21st June Saturday
20.30 - Opening of an exhibition entitled
Contemporary Macedonian Fine Art -part of the collection of the Strumica Art Colony
Macedonian National Gallery – Cifte Amam
22.00 - Official opening of the Skopje Summer Festival 2008 on the first summer day and the world day of music - Concert by the Symphonic Orchestra FAME’S
Film, Art, Music, & Entertainment in Skopje
Director: Ivan Ilic – Serbia
Macedonia Square
23.00 Music Without Limits – midnight rock concerts – Youth Cultural Centre Macedonia Square
22nd June Sunday
21.30 Opera – Cavaleira Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni
director: Wolfgang Weit – Germany, director: Bisera Chadlovska
Macedonia Opera and Ballet
Macedonia Square
23nd June Monday
20.30 Opening of an exhibition entitled Polish Placate / Leh Majovski and his students/
Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Macedonian National Gallery - Mala stanica
21.30 Theatre play entitled Dracula
screenplay: Dejan Dukovski
director: Srgjan Janakijevic
Macedonian National Theatre
Midsummer night theatre – MNT Summer stage
24th June Tuesday
21.00 Concert by the Choir and Orchestra of the Youth Cultural Centre
director: Sasho Tatarchevski
Faculty of Fine Arts – Suli An
19.30 AUTO-REFFERENCE/SELF-IRONY – DLUM
Curator: Nada Pesheva
Installations by: Olivera Bendeska, Between Two Churches
Blvd. St. Kliment Ohridski
20.30 Metodija Angelovski, My Friends and I
Macedonia Square
21.00 Gjorgje Jovanovic, Cookie-eater’s Confessions
Plato in front of the Home of ARM
25th June Wednesday
20.30 Concert Ad Fontes – At the Springs
women composers – Jana Andreevska, Valentina Velkovska, Darija Andonovska, Evdokija Danailovska, Simona Simonovska
performers: Ilija Zimbo – flute, Ljupcho Chedomirski – clarinet, Dunja Ivanova – piano, Ognenka Gerasimovska – piano, Atanas Aleksov and Goran Mitev – percussion instruments, Vlatko Kostov – violin, Grubi Blerim – viola, Dragan Gonevski – violoncello, Milena Arsovska – soprano
Home of ARM Lobby
21.30 Theatre play entitled Hasanaginica
adaptation: Milan Ogrizovic
director and screenwriter: Sasho Milenkovski
Albanian Theatre
Museum of Macedonia – Kursumli An
26th June Thursday
20.30 Orchestra Etudes / and Other Common Memories - Concert by the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra - composer: Nikola Kodzabashija, soloist: Kris Katler – percussions, special guest: Kiril Dzajkovski
director: Borjan Canev
Museum of Contemporary Art
27th June Friday
20.30 Concert by Orce Nikolov Ensemble
Stone Bridge Quay
21.00 Ethno Jazz Concert by Vasko Atanasovski Quintet
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia
Faculty of Fine Arts - Suli An
28th June Saturday
20.30 Goran Jovanov’s Graphics Exhibition
Youth Cultural Centre
21:30 Premiere of a ballet project – three one-act ballet play:
Villiger - choreography and performance: Marijana Savovska
Biography - choreography: Marijana Savovska, performance: Ivana Kocevska
In memorialle - choreography and performance: Linda Wessing - Germany
Youth Cultural Centre
29th June Sunday
20.30 Concert by the State High Music School Ilija Nikolovski – Luj Chamber Orchestra
Macedonian National Gallery – Daut Pasin Amam
30th June Monday
21.00 Concert by Synthesis – New Album Promotion – Identity
Kale Fortress
1st July Tuesday
20.30 Concert by Oleg Kondratenko – violin
Ana Kondratenko – violin
Marija Vrshkova – piano
Museum of the City of Skopje
2nd July Wednesday
21.00 Blues and Soul Festival
Venko Serafimov and the Bluesfakers /blu:zfeik s/ - Macedonia
Lance Lopez – USA
Hard Rock Summer Club
3rd July Thursday
21.00 Blues and Soul Festival
Blues Company – Germany
Matt Schofild Trio – England
Hard Rock Summer Club
4th July Friday
20.00 Premiere of a theatre play entitled The Goat: or, Who is Sylvia? – Edward Albee,
director: Dino Mustafic , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dramatic Theatre – Skopje
5th July Thursday
21.00 Premiere of an opera entitled The Maid and the Thief, Gain Carlo Menotti, director: Hoshi Horner – Austria
director: Bisera Chadlovska – Macedonian Opera and Ballet
Museum of Macedonia – Kursumli An
6th July Sunday
21.00 Concert by Bace Quartet - Aleksandar Petrov, Teodosij Spasov, Vasil Hadzimanov, Bahar Kalife
Midsummer Night Theatre – MNT Summer Stage
7th July Monday
21.00 Ballet – Underground Us V Them, choreographer, director and costume designer: Sasha Eftimova - Macedonian Opera and Ballet Macedonia Square
