Participants Universitas Cantat 2026

"Dragan Shuplevski" FM Choir of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, NORTH MACEDONIA
Conductor: Sasho Tatarchevski

"Dragan Shuplevski" FM Choir of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje

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The "Dragan Shuplevski" Choir has been a significant presence in the Macedonian music scene for a long period of time. In addition to its regular concerts, the choir has participated in several music projects at renowned festivals such as “May Opera Evenings”, “Interfest”, “Nish Choral Festivities”, “Ohrid Summer Festival”, and “Autumn Musical Festivities”, among others.
Its repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the present day, including not only a cappella works but also compositions with instrumental accompaniment. The choir has been particularly highly praised for its annual sacred music concerts held at the “St. Clement” Macedonian Orthodox Church and the “Holy Heart of Jesus” Catholic Church in Skopje.
The choir comprises students aged 18–24, which gives the ensemble its recognizable energy and liveliness. The choir performs in both mixed and women’s formations.
Several TV and radio broadcasts, as well as two CD recordings, have been made from the annual sacred music concerts. Over the past fifteen years, under the leadership of its current conductor, Prof. Sasho Tatarchevski, the choir has been a regular participant in international competitions and festivals, winning numerous awards.

Sasho Tatarchevski

Sasho Tatarchevski earned his master’s degree in choral, symphonic, and opera conducting at the Faculty of Music in Skopje. He also attended conducting masterclasses in New York, Rome, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Florence, Sarteano, and Moscow. Mr. Tatarchevski has performed with the Macedonian Philharmonic, the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, the Bitola Chamber Orchestra, “Orchestra Sinfonica di Rome”, the “Hermitage” Symphony Orchestra, the Bitola Opera, the contemporary music ensembles “Alea” and “ConTempora,” the Symphony Orchestra of the FM, “The Soloists of the FM,” the Symphony Orchestra of the BSF, and many other choral, chamber, and symphonic ensembles. He has given numerous concerts and won international prizes with various ensembles in Portugal, Slovenia, the UK, Belgium, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Russia, Austria, France, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey. He has also received several conducting awards. At present, he works as a professor at the Faculty of Music in Skopje and as conductor of the “FM Soloists” Orchestra, the “Dragan Shuplevski” Choir, the Female Choir of the Youth Center, and the professional choir “Pro Ars.” He regularly makes recordings with the FAME’S Studio Orchestra. He is a board member and artistic adviser of the World Youth Choir Foundation, a jury member of several international competitions, and the artistic director of the International Choral Forum.

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