Beautiful Macedonia Vol. 1

One more beautiful collage of photos from Macedonia, followed by the anthological 1990 song "Biser Balkanski" performed by Goce Nikolovski. This collage was taken from youtube!

Goce Nikolovski - Moja serenada

The most beautiful Macedonian serenades - Moja serenada, one of Goce Nikolovski's biggest hits.

Goce Nikolovski (macedonian: Гоце Николовски) was born 1947 -  died on 16 December 2006, was a famous Macedonian singer, known by his biggest hit "Biser Balkanski" .

Nikolovski popularity peaked in 1990, when his song "Biser Balkanski" won 1st prize at the Folk Fest Valandovo 1990 Song Festival, an annual competition in which singers from the former Yugoslavia.

The song became an instant hit and remained a classic in the Republic of Macedonia, even becoming somewhat of an anthem to a nation just starting off after its break up from Yugoslavia. Nikolovski was also given the nickname "Biser Balkanski" following the song.

Throughout the 1990's, Nikolovski went on to release several other hits, but none would measure up to the success that he found with "Biser Balkanski". In 1992, Nikolovski took part in the Canberra '92 Festival, a concert similar to the annual Valandovo song festival, with the song "Od Majka Nema Pomila".

Nikolovski's popularity declined as time progressed, and by the turn of the century, has virtually disappeared from the public eye.On december 16th 2006, he commited suicide in his house in Skopje.