso clarinet and pipe ("kavalche") soloist for most of the programme, in particular in the Macedonian folk dances ‘A Bride’s Dance (Nevestinsko Oro)’, ‘Chupurlika’, ‘Shopska Podripnuvachka’, ‘Kopachka’, ‘The Shepherd’s Dance (Ovcharsko Oro), ‘Soborski Igri’, in Macedonian songs, Serbian folk dances and songs and ‘SHOTE’, an Albanian folk dance. Tale Ognenovski was a virtuoso clarinet soloist in ‘Shopska petorka’ but also an arranger of the music because he added his own improvisations in some areas of the dance. This is the case with other dances that Tale Ognenovski performed as virtuoso clarinet and pipe soloist.

2. "I’ll never forget...the man with the pipe (the virtuoso pipe soloist was Tale Ognenovski – remark made by Stevan Ognenovski)..." – the Hildesheim press, Germany

3. "Success of Tanec in West Germany" - Nova Makedonija

"Bonn, October 2.
Yesterday evening, during their three-month cross-country tour of West Germany, the Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs ‘Tanec’ performed a successful concert in Bonn Town Theatre. Even though Ensemble Tanec is the third Ensemble to perform in this theatre in the last 18 months, every seat was full. Present in the audience were the Mayor of Bonn, many prominent politicians, diplomats and domestic and foreign journalists. The Ensemble performed songs and dances from Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The audience heartily welcomed the performers, asking for the entire programme to be performed again. Bonn’s newspapers are full of numerous compliments as to the artistic quality of the concert. During this tour the Ensemble has visited almost all the larger towns in West Germany and also many tourist towns." This article, entitled "Success of Tanec in West Germany" appeared in the newspaper ‘Nova Makedonija’ on October 30, 1956.

4. "The folklore experts were interested in our particular folk dances… perhaps the following can stand out as the most successful: "SHOPSKA" (Shopska podripnuvachka – the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski), "SHOTE" (the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski)..." - Nova Makedonija

5. "About 7000 people at each of the two concerts in Dortmund" - K. Gavrish, NovaMakedonija

"...Ensemble ‘Tanec’ performed two concerts in Dortmund. At the beginning of these concerts about 7000 people were present..." These words appeared in an article written by K. Gavrish and entitled, "Following the return from their French tour, TANEC wins over the audience" and published in the newspaper ‘Nova Makedonija’, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on December 6, 1959.

FULL STORY
ENSEMBLE "TANEC" IN GERMANY
 

V.  ENSEMBLE ‘TANEC’ IN FRANCE

1.      Tale Ognenovski was clarinet and pipe virtuoso soloist with Ensemble ‘Tanec’ during their tour of France

Tale Ognenovski was clarinet and reed pipe virtuoso with Ensemble “Tanec” during their tour of France from September 20 until November 25, 1959. They performed 83 concerts in 58 towns and cities in France including Paris, Le Havre, Nantes, Poitiers, Clermont-Ferrand, Lille, Cherbourg, Toulon, Toulouse, Rennes, Bourges, Chaumont, Solon de Provence, Laval, Brest, Lorient, St. Nazaire, Angers, Tours, Limoges, Pont a Mouson, Bourgen Brest, Belfor, St Entienne, St Brieuc, St Malo, Vendome, Gien, Orleans, Niort, La Rochelle, Marmonde, Mont de Marson, Dax, Tarbes, Agen, Albi, Pau, Carcassonne, St Gaudens, Beziers, Parpignon, Arcachon, Nimes, Grenoble, Lyon, Villeurbone and Gueret.ere.  They performed with amazing success to full houses everywhere. The Ensemble twice had performances broadcast on television, on September 21 and 22, 1959: 20 million people would have seen them on the most popular programme on French Television. Radio Paris recorded a 45-minute programme of Macedonian folk dances and songs.  The Manager of Ensemble ‘Tanec’s tour of France was Mr Raymond Guillier, also Director of his own company ‘Les grands spectacles internationaux Les productions Raymond Guillier’ of 129 Boulevard Massena, Paris.  He specialised in managing international shows in Paris.

