Aleksandra Pileva
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Aleksandra Pileva
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| Background information | |
| Born |
10 June 1980 Negotino, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Rock, Pop-rock |
| Years active | 1998– |
| Associated acts | Session Selection |
Aleksandra Pileva (Macedonian: Александра Пилева, born 10 June 1980) is a rock / pop-rock singer and songwriter from the Republic of Macedonia. Pileva's music contains elements of modern rock, pop rock, blues / rock ballads and alternative rock.
Aleksandra Pileva Cadiev is an entertainer who is one of the most popular female rock musicians in the Republic of Macedonia. In her ten-year career has she participated in concerts throughout the whole country and issued a few albums. She is known by her explosive and emotional performances. Pileva is a very popular entertainer. She has been a part of many humanitarian activities for more than 10 years in the Republic of Macedonia.
Her professional career started in 1998 when she had her first musical engagement on the most popular festival Makfest-Stip in Macedonia with the rock song "You are Him". When she came to study in Skopje she started her cooperation with the group "Session Selection", with whom she performed cover concerts throughout many rock clubs. Transferring to the audience music in Rock and Soul still, together with this band she sang on Makfest 2000 year. She sang the song "Crooked Pictures", her author song.
In 2004, on the musical festival Makfest-Macedinia, she got the Grand Prix of the festival and won the first place from the audience with the song "Nothing But Sorrow". She also got the award for the best voice performance from the accredited press. With this award and this song Pileva got a significant place in Macedonian music and she became a rock star among the media and the audience.
On October 19, 2005 Pileva held a concert in Iraq in the base of the American soldiers and coalition forces in the camp, in Taxi on the visit from the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia, in organization of the USA ARMY – Lt. Col. Anthony Wright, commander of 70th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Bde. 1st Armored Division for support of the peace soldiers from Republic of Macedonia and USA.
The official representatives from Republic of Macedonia brought a surprise from their native country. Pileva as a very popular Macedonian singer held a concert with the musical band from the American soldiers from the 3rd infantry division, "Focus Bend". The soldiers were impressed from Pilava’s emotional entertainment of both the Macedonian and the American National Anthem. After that she sang American pop-rock songs allowing soldiers to fill the atmosphere and to send messages for peace and wishes to meet their family that were hundreds of miles away.
In 2006 on the Makfest festival she won once again a very significant award with the song "Silver Soldiers". She won the second prize from the audience and award for best voice performance from the accredited press. In 2006 in the competition with the best Balkan stars she sang "Sunny Steps" in the international festival in Budva, Montenegro.
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