NATASHA JOVANOSKA ATANASOVA
CELLO
Natasha started her music education at the SMBC Ilija Nikolovski Luj in 2005, in the class of Prof. Marija Kocharova. She continued her education at the Faculty of Music in Skopje, in the class oc Prof. Zhivko Firfov, where she later graduated.
During her studies, she actively performed with a number of different chamber ensembles. Amongst her most important appearances are the performance at the German opera festival Gut Immling, the performance with the chamber ensemble Georgian Sinfonietta and the performance at the Days of Macedonian Music as a leader of the cello section of the chamber orchestra. Her performances with the chamber orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales Macedonia at the Skopje Summer Festival and the Ohrid Summer Festival are of greater importance, as well as the regular performance with chamber orchestra Skopje Soloists, where she is the leader of the cellos since 2017. Natasha is a member of the Macedonian Philharmonic since 2015, continuously collaborating with renowned soloists and conductors.
“It is a great honour and pleasure to be a part of the Macedonian Philharmonic. Here I feel like myself and I am fulfilled. I enjoy good food, traveling, beer, billiards and rock, snowy days… but, most of all I enjoy the time spent with my family.”