October 6-10, 1948
'The First Award Clarinet received by Tale Ognenovski from Bitola...' appeared in the article with the title 'Received Awards  for choirs, folk dances and songs groups, solo singers and players who participated at the First Republic of Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs', published in the newspaper 'Nova Makedonija' on October 13, 1948.

One of the highpoints of Tale Ognenovski's successes was his participation in a competition during the 'Republic of Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs' during the period 6-10 October, 1948. 453 Folk dances and songs groups competed in the festival in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. He was a winner, and received his First Award as the best clarinetist from Angel Saldziev, Assistant Director from the Ministry of Science and Culture in the Republic of Macedonia. The President of the commission was Zhivko Firfov, and a member of the commission was Vasil Hadzimanov.

At this folk festival Tale Ognenovski participated in playing as clarinet soloist with every folk group from the Bitola region - from the villages of Brusnik (its members were Pande Metlovski, Vasko Stankovski, Rade Talevski, Sotir Ilkovski, Tome Grozdanovski, Cane Grozdanovski, Jonche Talevski, Mile Josifovski, Milica Talevska, Vera Tasevska, Vasilka Karangelevska, Danica Drskovska, Vasa Altanovska, Kristina Palashovska, Cena Veleva, Fana Dushovska, Ljube Karangelevska and Dragica Apchevska), Lavci, Dihovo and Rotino and from the town of Bitola. In addition, Tale Ognenovski was the artistic instructor and coordinator of all the folk groups from the Bitola region. The Bitola Towns Union of cultural educated societies won the First Award for the best cultural region in the Republic of Macedonia...

1965
'The name of Tale Ognenovski, clarinetist of the Radio Skopje Folk Music Orchestra, is recognizable to folk music admirers. I can't imagine a programme of folk dances and songs on Radio Television Skopje without Tale Ognenovski's performing on the clarinet', appeared in the article with the title 'All life dedicated to music' written by Gj. Mehandziski for the newspaper 'Nova Makedonija' in 1965.

April 1, 1967
'Tale Ognenovski is a member of the 'Folk Orchestra of Radio Television Skopje' which will make its debut between April 14 and 16 at the First Festival of Yugoslavian (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music to be broadcast on the Radio in Skopje'. This appeared in the newspaper 'Vecher' on April 1, 1967.

1968
"Twenty years ago at the 'Republic festival of Folk music' held in Skopje, the clarinetist Tale Ognenovski received First Award  as the best clarinetist in the Republic of Macedonia...Tale Ognenovski has recorded 100 folk dances for Radio Skopje of which 20 are with the 'Chalgii' Orchestra and 12 are with the 'Authentic Folk Instruments Orchestra', where he played solo on the pipe ('kavalche'). Other folk dances were recorded with the 'Folk Music Orchestra' from Radio and Television Skopje. The majority of these folk dances are his own compositions and others are his arrangements of folk dances...Tale Ognenovski as a famous clarinetist who has created his own style of interpreting folk dances and is now the best clarinetist in S.R. Macedonia. He is also an excellent soloist on the pipe ('kavalche'). As an especially distinguished clarinetist, he presents folk music in an extraordinarily beautiful way both nationally and internationally", said Vasil Hadzimanov, the researcher of Macedonian folk music, in an article entitled 'Anniversary of a Life dedicated to music - Tale Ognenovski, 20 years as a professioonal clarinetist', written by Gj. Mehandziski and published in the newspaper 'Nova Makedonija' in 1968.

October, 1968
'Tale Ognenovski first began to play the clarinet in the village of Brusnik near Bitola then drifting through the Pelagonia plain, he crossed the River Vardar and toured Macedonia and all Yugoslavia, until he arrived in America, Canada, France, Germany... and he returned here to stay in Radio Skopje. He participated in many music programmes on Radio Television Skopje and become wealthy, a great maestro of the clarinet and even unique...' This appeared in an article entitled 'Hot tones', written by Gjoko Georgiev and published in the magazine 'Makedonija' in October, 1968.
 
 

1968
"On March 25, 1968, Radio Skopje will broadcast a special programme about the 20th anniversary of the famous clarinetist  Tale Ognenovski. In this programme the famous musician, the leader of several folk music orchestras, and who is now retired (he retired as Head of 'The Folk Music Orchestra'), will perform a double role as a soloist both in folk and classical music'. This appeared in an article entitled 'Twenty years with the clarinet', published in the newspaper 'Vecher', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia in 1968.