Tale Ognenovski performed as a virtuoso clarinet and reed pipe (“kavalche”) soloist

The majority of the programme of Ensemble Tanec’s French tour comprised of Macedonian folk dances and songs with the rest made up of Serbian and Croatian dances and songs and one Albanian dance. Tale Ognenovski played as virtuoso clarinet and reed pipe (“kavalche”) soloist for most of the programme, in particular in the Macedonian folk dances ‘A Bride’s Dance (Nevestinsko Oro)’, ‘Chupurlika’, ‘Shopska Petorka’, ‘Kopachka’, ‘The Shepherds’ Dance (Ovcharsko Oro), ‘Drachevka’, ‘Chifte Chamche’and ‘Soborski Igri’, in Macedonian songs, Serbian folk dances and songs and ‘SHOTE’, an Albanian folk dance. Tale Ognenovski was a virtuoso clarinet soloist in ‘Shopska petorka’ but also an arranger of the music because he added his own improvisations in some areas of the dance. This is the case with other dances that Tale Ognenovski performed as virtuoso clarinet and reed pipe soloist.  Tanec included, as part of their tour of France, two performances in Dortmund, Germany, on September 18 and 19, 1959.  About 7000 people were present at each concert.

Some of Ensemble ‘Tanec’s concert repertoire, including Macedonian folk dances and songs, was recorded during the tour on LP record. The virtuoso clarinet and pipe soloist on this excellent LP record, recorded in France in 1959, was Tale Ognenovski.

2.      “What ‘Tanec’ is playing in the spirit of Macedonia, believe me no other Ensemble in the world can perform... Your girls and boys put their whole heart into the dance. I’ll tell you why I think this is so.  I know that the clarinetist Tale...”  - Raymond Guillier, Vecher

“Everyone who went to the concerts by Ensemble ‘Tanec’ in Paris and other towns and cities in France during the tour in 1959 of a little over two months was fascinated. Yes, audiences opened wide their hearts and didn’t think anything of their hands while applauding your folk dancers. What ‘Tanec’ is playing in the spirit of Macedonia, believe me no other Ensemble in the world can perform. All great professional Ensembles in the world possess something special. Your girls and boys put their whole heart into the dance. I’ll tell you why I think this is so. I know that the clarinetist Tale (Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) after every concert played clarinet solos and amused us well into the early hours. This hasn’t been the case with any other member from any other Ensembles.  I want to present Tanec every year to the people of my country...” said Raymond Guillier (Director of his own company, ‘Les grands spectacles internationaux Les productions Raymond Guillier, 129 Boulevard Massena - Paris” - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) Manager of international exhibitions in Paris, France.  The above appeared in an article entitled ‘Your dance fascinates me….’, written by M. Georgievski, and published in the newspaper ‘Vecher’, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on September 14, 1964.

Macedonian Folklore is the best in the world

Raymond Guillier commented that no other Ensemble in the world could perform Macedonian folklore as well as ‘Tanec’, because the Macedonian girls and boys from the Ensemble put their whole heart and soul into the dances, and a good example of this was the clarinetist Tale Ognenovski. This was a very important comment because Mr. Raymond Guillier had organized many concerts in Paris and France for all the best Ensembles in the world.

“Everyone in the audience applauded as if they were four people, and the Macedonian National Ballet left a great impression in Bourges… But the Macedonian dances, once they began, developed from a dead slow pace and quickened, becoming a festival of colours, a storm of costumes and a sports test allied to the art of folklore. It must be  understood that you have to be professional and have extraordinary soul and inspiration for playing ‘Drachevka’ (In this Macedonian folk dance, the virtuoso reed pipe soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski), ‘Berovka’ (In this Macedonian folk dance, the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) and the exciting Serbian folk dance (the virtuoso reed pipe soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski). The audience much liked the dance ‘Roussalies’ as well as the dance ‘Tchifte Tchamtche’, and lastly ‘Chote’ (‘Shote’ - In this Albanian folk dance, the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by  Stevan Ognenovski), a dance of love that is lively and colourful...Tanec is the name of this group who have won over the audience. The quality and talent of this group is admirable...This is the first time that they have performed in France... At the end of their concert, the members of Ensemble ‘Tanec’ remained on stage and were applauded by the Bourges audiences for more than a quarter of an hour.” The above comes from an article, entitled “Hier soir au GRAND-PALAIS  BRILLANTE “PREMIERE” des Ballets de Macedoine” (“Yesterday evening in GRAND-PALAIS Brilliant first performance  of National Ballet of Macedonia.”), that appeared in the newspaper ‘Le Berry Republicain’ in Bourges, France, on September 24, 1959.

“Everyone who went to the concerts by Ensemble ‘Tanec’ in Paris and other towns and cities in France during the tour in 1959 of a  little over two months was fascinated.... “What ‘Tanec’ is playing  in the spirit of Macedonia, believe me no other Ensemble in the world can perform... Your girls and boys put their whole heart into  the dance. I’ll tell you why I think this is so. I know that the clarinetist Tale (Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) after every concert played clarinet solos and amused  us well into the early hours. This hasn’t been the case with any other member from any other Ensembles.  I want to present Tanec  every year to the people of my country...” said Raymond Guillier  (Director of his own company, ‘Les grands spectacles internationaux Les productions Raymond Guillier, 129 Boulevard Massena - Paris” - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) Manager  of international exhibitions in Paris, France.  The above appeared  in an article entitled ‘Your dance fascinates me….’, written by M. Georgievski, and published in the newspaper ‘Vecher’, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on September 14, 1964. .

