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MKD.MK — OHRID SUMMER FESTIVAL
19 July 2026
“MACEDONIAN MUSICAL TRADITION IN ITS MOST AUTHENTIC AND EMOTIONAL FORM.”
On the Ohrid Summer concert by Ana and Igor Durlovski with Orchestra Ajga, featuring new orchestral arrangements by Sonni Petrovski.
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VEČER
18 December 2025
“POWERFUL, EMOTIONAL AND OURS — MACEDONIAN.”
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MIA / MKD.MK — ANA DURLOVSKI INTERVIEW
November 2025
“MASTERFULLY ARRANGED BY SONI PETROVSKI.”
— Ana Durlovski
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TELMA — MUSIKVEREIN, VIENNA
29 October 2025
“THE VIENNESE AUDIENCE WAS ESPECIALLY WON OVER BY NAZAD, NAZAD, KALINO MOME”
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ONASSIS FOUNDATION
Athens · March 2025
“A MUSICAL NARRATIVE THAT DRAWS ON THE COMPOSER’S BALKAN ROOTS.”
On Bric-a-brac for solo violin.
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS · POPULAR MUSIC
Dave Wilson · 2022
“…EVEN MORE POIGNANT.”
On Toše Proeski’s interpretation of Zajdi, Zajdi, arranged by Sonni Petrovski.
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AIF ORENBURG — KHARMS
2017
“FOR A HIGH LEVEL OF VISUAL-MUSICAL THINKING.”
Kharms received a Special Jury Prize for its visual-musical conception at the Window to Europe Russian Film Festival.
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MACEDONIAN RADIO TELEVISION
29 October 2015
“SHAPED WITH STRONG CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC INDIVIDUALITY.”
MRT on Sonni Petrovski’s new orchestral arrangements for Pesni od Srcata, performed by Ana and Igor Durlovski with the Macedonian Philharmonic.
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MACEDONIAN RADIO · MARKO KOLOVSKI
2011
“IT LEFT THE STRONGEST IMPRESSION AND PROVOKED THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE.”
On Zodiac.
Kolovski wrote that Petrovski’s work made the strongest overall impression of the concert programme.
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UTRINSKI VESNIK · TINA IVANOVA
2009
“ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE MACEDONIAN COMPOSITIONS HEARD HERE IN RECENT TIMES.”
On Zodiac.
Ivanova described the symphonic suite as interesting and exciting, highlighting its rhythmic and melodic variety and influences ranging from expressionism and postmodernism to classicism, popular music and minimalism.
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VEST · ELENI NOVAKOVSKA
2009
“ZODIAC BROUGHT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.”
Novakovska described the work as a successful idea moving through contrasting moods and musical languages, concluding that its central idea could reach the widest audience.
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NEW SOUND — INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MUSIC
Asja Radonjić · 2005
“THE NEW AND FRESH CONCEPT OF THE FESTIVAL… IS IN FACT A MAJOR SHIFT FROM PREVIOUS PRACTICE.”
The international journal described the organisational-creative team of the Days of Macedonian Music as being led by the young composer Soni Petrovski, with an ambition to position the festival among important European cultural events.
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PETER SHEPPARD SKÆRVED
Violinist · 2011
“SONI IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF NEW MUSIC CULTURE IN THE BALKANS.”
“I have performed his Bric-a-Brac for solo violin all over the world. His String Quartet is typical of his music, bursting with energy and cross rhythms.”
— Peter Sheppard Skærved
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