1970
"On March 30, 1970, the producer Blagoja Andreev will record a television show of Tale Ognenovski performing folk music as soloist on the clarinet and the pipe ('kavalche'). He will also perform classical music. Guests on this television show will be 'The Folk Music Orchestra', 'The Chalgii Orchestra', 'The Authentic Folk Instruments Orchestra' and Ladislav Palfi on the piano." This appeared in an article entitled 'Tale Show' in the newspaper 'Vecher' in 1970.

1970
"Tale Ognenovski, long-time clarinet soloist and Manager of 'The Folk Music  Orchestra', received an invitation from Music Production of Radio Television Skopje to perform as additional music force with the 'Chalgii' Orchestra..." This appeared in an article entitled 'Tale as additional music force' published in the newspaper 'Vecher', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, in 1970.
 

May 19, 1970
"Tonight at 7.20pm, Television Skopje will broadcast a music programme 'One clarinet - One Life'. The subject of this programme is the famous clarinet soloist Tale Ognenovski...in this evening's programme, Ognenovski will be introduced to the viewers and will perform a few folk dances and the Concert 'Fiori Rossiniani' by Ernesto Cavallini as clarinet soloist with accompaniment on the piano by Professor Ladislav Palfi." This appeared in an article entitled 'One clarinet - One Life', a music programme from Television Skopje dedicated to the famous clarinetist Tale Ognenovski', published in the newspaper 'Vecher', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on May 19, 1970.

June 23, 1973
"A long time ago, Tale Ognenovski was called a "virtuoso of the clarinet"...He was always invited as a guest to participate in  tours by 'Tanec', 'Mirche Acev', 'Orce Nikolov', 'Vlado Tasevski', 'Kocho Racin' and others...In 1969 he surprised everybody with his concert of classical music. With accompaniment on the piano by Ladislav Palfi, Tale Ognenovski performed a concert for the clarinet (this was the concert 'Fiori Rossiniani' - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) by the Italian composer Ernesto Cavallini. This was yet more evidence of his virtuosity." This appeared in an article entitled 'Tale and his clarinet', and was published in the magazine 'Ekran', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on June 23, 1973.

1973
"It is not widely known either in Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavia) or in the world that the renowned virtuoso clarinetist Tale Ognenovski is a concert clarinetist. It is not widely known what Tale Ognenovski can play in other music styles: jazz, jazz improvisations in the style of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw or dance music. It is a phenomenon that Tale Ognenovski has the right amount of 'ambazhura' and vibrato for every style of music. For classical music, he has perfectly level tone. It is particularly phenomenal that he can change the colour and vibrato in a moment. The standard is that one timbre and one kind of vibrato exclude other colour and other type... On his repertoire are Weber's concert in ef-mol, Mozart's concert A Major..." said Professor Ladislav Palfi, our famous pianist..." This appeared in an article written by B. Mirchevski, entitled 'Tale Ognenovski - fifty years of magic with the clarinet, the life of one clarinet' and published in the magazine 'Studentski zbor', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia in 1973.

May 27, 1977
"I composed numerous folk dances. These folk dances are present in almost every home. These folk dances are recorded on gramophone records and locked away in many places both here and even in foreign countries," said Tale Ognenovski. This appeared in an article entitled 'Four decades with the clarinet' and published in the magazine 'Ekran', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on May 27, 1977.

1979
"Our famous artist, the virtuoso clarinetist Tale Ognenovski, says: "I began to play the clarinet and to compose dances and melodies when I was fifteen. At the First Republic of Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs in 1948 in Skopje, I received First Award as the best clarinetist, and since then I have performed continually on music stages as a professional musician in this country and abroad.... I have performed in more than one thousand concerts. This September I will record a new LP for Radio Television Belgrade with 12 folk dances." This appeared in an article written by Kosta Popovski, entitled 'The people in the focus - Record' and published in the newspaperr 'Nova Makedonija', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia in 1979.