3.      “Brilliant first performance of the National Ballet of Macedonia... Everyone in the audience applauded as if they were four people ... “It must be understood that you have to be professional and have extraordinary soul and inspiration to play ‘Drachevka’ (the virtuoso pipe soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski), ‘Berovka’ (the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski)...”

“Everyone in the audience applauded as if they were four people, and the Macedonian National Ballet left a great impression in Bourges…Two dances in particular were appreciated last night on the stage of the Grand Palais, the Dance of the sabre and the dance of the village fair (two separate photos are shown, the top one being ‘Dance of the sabre’ and the bottom being ‘the Dance of village fair).’ (On the right side of the bottom photograph can be seen virtuoso clarinet soloist Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski).

But the Macedonian dances, once they began, developed from a dead slow pace and quickened, becoming a festival of colours, a storm of costumes and a sports test allied to the art of folklore.

It must be understood that you have to be professional and have extraordinary soul and inspiration for playing ‘Drachevka’ (In this Macedonian folk dance, the virtuoso reed pipe soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski), ‘Berovka’ (In this Macedonian folk dance, the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) and the exciting Serbian folk dance (the virtuoso reed pipe soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski).

The audience much liked the dance ‘Roussalies’ as well as the dance ‘Tchifte Tchamtche’, and lastly ‘Chote’ (‘Shote’), a dance of love that is lively and colourful...Tanec is the name of this group who have won over the audience. The quality and talent of this group is admirable...This is the first time that they have performed in France... At the end of their concert, the members of Ensemble ‘Tanec’ remained on stage and were applauded by the Bourges audiences for more than a quarter of an hour.” The above comes from an article, entitled “Hier soir au GRAND-PALAIS BRILLANTE “PREMIERE” des Ballets de Macedoine” (“Yesterday evening in GRAND-PALAIS Brilliant first performance of National Ballet of Macedonia.”), that appeared in the newspaper ‘Le Berry Republicain’ in Bourges, France, on September 24, 1959.

4.  “The first performance of the National Ballet of Macedonia achieved tremendous success” - La nouvelle republique du Centre

“The first performance of the National Ballet of Macedonia was a tremendous success.  Everyone in the hall applauded with enthusiasm, here in the ‘Grand Palais’ in Bourges at the first performance in France of the National Ballet of Macedonia… The first performance in Bourges was a spectacle...The members of the National Ballet of Macedonia arrived four days ago in Paris and have been shown on television...” This is from an arcticle entitled “Hier soir a Bourges, La “premiere” nationale des Ballets de Macedoine a remporte un enorme succes” (Yesterday evening in Bourges, The first national Ballet of Macedonia achieved tremendous success.”).  It was published in the newspaper “La nouvelle republique du Centre”, Bourges, France on, September 24, 1959.

FULL STORY
ENSEMBLE "TANEC" IN FRANCE
 

V. ENSEMBLE ‘TANEC’ IN SWITZERAND

1.  Tale Ognenovski performed as virtuoso clarinet and pipe soloist with Ensemble ‘Tanec’ during their tour of Switzerland during the period July 7-10, 1959

The concerts were performed in Berne on July 7 and 8, 1959 and in Geneva on July 9 and 10, 1959 with tremendous success.

2. Tale Ognenovski made his debut on a special programme broadcast on Swiss Television.

Tale Ognenovski made his debut on a special programme broadcast on Swiss Television. Playing as virtouoso clarinet soloist, he performed his personally composed Macedonian folk dances ‘Bitolsko oro’ and ‘Brusnichko oro’ with great success.

On their return from the triumphant tour of the U.S.A.
"In the illuminated gardens of Port Gitana, on July 9 and 10 at 8.00 pm, a spectacle selected for ‘Gitan’. This evening, on their return from the triumphant tour of the U.S.A., and for the first time in Geneva, the Yugoslavian National Folk Ballet Tanec. Two hours of sumptuous spectacle, 40 dancers and instrumentalists, 400 prestigious national costumes, lighting effects…" This announcement appeared in the ‘Tribune de Geneva’, Geneva, Switzerland, under the title: ‘Dans les jardins illumines de Port Gitana Bellevue, BALLETS NATIONAUX FOLKLORIQUES YOUGOSLAVES: TANETZ, deux heures d’un somptueux spectacle" ("In the illuminated gardens of Port Gitana Bellevue, National Yugoslav Folklore Ballet Tanec, two hours of sumptuous spectacle"). The announcement was published in the ‘Tribune de Geneve’ on June 8, 1959.

