In memoriam: Toshe Pop Simonov

For Tose Pop Simonov

He has been actively involved in music since 1976.

Founder and member of more vocal-instrumental compositions, including: Post script, tartif, bastion, Urban, Raskolnikov, Astoria, cold legs, K-15 …

Owner of the first private production audio studio in Macedonia, “Audioolab”, which starts working on 15.05.1985. In January 1991, the studio grews into the first private publishing music house, under the same name.

As a producer, it has been signed by more than 700 projects released in the Republic and the former Yugoslavia. It has worked on projects of all genres, from small composition works, to complex stage-music formations.

Part of the list of clients and projects:

Anastasia, Mizar, Archangel, Memory, Tose Proevski, Dario and Mig 21, Vlado Janevski, Risto Bomb, Cold Legs, Ena Veco, Lola V. Stein, Duo Trio, Dule and Koki, the day after, Last Expedition, Exik, Karolina Goceva, Arben Shakiri-Ben and Non Stop, Verica Pandilovska, Maja Grozdanovska, Olgica Hristovska, Tanja Kochovska, Festival, Anthology of Macedonian Folk Music…

It is on the official list of the producers of the Intercontinental Music Concern “Polygram”.

In addition to music production, he deals with composing and writing arrangements and lyrics for his own and foreign compositions. As a producer, a composer, arranger and songwriter has participated in all the festivals of popular music in the Republic.

Member of the Makfest Committee of Makfest (’91 -’93) member of the Makfest Jury (’91 -’93) member of the “Skopje Festival” (’95) producer of “Makfest” ’87, ’89, ’91, ’92; Producer of “Interfest” ’94 and ’95;

More important activities, works, awards and recognitions:

1981 – the most heard group of the waves of Radio -Skopje; 1984-2nd prize at “Rock Fest” ’84; 1987 – Makfest Best Text Award ’87; 1989 – Album of the Year; 1992-1st Prize by audience and 2nd prize of expert jury “Makfest” ’92; 1992 – Arrangement title awarded by the MRT Academy of Academy; 1993 – Recognition of the most listened song of the year of MRT programs; 1993 – the title of producer of the year, awarded by the MRT Academy of Academy; 1994 – The producer of the music for the film “Before the Rain”, the winner of the “Golden Lion” in Venice; 1995- 2nd and 3rd award on Macedonian Radio for Song of the Year; 1995 – the title of producer of the year, awarded by the MRT Academy of Academy; 1996 – the title of producer of the year, awarded by the MRT Academy of Academy; 1997- producer of the most listened song of the year; 1999 – The most listened composition between the two Makfest2000 festivals; 2000 – Best Text for Eurosong 2000; 2001 – Complete author of the composition winner of the Interpretation Prize Makfest2001; 2003 – winner of 6 awards (music, text, arrangement, audience, expert jury and Grand Prix) at the International Festival in Bihac, BiH; 2004 – Author of Music for the play “Homo Erectus” by director Saso Milenkovski, performed by the ensemble of Drama Theater – Skopje; 2006 – Complete author of music and tone post -production of the film “The Secret Book”; 2007 – The author of the music for the drama “Perfection or Death” by director Vlado Cvetanovski, performed by the Prilep Theater, a play that opened the festival “Vojdan Chernodrinski” that year; 2009 – Author of the music for the theater play “Eighth World Miracle” by Jordan Plevnes, directed by Vlado Cvetanovski and performing the National Theater of Bitola; 2019 – Makfest 2019 – Author of the Music and Arrangement for the Composition “Do not Recognize” the band from Freyle from Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia and winner of the III award from the festival’s expert jury; 2019 – Makfest 2019 – Complete author of the composition “You Go” performed by Trajce Georgiev; 2021 – Author of Spika and Music Subses for the series “Relaxed”, broadcast on Alfa TV at the beginning of 2021; 2021 – Media organizer and author of Avizo and Jingli for VIII See Symposium on Vegetables and Potato Under Auspices of International Society for Horticultural Sciences (ISS), September 2021; 2021 – Processing and arrangement of the composition “Fire under the stars” by Petar Georgievski/Group of memory; 2021 – A complete author of the composition “This Can’t” performed by Arben Beni Shaqiri.

Video production:

Documentary films: “Forgotten”, “Vetren”, “Adam and Eve”, “Holomaries” Reportage for the Mercedes Museum in Cologne, “Folk Instruments of Macedonia”, “Hydro -Accumulative Capacities of Macedonia”, “Alternatives of Methyl Bromide”, “Breeding”, “Breeding”, “The connection of Ohrid and Prespa Lake” …

Video series: “Fantastic Musicland”, “ANFAS”, “ZOKI ROOKS”