1979
"At the top of the list of our performers, players of separate folk instruments, is the clarinetist Tale Ognenovski... Ognenovski  has played folk instruments since he was seven... Ognenovski received First Award at the Republic folklore festival in 1948 in Skopje ... He made his first debuts performing and recording for Radio Skopje, then toured many countries with our Folk Dances Ensembles... Most of the folk dances that he recorded are his own compositions... In an artist's portrait of the clarinetist Tale Ognenovski, he is engaged in playing classical music. It is known that in 1952 and 1953 he performed classical music in public concerts organized by Radio Skopje... Later he recorded a classical concert for the clarinet for Radio Skopje... With this was the proof that Tale Ognenovski was a absolute maestro on clarinet..." This appeared in an article written by Vancho Mehandziski, entitled 'The clarinet as a life' and published in the newspaper 'Nova Makedonija', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia in 1979.

1979
This Macedonian clarinetist is an extraordinary musician" - Ilustrovana Politika
"...Radio Television Belgrade released a LP of Macedonian folk music, on which are performances by the extraordinary clarinetist Tale Ognenovski. His music repertoire is folk dances, jazz (besides others he includes works by Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw), concerts from Weber, Mozart and Cavallini...This is Tale Ognenovski who began to play the clarinet in the village of Brusnik near Bitola, who with this wooden instrument toured the world and received well-deserved applause wherever he performed. The names of the folk dances which Tale Ognenovski plays will not be given; this is unnecessary because this is a particularly good record that proves that this Macedonian clarinetist is an extraordinary musician", from the magazine "Ilustrovana Politika", under the title, "New records - Macedonian folk dances", published in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1979.
(This commentary is a message to the reader on the release of the record RTB LP 1439 STEREO).

1987
"Television Skopje recorded a half-hour television programme with the title 'One clarinet, one life'... At the First Republic of Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs in 1948 in Skopje, Tale Ognenovski received First Award as the best clarinetist... His music repertoire includes many folk dances and jazz interpretations, and concerts from Weber, Mozart, and Cavallini...Tale Ognenovski toured the world with this wooden instrument and everywhere he received deserved applause from the lovers of music." "...These days, I have recorded one television programme for Television Skopje where I am playing folk dances: 'Bukovsko svadbarsko oro' - (composer Tale Ognenovski), 'Brusnichkko oro' - (composer Tale Ognenovski), 'Stevchevo oro' - (composer Tale Ognenovski), 'Kasapsko oro' - (folk - arranger Tale Ognenovski), 'Beranche' (folk - arranger Tale Ognenovski). I will play on the pipe ('kavalche') together with the accompaniment of the 'Authentic Folk Instruments Orchestra'. I will also play classical music: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Wagner's Adagio," said Tale Ognenovski'. This appeared in an article written by V. Markoska, entitled 'Tale Ognenovski-virtuoso on the clarinet' and published in the newspaper 'Vecher', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on July 17, 1987.

July 18, 1987
"One clarinet, one life - a portrait of Tale Ognenovski, Television Skopje, first programme 18.00 - 18.30." This appeared in the newspaper 'Nova Makedonija', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on July 18, 1987.

February 26, 1988
"Tale Ognenovski, clarinet virtuoso," a television programme with the title: 'Playing this way' with folk dances performed by a few extraordinary folk instrumentalists..." from an article that appeared in the newspaper 'Nova Makedonija', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on February 26, 1988.
 
 
 
 

October 20, 1994
"Maestro Tale Ognenovski plays classical music brilliantly on the clarinet - Mozart, Weber...etc. He plays
everything; it doesn't matter how difficult or complicated it is." - Violeta Hadzi Skerleva, Ekran
"Maestro Tale Ognenovski plays classical music brilliantly (this is the opinion of experts of classical music) on the clarinet - Mozart, Weber...etc. He plays everything; it doesn't matter how difficult or complicated it is. In the records it says of his debut, first with the pianist Nino Cipushev, and later with the famous pianist Ladislav Palfi, that the way Tale Ognenovski plays the most complicated classic music is on a par with that of the most famous clarinetists in the world. Experts of classical music have said that Tale Ognenovski's skill with the clarinet is nowhere near that of the most famous classical music clarinetist in the world. On the contrary." Journalist Violeta Hadzi Skerleva wrote this in her article " Skopje. First Clarinetist of '94 Tale Ognenovski, a portrait" published in the magazine "Ekran", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, October 20, 1994.

May 24, 1996
"The Macedonian Association of Stage Artists has awarded Tale Ognenovski, Vaska Ilieva, Aleksandar Sarievski, Jonche Hristovski and Pece Atanasovski with the 'Award for Life Artist Work'. This title appeared in the newspaper 'Vecher', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on May 24, 1996.

