Articles by Nenad Georgievski
Antonio Forcione & Cenk Erdogan: Storytellers
by Nenad Georgievski
On Storytellers, the duet album by guitarists Antonio Forcione and Cenk Erdoğan each song is delivered personally to the listener, like a letter. Some albums do not arrive loudly. They sit beside you, quietly, and start talking. This duet feels exactly like that--intimate and conversational, as if you are being invited into a dialogue that began long before the record button was pressed. What makes this project especially moving is the path that led to it. Their story starts ...
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by Nenad Georgievski
In the world of contemporary string music, there are collaborations born of convenience, and then there are those born of destiny. The union of Italian acoustic virtuoso Antonio Forcione and Turkish fretless master Cenk Erdogan belongs firmly to the latter. Their debut duo album, Storytellers (Jazz Plus, 2025), is not merely a collection of compositions; it is the culmination of a musical dialogue that has been waiting twenty years to find its voice. The two musicians first crossed ...
Continue ReadingJulius Gawlik: It's All in Your Head
by Nenad Georgievski
When jazz musicians talk about composition, they often mean something closer to architecture--blueprints that guide but do not dictate. Julius Gawlik's debut album takes this idea seriously, treating written material as a starting point rather than a destination. The jny: Berlin-based saxophonist and clarinetist has assembled a quartet that thrives on incompleteness, where sketches become conversations and melodies exist to be challenged. The personnel tells part of the story: drummer Jim Black brings decades of boundary-pushing work, vibraphonist ...
Continue ReadingDuo Réflections: Duo Réflections
by Nenad Georgievski
Piano and guitar duos walk a fine line. Too much harmony, and the sound collapses into density; too little, and the music drifts apart. In the hands of the French group Duo Réflections, this fragile balance becomes something alive and breathing. Pianist Sylvain Rey and guitarist Leandro López-Nussa have been refining their partnership for nearly a decade, and La Tregua marks the moment when trust, risk, and restraint coexist in perfect tension. Their debut album reimagined standards, but ...
Continue ReadingHarper Trio: Dialogue of Thoughts
by Nenad Georgievski
With their sophomore album, Dialogue of Thoughts , the Harper Trio returns with a record that feels both intimate and expansive, a journey through sound that. is subtly exhilarating. Maria-Christina Harper's electric harp, paired with Josephine Davies' expressive saxophone and Evan Jenkins' precise, yet fluid drumming, forms a trio that listens as much as it plays. The album is less about showcasing individual virtuosity than about the subtle chemistry of three musicians shaping each moment together. “Quiet Mind," ...
Continue ReadingThe Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra with Rambo Amadeus, Darko Rundek, and Vlatko Stefanovski at the Philharmonic Hall
by Nenad Georgievski
The Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra Philharmonic Hall Rock 'n' Roll in Jazz jny:Skopje, Macedonia December 8, 2025 December has become a month of special programs for the National Jazz Orchestra--concerts that close the year with ambition and bring audiences together for something memorable. On the eve of its 10th anniversary in 2026, the orchestra stepped into this celebratory season with confidence, delivering a strong, sold-out concert at the Macedonian Philharmonic Hall. For the occasion, ...
Continue ReadingTom Waits and Anton Corbijn: Waits/Corbyn
by Nenad Georgievski
Waits/Corbijn Tom Waits and Anton Corbijn 272 pages 978-3791393254 Prestel Publishing2013/2025 Anton Corbijn and Tom Waits are creative forces whose respective crafts have redefined their fields. Corbijn, a Dutch photographer and filmmaker, is celebrated for his stark, atmospheric images that have captured the essence of artists such as Joy Division, U2, and Depeche Mode, among others. Beginning his work photographing musicians in the late 1970s, he would eventually progress to directing music ...
Continue ReadingDominik Wania: My Life: Preisner's Music
by Nenad Georgievski
Composer Zbigniew Preisner's music has always carried something deeply human in its melodies--something tender, aching, and timeless. Whether through the unforgettable collaborations with Krzysztof Kieślowski or his later scores for films like The Secret Garden or Damage,, Preisner's work has never been just background music; it has been another voice in the story, quietly speaking to the heart. In My Life--Preisner's Music, that voice is stripped back to its purest form: solo piano. And there could hardly have been a ...
Continue ReadingJan Bang & Arve Henriksen: After The Wildfire
by Nenad Georgievski
Commissioned by the Skopje Jazz Festival and premiered at its 42nd edition in 2023, After the Wildfire was performed live in an evening marked by the dim glow of the stage, an orchestra breathing with the electronics, the wealth of sounds conjured by sampler Jan Bang, and Arve Henriksen's trumpet cutting through the hall like a quiet flame. The premiere offered an immersion into a unique sonic world. Now released as a physical album, the recording feels both familiar and ...
Continue ReadingBrotzman: In My Focus
by Nenad Georgievski
Brotzmann, In My Focus Žiga Koritnik 152 Pages Self-Published 2025Some books go beyond the simple act of documentation. They do not just tell a story; they immerse you in a world. Žiga Koritnik's book on Peter Brötzmann is one of those books--a deeply personal, evocative, and visually striking tribute to a musician whose work defined the very essence of free jazz.Koritnik, a Slovenian photographer whose work has been intertwined with jazz and ...
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