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Calliope (disambiguation)
Calliope is the muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology.Calliope, Kalliope or Kalliopi may also refer to:-Music:* Calliope , a musical instrument* Calliope , a band based in New York City...

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Kicevo municipality

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), more simply known as Kaliopi, is a popular Macedonian singer and song-writer. Kaliopi will represent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012

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in Baku

Baku

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, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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Early life and education

Kaliopi Bukle showed interest in music at a young age and in 1976, she entered in the Macedonian children's festival "Zlatno Slavejče" with the song "Tebe majka čeka", previously sung by great Tereza Kesovija

Tereza Kesovija

Tereza Ana Kesovija is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer, one of the most recognisable figures on the Balkan music scene, renowned for her wide vocal range and operatic style and one of the most important artists of the former Yugoslavia. She also had a very successful career in France...

and secured first place herself.

Kaliopi later toured with the choir of Zapro Zaprov "Razvigorče" through Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

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(then within their native Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

) and Austria

Austria

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between 1978 and 1980.

She then joined the class of Marija Nikolovska, where she studied solo singing for a total of four years, to continue her training in the Music Academy in the class of Blagoja Nikolovski in 1984. Kaliopi competed in ranked third in the 1984 Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

n solo singing contest, despite her being the youngest classical music singer at the festival. She then joined a new band named after her and recorded their first two songs by request of the Macedonian Radio, titled "Tomi" ("Tommy") and "Nemoj da me budis" (Don't Wake me up").

Later career

She participated in the “Opatija” festival as a member of “Kaliopi” and won best interpretation for the song “Leo”, awarded by the journalists of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

. The bend published its debut album in 1986 for RTV Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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(radio and TV broadcast) also named after her. That year, the band also participated in the Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

Festival in which it was awarded the prize for the best debut performer for their performance of the song “Da More Zna” (If Sea Knows), which was also proclaimed to be the most listened and played song on the radio during that month. The second album of the band “Rodjeni” (Relative (coll.)), issued two years later, recorded in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

reached enormous success, especially with the hit-song “Bato” (Brother). Other hit-songs from the band “Kaliopi” are: “Kofer Ljubavi” (Love Case), “Da More Zna” (If Sea Knows), “Ostani u Meni” (Stay With Me), “Nebo Mi Sja” (The Sky Shines For Me), “Bolero Lora” and etc.

Many performances, festivals, show-programs for TV Zagreb

Zagreb

, TV Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, TV Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, TV Titovgrad

Podgorica

Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...

followed, as well as a very large concert tour throughout all the major cities of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. In the time of her biggest popularity, Kaliopi and her former husband, along with the founder of the band, Romeo Gril, moved to Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, which eventually led to the band breaking up. However, even after ten years of absence from the music stage, but still they remain present in the electronic media in Macedonia with their recorded audio and video materials even today.

Comeback

Kaliopi made a comeback in 1996 at SkopjeFest, the country's selection contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not For Saints". Eimear...

, with the song "Samo Ti" ("Only You"). She was awarded first place by the jury and audience. She was thus set to be the first singer to represent Macedonia at Eurovision since its independence from Yugoslavia, however, her entry did not receive enough points in the pre-qualifying round to reach the final.

Kaliopi's talent flourished in Macedonia and because of this, she decided to start composing and writing songs for other artists. In 1999, Kaliopi wrote and composed "Bidi Ti" ("Be Yourself") and "3 x Ne" ("Three Times No") for the debutante Mersiha, who successfully reached No.1 at the Macedonian Top Ten Charts with these songs. Kaliopi released her first solo album on December 1999, titled "Oboi Me" ("Paint Me") released only in Macedonia and with promotion focused mainly on the Macedonian audience. A television special promoting the new album was broadcast on MKTV, and the video clip for title song "Oboi Me" ("Paint Me") was released. In 2000, Kaliopi started her promotional tour in January for three months and released the next single from her album titled "Daj da Pijam" ("Drunk with Love") in March. During the remainder of 2000, Kaliopi worked to perfect another song for Mersiha, had a summer tour, and began the preparations for her next album.