FULL STORY
ENSEMBLE "TANEC" IN SWITZERLAND
 

Tale Ognenovski is undoubtedly one of the greatest composers the world has ever seen.

With his compositions of Macedonian folk dances, classical, and jazz music, he made the connection between the two ‘unconnectables’ - oriental and western music. He is a genius of the clarinet. He has amazed audiences with his virtuoso solo clarinet performances not only of various Macedonian folk dances, such as Brusnichko oro, Poljansko oro, Kasapsko oro, Zhensko krsteno oro, Adana oro, Nevenino oro and Bukovsko svadbarsko oro, but also of classical music by Mozart, Cavallini, Wagner and Weber.

He combines beautiful tone with brilliant, unique technique. He has made many studio recordings for Macedonian Radio Television both as a virtuoso clarinetist and pipe soloist playing folk, jazz and classical music, and a countless number of radio and television broadcasts. His recordings for Radio Television Belgrade, Jugoton and Macedonian Radio Television are unique compositions based on Macedonian folk music but occasionally with some influence of oriental, jazz and classical music. His pieces contain highly complex, rhythmic patterns and attractive melodies that are incomparable with any other kind of music known today.

He is clarinet virtuoso in folk, jazz and classical music. Everyone who has listened to his performances of unique Macedonian folk dances and classical and jazz music, has concluded that he is one of the most innovative and important figures in the history of music in the world. He has appeared in many televised concerts broadcast in Europe and North America and has, as an international Ambassador of music, created new musical horizons for the clarinet.

He is musically innovative and has revolutionized the sounds of folk, jazz and classical music. He is a remarkable improviser who possesses great harmonic knowledge and total technical command of rhythm variation, making anything possible. He created his own, solo-improvisations called "manjinja" (cadenzas), which were fresh, radical, and totally distinctive. They were related to the original version, but had not destroyed it.

Tale Ognenovski lives in Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia. He has been playing the clarinet professionally for the past 63 years, from 1937 through to the present day. His clarinet is a ‘Buffet-Crampon’; he uses Vandoren 5RV and 5RV Lyre Clarinet Mouthpieces and Vandoren Clarinet Reeds.

Tale Ognenovski has opened up new possibilities for the clarinet that no one could have predicted. Like his other clarinet works, the end result of Tale Ognenovski’s Clarinet Concerto No.1 is an expression of his own amazing virtuosity. Every register of the clarinet finds eloquent expression in this concert. With this classical concert this creative musical genius continues to extend the river of great beauty that is classical music. He possesses complete perfection and wisdom.
Tale Ognenovski’s Clarinet classical composition is far more than a demonstration of the clarinet’s tonal qualities, as well as what is technically possible with a clarinet - these he had already explored and favoured in his compositions of Macedonian folk dances. It is also a display of imaginative power, a colourful, almost romantic emotion, and sensitive feeling. This concert includes some very creative and technically demanding solos, and the clarinet soloist needs extremes in his range, tonal control, technique and dynamism.

Tale Ognenovski composed numerous musical works from different genres: folk dances, classical and jazz music, which established the clarinet as an instrument capable of the highest range of expression in solo music. His music demands a virtuoso of the clarinet, and exploits among other things the deeper sounds of different sounding registers of the instrument very effectively.

His virtuoso and complex compositions are both interesting and fascinating for people to listen to and to admire. He has made solo performances and recorded pieces with many orchestras. He has been featured in many televised concerts broadcast in Europe and United States. His unique style with the clarinet has earned him an international reputation. His genius is ably demonstrated through his musical interpretations, compositions and band leadership. His compositions and clarinet interpretations are some of the most spectacular in the world of music.

Tale Ognenovski became a surprise sensation with his performances as a clarinet and pipe virtuoso soloist at the concert with Ensemble ‘Tanec’ at world-famous Carnegie Hall on January 27, 1956.

His legend will live forever. His music has become a large part of the lives of many people. His music has moved their souls and touched their hearts. Music, which will forever be played and forever be loved, has brought tears to their eyes and smiles to their faces.

His composition range, his virtuosity, and his originality with a clarinet have made him a brilliant cult hero, a genius in the musical world. He is a genius, a brilliant musician and a giant of music.

