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Igor Durlovski (, born 26 March 1977 in
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), is a
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singer and politician.


Life and career

Igor Durlovski was born in Bitola,
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, part of
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, now
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, in 1977. He graduated from the Faculty of Music at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He made his debut in 1999 and from 2000 to 2002 sang with the Macedonian Opera and Ballet (now the in many productions including ''
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'', '' Il trovatore'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' La forza del destino'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. He made his international debut at the Wiener Kammeroper in 2001 as Nonacourt in
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's '' Il cappello di paglia di Firenze''. That year he also began further voice study with
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and Kammersängerin
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. He has sung in the Macedonian operas ''Lydia of Macedonia'' by and ''Tzar Samuil'' by Kiril Makedonski, and in 2003 the Association of Macedonian Composers awarded him the "Georgi Bozhikov Prize" for the best performance in a work by a Macedonian composer. He was also a laureate at the International "Jeunesses Musicales" competition in
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. Since the 2009/2010 season he has appeared regularly at the
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. On the concert platform Durlovski has appeared as a soloist in
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, the
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and
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Requiems,
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's ''Radomir Psalter'', 's
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''To Clement'', and Risto Avramovski's ''Winter'' symphony. He has sung with the Vienna Residence Orchestra, East-West Symphony Orchestra,
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,
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, and ALEA contemporary music ensemble. He is married to opera singer , with whom he opens the Durlovski Opera Academy in 2019. 2008 he had his first son named Maksim Durlovski and then 1 year later he had twins named Sofia and Luka Durlovski. Sometimes they film covers of songs together as a family but Sofia has gotten the most talent from the Opera Singers. In 2020, it is announced that Igor Durlovski is Independent candidate list for Coalition Renewal For Macedonia in the fifth constituency, including
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,
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,
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and Kicevo for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 15 July 2020.


Storming of Macedonian Parliament

Durlovski was among the organizers of protests following the
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in December 2016. On 27 April 2017, the protesters stormed the as the new majority was electing the Assembly Speaker. In November, Durlovski was arrested, along with at least 30 people, under the charges of “terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security. The following day several hundred people, led by former Prime Minister
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and other high-ranking VMRO DPMNE party members, protested in front of the Skopje Criminal Court demanding the immediate release of all who were detained. Since the arrest, there have been several formal and informal symbolic protests, in the Republic of Macedonia and abroad, organized primarily by Durlovski's colleagues and acquaintances, demanding his release from custody. On 15 March 2019 the Court jailed 16 people involved in the 2017 mob attack, and acquitted Igor Durlovski of all charges.


Sources

* National Opera and Ballet
Igor Durlovski - first soloist
* Staatstheater Kassel


References


External links


Performance schedule
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