Aleksandra Popovska
| Aleksandra Popovska Александра Поповска |
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| Birth name | Aleksandra Popovska |
| Born | 1975 (age 41–42) Serbia, Former Yugoslavia |
| Origin | Macedonia |
| Genres | Vocal music, Macedonian folk music, Contemporary classical music, Electroacoustic music, Jazz, Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Composer, Educator, Visual artist, Performance artist |
| Instruments | Voice, Piano, Traditional Macedonian flutes |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Independent |
| Associated acts | Dragan Dautovski Quartet |
| Website | AleksandraPopovska |
Aleksandra Popovska (Macedonian: Александра Поповска; born 1975) is a vocalist, multimedia artist, educator, and composer/improviser currently resident in The Netherlands. Raised in the Former Yugoslavia, she was exposed to a wide variety of cultural influences. In the Balkans she is known as one of the pioneers in so called “extended vocal techniques”. She uses her voice as an instrument and her interests in music are various, from folk and pop to jazz and experimental live electronics. Her freely exploration of different art contexts expands the boundaries of the genres. The focus of her most recent work is on new vocal performance and creation of audio-visual works.
Aleksandra graduated at the Academy of Music in Skopje in 1997. During her studies she performed with female vocal trio (Emilija Lale and Ana Kostova) and collaborated as a session musician with almost all active Macedonian producers and composers from that period (Darko Dimitrov, Kokan Dimushevski, Valentino Skenderovski, Ilija Pejoski, Kire Kostov, etc..). She participated in recordings of over twenty CDs in different music genres with Macedonian artists such as TB Traceri, Arhangel, Karolina Gočeva, Erzana, Toše Proeski, Kaliopi, Igor Dzambazov, Tijana Dapčević, Vrčak, Rebeka, Biba Dodeva, and Adrian Gadza,...
In 2000(since), Aleksandra become a main vocalist in Dragan Dautovski Quartet,performing in more than twenty countries around the world. The quartet is mainly notable for their very distinctive style of music, which encompasses complex rhythms and lyric approach to the arrangements of Macedonian folk tunes. They released several albums and became popular in Macedonia and The Balkans. The success of both albums, Path of the sun and Razboj sparked an international interest in new Macedonian music.
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