Duke Bojadziev (, born 24 September 1972) is a

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composer, record producer and pianist, who lives in

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Biography

Duke Bojadziev showed interest in music at a young age. He played piano from the age of three and first composed when he was ten years old. Taking after his father, who balanced successful careers in both music and medicine, Duke earned his medical degree and then moved in

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, to attend

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. Upon graduating in 2001, he moved to

. Duke Bojadziev worked as producer and composer for oscar-winning film directors

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and Danis Tanovic, as well as oscar-nominee

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on his last movie To the Hilt. From 2005 he was two and a half years music director and pianist for The Citizens Band. He worked on global advertising campaigns for

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, Mercedes, L’Oréal,

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and

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. Duke Bojadziev has produced remixes for

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and the

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, and honed his inventive style through performances with various ensembles at NYC's Carnegie Hall, Highline Ballroom, Cipriani Ballroom, The Box, Drom NYC, Art Basel in Miami, The Avalon Theater in Los Angeles and Ohrid's Summer Festival. Duke starts with concerts in 2011, in collaboration with Macedonian Filcharmonic Orchestra,

Tanja Carovska Tanja Carovska (, ; born 19 March 1980 in Resen (town), Resen, North Macedonia, Macedonia) is a Macedonian singer, songwriter, and composer. Style Her style is described as belonging to the Music of Southeastern Europe, Balkan and Byzantine harmo ...

Karolina Gočeva Karolina Gočeva (, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian singer. She launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local children's show and continued participating i ...

and other names of music world. On 8 October 2015 in

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he has concert with

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. Duke has released seven albums, and had his music featured on world-renowned CD compilations as ''Buddha Bar XIV'', ''Chill Out In Paris'', and ''Marrakech Express''. On 8 November 2022, it was announced through a press release by

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, that an album titled ''

Pesni za Ljubov i Kopnež ''Pesni za Ljubov i Kopnež'' (in Macedonian Cyrillic: Песни за љубов и копнеж, English translation: ''Songs of Love and Longing'') is the first collaborative studio album by Macedonian singer Karolina Gočeva featuring Macedoni ...

'', which is a collaborative project by Bojadziev, Karolina Gočeva and Ismail Lumanovski would be promoted through a concert at the Macedonian Philharmonic on 23 December 2022. The following day, the album is expected to be released through all digital platforms in North Macedonia.

Experience

Film

* '' Do Balchak'' - by

* ''

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* ''

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* '' Dreaming American'' - by

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* '' The War is over'' - by Mitko Panov * ''

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and

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'' – by Danis Tanovic * '' Suffering Man's Charity'' – by

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* '' Shortcut to Nirvana'' – by Nick Day * ''

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TV

* Martha Stewart * Moment of Luxury * Guiding Light

Advertising

Duke Bojadziev worked on global advertising campaigns for: Mercedes, Chrysler, L’ancome, L’oreal, Maybelline, Anna Sui, Cuervo, Crest, Peugeot, Verizon.

Multimedia and web

* FontaineBleau Hotels * Vera Wang * GE * W hotels * Vanity Fair * Cosmopolitan

Discography

* ''New York a.m.'' * ''The War is Over'' (soundtrack) * ''Love is The Way'' * ''Stream of Consciousness'' (solo piano) * ''Digital Confessions 2'' * ''Digital Confessions'' * ''Esma's Dream'' * ''

'' (2022)

CD compilations

* Buddha Bar XIV * Chill Out in Paris 4, 5 & 7 * Airfrance * Fashion Week 5 * Marrakech Express 2 * Diesel_U_Music * Styled in Italy * Papeete Beach Lounge * La Suite 6 * Ram Cafe 4 * KU DE TA 4

References

External links

Official website

Official YouTube channel
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