8th July Tuesday
20.30 Opening of an exhibition entitled Goodbye Infinitive by Dubravko Naumov
Macedonian National Gallery - Mala stanica
21.00 Premiere of a documentary film Kaleidoscope
screenwriter and director: Sandra Ristovska
director of photography: Natalie Schulten
promoter: Katja Eson – USA
Museum of Contemporary Art
21.30 Concert by Lillit vs. Amon Mra Band
Kale Fortress
9th July Wednesday
21.30 Fashion show and an exhibition – Is a Bit a Lot or is it a Bit Boring?
Academia Italiana
Museum of Contemporary Art
10th July Tuesday
21.00 Opening of JACOBS CAFE CINEMA
Dirty Play
director: George Clooney
Luna Amusement Park
21.30 Ballet - The Big Mother
production: Skopje Summer Festival
choreographer and director: Jagoda Slaneva
Kale Fortress
11th July Friday
20.30 Concert by Carrey Rusthoi – soprano – USA
Mutsumi Moteki – piano – Japan
Elena Golomeova – soprano – Macedonia
Museum of the City of Skopje
21.00 JACOBS CAFE CINEMA
Chuck and Larry
director: Dennis Dagen
Luna Amusement Park
12th July Saturday
21.00 JACOBS CAFE CINEMA
American Gangster
director: Ridley Scot
Luna Amusement Park
13th July Sunday
20.30 Concert by Pandelina Atanasova – piano
Aleksandra Jankovska Momirovska – piano
Faculty of Music
Museum of the City Skopje
21.30 JACOBS CAFE CINEMA
The Little Bee Movie
director: Hikner and Jay Smith
Luna Amusement Park
14th July Monday
20.30 Concert by Aleksandra Lazarevska – soprano
Ana Rojdeva – soprano
Andrej Naunov – piano
Macedonian National Gallery
Daut Pasin Amam
15th July Tuesday
20.30 Concert by Koco Racin Ensemble with guests from Denmark, Bjonko and Copenhagen Chalgija
Stone Bridge Quay
21.00 Opening of an exhibition entitled Occupied Space – 2008 by Irena Paskali
Museum of the City of Skopje – Open Art Graphic Studio
21.00 JACOBS CAFE CINEMA – Heartbreaker
directors: Bobby and Peter Farley
Luna Amusement Park
16th July Wednesday
20.30 Literary and drama night with Academician Sreten Perovic – Montenegro
Midsummer night theatre – MNT Summer Stage
21.00 JACOBS CAFE CINEMA– Elizabeth: Golden Age
director: Shekhar Kapur
Luna Amusement Park
21.30 Exhibition entitled Fingerprint by Vedran Bojanovski
Macedonian National Gallery – Mala stanica
17th July Thursday
20.30 Concert by Sila Ilijasojulari – piano
Shakir Ilijasojulari – tenor – Turkey
Macedonian National Gallery – Daut Pasin Amam
21.00 JACOBS CAFE CINEMA– Charlie Wilson’s War
director: Mike Nichols
Luna Amusement Park
18th July Friday
21.00 JACOBS CAFE CINEMA – Stardust
director: Matthew Vaughn
Luna Amusement Park
21.30 Concert by Stacey Fox Band– USA
Embassy of USA
Faculty of Fine Arts - Suli An
19th July Saturday
21.00 JACOBS CAFE CINEMA – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Scull
director: Steven Spielberg
Luna Amusement Park
21st July Monday
21.00 Concert by Baklava Ethno Band
Kale Fortress
22rd July Tuesday
20.30 Exhibition SGI From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit
OBSE , OON, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia
performer: Ana Gaceva – piano
Macedonian National Gallery - Mala stanica
23th July Wednesday
21.00 Jazz concert
Mimi Velevska – piano and vocal - Australia
Macedonian National Gallery - Mala stanica
24th July Thursday
20.30 Exhibition entitled 15 Years of Mosaic
- part of the collection of the Strumica Art Colony
Macedonian National Gallery - Cifte Amam
25th July Friday
21.00 Cinema night From the Programme of Aster Fest – International Cinema and Video Festival of South Eastern European Authors
Cinematheque of Macedonia
26th July Saturday
21.00 Cinema night Kiro Urdin’s Planetarism
Macedonian National Gallery – Mala stanica
28th July Monday
20.30 Theatre play A Metre and a half to Cesar
production – ‘Balkan novi pokret’ (Balkan New Move) – Serbia
Faculty of Fine Arts - Suli An
29st July Tuesday
20.30 Concert by Gordana Kekenovska – soprano – Macedonia
Bojan Kolarov – piano – Bulgaria
Macedonian National Gallery – Daut Pasin Amam
31st July Thursday
20.30 Concert by the Chamber Orchestra of the Macedonian Music Youth “Calendar”
composer: Kokan Dimushevski
director: Sasha Nikolovski – Gjumar
Faculty of Fine Arts - Suli An |