35th Interfest 02-10 October, 2026 Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia

XXXV JUBILEE INTERFEST-BITOLA

International Festival of Classical Music

02. 10.  — 10. 10. 2026

 

Friday, 02. 10.  NI Center for Culture - Bitola

19.30    Art Exhibition:

              “Contemporary Italian Graphics and Drawings”

20.00   OPENING CEREMONY

National OPERA and BALLET

N. Rimsky-Korsakov: SCHEHEREZADE, ballet performance

Choreographer: Mikhail Krapivin, Russia

Soloists:

NATASHA TRENDAFILOVA-GICEV, Macedonia 

Lőcsei Balázs, Hungary

 

Saturday, 03. 10.  20.00  KIC The House of Officers

Recital

BRUNO CANINO, legendary Italian pianist

Scarlatti, Clementi, Petrassi, Debussy

 

Sunday, 04. 10.  20.00  KIC The House of Officers

KIRIL RIBARSKI, trombone, 60 years on the concert stage

MAKBRASS ENSEMBLE

N. Ristevski, B. Ilievski, V.Bogoevski, F.Bogoevski,

L. Arsov, E. Mehmedov, B. Krasniqi (Kosovo), trombone

A. Ninikj, M. Damjanovski, N. De Carlo (USA), tuba

O. Di Lasso, Beethoven, Gjakonovski-Shpato, Stevanovski, Monti

 

Monday, 05. 10.  20.00  KIC The House of Officers

Duo BERTOLINI

RAFFAELE BERTOLINI, clarinet, bass clarinet

NICOLA BERTOLINI, clarinet

Bach, Mozart, Morricone, Rota, Piovani, Piazzolla, Gershwin, Kovacs

 

Monday, 05. 10.  21.00  KIC The House of Officers

State Music School, Bitola

YOUNG MUSICIANS

 

Tuesday, 06. 10.  20.00    NTB

NATIONAL THEATRE BITOLA

Vasil Iljoski: “Chorbadzi Theodos”

Director: Damjan Dimovski

Scenography: Valentin Svetozarev

 

Wednesday, 07. 10.  20.00  KIC The House of Officers

Duo KIROVSKI

LJUBISHA KIROVSKI , violin, viola

MAJA SHUTEVSKA-KIROVSKA, piano

W. A. Mozart, D. Jordanovski, H. Vieuxtemps, B. Ilin

 

Thursday, 08. 10.  20.00  KIC The House of Officers

Piano Duo MEL BONIS, Italy

“Women’s Visions”

VERA LIZZIO

DIANA NOCCHIERO

C. Chaminade, M. Bonis, M. Jaell, F. Mendelssohn

 

Friday, 09. 10.  20.00  KIC The House of Officers

Recital

Hugues Leclère, piano, France

C. Debussy, M. Ravel

 

Saturday, 10. 10.  20.00  KIC The House of Officers

NI Chamber Orchestra of Bitola

Conductor: VLADIMIR DIMOVSKI, Macedonia

Soloist: EMIR IMEROV, violin, Germany

Mozart, Astor Piazzolla/Vivaldi

 

Masterclasses:

LJUBISHA KIROVSKI, violin, Macedonia

Thursday 08. 10. 2026, 10.00 State Music School Bitola

Hugues Leclère, piano, France

Saturday, 10. 10. 2026, 10.00 State Music School Bitola