Polyhymnia holds the EFFE Label 2026–2027
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News from the festival and the competition
Erasmus+ mobility in Makarska and the “Together” concerts
In July 2026, young musicians from Skopje, Bitola, Struga and Štip took part in a short-stay Erasmus+ mobility in Makarska, Croatia, organised by AME Polyhymnia.
Read moreStefan Trajanoski wins second prize at Euritmia in Italy
Saxophonist Stefan Trajanoski won second prize with 99 points in category C for wind instruments at the 30th International Competition for Young Instrumentalists “Euritmia” in Povoletto, Udine.
Read moreProf. Ana Kovačević lectures in Štip, Bitola and Skopje
Pianist and teacher prof. Ana Kovačević from Belgrade visited as an Erasmus+ expert with her lecture “Body movement and the organisation of a work’s time structure as a unifying factor in performance”.
Read morePolyhymnia on MRT’s “Naš podium”
The festival’s founders and organisers, Nikolina Eftimova Todorovska and Verica Šotarovska, were guests on “Naš podium” on the national broadcaster MRT, aired on 17 April 2026.
Read moreThe 11th Polyhymnia: participants from 12 countries and the new laureates
The eleventh edition of Polyhymnia set a record for the number of countries. Young musicians from Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, Spain and New Zealand performed on the stages of Skopje.
Read moreCellolove: days devoted to the cello
As part of the festival, the Cellolove event offered young cellists from Macedonia lectures and individual lessons with prof. Nebojša Janković from Serbia and prof. Zoran Stepić from Greece.
Read moreLaureate’s concert by Jovan Muratović
Violist Jovan Muratović, a laureate of last year’s edition, gave the laureate’s concert at the Faculty of Music in Skopje, joined by Lazar Miletić (viola) and Katarina Hadži Antić-Tatić (piano).
Read moreTen years of Polyhymnia
With the edition of 11–15 April 2025, the international Polyhymnia competition marked ten years. The first edition in 2016 had 76 participants; the anniversary edition had 420 competitors.
Read moreThe Creative Vibes project
Students of AME Polyhymnia took part in the Creative Vibes project, creating art together with peers from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
Read moreErasmus+ mobility in Koper and Split
In June 2025, students of AME Polyhymnia took part in a short-stay Erasmus+ mobility at the Art Grammar School in Koper, Slovenia, and in Split, Croatia.
Read moreThe laureates of the anniversary Polyhymnia 2025
At the gala concert of the best, the prizes of the tenth edition were announced. The laureate is Božana Goševa (violin), the second laureate Jovan Muratović (viola) and the third laureates Magdalena Komiloska (flute) and Eva Malinovska (cello). The best young performer is Damjan Atanasov (piano).
Read moreTraining and job shadowing through Erasmus+
In June 2024, representatives of AME Polyhymnia took part in job shadowing at the Kosta Manojlović Music School in Zemun, Belgrade, in cooperation with Nataša Jović and the organisation MOTO.
Read moreThe 9th Polyhymnia: laureate Georgi Perehot
The ninth edition of the festival took place in Skopje from 20 to 23 April 2024. The laureate is Georgi Perehot (cello), Montenegro / Belarus.
Read moreConference “From Competition to the Professional Stage”
On 18 November 2023, the Small Hall of the Faculty of Music in Skopje hosted the conference “From Competition to the Professional Stage: challenges and solutions in teaching and student practice”, attended by colleagues and school leaders from the Ilija Nikolovski-Luj school in Skopje, the Sergej Mihajlov school in Štip and the Stefan Gajdov school in Veles.
Read moreErasmus+ mobility in Rome
In August 2023, students from the Ilija Nikolovski-Luj school in Skopje and the State Music School in Bitola took part in a short Erasmus+ educational stay in Rome, with seminars by Misia Sofia Jannoni Sebastianini and Marco Albrizio.
Read moreThe 8th Polyhymnia: laureate Magdalena Drmač
The laureate of the eighth edition of the festival is Magdalena Drmač, announced at the concert of the best competitors. The Jasminka Čakar award and plaque for the best performance of a work by Frédéric Chopin went to Dimitrij Stojčevski.
Read moreLectures on healthy habits for young people
On 1 and 6 December 2022, AME Polyhymnia, in cooperation with and supported by the City of Skopje, held lectures and training on healthy habits for young people at two secondary schools in Skopje, “Zdravko Cvetkovski” and “Lazar Lichenoski”.
Read moreErasmus+ mobility in Koper, Slovenia
In October 2022, students from the Ilija Nikolovski-Luj school took part in a short-stay Erasmus+ mobility in Koper, in cooperation with the Art Grammar School Koper and prof. Alenka Zupan. They attended classes at the music school in Koper and performed in a concert.
Read moreSummer 2022: young musicians at academies and festivals
In summer 2022, AME Polyhymnia sent young musicians to several international programmes. They took part in the Festival of Young Mediterranean Music “La musica: un ponte tra i popoli” in Forlì, Italy, a project of 11 nationalities that ended with a concert in Belgrade.
Read moreThe prizes of the 7th Polyhymnia
At the second stage of the seventh edition, in May 2022, first prize went to Relja Mitrović, second to Marija Gjorgjievska and third to Simeon Gošev and Aleksa Aćimović.
Read moreThe 6th Polyhymnia: laureate Goce Zlatev
The laureate of the sixth edition is pianist Goce Zlatev. Second place went to Lazar Mutavdžić (violin) and third place to Megi Rexhepi (clarinet) and Simeon Gošev (violin). The award for the best performance of a Macedonian work went to Jana Nikolovska (piano), and the award for a promising young artist to Petra Mitrović (piano).
Read moreThe 5th Polyhymnia: laureate Viktor Rafajlovski
The fifth edition took place in two stages: the first through video recordings and the second, with the announcement of the laureate, on 5 December 2020. The laureate is Viktor Rafajlovski (piano), Macedonia. Ranked second is Gorjan Stojanovski (piano) and third Antonio Šarić, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Read moreThe 4th Polyhymnia: laureate Leonardo Dimoski
The fourth edition took place in Skopje from 27 to 31 March 2019. The laureate is violinist Leonardo Dimoski.
Read moreThe 3rd Polyhymnia: laureate Valentina Stanojević
The third edition of the festival took place in Skopje from 28 March to 1 April 2018, with music workshops for students and seminars for teachers. The laureate is Valentina Stanojević from the Faculty of Arts in Niš.
Read moreThe 2nd Polyhymnia: musicians from 10 European countries
The second edition took place in Skopje from 30 March to 2 April 2017, with musicians from 10 European countries. The competition covered flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, solo singing and chamber music, and guest professors from Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Slovenia taught at the workshops.
Read moreThe first Polyhymnia festival
The festival began in March 2016 as a festival and competition in chamber music and flute, and by the following year it had grown into an event with all disciplines.
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