On January 2001, Kaliopi officially announced a her next album and cooperation with producer, arranger and composer Darko Dimitrov

Darko Dimitrov

Darko Dimitrov ) is a Macedonian record producer, songwriter, arranger and record executive. Highly acclaimed for revitalising the Macedonian mainstream pop music scene, which also influenced the surrounding Balkan countries, he also received international recognition for working with many popular...

, with the release of the single and music video for the song "Ako denot mi e nok" ("If Daylight is My Night"). The success of her first single from her upcoming album, Kaliopi released the video clips for the songs "Na Pat do Makedonija" ("On My Way to Macedonia") in May, and "Dali me sakas" ("Do You Love Me") in June. Coinciding with the release of her second solo album "Ako denot mi e nok", a documentary was aired on Macedonian television stations called "Kaliopi Again" in June. In July, Kaliopi gave an Unplugged concert at the ancient Heraklea amphitheatre in Bitola

Bitola

Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...

where 4,000 people attended. In November, Kaliopi began her tour called "Na pat do Makedonija" in which she gave eleven concerts, three of which were held at the sport halls in Skopje. Kaliopi rounded off the year with the release of her fourth single called "Mesecina" ("Moonlight") also in November.

In 2002, Kaliopi released her final single from her second solo album called "Za samo eden den" ("Only for A Day") In February, Kaliopi submitted this song to Macedonian Television for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....

selection called "Pesna Za Nas" ("A Song about Us"). It made the final cut and was set to be performed by the popular Macedonian singer Gorgi Krstevski. On that night, Kaliopi was present on stage with Gorgi Krstevski, providing the backing vocals and giving her support, which led to a 5th place finish. In July, Kaliopi released a new singled called "Najmila" ("Dearest"), which became an instant hit. In October, the album "Najmila – Kaliopi Live and Unreleased" was released and contained live versions of Kaliopi's greatest hits and also contained 2 new and unreleased songs. Kaliopi released "Zasluzena Zemja" ("Praised Land") as the next single from this album.

Macedonian diva

In 2003, Kaliopi took a small break at the beginning of the year, but then released her next big single titled "Ne Mi Go Zemaj Vremeto" ("Don't Waste My Time"). This single gained lots of media interest over the next album that Kaliopi was going to release. She announced that she was going to record a duet with popular Roma singer Esma Redzepova and Macedonian actor Vasil Zafirchev. Her next single in November, titled "Za Kogo Postojam" "(Who Do I Exist For") created more media buzz around the new material Kaliopi was planning to release. The video for the single contained various themes and was one of the most popular videos of 2003. Kaliopi told media that her next album would contain songs in Macedonian and the Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

, Croatian

Croatian language

Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...

, and Bosnian language

Bosnian language

Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

. At the end of December, Kaliopi officially released her new and third solo album "Ne Mi Go Zemaj Vremeto".

With her new album released, Kaliopi released her first single in the Ex-Yugoslavian market, titled "Smeh" ("Laughter"). The reaction of the audiences in those countries were very positive and well received. Kaliopi toured Macedonia promoting her new album and released her new single "Toa Sum Jas" ("This Is Me") in the first half of 2004. In the summer, Kaliopi and Vasil Zafirchev performed in a play present in the programs for promoting Macedonian culture. This partnership also led to the release of Kaliopi and Vasil's duet, "Purpurni Dozdovi" ("Purple Rains") as a single. The song became a summer hit and was included in many compilations. Kaliopi and Vasil became engaged and later married. As 2004 came to an end, Kaliopi and Esma released "Bel Den" ("Daylight") as a single and then later recorded a video for the song.

