OUR TEAM

WHO WE ARE

Georgi Hristovski, Sound engineer, studied Cinematographical and Audiovisual studies at Paris 8 in Paris, France.

From 1983, he has worked as the Sound engineer, inside the Music production department at the Macedonian National Radio.

He has 17 years of experience in the recording of  Big Band orchestra at the Macedonian Radio Television, as well as live broadcasting of concerts and festivals of pop music.

Since 2000, he has transferred to the department for classical music, where he works on recordings in the studio for various classical orchestras.

 

Experience

  • Over 39 years of experience in the recording orchestral sound.
  • Completed successfully over 1800 different projects from which more than 500 movies soundtracks.
  • Working in over 16 different acoustic spaces.

Outside the studio, he was main sound engineer on live mixing and broadcasting with the orchestra of the Macedonian Philharmonic,  Macedonian Opera and Ballet, and other recordings of classical music. He regularly works on the live feed of the May Opera Evenings, Days of Macedonian Music, and Autumn Music Festivities.

On the festival Ohrid Summer Festival, he works on live feeds with different reputable international philharmonics, as well as notable orchestras and soloists.

 

Exceptionally important broadcasting and live recordings

  • Performance of the Balkan Philharmonic, consisting of a double composition of musicians, choir, and soloists (400 musicians), from several Balkan nations, under the conductance of Maestro Emil Tabakov, in 2001 and 2002.
  • Performance of the world renowned tenor, Jose Carreras, with the Macedonian Philharmonic, in 2005.
  • Performance by the Moscow opera, in full form with the opera “Rigoletto“ in 2006.
  • Performance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, under the conductance of Maestro Zubin Mehta in 2007.
  • Performance of the Moscow Philharmonic, under the conductance of Mikhail Pletnev and Simon Trpcevski on piano, in 2008.
  • In 2012, he recorded and mixed the song “Black and white“, which the music star Caliopi, represented Macedonia with in “Eurosong 2012“.
  • In 2016, he recorded and mixed the song ”Dona”, which the music star Caliopi represented Macedonia with in Eurosong 2016.

 

Others

Stefan Milenkovich-violinist / Mischa Maisky-cellist / Borodin Quartet / Inva Mula-opera singer / Evgeny Korolje-singer / Vadim Repin-violinist / Nikolaj Luganski-piano / Alexsei Volodin-piano / Maxim Vengerov-violinist / Shauna Rolston-cello / Simon Trpceski-piano / Julian Rachlin-violinist / George Enescu orchestra / Lithuanian chamber orchestra / Vienna Radio Symphony orchestra / Bucharest Madrigal choir / Glinka Choir of Leningrad / Vienna Boys Choir / Female choir Saint Zlata Meglenska.

 

Recordings with small and big orchestras

  • Concerts recorded with Chamber music orchestras -123
  • Concerts recorded with the orchestra of the “Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra“ and the orchestra and choir of “Macedonian Opera and Ballet“ – 111
  • Concerts recorded with the “Balkan Philharmonic“ – 2
  • Recorded “Opera gala concerts“ with the orchestra of the “Macedonian Opera and Ballet “ – 12
  • Operas recorded with the orchestra of the “Macedonian Opera and Ballet“ – 28
  • Music recorded for ballet with the orchestra of the “Macedonian Opera and Ballet“ – 5
  • Concerts recorded from the festival “Ohrid Summer Festival“ – 21

Since 2007,  as experienced sound engineer, he begins to work on different music projects for music production houses from all around the world.

Until November 2018,  in the music Studio M1 which is part of ’’Macedonian radio and TV’’, he creates more than 1800 different projects,  from which more than 500 of them are movies soundtracks.

In search for better orchestral sound, from December 2018, together with his partners, he gains a production house and orchestra for musical recordings.

With his team, he begins working in three acoustic spaces with best acoustic and technical equipment in Sofia (Bulgaria) and Skopje (Macedonia).

He becomes Master in music sciences in the field of Sonology at 23 years old

He is gaining his studio experience in the National private television “Chanel 5” and “Macedonian National Radio”.

His professional experience consists of more than 6000 hours of studio work, where he became an expert in music recording as a producer, sound engineer and organizer within “Pro Tools”.

So far in his work experience he has participated in more than 500 movie soundtrucks, CD albums, Documentaries and mach more music projects, consisting of multichannel recordings of symphony orchestras.

He has also edited more than 2000 munutes of audio material.

                                                                                                            Marketing & Relationship Manager

 

It is with great pride that we present our Tanja Tzarovska, who has enriched the world’s film heritage and amazed audiences with her wonderful voice in famous Hollywood films.

Tanja Tzarovska is an experienced flyer in the film music world, she is a singer, songwriter, composer and music collaborator of many film and theatre composers. Her work as a singer and co-writer can be heard on a few Hollywood film soundtracks as well as many independent projects world-wide.

  • Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy, starring Brad Pitt, is one of her big projects, where she collaborated on the soundtrack with James Horner.
  • Mel Gibson’s Passion of The Christ is another one where she can be heard as a vocalist-creator, collaborating with John Debney, with whom she has also worked on another few soundtracks.

The list of renown musicians and composers Tanja has work with goes on:

Gabriel Yared, Jocelyn Pook, Michael Phipps, Guy Farley, Marcello De Francisci, Dirk Campbell, Richard Blackford, Glen Keilis, …

Macedonian composers Duke Bojadziev, Igor Vasilev and many more.

She is based in both Skopje and London.

Tanja never ceases to impress us with her vocal talents by enriching the projects entrusted to us. 