May 15, 1997
"April 27 was the 75th birthday of Tale Ognenovski (his mother was Vanka and his father was Jonche)... 60 years of playing the clarinet and 50 years after receiving First Award as the best clarinetist at the Bitola festival of Folk Dances and Songs (1947)... At the First Republic Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs in 1948 in Skopje, Tale Ognenovski received First Award as the best clarinetist... He worked for two months for Radio Skopje in 1948 (on the personal invitation of Nikolaj Galevski and Vasil Hadzimanov from Radio Skopje - Remark made by Stevan Ognenovski). He recorded and played programmes on Radio Bitola with his Folk Orchestra and the 'Chalgii' Orchestra. From 1951 till 1954 he worked with the 'Public Police Orchestra', from 1954 till 1956 with the 'Public Town of Skopje Orchestra' and from 1956 till 1960 with Ensemble 'Tanec'. From 1960 till 1967 he worked with the famous Folk Orchestra of Radio Television Skopje led by Nikolaj Galevski. In 1966 he became head of the 'Folk Music Orchestra' and, although he retired in 1967, he continued to play on an honorary basis with the 'Chalgii' Orchestra on 'Radio Television Skopje' for a long time...Both before and since then, he has made real departures into playing classical music by Mozart, Weber, Miler and various Macedonian authors...as well as his 150 or more compositions and dances released on 9 single gramophone records, 4 cassettes, and 4 LP's. With some famous singers accompanying his Orchestra, he has given us quite an imposing number..." This article appeared under the title 'Tale Ognenovski and his anniversaries (1)', and was published in the magazine 'Ekran' on May 15, 1997.

May 22, 1997
"... The prodigy however is called Tale Ognenovski... Absolute mastery and unlimited imagination and musical invention, for him, are only 'potka', a condition, a starter, a tonal 'organon', for his creative accomplishment.... Has Ognenovski's ingenuity in advance not done something that, with the power of empirical palpability and outright proof, will convince us that Macedonia - with the power of both worlds of melodies being borne and present in her galaxy of sounds - is the one predetermined to play the role of a tonal catalyst for the future universal connection and natural mixing and circulation of the creative idea of East - West - East? After Ognenovski, "Anastassia" has already made an effective start down that road..." Wrote Dusko Dimitrovski for Tale Ognenovski in the book "For Our Music...", title: "Tale Ognenovski and his anniversaries (2)" Newsmagazine "Ekran", May 22, 1997.

November 10, 1997
"...It is a phenomenon that for every style of music, Tale Ognenovski has the right amount of embouchure and vibrato. For classical music, when it is required, a perfectly level tone...", wrote Professor Ladislav Palfi on May 23, 1973.
"Tale Ognenovski is the author of the book 'Macedonian folk dances' ('Makedonski ora') published by the Cultural Educational Association in Skopje, 1989. In the introduction to this book Kiril Todevski, ethno musician, and editor at the Department for Folk Music in Radio Skopje wrote, "...Year by year his skills as a real virtuoso and artist have developed, this man who created his own style for interpreting folk dances ('ora'), the special characteristics of which are his inventive improvisations called 'maninja'. At the same time as producing these, Tale Ognenovski became a composer of his own folk dances..."
"...In his solo performance, he played together in parallel Cavallini's concert 'Fiori Rossiniani', Weber's concert in ef-mol, and Mozart's concert for the Clarinet in A Major K. 622 with Professor Ladislav Palfi as piano accompaniment in a broadcast on Radio Television Skopje. He has made many performances in public and played jazz music by Yugoslav composers, also jazz in the style of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw... We discovered Tale Ognenovski in this area of music, the clarinetist who first began to play in Brusnik near Bitola, then, drifting through the Pelagonia plane, crossed the River Vardar, toured throughout Macedonia and eventually toured throughout America, Canada and many European countries. As he grew up he developed his skill and became wealthy and, in a unique way..." written by Gjoko Georgiev..." This appeared in an article written by Stevan Ognenovski, M. Sc. under the title 'Tale Ognenovski deserves the '11 October award'. It was published in the newspaper 'Nova Makedonija', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on November 10, 1997.

June 29, 1998
"Twenty folk artists from the Macedonian Association of Stage Artists, including Vaska Ilieva, Jonche Hristovski, Blaga  Petreska and Tale Ognenovski, will perform the traditional summer concert, tonight, June 29, at 8:30 p.m. at the Stone Bridge."
This article appeared in the newspaper 'Vecher' under the title 'Macedonian Stage Artists will perform tonight in the Skopje Summer'. It was published on June 29, 1998.
 