In 2005, Kaliopi was selected along with five other artists for her country's Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005

The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...

selection process. However, Kaliopi opted out of the selection in the beginning stages because she received false information about the process of elimination and song selection, which she did not agree with. Kaliopi's absence from the selection was short-lived, however, as the final was scheduled for a face off between Aleksandra Pileva and Martin Vucic. Kaliopi supplied Aleksandra with one of four songs each artist was allowed and Aleksandra delivered a powerful performance with "Ne" ("No"). Overall, the song came in 3rd. In May, Kaliopi gave two concerts in Sweden

Sweden

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and also performed in Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

, Croatia

Croatia

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. Kaliopi also composed a song for popular Macedonian singer Karolina Goceva

Karolina Goceva

Karolina Gočeva, often credited as Karolina Gocheva is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia in the 2002 and 2007 Eurovision Song Contests, ranking 19th and 14th, respectively...

titled "Se Lazam Sebe" ("Lying to Myself"), which became an instant hit. In September, Kaliopi released an album called "Me, Isadora", which contained musical pieces that Kaliopi composed herself based on the impression of the love story from the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin

Sergei Yesenin

Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin was a Russian lyrical poet. He was one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century but committed suicide at the age of 30...

and American ballerina Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan was a dancer, considered by many to be the creator of modern dance. Born in the United States, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50. In the United States she was popular only in New York, and only later in her life...

. In November, Kaliopi released her final single from her third solo album, called "Koga prokleto ti trebam" (When You Painfully Need Me").

In 2006, Kaliopi released her new Christmas song titled "1000 Bozji Cvetovi" ("A Thousand Godly Flowers") in February and gained media interest because she did her own backing vocals for her own song. For the music video, Kaliopi dyed her hair blond and decided to keep her hair that colour for an extended period of time. Kaliopi gave numerous concerts in Split and Zagreb, Croatia where she had full house concerts. Kaliopi officially showed interest in participating in Macedonia's Eurovision selection as a performer in a one-night competition with 20 other songs. Kaliopi wrote and composed not only her own entry titled "Silna" ("Strong"), but also new singer Eva Nedinkovska's song "Taan i med." ("Oriental Spice and Honey") Kaliopi gave a strong performance, but only ended 6th. On July 12, Kaliopi performed at the Montenegrin festival "Suncane Skale 2006" with the Serbian

Serbian language

Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

version of the song "Silna" and reached a respectable 3rd place. The first single from her upcoming album, "Zivotot e Džabe" ("Life's of No Use"), has already become an overnight success with constant radio airplay and music video airing on television channels. Kaliopi was featured on Massimo Savic's album as a composer and a singer. Kaliopi lent her vocals to the song "Melankolija". At the end of September, she travelled to Zagreb

Zagreb

to perform in Massimo Savic's concerts. While in Croatia

Croatia

, Kaliopi signed a record deal with Aquarius Records, which will be releasing "The Best of Kaliopi" CD, in which Kaliopi recorded all of her greatest hits in the Croatian language

Croatian language

. Kaliopi was included in the filming of a documentary on the Republic of Macedonia by the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

and Michael Palin

Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....

. Kaliopi has composed and wrote songs for several Macedonian artists such as Elena Risteska

Elena Risteska

Elena Risteska is a Macedonian singer and song-writer. She represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens with the song "Ninanajna" and finished on the 12th place. That is the best result made by Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest ever...

, Maja Grozdanovska-Panceva, and Verica Pandilovska in late 2006.

30 year jubilee

In 2006, Kaliopi is celebrating her 30 year jubilee as an artist, which took place in the form of a huge concert given in Skopje

Skopje

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...

at the Universal Hall. Kaliopi sang some of her greatest hits and had guests such as Esma Redžepova

Esma Redzepova

Esma Redžepova is a Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian. During her life she has performed in more than 9000 concerts in 30 countries, with her late husband Stevo Teodosievski she has fostered forty-seven children, and she has received numerous accolades for her humanitarian work. By...

and Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov is a renowned Bosnian musician-lutenist . He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis....

join her on stage. The concert was released during the Winter of 2006 as Kaliopi's first DVD, with high demand from the Macedonian public.