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TALE OGNENOVSKI HAS PERFORMED CLASSICAL MUSIC SINCE 1952

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TALE OGNENOVSKI RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AND HONOURS, ALL AMONG THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

TALE OGNENOVSKI IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS OF MUSIC IN THE WORLD

SOME COMMENTS ABOUT TALE OGNENOVSKI’S BRILLIANT CAREER AS A MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER

FEEDBACK FROM VISITORS TO THE TALE OGNENOVSKI WEB SITE

TALE OGNENOVSKI’S DISCOGRAPHY

Book "Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer
 

Tale Ognenovski in front of his house in the village Brusnik, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia, 1999	Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan and grandsons Kliment and Nikola in 1996. Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia
Baba mountain with its peak Pelister in the backdrop. View from the house of Tale Ognenovski in the village Brusnik, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia	Tale Ognenovski with his grandson Kliment Ognenovski in 2000. Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia
Tale Ognenovski with his grandson Kliment Ognenovski in 2000. Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia	Tale Ognenovski with his grandsons Nikola and Kliment in 1998. Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia
Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan and grandsons Kliment and Nikola in 1998. Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia	Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan and grandsons Kliment and Nikola in 1998. Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia
Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan and grandson Kliment Ognenovski in 1996. Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia	Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan Ognenovski in 2000. Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan Ognenovski in 2000. Mountain Vodno, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia	Tale Ognenovski with his son Stevan, daughter in law Margarita and grandsons Nikola and Kliment in 2000. Mountain Vodno, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Big lake, Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia	Pelister National Park, Republic of Macedonia

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author of this Web site wishes to express his sincere gratitude to: My dear friends Mrs. Susan Prefontaine from Buffalo, New York, USA and Mr. Dimce (Jim) Cvetkovski from Buffalo, New York, USA for the copies of the North American newspapers and the Journal of the International Folk Music Council, and for the information about the Wesleyan Cinema Archives; My dear friend Mr. Georges Andres from Bourges, France for the copies of the French newspapers: "Le Berry republicain" and "La nouvelle republique du Centre"; My dear friends Mrs Suzana Jolevska and Mr Zoran Jolevski, Ph.D. from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia and their friend Mr. Zhivko Velkov from Geneva, Switzerland for the copies of the Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve; My dear friend Mrs. Radmila Vishinska, folk dancer in Ensemble ‘Tanec’ for the photograph of all the members of the Ensemble taken in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio, Hollywood on March 12, 1956 and for the photograph from Paris; My dear friend Mr. Stanko Livrinski, folk dancer in Ensemble ‘Tanec’, for the names of the towns included in its tour of France in 1959; My dear friend Roska Badeva, daughter of the legendary singer Nikola Badev, for the two photographs of Nikola Badev with Tale Ognenovski, and for the poster commemorating the 25th anniversary celebrations concert of Radio Television Skopje, 1969; "Kinoteka na Makedonija" for the prints from the Vardar film "Ritam i zvuk" (Rhythm and Sound) and for the special showing of this film for the author of this book and for Tale Ognenovski on May 31, 1999; Ensemble ‘Tanec’ for the timetable of their 1956 North American tour; Wesleyan Cinema Archives for their information as to who owns copies of the Omnibus programme, including that broadcast on January 22, 1956, when the Ensemble performed on American CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) television. These may be viewed free of charge only at Wesleyan Cinema Archives or at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

Stevan Ognenovski, the author of this Web site, expresses his sincere gratitude, firstly, to his dear friend Mrs. Susan Prefontaine for her English corrections of the text of this Web site (about half of the text of index.html and other Web sites), secondly, to his friend Mr. Christopher Bridge, for his proofreading the final English text.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

                                                         T H E  A U T H O R
  Stevan Ognenovski (Nationality: Macedonian), Mag.Scient., Magister Scientiarum (Magister of Science in Computer Science)

      Born in 1948 in the village of Brusnik near Bitola, Republic of Macedonia.

Parents: Tale Ognenovski (Nationality: Macedonian) and Nevena Ognenovska (Nationality: Macedonian)

Spouse: Margarita Ognenovska

Children: Nikola Ognenovski and Kliment Ognenovski

He is a Macedonian information technologist, instrumentalist: drum and reed pipe (recorder), music producer and writer. Stevan Ognenovski is the son of Tale Ognenovski, multi-instrumentalist: clarinet, reed pipe (recorder), tin whistle, small bagpipe, zourla (zurla), and drum, composer and bandleader.

