BIOGRAPHY
The talented boy from Krusevo - Tose Proeski, one of the best Macedonian vocalists ever, was born on 25 January 1981 in Prilep. He is currently a student at final year of the Skopje Music Academy, at the solo singing department.
He had his first more significant public appearance at the teenage festival "Melfest" in 1996. And 1997 in Prilep, when he was awarded first prize twice in a row. His vocal abilities were amazing and soon, he was welcomed by the wider audience very enthusiastically.
He performed the song “Pusti me"(“Let me go ") at the festival "Makfest" in Stip 1997.
A year later, he participated at the Skopje Festival (the national contest for "Euro song" entry), with the song “Ostani do Kraj" ["Stay 'Till the End"].
That summer, he took part in the festival “Ohridski Trubaduri" in Ohrid and started working with the well known composer Grigor Koprov.
What turned out to be a very successful cooperation resulted in a great number of hits, and the first two were “Usni na Usni" ["Lips on Lips"] - (second prize of the jury), and "Sonce vo Tvoite Rusi Kosi" ["The Sun in Your Golden Hair"] (first prize at Eurofest).
With these two songs Tose made a breakthrough on a national level showing that he would have a serious place on the Macedonian music scene.
His debut album "Nekade vo Nokta" ["Somewhere in the Night"], with 11 beautiful songs, was released on 15th May, a day after he performed the song "Tvoite Baknezi na Moite Beli Kosuli" ["Your Kisses on my White Shirt"] at the Skopje festival1999.
He won the first prize by the audience and this song was topping the charts for months.
The most popular of them were "Eh, da sum Zlato" ["I Wish I Were Gold"], "Ruski Rulet" ["Russian Rullet"], as well as the above mentioned "Pusti Me" ["Let Me Go"], "Ostani do Kraj" ["Stay 'Till the End"], "Usni na Usni" ["Lips on Lips"], "Sonce vo Tvojte Rusi Kosi" ["The Sun in Your Golden Hair"]...
That summer Tose had his first solo concert in Skopje which, in spite of the rain, was unforgettable for all the fans.
In the fall of 1999,. he sang "Morska zvezdo" [" Starfish"] at "Makfest" - Stip and won the second prize of the jury. In the beginning of 2000, at the prestigious event "12 Velicestveni" ("12 Magnificent") he won all the major awards for the album "Nekade vo Nokta" ["Somewhere in the Night"], including best male vocalist, concert of the year, best video ...
Tose took part in Skopje festival 2000, with the song "Solzi Pravat Zlaten Prsten" ["Golden Ring made of Tears"] but, even though he won the majority of votes by the tele-voting system, he came third and didn't represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm that year.
In that period he started recording the tracks for his second album "Sinot Bozji" ["The Son of God"], which was promoted by the end of June 2000.
The album brought some great hits, like "Nemir"("Restless") (duet with Karolina Goceva), "Vo Kosi da ti Spijam" [" Sleeping in Your Hair"], "Izlazi me Uste Ednas" ["Lie to Me One More Time"], as well as "Iluzija" ["Illusion"] (Grand Prix at the festival "Slavjanski Bazar" in Vitebsk ) and "Tajno Moja" ["My Secret"] (second prize at the festival "Suncane Skale" in Herceg Novi, Monte Negro).
The Belgrade record company BK Sound purchased the rights to release this album edition on their market, which in a flash became one of the best-selling projects in Yugoslavia.
As a student of the Music Academy Tose took part in the operetta "Despina and Mister Doks" by the end of 2000 and the beginning of 2001.
The second prize at the Podgorica Festival 2001 , for the duet with Karolina Goceva, "Nemir" ["Restless"] followed.
At the prestigious event "Oskar Popularnosti" ("Oscar of Popularity") he was awarded as the most successful vocalist from the ex-YU republics in the year 2000.
Tose Proeski performed a track from his debut album called "Sonce vo Tvojte Rusi Kosi" ["The Sun in Your Golden Hair"] at the festival "Suncane Skale" 2001, when he won the second prize of the jury. But, according to the audience ,the real winner was Tose!
By selling out five concerts in a row at the Universal Hall in Skopje in March 2001, he confirmed his immense popularity on home ground.
In the beginning of October 2001 Tose Proeski held a concert at the sold-out "Sava Centar" in Belgrade – the largest concert hall in Yugoslavia.
Immediately after this, he set off for an Australian tour, together with several Macedonian music artists.
The encounter with the manager Ljiljana Petrovic changes the stream of Tose Proeski's career.
He started working on the third album "Ako me poglednes vo oci" ["If You Look Into My Eyes"] in a music studio in Athens, Greece. The album was recorded in two versions , Macedonian and Serbian .
The Macedonian version of the album, written by the composer Phoebus, the lyricist Marina Tucakovic and the arranger Manolis Vlachos, was released by the end of October 2002, preceded by a grand promotion.