The song "Probudi Me" ("Wake Me Up") will be the first single from Kaliopi's Croatian album called "Zelim Ti Reci" ("I Want To Tell You"). The song and the album will be promoted and released in Croatia under the record label, Aquarius Records. In addition to her future album, she prepared a "Best of" album that contained her greatest hits from her career. She collaborated with Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov is a renowned Bosnian musician-lutenist . He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis....

on new material that will most likely be marketed internationally.

International recognition

At the 11th edition of the Golden Ladybug, the newspapers decidedly claimed that the most powerful live performance, vocally as well as visually, was delivered by Kaliopi who together with the legendary Garo Tavitjan on drums performed We Have Only One Name by Jonce Hristovski. The media pointed out that Kaliopi and Garo’s performance was planned to the perfection, while still very spontaneous. Kaliopi proved once again that she is the unmatched queen of the Macedonian stage. She was dressed in a red and yellow dress with national motives, she displayed the Macedonian flag on a video-beam in the background, and sent the message: ‘There is only one name for us – My Macedonia'. As one of the participants in the compilation "Macedonia forever", made by Agency of Sport and Youths, Kaliopi had a performance at the big concert "Macedonia forever" with the songs "Narode makedonski" and "Edno ime imame". The concert was held on 23 June on the square "Macedonia" in Skopje.

From June 27–30, Kaliopi competed at the International music festival, Pjesma Mediterana

Pjesma Mediterana

Pjesma Mediterana is a pop music festival held every summer in Budva, Montenegro.The festival began in 1992 There have been various sponsors of the festival, including:Komuna Belgrade, Music Star Production and the Municipality of Budva. From 2008, the Municipality of Budva, together with HTP...

, in Budva

Budva

Budva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality...

, as a performer of the song "Reci mi" and as the author of the song "Dajem ti sve" performed by Tamara Todevska. On 6 July, Kaliopi participated at the 48th edition of the prestigious "Splitski Festival" held in Split

Split (city)

, performing the song "Za tebe cuvam sebe" written by Croatian singer Alka Vuica

Alka Vuica

Alka Vuica is a popular Croatian singer and songwriter. Her musical style can be described as a mixture of pop, folk and Latin.Vuica entered the Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010...

.

In November 2006, Kaliopi competed as a composer in Kënga Magjike, one of Albania's biggest song contests. Her song "Jemi Të Huaj" (We Are Strangers) performed by popular Albanian singer Ledina Çelo reached an honourable second place.

In November 2007, Kaliopi returned to Kënga Magjike,this time not as a composer but as a guest star. She performed her acclaimed song "Ako Denot Mi E Nok", and dedicated her performance to the late Tose Proeski

Toše Proeski

Todor Toše Proeski was a Macedonian multi-genre singer, songwriter and actor. He was popular across the entire Balkan area and all around Eastern Europe, and locally he was considered a top act of the Macedonian music scene...

who had been involved in a tragic accident just a month earlier. She was received extremely well by the Albanian public and was even asked to perform an encore of the song.

On the October 5, 2008, a tribute concert was held in Skopje

Skopje

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...

honouring the anniversary of Tose Proeski

Toše Proeski

's last concert before his death, in which Kaliopi participated. Performing his hit song, "Nema ni blagodaram", Kaliopi was praised by media and fans of the singer alike for giving one of the most emotionally powerful performances ever seen.

In November 2008, Kaliopi once again returned to the Kënga Magjike song contest in Albania, as composer of the song "Njëri Nga Ata" (One Of Them), performed by Jonida Maliqi. This time, however, she emerged as a victor, and her song took the first place, making Kaliopi the first ever foreign composer to win an Albanian song contest in history.

On February 20 and 21, Kaliopi participated in the Macedonian Eurovision selection "Skopje Fest 2009

F.Y.R. Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Republic of Macedonia, present in the contest as the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" , participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. It was represented by the song "Nešto što kje ostane" by the group Next Time...