 October 29, 1998
"...Tale Ognenovski is the author of the first collection of musical notations of Macedonian folk dances, 'Macedonian folk  dances' ('Makedonski ora'), published by the Cultural Educational Association from Skopje in 1989.
He has appeared with the Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs 'Tanec' on the world's most prestigious concert stages in North America and Europe with fantastic success; these successes have been documented in articles in world-famous newspapers, including The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Boston Traveler, Chicago Daily News, Washington News, Saint Louis Globe, The Milwaukee Journal - USA, Hildesheim press - Germany, Le Berry Republicain, La Nouvelle Republique du Centre - France...On January 22, 1956, with Ensemble 'Tanec', he performed on the American television program 'Omnibus'. On January 27, 1956, they performed in the world-famous concert hall Carnegie Hall with great success. In his book 'For our music', Dushko Dimitrovski wrote 'But, aside all else, the prodigy is called Tale Ognenovski... we will be greatly surprised and enraptured to find that Ognenovski is (probably) the FIRST, and (surely) THE FARTHEST REACHING contemporary who made the connection between the two 'NON-CONNECTING' worlds - the Orient and the West - in melodies and words... Tale Ognenovski's biography was published on the Internet on September 18, 1998..." This appeared in an article written by Stevan Ognenovski, M. Sc. entitled 'Tale Ognenovski deserves the '11 October' award. It was published in the magazine 'Denes', Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on October 29, 1998.

“ New Audio CD of the legendary Macedonian composer, clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper – The Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski, entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music,” has been released in USA. With this unofficial promotion of this Album this incredibly unique musician celebrated his 80th anniversary of his birthday,  73th  anniversary of his playing on the reed pipe, 65th anniversary of his playing on the clarinet, and 46th anniversary of his performances at world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York on January 27, 1956.  The book entitled "Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer", written by Stevan Ognenovski has been published one year ago. Publishing house is MATICA MAKEDONSKA.The Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski is one of the Greatest Instrumentalists and Composers in Word Music…In the new Audio CD, Tale Ognenovski in unique way in Word Music made the connection between Oriental and Western Music… Record Label of his Album is Independent Records from USA. Album is recorded and mixed by Dimitar Dimovski at  TRA-LA-LA STUDIO. Producers are: Tale Ognenovski and his son Stevan Ognenovski. The album includes the tracks : Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1, Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No.5, Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 8, Brusnichko oro, Nevenino oro, Bukovsko svadbarsko oro, Talevo kasapsko oro, Stevchevo oro, Sharsko oro, Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1. Total playing time of this Audio CD is about seventy minutes… In the musical biography of this incredibly unique artist has been written, that he was born in the village of Brusnik near Bitola… He has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances , one classical concert "Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet  No. 1", and many Jazz compositions. Some of  his compositions are recorded  on 11 LPs, 11 cassettes, 10 gramophone records, and one videotape (RTB, Jugoton, RTS and MRT)… Tale Ognenovski’s numerous musical works belong to different genres; together, his folk dances and classical and jazz compositions established the clarinet as an instrument capable of the highest range of expression in solo music… More information’s about Tale Ognenovski you can see at his Web site http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk. His new Album you can order at his distributor Cdstreet.com from Dallas on his Web site http://www.cdstreet.com.”  From an article entitled, “World Music, Fascinate fusion of Classical and Oriental Music“, written by “Sekoj petok” magazine and published on January 25, 2002, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

“ Tale Ognenovski is one of the Greatest Instrumentalists and Composers in Word Music. He made the connection between Oriental and Western Music… The album of Tale Ognenovski, entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music,” on which there are three jazz compositions, six Macedonian folk dances and classical music by Ognenovski, was published as a result of his 73-year long playing music on clarinet and kavalche and many years of work as a composer. On the album, Tale Ognenovski is soloist on the clarinet, reed pipe ("kavalche"), small bagpipe ("gajdarka") and zourla ("zurla"). Accompanying him are members of his Orchestra: his son Stevan and grandsons Nikola Ognenovski and Kliment. All music is composed by Tale Ognenovski… The album was recorded at the “Tra la la” studio in Skopje and is published under the label of “Independent records” from the USA. The company “Cdstreet” from Dallas will distribute it all over the world through the web-site www.cdstreet.com and all the other information about this great Macedonian artist can be found on his official web site http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk. Tale Ognenovski performed in the world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York, 1956. The concert in Carnegie Hall  launched a new era in his highly successful, world career. He has appeared on the world's most prestigious concert stages in North America and Europe  and he has presentated  our folklore … They were described  by the  press, with articles appearing in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Life… World music critics have been written that hi is the greatest clarinetist of all time, demonstrating unique skill, an unapproachable technique, a wealth of invention and amazing improvisational virtuosity. The book “Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer” speaks about all of that.” From an article entitled, ““Tale Ognenovski, virtuoso of the clarinet, kaval and zourla - Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music, as a result of 73 Years of Work“,  written by Milica Dzarovska and published in the newspaper “Vest” , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on January 28, 2002.

