“Zlatno Slavejce” Children Songs Festival

The oldest children’s song festival in Europe, “Zlatno Slavejce,” is held each year in November and so far more than 800 children have performed at this festival.

First children’s pop festival with songs made from Macedonian authors an on Macedonian organized by City union for care and education-Skopje took part on 23 May”.  These information published in ,,Nova Makedonija” in the spring of 1971 annonce the start and born of our oldest and the most famois festival for kids in Macedonia, Since then every November celebrating the birthday of our city Skopje 13 November. In all those years, children sang for their plays, love for the country, first love, for the school etc.
Through the years the found of the songs growe up and the vacum that exists in education suddenly disappeared. The song of mother tonque all the kids hold in their own hearts like great gift from many authors and conductors. In all those years everything was changed: conructors, screenplauers… Only one thing was and it is still the same: That is the wish to give to the children song thatwill be popular for their age. That’s why: ,,Ej gulabi, beli”, ,,Duvna vetre razvigorche”, ,,Mi podari pticata pesna, ..Kajche”, ,,Eh, toj Toshe”, ,,Mojata uchitelka”, ,,Nikola, Nikola” and many others was they are part of birthdays partys, gidergardens, centers for children…everywhere where the children grow, leanr and make friends.
Today with great pleasure we can say: we have a production of more that 700 songs with their own artisticl and educational function. Children’s festival ,,Zlatno slavejche” became a unique cultural institution, dignity of all Macedonian culture. The enthusiasm of hundrets of people, touched by the magic of the song, was reason children festival ,,Zlatno slavejche” to be adored from all music fans. That’s why, we City union for care and education-Skopje, want to thank to everybody that was involved in our festival through the years. The list is so long that we cannot menshion names. But, in these occasion we will manshion only the name of the person that gave a prechiousless support of the children’s festival ,,Zlatno slavejche”: composer and conductor Aleksandar Djambazov.
,,Golden Nightingales” in all those 30 years also fly and sang out of Macedonia, . In Skopje,together with our ,,nightingales” sang children from other countries and with that our festival became a part of world culture. Our duty is to continue the international fly of ,, nightingales” for joy of our kids, like sing of our high artistical reputation.

Location: Macedonian Philharmonic

Date: November 22/23/24

Time: 11:00h / 13:00h / 17:00h

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