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actor,

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, TV presenter, comedian, singer, songwriter, and prosaist. He was born on July 15, 1963, in

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to composer

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and actress Anče Džambazova. His grandfather was the renowned Macedonian actor

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Film career

His acting career began at the young age of 12 with the film ''Makedonskiot del od pekolot'' ('Macedonian Part of Hell'), however his first major role was in the TV Series based on the book ''Volšebnoto samarče'' by Vančo Nikoleski. He was the lead actor in the film, and acted alongside the legendary Macedonian actor

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Filmography

* Наша Мала Клиника, 2010–2011 * Боли ли? Прва Балкан Догма (Does it hurt? First Balkan Dogma) 2007 * Ноќта спроти Свети Василиј, 2002 * Збогум на 20-тиот век, ('

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1997 * Македонија може, ('Macedonia Can') 1991 * Викенд на мртовци, 1988 * Девојките на Марко, (Marko's Girlfriends) 1987 * Училиште за кловнови, (Clown School) 1987 * Сонце на дланка, 1986 * Климент Охридски, ('Clement of Ohrid') 1986 * Волшебното самарче,(The enchanted horse saddle) 1975 * Македонскиот дел од пеколот, ('Macedonian Part of Hell') 1971

Musical career

Igor Džambazov was born in

in a family of actors and musicians. His grandfather

was a celebrated actor, his father

is a conductor and composer and his mother Anče Džambazova was an actress. In his autobiography ''Toa sum jas'' (''That's Me''), he states that the first music he had ever heard was his father's

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and at first he thought that it was the only music in the world, but later he figured out the con and started listening to something modern. He formed his first music group Pop at only 12 years in 1975 and was actively engaged playing in the garages and

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around Skopje. Fifteen years later, he becomes member of Havana. Igor with the other two members of the band, Zeko and Pižerecorded three songs: "Daj mi, žiti se..." (''Give Me, Please''), "Nema spas" (''No Relief'') and "Štok mi bejbi" (''

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Me Baby'') in only few months of the existence of their band. The songs were recorded in the studio of Toše Pop Simonov. Havana band had one of their most notable appearance on 8 September 1991, the day when Macedonia gained its independence from

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. Then the band fell under bankruptcy. In the years that followed he participated in several national musical festivals, for which Igor acknowledges, is his biggest mistake in the field of music. From the national festival MakFest 1991, the song "Ljubov zapej mi" (''Love, Sing to Me''), which Igor recorded with sisters Tanya and Lydia Kocovski and John Ilija Apelgrin, became the most performed song between two festivals in Macedonia. In 1992 he recorded two of his hits "Čija si" (''Whose Are You'') and "Grev ili špricer" (''Sin Or

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''), and again participated in MakFest 1992 in which he performed the song "Vreme za plačenje" (''Time for Crying'') and received the second prize from the audience. Also, he won the sixth place on InterFest, a music festival in

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in 1994 and in the same year published his first solo album called ''Greatest Hits''. It was recorded in studio ROSS on tape and was produced by Robert Sazdov with the program and arrangement made by Darko Mijalkovski. The complete

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of the songs is Igor Džambazov, except for one which was inspired by the song "

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. His latest album is honoring and depicting the 30-year musical collaboration with Igor Atanasovski – Hare. The album name is “Prvite trieset” (“ The first thirty”), and includes a mix of styles and genres. There are some

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covers of Macedonian Folk songs (such as “Jacquiline”), original songs (“Overdose of blues”), or well-known songs that never got a studio recording such as “Dishi Dlaboko” (“Take a deep breath”).

Bibliography

* Igor Džambazov – ''Гол човек'' ('Naked Man') * Igor Džambazov – ''Тоа сум јас'' ('That's me') * Igor Džambazov – ''Прирачник за анти – антиалкохоличари'' ('Manual for anti – anti alcoholics') * Igor Džambazov – ''Приказни од Мјаукедонија'' ('Stories from Meowcedonia') * Igor Džambazov – ''Облечен човек'' ('Clothed Man') * Igor Džambazov – ''Улица Диши Длабоко'' ('Street Breath Deeply')

References

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