 “ The  album of Tale Ognenovski,   world well-known virtuoso, entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music,”  recorded  at PROMUZIKA TRA-LA-LA STUDIO in Skopje, has been released by record label Independents Records from USA… Tale Ognenovski is soloist on the clarinet, reed pipe ("kavalche"), small bagpipe ("gajdarka") and zourla ("zurla"). Accompanying him are members of his Orchestra: his son Stevan and grandsons Nikola Ognenovski and Kliment. The album includes: 3 Jazz compositions, 6 Macedonian folk dances and classical music (all composed by Tale Ognenovski).The album includes the tracks : Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1, Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No.5, Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 8, Brusnichko oro, Nevenino oro, Bukovsko svadbarsko oro, Talevo kasapsko oro, Stevchevo oro, Sharsko oro, Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1. His compositions with plenty of temperamental rhythm and strength sound, established the clarinet as an instrument capable of the highest range of expression in solo music. Tale Ognenovski is one of the Greatest Instrumentalists and Composers in Word Music. He made the connection between Oriental and the Western Music. He has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances. Some of  his compositions are recorded  on 11 LPs, 11 cassettes, 10 gramophone records, and one videotape (RTB, Jugoton, RTS and MRT). Tale Ognenovski’s Macedonian folk dances have been performed in Switzerland (Mechanlizenz), France (Sacem), Sweden (Gema), Finland (Teosto), Great Britain, Denmark,  and others… He has appeared with Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec"  in the  Carnegie Hall, , on January 27, 1956… Everywhere, he bewitched the audience with his virtuosity, fast playing and incredible arrangements.  This Audio CD album is confirmation that Tale Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist of all time in the World, demonstrating unique skill, a wealth of invention, amazing improvisational virtuosity, and outstanding musical competence...  The album can be ordered at Web site http://www.cdstreet.com...”   From an article entitled, “Mix of Macedonian Folk Dances and World Jazz of the old Maestro “, written by Sonja Stoilkovska and published in the newspaper “Dnevnik ” , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on January 31, 2002. 