Besides the title song, the greatest hits on this album are : the ballad "Nemas ni blagodaram" ("You didn't even thank me"), "Magic" (duet with the famous Esma ), "Soba za taga "("Room for sorrow"), Ledena ("A Girl Like Ice"),"Limenka" ("A Can")…
On 26th November 2002, with a spectacular concert at Skopje Fair Site in front of an audience of 7 000 , Tose launched his 25-day Macedonian tour.
The audience throughout the country reacted euphorically to his appearance.
His third album was released for the Serbian market by BK Sound, and had its promotion in Bosnia, Republika Srpska, Monte Negro, as well as Bulgaria (under the label of Bulgarian Music Company BMK).
Tose Proeski won at "Beovizija" in Belgrade in April 2003, with "Cija si" ["Who Do You Belong To"], a song which became a huge hit in Macedonia and the other ex-YU republics.
To improve his singing , Tose, took classes in New York from maestro William Riley, who was also coach to famous maestro Luciano Pavarotti.
Every December Tose makes Humanitarian concerts in Universal Hall in Skopje and that is why in 2003 he was awarded Mother Theresa humanitarian award. He is also guest on many Humanitarian concerts all over world.
In 2003 he became a Regional UNICEF Ambassador.
In April 2004 he realized his 4-th album “Den za nas” (A day for us).
On 29th of June Tose has a spectacular concert on City Stadium in Skopje in front of audience of 20 000 – the best ever concert in Macedonia. On the concert he gets an award from BK- TV for “Best sold album in Serbia & Monte Negro “for his last album.
He’s 4-th album is realized also in Serbia & Monte Negro, preceded by a grand promotion in Belgrade.
In July Tose sign contract with Dallas records and his 4-th album is realized in Slovenia and Croatia, he also made a duet with Slovenian music star Anja Rupel – Krajnje vrijeme.
In September Tose became national UNICEF Ambassador – the youngest one in the world.
In October Tose was on a 12 day tour in Australia, there he has fantastic concerts in front of audience of 10 000.
In November Tose Proeski realized his first DVD with video material from his concert in Skopje in June
On 2nd of December Tose Proeski and his guest Anja Rupel, Toni Cetinski, Leontina, Esma and Synthesis had a great Humanitarian concert in Skopje in front of audience of 3 000 . On the concert Tose Proeski promote his new song for UNICEF “ This world”
In july 2005 Tose released his 5-th Album “ Po tebe” in Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia & Monte Negro, Bosnia & Hercegovina in 170 000 copies.
Po Tebe" is currently the #1 selling album in Croatia and Slovenia. In just 20 days following the press release in Macedonia it sold more
then 20 000 copies.
At the moment, together with the manager Ljiljana Petrovic, Tose Proeski is working on his world promotion. He signed contract in London for his world carrier.
His newest song “Srce nije kamen” is on top position on official Croatian top list.
Besides world carrier Tose is preparing new album with 15 traditional Macedonian songs. Traditional song and opera singing are Tose’s biggest love.
This spring Tose will have a big tour in Croatia, Serbia and Monte Negro, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia&Hercegovina. All concerts will be with big symphonies orchestra.
2003 AWARDS:
-Zlatna Buba Mara - singer of the year 2002, concert of the year 2002;
-12 Velicestveni - singer of the year 2002, concert of the year 2002, music video of the year 2002, award from the audience (SMS voting);
-Lice na godinata "Vecer" - singer of the year 2002;
-13-ka za Najdobrite - most popular singer in 2002, hit of the year 2002, best album of the year 2002;
-Banja Luka 2003 Festival (Republika Srpska) - second prize of the jury;
-Beovizija (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro) - first prize of the jury, first prize of the audience;
-Victor & Victoria (Novi Sad, Serbia & Montenegro) - most popular singer from Macedonia;
-Oskar Popularnosti 2003 - Banja Luka - most popular pop-singer in Republika Srpska in the year 2002;
-Vrsac 2003 - most successful singer from the ex-YU republics in the year 2002.
2004 AWARDS:
-15 January 2004- “Cija si”- awarded as the best song of the year 2003
- 22 January 2004 – he won the oscar for the most popular performer on the Balkans
- 12 March 2004- he won the singer of the year award at “12 Velicenstveni”
- February 2004- he won the singer of the year award at “ Zlatna Buba Mara”
2005
3 December – best selling album in Serbia and Monte Negro/ best singer of the year (Award from National TV RTS)
2006 January – best singer from ‘’ Vardar to Triglav’’ ( Ex Yugoslavia) Award from Palma TV – Belgrade
2006 February- best singer and best video clip award at “ Zlatna Buba Mara”
SPECIAL HONOURS
In 2003 he was awarded Mother Theresa humanitarian award
In 2003 he became a Regional UNICEF Ambassador
In 2004 he became a Nacional UNICEF Ambassador
DISCOGRAPHY (Albums)
Nekade vo nokta ["Somewhere in the Night"] (Avalon Production, 1999.)
Sinot Bozji ["The Son of God"] (Avalon Production, 2000.)
Ako me poglednes vo oci ["If You Look into My Eyes"] (Final Cut Production, 2002.)
Den za na [“A Day for US”] ( Final Cut Production 2004)
Po tebe ( Award 2005)