". The song "Rum Dum Dum", written by Kire Kostov, was performed in a duet with Macedonian folk singer Naum Petreski. Although she did not originally intend to participate in the selection, Kaliopi said that she could not pass on the opportunity to record a song with Petreski and that the project was unique. The duet managed to win the second semi-final of the competition, securing a place in the final. Kaliopi and Naum Petreski ended up overall in 2nd place with the majority of their support coming from the professional jury who, by a landslide, awarded them top marks. However, gaining only 6 points from the public televoting left the song one point short of victory. Although the song was given praise, criticism began to emerge from the media and public that the song was too old-fashioned. In addition to Kaliopi's participation, she was also the composer of the song "Severno od mene, juzno od tebe", which also managed to make it to the final with Verce Pandilovska as the vocalist.

On May 30, 2009, Kaliopi participated in the annual Croatian Radio Festival

Croatian Radio Festival

The Croatian Radio Festival is a music festival held annually in Croatia. The festival was first held in 1997 in Vodice. It remained in Vodice until 2002, when it was held in Šibenik. After two years in Šibenik, Rijeka and Požega were co-hosts for the 2004 festival...

with the song "Ljubicice". The song was released in Croatia as her next single for which a music video was filmed to present and promote the song.

On June 6, 2009, Kaliopi returned to Pjesma Mediterana to perform her song "Meni je ime". Her performance garned praise which earned her an award for interpretation. In addition to participating with her own song, she was also the composer of Tamara Todevska's song "Sarena Pesma" and the lyricist of Lambe Alabakovski's song "A more". Kaliopi released the Macedonian version, "Moeto Ime", as her latest single in Macedonia.

At the annual summer festival "Suncane Skale

Suncane Skale

Sunčane Skale is a pop music festival held every summer in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. The festival first began in 1994. ProMonte has been the sponsor of Sunčane Skale for 10 years so far.-The Festival:...

2009", Kaliopi was awarded with "Best Performance" for her interpretation of the song "Meni je ime". At the awards show she promoted her single "Od sebe ne odustajem". Kaliopi triumphed with Naum Petreski in the third evening of the festival with the song "Rum Dum Dum", which was elected as the song of the Summer by a panel of music experts.

On November 5, 2009, Kaliopi and Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov is a renowned Bosnian musician-lutenist . He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis....

promoted their album “Oblivion” by performing at a live concert at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet. Kaliopi performed the songs from the album accompanied by Edin Karamazov-guitar and lute.

November, 2009, Kaliopi with a new single, she is part of the latest compilation "Miligram" with the song "Nevinost". The music and arrangement were done by the music producer Aleksandar Milic Mili, while Marina Tucakovic wrote the lyrics of the song. This is a project of the Serbian composer and producer Aleksandar Milic-Mili. On this CD edition Kaliopi performs along other artists like: Severina, Zeljko Joksimovic

Željko Joksimovic

Željko Joksimović or often credited Zeljko Joksimovic is a popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer. He is also well known in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Germany, Austria and other European countries...

, Zeljko Samardzic

Željko Samardžic

Željko Samardžić is a Serbian pop-folk singer popular throughout the former Yugoslav republics...

, Jelena Rozga

Jelena Rozga

Jelena Rozga is a Croatian pop singer. She became the new lead singer of the popular band Magazin in 1996, when she was only 18 years old. In 2006 she left Magazin and released her first solo album, Oprosti mala, on City Records. In 2007 she won the Grand Prix at the Split Festival.-External links:*...

, Alen Ademovic, Sasa Matic

Saša Matic

Aleksandar "Saša" Matić is a Bosnian Serb folk singer, very popular in former Yugoslavia. He has a twin brother, Dejan Matić, who is also a popular singer. Both of them were born completely blind.-Biography:He and his brother were born on April 26, 1978 in Drvar, SR Bosnia to father Zoran and...

, Mladen Vojicic-Tifa, Emina Jahovic

Emina Jahovic

Emina Jahović Sandal , is a Serbian pop singer. She is married to singer Mustafa Sandal from Turkey, where she is known as Emina Sandal.- Biography :...

and Milena Vucik.