“Tale Ognenovski is one of the greatest instrumentalists and composers in word of music. He made the connection between the two "UNCONNECTABLE" worlds - the Orient and the West - with melodies… The album includes: 3 Jazz compositions, 6 Macedonian folk dances and classical music (all composed by Tale Ognenovski). His Audio CD album entitled, "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music" is confirmation for the connection between the two "UNCONNECTABLE" worlds…   “Tale Ognenovski was born in the village of Brusnik near Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia on April 27, 1922. Tale Ognenovski inherited his great talent and musical genius from his great-grandfather Ognen and grandfather Riste, both of whom were excellent players on the pipe ("kavalche"), and from his father Jovan who was an excellent player on the bagpipe ("gajda")…” Written by Stevan Ognenovski and published in the book entitled "Tale Ognenovski Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer". Publishing house is MATICA MAKEDONSKA.  He has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances , one classical concert "Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet  No. 1", and many Jazz compositions.  Some of  his compositions are recorded  on 11 LPs, 11 cassettes, 10 gramophone records, and one videotape (RTB, Jugoton, RTS and MRT). .. Tale Ognenovski received the First Award as the best clarinetist at the First Regional Bitola Festival of Folk Dances and Songs, October 9-11, 1947. .. Tale Ognenovski's First Award for Clarinet as a top clarinetist at the First Republic of Macedonia Festival of  Folk Dances and Songs, 1948. .. From November 1, 1948, he was a member of the Folk Orchestra of Radio Skopje at the invitation of Mr. Vasil Hadzimanov and Mr. Nikolaj Galevski. This was after he had received the First Award Clarinet as the best clarinetist at the first Macedonia Festival of Folk Dances and Songs, held in Skopje in 1948… From 1949 to 1951, at the invitation of Mr. Angel Saldziev, Assistant Director in the Ministry of Science and Culture in Republic of Macedonia, Tale Ognenovski toured the Republic of Macedonia accompanied by folk dance groups from the villages of Brusnik, Dihovo, Nizhopole and Lavci, and the "Chalgii" orchestras of Radio Bitola and Radio Skopje. Mr. Angel Saldziev was the manager of these tours, which were at the time significant musical events in Macedonia… Tale Ognenovski won First Award at the Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia, September 9-12, 1951, together with another 11 members of the Folk Dance Ensemble from the Bitola village of Nizhopole. This was out of 85 folk dance groups from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia. From November 15, 1951, he worked with the "Public Police Wind Orchestra. By the end of 1955, Tale Ognenovski worked with the "Police Wind Orchestra". There followed a request by Emanuel Chuchkov, the director of Ensemble ‘Tanec’, to the manager and conductor of the "Police Wind Orchestra", Micho Kostovski, for Tale Ognenovski to be a guest soloist of the Ensemble. Their first tour was to Bulgaria (November and December, 1955), followed soon after by a tour throughout the United States of America and Canada (66 concerts, between January 22, 1956 and April 12, 1956). During the period July 1, 1956 and September 1, 1960, while employed by Ensemble ‘Tanec’, he toured Germany (74 concerts, from August 15, 1956 until October 27, 1956 and September 18 and 19, 1959 in Dortmund), Albania (9 concerts, October, 1957), Romania (9 concerts, December, 1957 and January 1958), Switzerland (Berne, July 7 and 8 and Geneva, July 9 and 10, 1959) and France (83 concerts, from September 20 until November 25, 1959). He also toured with the Ensemble throughout the former Yugoslavia, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia; everywhere they performed, Ensemble ‘Tanec’ and Tale Ognenovski earned rapturous applause... During his career, he appeared with the Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs ‘Tanec’ on some of the world’s most prestigious concert stages. These include appearances in New York City, the Brooklyn Academy of Music,  Boston,  Chicago,  Washington, D.C. ,Toronto, Munich,  Paris...  The zenith of his highly successful,  career  was his historic performance with Ensemble ‘Tanec’ at the concert in Carnegie Hall on January 27, 1956… Many of the world’s best-known musicians, orchestras and their conductors have performed concerts in Carnegie Hall. These include Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Elton John, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Sviatoslav Richter, Edith Piaf, Tina Turner, Sergej Rachmanianoff, Artur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Mstislav Rostopovich, Enrico Caruso, Placido Domingo, Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, Gustav Mahler, The Beatles and Herbert von Karajan…  William Hawkins has written in the New York World Telegram, "The Hall nearly exploded as a result of the applause from the audience...This is the freshest, gayest, most expert dance event that has appeared over the horizon in years..." Following every concert of ‘Tanec’s’ North American tour, critics in almost every newspaper commented about the Macedonian folk dance ‘Sopska Poskocica’, "...in the case of one dance, Sopska Poskocica, it was nothing more than a demonstration in dancing. As such it was highly effective...A dance like Sopska Poskocica is produced to demonstrate...The speed at which it is danced, and the tremendous energy and precision of the six men who dance it, makes it unique…It earned an encore..." Tale Ognenovski was a virtuoso clarinet soloist in ‘Sopska Poskocica’ (‘Shopska Podripnuvachka’) but he also helped arrange the music for he added his own improvisations to some parts of the dance. This has also been the case with others dances where Tale Ognenovski has performed as virtuoso clarinet and pipe soloist… Tale Ognenovski played as virtuoso and clarinet and pipe (‘kavalche’) soloist for most parts of the programme… Musical genius Tale Ognenovski performed in the world-famous Carnegie Hall as clarinet and pipe virtuoso soloist. His phenomenal success in Ensemble ‘Tanec’s’ 66-concert tour of the United States and Canada in 1956 launched a new era in his highly successful career…  “The evening is not only wonderful art but also a superb show. Surely one performance in New York is not enough. The house was completely sold out, and others no doubt would follow the same pattern," from an article written by John Martin entitled "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art ‘Tanec’ Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill," and published in The New York Times, New York, on January 28, 1956… “In "Sopska Poskocica," (the clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski - remark made by Stevan Ognenovski) to make the point, five young men took over the stage and indulged in show-off tactics to attract the girl.... Every where in this program, however, there was something to be admired…the regional treasure of peoples with proud and ancient heritages, were revealed, to a remarkable degree, in dance and in music… An audience which jammed Carnegie to capacity (the house had been sold out by last Monday) cheered and applauded the folk dancing with as much enthusiasm as if it had been witnessing classical, theatrical ballet at its most glittering." The above is from an article entitled ‘Yugoslav Folk Ballet,’ written by Walter Terry, and that appeared in the New York Herald Tribune on January 28, 1956…” From an article entitled, “Virtuoso for the World Books with Macedonian Sign“, written by Greta Odzakova and published  in the newspaper “Vecher” , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on February 2, 2002.