            
                                                                                                                                             EDUCATION
Stevan Ognenovski (Nationality: Macedonian) received his Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.),  degree in electronics engineering (Graduate Engineer, Dipl.-Ing. - This degree is equivalent to a Master's degree (M.Sc.), Level 7.1  according to the European Qualification Framework (EQF) in 1974 and a Magister of Science (Magistar nauka/znanosti  - Level 7.2 or Level 8.1 according to the European Qualification Framework (EQF)) degree in Computer Science in 1991, both from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

In 1994, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering changed its name becoming the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER). Degree: Magister of Science in Computer Science (MAGISTAR ZNANOSTI iz oblasti TEHNICKIH ZNANOSTI, podrucja RACUNARSKIH ZNANOSTI smjer JEZGRA RACUNARSKIH ZNANOSTI - MAGISTER SCIENTIARUM ad SCIENTIAS TECHNICAS - SCIENTIAS COMPUTANDI SCIENTIARUM COMPUTANDI NUCLEUM). Diploma No.:Ab/80-27. EL 3350/91. (March 7, 1991)

On March 23, 2006 Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FER) obtained international accreditation. International accreditation for Bachelor and Master programs at FER has been issued by international agency - ASIIN (Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik e.V.). Accreditation refers to both Bachelor study programs Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Computing and all three Master study programs Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Information and Communication Technology and Computing.
CV of Stevan Ognenovski, Mag.Scient., Magister Scientiarum (Magister of Science in Computer Science), author of the Web site of Tale Ognenovski, Musical Genius, Clarinetist and Composer

Awards 

Award for innovation from Iskra Delta, Ljubljana, Slovenia (November 28, 1986)

Recognition for successfully  participation in the National Competition of the “Society of mathematicians and physicians of Macedonia” in physic of the scholars of the secondary schools in Republic of Macedonia on May 8, 1966 in Skopje. 

Third Prize at the National Competition of the “Society of mathematicians and physicians of Macedonia” in physic (Area of Electricity and Magnetism) of the scholars of the secondary schools in Republic of Macedonia on May 14, 1967 in Skopje. 

Wedding Party: Margarita Ognenovska and Stevan Ognenovski, Hotel "Panorama", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, November 13, 1977

Tale Ognenovski played at the Wedding Party of his son Stevan Ognenovski and Margarita Ognenovska, Hotel "Panorama", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, November 13, 1977

Tale Ognenovski, Margarita Ognenovska and Stevan Ognenovski,
Hotel "Panorama", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, November 13, 1977

He has written articles about the artistic works of his father Tale Ognenovski in the newspapers: "Nova Makedonija" (November 10, 1997), Dnevnik (2002), Vecher (October 7, 2002) and Utrinski Vesnik (October 7, 2002),  in the newsmagazines: "Denes" (on October 29, 1998 and on October 10, 2002), Makedonsko Sonce (November 15, 2002) and Makedonsko Delo (November 22, 2002).

http://lccn.loc.gov/2003457521 and World catalog at

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56368816&referer=brief_resultskkk

Tale Ognenovski and his son Stevan Ognenovski photographed in front of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zagreb, Croatia after receiving diploma Dipl.-Ing. in graduation ceremony, May, 1974
He is Author and Owner of the Web site http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk  entitled: "Tale Ognenovski, Musical Genius, Clarinetist And Composer" hosted by Makedonski Telekom AD – Skopje. (Since September 1998).

Tale Ognenovski Quartet

Discography

"Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music" (2001, IR04542, Independent Records, US)

"Mozart and Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos" (2006, IR37223, Independent Records, US)

"Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski" (2008, IR38824, Independent Records, US)

Drum

Stevan Ognenovski played with his father Tale Ognenovski on three Audio CDs including CD entitled “MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos”

Reed Pipe (Recorder)

Stevan Ognenovski and his two sons Kliment Ognenovski and Nikola Ognenovski played the  parts of tracks on the  two Audio CDs of Tale Ognenovski: "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music",(tracks - "Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1", "Stevchevo oro" and "Sharsko oro".) and “Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski” (tracks - Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7).

Music producer

Tale Ognenovski and Stevan Ognenovski were music producers of three CDs:

"Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music" (2001, IR04542, Independent Records, US),  "Mozart and Ognenovski Clarinet Concertos" (2006, IR37223, Independent Records, US) and "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed By Tale Ognenovski" (2008, IR38824, Independent Records, US)

CD duplication

Raintree (Annville, Pennsylvania United States, Website http://www.raintree.com) provided CD duplication of the three CDs of Tale Ognenovski: "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music", "MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos" and  "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski"

Recording

The three CDs of Tale Ognenovski: "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music", "MOZART and OGNENOVSKI Clarinet Concertos" and "Macedonian Clarinet Jazz Composed by Tale Ognenovski were recorded and mixed by Dimitar Dimovski at PROMUZIKA TRA-LA-LA STUDIO, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

My thanks to my dear father Tale Ognenovski, to my lovely wife Margarita and to my dear sons Nikola and Kliment for their support and understanding during my writing this biography.
I am very proud to bring information about Tale Ognenovski to the Internet.   
E-mail  steveogn@yahoo.com
Thank you for visiting the OFFICIAL Tale Ognenovski Web site.                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Feedback on this biography has been received from visitors to the Tale Ognenovski Web site. The authors have agreed to their being published.