December, 2009, "Sreka i taga", new Kaliopi's single in Macedonian language. Kaliopi wrote the music and lyrics of the song, while the music arrangement was done by Darko Dimitrov

Darko Dimitrov

.

On December 11, 2009, album "Oblivion" promoted in Zagreb.

2009 and 2010 – Years of success for Kaliopi

For Kaliopi the year 2009 was more than successful and fruitful year. It will be remembered as year filled with numerous awards, live concerts and incredible performances, both in Macedonia and the region; a year in which Kaliopi launched her album to the world music market.

Following the success of the 2008 album “Zelim ti reci” published in Croatian language; Kaliopi started 2009 with remarkable concert dedicated to the Valentine’s Day celebration. At "Metropolis Arena" in Skopje, the audience enjoyed in the 3 hour live performance of Kaliopi and her band. For the first time in Macedonia, Kaliopi promoted her own souvenir collection, designed especially for this purpose and signed by her.

The second major event marking 2009 for Kaliopi was her special guest appearance at Edin Karamazov’s album “The lute is a song” along with three other world famous stars: Sting, Renee Fleming and Andreas Sholl. This album was published by DECCA.

For her success work in Serbia, Kaliopi won “Carina Teodora” award. The song she performed with Naum Petreski at the Macedonian Eurosong Contest brought her the “Suncane skale” award in Herceg Novi. At the very same festival, Kaliopi also won the “Prince” award for Best performance. She won the Best Female Artist at the Indexi Awards 2009 in Sarajevo. Kaliopi had a humanitarian solo unplugged concert in Tivat. She performed at the Croatian Radio Festival in Opatia. She won “Davorin Popovic” award for Best Performance at the festival in Budva. Kaliopi had her first big concert in Sarajevo.

During the summer, Kaliopi took the role of President of the jury, and was also the special guest star at “Europe sings” Contest in Banja Luka. Her performance in Split, at the 4th "Rujniceve veceri" will be remembered as unforgettable.

She performed on every concert dedicated to "Indexi" across all countries of ex-Yugoslavia. November will be remembered as a month of successful promotion. She and Edin Karamazov promoted their album “Oblivion”, with a live concert at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet. Two weeks later, the album was promoted in Zagreb too. For this concert, the media will write that it was a unique possibility for the Croatian audience to enjoy in a memorable and inspirational live concert.

Her work in Croatia will be rounded with her performance at two events: the traditional Christmas concert at Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and at the humanitarian concert organized by "Ana Rukavina" Foundation.

Her latest live performance was at "Macedonia" square, at the "Bel den" celebration, organized for the purposes of the EU visa liberation for R. Macedonia citizens. Her latest mega-hit single is called “Nevinost”, and is part of the “Miligram” compilation, an album of the Serbian composer and producer Aleksandar Milic Mili.

The diva rounded her work for 2009 with her radio hit "Sreka i taga", and announced the next album for 2010 in Macedonian language that she is already working on.

Kaliopi starts new 2010 with impressive performance at the “Macedonian evergreen” concert organized at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Kaliopi showed why her song “Mesecina” is listed among the Macedonian evergreen treasure. This song Kaliopi wrote for her album “Ako denot mi e nok”, published in 2001.

On January 25, 2010, Kaliopi performed in honor of Tose Proeski

Toše Proeski

at the concert named “Humanity can bring light”. At concert Balkan music stars, joined together to perform 8 new songs, for which the music was originally written by Tose Proeski.

