Pande Shahov
composer

news:


Recent performances:

Concerto Makedonissimo for clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano and orchestra received its World premiere in March this year, at the renowned Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, followed by a concert at the auditorium in Sankt-Pölten, by the amazing Simon Trpčeski & Friends, accompanied by Tonkünstler Orchetra under direction of the chief conductor Yutaka Sado. This is a new (45-min) version of the project based on Macedonian folk music, entitled Makedonissimo, which was released by the UK-based Linn Records label in 2020 (more info)

Les Balkans, nobles et sentimentaux for clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano, a collection of transcriptions of Macedonian, Serbian and Romanian folk songs and dances, was premiered by Simon Trpčeski & Friends in September 2022 at Festival Maribor in Slovenia.

Forthcoming performances:

The original version of Songs of Love and Death for soprano and eight players will receive its World premiere by Gonca Bogoromova (soprano) and Altus Ensemble, under direction of the ensemble's Artistic Director Pascal Gallois on the 14th October at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.




latest reviews:


 "...a showcase for the marvellous rhythmic vitality of this music, here fused with jazz harmonies and riffs to make for an immensely enjoyable, foot-tapping listen...Perhaps most special of all, however, is the atmosphere that Makedonissimo conjures: alongside the ensemble’s supreme technical assurance, 
there is also a real sense of communion and conviviality here. 
Imaginative, intricate and wonderfully warm-spirited, this is a joy of a disc."  
BBC Music Magazine on Makedonissimo released by Linn Records 

 "It is frequently as delicate as Mozart chamber music."  
Gramophone Magazine on Makedonissimo released by Linn Records 

 "Contrasting between energetic dance and tender ballad, 
the music here is at the same time great fun and movingly expressive."  
Dominy Clements (Music Web International) on Makedonissimo released by Linn Records 


a selection of concert reviews:



“The rousing music… was a success factor which ensured that, despite the strangeness and unfamiliarity of the music, the attention in the audience always remained high” 
Sandra Bildmann on Makedonissimo in Bietigheimer Zeitung, 20 May 2017.

“quite enchanting”
Dietholf Zerweck on Makedonissimo in Kreiszeitung, 20 May 2017.

“…awareness of the factories of rearranged time, meteorology, bleakness, broken down to the atoms which, on the contrary, create a vibrant movement, bouncing with life and a brutally-advancing intention…”
Dušica Kojić on the Saxophone Quartet in Danas, 12 November 2013.

"Pande Shahov's In Struga is rather wonderful"
BBC Music Magazine, 6 May 2012.

“Shahov’s work is fiercely pianistic… and its ebullient virtuosity, very much in Rachmaninov territory, 
was right up Trpčeski’s street”
Peter Reed on Songs and Whispers in Classical Source, 13 October 2009.




educational work

I have taught music in schools, colleges and conservatoire/university for over twenty years. I have mentored young composers on behalf of Hampshire Music Service and Martin Read Foundation

I am delighted to work as Director of Music at Alton School and as Academic Professor at the Royal College of Music
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