He is the most creative and respected composer-arranger in our professional world, who is also an incredible accordionist.

Darko performs with the prestigious orchestra “Tanec”, all over the world as a solo accordionist.

It seems to us that his creativity has no limits!

His talented improvisations on his instrument give life to our recordings.

A very friendly and warm personality who gives a positive energy to our daily activity.

GVA Records is very honored to have him on its team!

 

Ackground and experience

Darco Ilievski, holds a Master’s degree in Sonology from the Faculty of Music at St. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia.

Currently, he is the director of the TANEC Orchestra – National Folk Ensemble of Macedonia.

Author, orchestrator and arranger of various orchestral ensembles. Author of the arrangements for the edition “Scores for the orchestra of six antological choreography”.

His latest work is the creation of his album “Bulevar” (Boulevard).

In 2018, 2019 and 2022 he conducts the large orchestra of the festival

“Folk fest Valandovo“.

He was a member of the jury for the selection of the Eurovision song, which represented.

Macedonia in Finland (2007) and Serbia (2008).

He has regular collaboration with publishers Bisel Consulting, Switzerland. Brassmusiconline,

Orchestralparts,… in the field of music engraving, transcription of early editions of symphonic music, chamber music as well as contemporary compositions for soloists and orchestras.

As an instrumentalist, he has performed in more than 40 international festivals, including:

  • Francophone Games in Ottawa, Canada 2001.
  • Second World Folkloriade in Hungary 2004.
  • FIFO 2006 Martinhi, Switzerland.
  • Summerfest 2008, Budapest, Hungary.

 

As well as other folk festivals in Spain, France, Poland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, Holland, Slovakia, etc.

In 2010 – at the Folklore del Mondo festival, in Gorizia, Italy, with AKUD, Mirce Acev won the first prize as well as the Grand Prize – at the festival.

 

Scientific publications

  • 2005, London / Zurich – The Role of the Skopje Amateur Music Societies in the Preservation of Traditional Music Culture in Macedonia in the 21st Century.
  • 2005, Skopje – Manuals as a source of self-education.
  • 2006, Skopje – Mile Brzanov’s Ethnomusicological Activities Through the IRAM Digital Collection.

Participating in pedagogical and educational seminars, on folk dances and music (Van, France, Nitra Slovakia, etc.).

 

Awards

  • Award for the best arrangement at Folk Fest Valandovo 2019.
  • Grand Prix with the orchestra of N.U. “Dance”, at the Etoiles des Paris 2019 fe.stival (choice of the program and author of the arrangement)
  • Award for the best arrangement at Ohrid Fest 2022, for the song “Bura e” (It’s the storm).

Alberto Bellavia is an Award-winning Composer, Arranger and Pianist based in Italy.

He is a graduate of the The State Conservatory Of Music G.F. Ghedini – Cuneo, Italy with a degree in

Pianoforte diploma, Music teaching diploma, Jazz music diploma, Master’s degree in piano teaching,

Master’s Degree in jazz music.

He Composes, orchestrating and arranging music for short and Feature Movies, Jazz orchestras and small ensembles. Playing piano, keyboard, Improvising Writing, recording and producing tracks, good use of Logic pro X, music software and virtual instruments, Piano Teacher and He has a special skill to improvise on the piano in various styles. This skill helps Him to be more instinctive when writing and producing music.

He has claimed an impressive 16 winning awards for his scores from many different festivals and institutions around the world including: Queen Palm International Film Festival, Venice Film Awards, Vegas Movie Awards, Rome International Movie Awards, Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque, Hollywood Gold Awards, Global Film Festival Awards , Florence Film Awards, Williamsburg International Film Festival, Pinnacle Film Awards, Paris Play Film Festival, New York Movie Awards,

Nawada International Film Festival, Florence Film Awards, Five Continents International Film Festival, Gothamite Monthly Film Awards.

1st Classification 21st International Competition Barga Jazz 2008 for Jazz Orchestral Arrangement and Composition.

1st Prize at the 4th National Competition “Waltex Jazz Competition”.

As a performer He played in a several festivals in Italy, Austria, France, Switzerland, He Made a tour in the United States “Carnegie Hall – New York”.

Held a masterclass about “Improvisation and composition” at Conservatory N. Paganini (Genova).

He recorded many CD whit a leader and as a sideman.

He wrote and produced many original soundtracks for short, feature and TV Series (Amazon Prime).

He Composed original music for the play “Suoni e letture da Il mondo dei vinti” by Nuto Revelli” then played by La Mesquia.

He’s writing original music for the play ” History of now” by Jayson Bartlett writer & director.

He’s working whit a several independent film directors from all around the world.

 

He works whit some music license company : Expressive Artists LLC, Cinephonix – music for media professional HD Music Now Licensing, Supervision & Development Catapult Music Scorekeepers Music, Inc. Instyle Music.

His music could be defined as contemporary, but it is made up of constantly changing parts. A characteristic of His music is the alternation of lyricism and moments of absolute improvisation.

His roots are in classical music, in which He still take shelter through listening to and studying the great musicians of the past.

He would define himself as a musician who likes to draw from different musical styles.

His compositions are also influenced by musical styles such as rock, pop, contemporary, and electronic music. The research, the experimentation, and the joy that playing the piano gives Him allow He to let myself be involved and to provide the best of myself when He plays the music He composed.

Often the source of inspiration for his songs is the small everyday thing like the trips He has made, people He has met. He would define his music style as a union of various musical genres as well as a

set of effects and sounds that express his moods.