...I listen the tapes of your father. They are very old, but the music is still so beautiful. I would be very interested in the classical recordings... thank you so much for your web site, January 18, 1999... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TALE OGNENOVSKI, THE WORLD’S GREATEST CLARINETIST! YOUR FRIEND, Susan Prefontaine

Dimce (Jim), Gerrie, Jeffrey, Steven and Scott Cvetkovski have sent to Tale Ognenovski Christmas card, December, 2000

Jeffrey, Steven and Scott Cvetkovski

Gerrie, Steven and Dimce (Jim) Cvetkovski

Dimce (Jim) Cvetkovski

Thank you for establishing this wonderful web pageas a tribute to your father, Tale. I must tell you that Tale has always been one of my heroes and my role model in clarinet playing. I am a Croatian-American living in Cleveland, Ohio, USA... your father sets the standard for originality and good taste. I was surprised to find out that your father had published the book, Makedonski Ora. How can I get a copy? I would very much like to get one. I am particularly excited about the collection of scores (notes) that your father published because I have begun to work with a chalgija ensemble of violin, dzhumbush, ut and tarabuka in New York and Boston and want to teach them some of your father’s tunes... Vlado Mahovlic

I wonder if there are any available recordings of your Father? Perhaps some of his records have been re-issued on CDs. I am very interested in buying any such recordings. Thank you. Ian Price

What a fabulous web page!!!! My name is Larry Weiner, I made my first trip to Makedonia in 1966 (when I was 23) and have been back there 3 times since then. I never met your father but have many, many of his recordings and love his music...  Many thanks for a wonderful web page and the tribute to your dad; he’s a great musician. Larry Weiner

Congratulations on a wonderful and informative piece on your father. I am very moved and appreciate your detailed information. I first met Tale in Los Angeles 1956, when Tanec was on tour, and in particular I was impressed with his clarinet music. He will remember me, because I became the first Amerikanka (Croatian descent) who became a dancer with Tanec in 1957... Please give my dear and sincere regards to Tale... Elsie Ivancich Dunin

I congratulate you on the web page dedicated to your father. I can only say, that it is wonderful and excellent. I am a clarinetist and I play here in Australia, where I live. My descendants are from Bitola. I want Stevce to greet Tale a lot from me. I wish him good health. He really is the best clarinetist of all time in Macedonia and in the World.
With great greetings, Toni Becvinovski

I was very interested by your web site about your father. Do you know where I can find his recordings? Also, as I play professionally Balkan music (among others), I am greatly interested by his book "Makedonski Ora". Is it still available, and if not, is it possible to obtain a photocopy? Best wishes Georges Andres

My compliments for this very nice homepage about the Macedonian folk music culture and your famous father Tale Ognenovski... Greetings from Dick Saarloos

I am Ilija Petkovski from Holland and I accidentally found the web site of your father. I like this web site especially. I adore the music of this web site because I play it myself. I want very much to buy all cassettes from your father from MRT, but I don’t know how: Do you have some idea? Many greetings from Holland Ilija Petkovski

Dear Stefche, ... I met the music of Tale, when I was a child of 10. My heart flickered when I listened to his music; my soul was travelling in other time and space then, and even now, right up to the present day. He is one of the best musicians in the universe. People can be taught music at schools, and they can read books, but that divine secret is known to the souls of only very sensitive men. That great, deeply rich, exceptional soul is Tale Ognenovski. I bow down to him... Zlatko Origjanski

I saw your Web page on the Internet and decided to write... I am proud to have several of your recordings in my collection! I was surprised to read that you were born in the village Brusnik, Bitolsko.  Many of my friends’ families originate from Brusnik. Brusnik and the villages around it gave birth to many good musicians...I was glad to see that the traditional Macedonian music from the Bitola area lives on through you. Thank you from preserving this rich heritage of ours! Since I was a small child this place (Bitolsko), has been dear to me. I hope that one day soon you will visit Granite City and bring back the beautiful music that is a part of my beautiful heritage and is now lost in Granite City. I will now close this letter with my best wishes to you for a long life, much happiness and many years of playing music. All the best, Marvin Moehle