Kaliopi & Edin Karamazov continue with promotion of their latest album “Oblivion” in the region, having live concerts:

February 24, at the Bosnian Culture Centre in Sarajevo (“There is only one word that can describe this concert, and that is Love; Pure love between us and the audience” said Kaliopi);
March 26, the concert of Kaliopi and Edin Karamazov in the overfilled hall of the Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica was the key music event at the 15th International culture manifestation “Zenica's spring” 2010;
March, Kaliopi and Edin Karamazov performed at Mostar Spring 2010;
June, exclusive concert, in the baroque castle "Luznica" Zapresik near Zagreb;
June, concert in "Terazije Theatre" Belgrade;
June, concert at the Synagogue in Novi Sad;
July, concert at the scene Gradec, during the Zagreb's summer evenings;
July, concert of Kaliopi and Edin Karamazov, in Crekvina, as part of Kastav Summer Festival, ( the concert was a real music magic that sure many will remain memorable - was published by Croatian media);
July, concert at the Dominican monastery courtyard in Ptuj Slovenia during the international festival "Art Ptuj 2010";

Album "Poraka"

"Poraka" is a ten discography edition of Kaliopi and contains 11 songs. Supervisor and music producer of the album is Darko Juranović "D'Knock" from Zagreb, and Tihomir Preradović is co-producer. The album was recorded in several studios in Croatia, and mastering was made in Sweden. Except Kaliopi, Juranović and Preradović, as authors of the album appear Miroslav Rus and Rambo Amadeus, who is a guest in the song "Dojdi." In the song "Denot se budi" guest Slovenian singer Marko Vozelj and Edin Karamazov is a guest in the song "Ako još ikad padne snijeg". The album was recorded in Macedonian and Croatian language and except in Macedonia will be published in all countries of the region.
Kaliopi promote the new album "Poraka" with the two-hour concert to remember, before a few thousand audiences at “Macedonia” Square in Skopje.promotion in Skopje

Trivia

Kaliopi's immense success in 2000 allowed her to start her own record label called "Kaliopi Music Production." The label only deals with Kaliopi's individual projects.
She was named an Honorary Ambassador of UNHCR for the Republic of Macedonia.
Awarded with the statue of Mother Teresa, 2004
President of the Macedonian Association of Music Works Authors – Shpato, 2004
Honorary art Ambassador of the Macedonian economy in the World, 2005
President of the ZAMP Assembly – Republic of Macedonia, 2005
Member of MRTV council, 2006

Kaliopi, along with Bohemia Automobiles (the dealership of Škoda

Škoda Auto

Škoda Auto , more commonly known as Škoda, is an automobile manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. Škoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 2000, positioned as the entry brand to the group...

cars in Macedonia), are promoting the Škoda Octavia car as part of the contract, which makes Kaliopi the new face of Bohemia Automobiles and Škoda. One of the goals of the company was to release a high-quality photo shoot by international standards, which features the car and Kaliopi. The billboards have already been graced with this advertisement around Macedonia, with the slogan "Silna" (Strong), which comes from Kaliopi's hit in early 2006. Television commercials and radio spots will also be rotating on these media outlets. Kaliopi's agreement lasted until the end of 2006.

Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Kaliopi was in November of 2011 internally chosen to represent the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012

in Baku

Baku

Albums

1986 – Kaliopi
1987 – Rodjeni
1999 – Oboi Me
Oboi Me
Oboi Me is the first solo album by the Macedonian singer Kaliopi, released in the late 1999, 14 years after the breakup of the music band "Kaliopi".- Background :...
2001 – Ako Denot Mi E Nok
2002 – Najmila – Live and Unreleased
2003 – Ne Mi Go Zemaj Vremeto
2005 – Me, Isadora
2007 – The Best Of
2008 – Zelim Ti Reci
2009 – Oblivion (with Edin Karamazov
Edin Karamazov
Edin Karamazov is a renowned Bosnian musician-lutenist . He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis....