Sincerely Congratulations for « 11 Oktomvri » Award of  Mr. Tale Ognenovski. Many good wishes for his health and his long life and to receive other deserved awards.
Valentina Gorgievska, Newspaper “Vecer”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, October 12, 2003
Email:   valentinagorgievska@yahoo.com

Dear Stevan,
My congratulation to your father for the prestigious “11 Oktomvri” Award.
I am very happy that he is recognized for his hard work and his tremendous accomplishments (which will no one ever match in this world). He is a special man
with special gifts and talents. His knowledge and versatility of music are unsurprised. No one can even come close to the way he plays the clarinet. No one.
CONGRATULATIONS!
All the best to everyone.
Dimce Cvetkovski, Buffalo, New York, USA, October 27, 2003.
E-mail:  shihandc@yahoo.com

MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI is the best clarinet concertos in the world
“After listening to the CD (MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI) for few days, I have come to a conclusion that this is the best  clarinet concertos  in the world. Whether it's classical, jazz, Macedonian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Serbian, Bulgarian or others, no one can play the clarinet with such perfection, clean tone, variations, curves and improvisation ( without losing the original piece or composition ), like musical Genius Maestro Tale Ognenovski can. Many clarinetists only play one type or style of music Tale can play any style with perfection. "MOZART AND OGNENOVSKI' CD will go down in history as one of the best clarinet concertos ever recorded”, written by Jim (Dimce) Cvetkovski, Buffalo, New York, USA, March 26, 2006; E-mail:  shihandc@yahoo.com

Happy 90th Birthday,

Celebrate your life because it's filled with priceless memories, wonderful stories, and people who love you!

Condolences for the death of the Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski:

“Dear Stevan and family,
On June 19, 2012 the world lost a brilliant artist, musician, composer, author and innovator. There will never be another Tale Ognenovski, but his music and spirit will live on forever. He was truly gifted, talented, and unique in style.  I have been listening to his music since childhood, and he inspired me from the very first time I came in contact with your family 13 years ago. That is when I got my first clarinet, and even though I don't read music and have not have any music teachers, I still play his music on my clarinet often.  There is not a day that goes by that I don't listen to his music. We are very saddened that he has passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Stevan, your wife Margarita, your sons Nikola and Kliment.
With our love,
The Cvetkovski Family - Dimce, Gerrie, Steven, Jeffrey, Scott, Cvetko,
Sofija, and Stefka”, Jim (Dimce) Cvetkovski, June 25, 2012.

“Hello stevan my name is steven cvetkovski and my father is dimce cvetkovski it is a honor and pleasure to be talking the son of one of my idols growing up. I am so sorry to hear about your father. Your father has brought so much love and joy in to our family with his music.  My father and I listened to your fathers music every single day. I was born and raised around your fathers music and it made me the man i am today. I am in the music industry also. I do song writing for Sony and my brother jeff and I own a publishing company in NY and LA called Final Play Music Group. www.finalplaymusic.com. Your father has touched my heart with music in ways i cant even describe to you. Every single note that man played i felt it. Your not just listening to the music you are feeling it. if you cant feel every note that he plays your not listening right. Every song had a story and i felt it. So thank you and your father for bring me and my family so much happiness and joy. I will never stop spreading your fathers music to everyone. The world needs to hear Tale…”

With my families love to yours, Steven Cvetkovski, June 25, 2012.

Hi Stevan,
I was so sad to hear about the loss of your father. As you know, you and your father have such an impact on my dad and it has trickled down to me and my brothers as well. I grew up listening to your father in car rides and Macedonian festivals. The world has truly lost the most passionate talented musician around. His music has inspired my father and for that has inspired me. I am so sorry for your loss and wish you and your family wonderful health. The Macedonian Festival here in Buffalo, New York will be happening in July and I will make sure his songs will be played! God Bless! - Scott Cvetkovski, Third son of Dimce (Jim) Cvetkovski, June 25, 2012

Stevan, Margarita,Tale Ognenovski and Cvetko Cvetkovski

Kliment, Margarita, Tale Ognenovski and Cvetko Cvetkovski

Cvetko and Sofija Cvetkovski  (The parents of Dimce (Jim)  Cvetkovski)

Dimce (Jim) Cvetkovski from Buffalo, New York, USA with his clarinet and reed pipe ("kavalche"), with Tale Ognenovski's book "MAKEDONSKI ORA" ('MACEDONIAN FOLK DANCES') and with Tale Ognenovski's gramophone records and cassettes

Stevan Ognenovski, Nikola Ognenovski, Tale Ognenovski and Kliment Ognenovski at “Promuzika TRA-LA-LA Studio” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, May, 2001