)
2010 – Poraka

Singles

Tomi – 1984
Nemoj da me budis – 1984
Leo – 1985
Leto e avantura – 1985
Ostani vo mene – 1986
Bato – 1987
Emanuel – 1987
Samo Ti – 1996
Ne Placi – 1998
Ne Zaboravaj – 1998
Oboi Me – 1999
Daj da Pijam – 2000
Ako denot mi e nok – 2001
Na Pat do Makedonija – 2001
Dali me sakas – 2001
Za samo eden den – 2002

Najmila – 2002
Zasluzena Zemja – 2002
Ne Mi Go Zemaj Vremeto – 2003
Za Kogo Postojam – 2003
Smeh – 2004
Toa Sum Jas – 2004
Purpurni Dozdovi (duet with Vasil Zafirchev) – 2004
Bel Den (duet with Esma) – 2004
Koga prokleto ti trebam – 2005
1000 Bozji Cvetovi – 2006
Silna/Silna (Remix) – 2006
Zivotot e Jabe – 2006
New Day (duet with Garo Junior) – 2006
Grev – 2007
Probudi Me – 2007

Melankolija (duet with Massimo Savic) – 2007
Spring in my mind – 2007
Crne Ruze – 2008
Reci Mi – 2008
Za Tebe Čuvam Sebe – 2008
Ljubi – 2008
Zelim ti Reci – 2009
Rum Dum Dum (duet with Naum Petreski) – 2009
Ljubičice – 2009
Meni je ime/Moeto Ime – 2009
Srekja i taga – 2009
Nevinost – 2009
Zasekogas/Zauvijek – 2010
Kazi, kazi libe Stano (duet with Rade Serbedzija) - 2010
Ne sum kako ti/Ja nisam kao ti - 2010
Ti - 2010

Awards

"Vecer" award, Most famous TV face, 1985
"Mlad Borec " award, 1986
"Vecer" award, Most famous TV face, 1986
"Nova Makedonija"award, The Best Artist, 1986
"Ekran "award, The best pop singer in Yugoslavia and Macedonia, 1986
Award of Yugoslavia, 1987
"Buba Mara "award, The best singer for 1999, 2000
"12 Veicenstveni" award, The Best album for 1999, 2000
"12 Veicenstveni" award, The Best singer for 1999, 2000
"Buba Mara" award, The best singer for 2001
"Buba Mara" award, The best album for 2001
"Buba Mara" award, The best author for 2001
"Buba Mara"award, The hit song for 2001 "Dali me sakas"
"12 Velicenstveni" award, The Best album for 2001
"12 Velicenstveni" award, The Best singer for 2001
"12 Velicenstveni" award, The Best author for 2001
Radio Skopje award for most popular person in 2001
Grand-prix for her music career, At the manifestation “13 for the most successful” in Struga, 2006
If My Day Is A Night(Ako denot mi e nokj), hit of the year at the EUROCUPAt the grand final of the Eurocup for older songs 2006, 2007
Award for best lyrics, At the first Macedonian Radio Festival in Ohrid Kaliopi was awarded for best lyrics for the song "Mi zede se" interpreted by Dimitar Andonovski, 2008
"Carina Teodora" award, for remarkable success in 2008, in Serbia
"Indexi Awards", won the award for Best Female Artist, 2009
"Davorin Popovic award" for best performance at the 16th international music festival Song of the Mediterranean, 2009
"Prince" award for Best Festival Performance at the first night of the festival "Suncane Skale", 2009
Winner of Suncane Skale
Suncane Skale
Sunčane Skale is a pop music festival held every summer in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. The festival first began in 1994. ProMonte has been the sponsor of Sunčane Skale for 10 years so far.-The Festival:...

2009 (together with Naum Petreski)
Awarded as most successful woman manager for 2009 at the traditional "Contest of 10 most successful woman managers from Republic of Macedonia", 2009
Second place at the Festival "Song of Mediterranean" Budva 2010, for the song "Ja nisam kao ti", June 2010
"Count Cikulin" award for the concert at castle Luznica in Zapresic, where Kaliopi and Edin Karamazov presented the album "Oblivion", June 2010
Best female artist in the Balkans for 2010 award, on the event "BH Music Oscar of popularity", December 2010
MPX award for special merits in the development of music in the region, at the 5th Bosnian and Hercegovinian Radio Television Festival, December 2010
Award for special merits in the development and affirmation of Macedonian music in the country and outside its borders, at the 3rd Macedonian Radio Festival, December 2010

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