" For creative generations performing our contemporary music, it is very fortunate that we already have three (International) National Outstanding Persons in this field of music whose brilliant creations they can surely rely on to inspire them with authentic, dynamic power and direct them towards creating the same. These Giants of Music are Jovan Kukuzel (John Koukouzeles)..., Pece Atanasovski... and Tale Ognenovski... The prodigy, however, is called Tale Ognenovski… Absolutely masterly and limitless imagination and music inventiveness are only 'potka', a condition, a starter, tonal 'organon', for his creative accomplishments.... As a virtuoso playing 'Chalgija' music (in his child-hood, as a shepherd, he played the pipe ('kavalche'); later, as an educated musician he played Cavallini, Weber and Mozart). Tale Ognenovski, at the same time, In other words if without telling in advance, we approach carefully and analytically the 'chalgija' opus created by the Maestro, we will discover with surprise and great delight that Ognenovski is (probably) the FIRST, and (surely) THE FARTHEST REACHING contemporary who first made the connection between the two "UNCONNECTABLE" worlds - the Orient and the West - with words and melodies., wrote Dushko Dimitrovski in his book "For Our Music" ("Za Nasha Muzika).This year Tale Ognenovski celebrated his 80th anniversary of his birthday, and 65th anniversary of his playing on the clarinet…. These days the album of Tale Ognenovski, entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music,”   has been released by record label Independents Records from USA… Tale Ognenovski is soloist on the clarinet, reed pipe ("kavalche"), small bagpipe ("gajdarka") and zourla ("zurla"). Accompanying him are members of his Orchestra: his son Stevan and grandsons Nikola Ognenovski and Kliment. The album includes: 3 Jazz compositions, 6 Macedonian folk dances and classical music (all composed by Tale Ognenovski).The album includes the tracks: Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 1, Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No.5, Tale Ognenovski Jazz Composition No. 8, Brusnichko oro, Nevenino oro, Bukovsko svadbarsko oro, Talevo kasapsko oro, Stevchevo oro, Sharsko oro, Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet No. 1… “Nobody in the world can play clarinet like Tale Ognenovski. His music is incredible. His improvisations and solos are out of this world…”, says Dimce Cvetkovski, the sponsor of the  Album entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music”. Tale Ognenovski has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances , one classical concert "Tale Ognenovski Concert for Clarinet  No. 1", and many Jazz composition. Some of  his compositions are recorded  on more than  30 audio records.He has appeared with Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec" on the world's most prestigious concert stages in North America and Europe with fantastic success.  The zenith of his highly successful, 60-year career  was his historic performance with Ensemble ‘Tanec’ at the concert in Carnegie Hall on January 27, 1956. The most eminent critics were written in the newspapers that this concert by Tale Ognenovski and the Ensemble is one of the most celebrated events in the history of  the world-famous Carnegie Hall.
“To choose which were the most successful of the program’s seventeen folk dances, when all were greeted with stormy applause, is really very difficult and risky... ‘Shopska podripnuvachka’ (the virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski ) was even repeated, and to repeat a performance on the American stage is a really rare and exclusive event... When the curtain came down at the end of the show, the Hall of Carnegie Hall was shaking from stormy applause, and didn’t become quiet for some minutes…” wrote critic Stjepan Pucak. Tale Ognenovski won First Award at the Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia, September 9-12, 1951, together with another 11 members of the Folk Dance Ensemble from the Bitola village of Nizhopole. This was out of 85 folk dance groups from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia. In December 1952, Tale Ognenovski as clarinet soloist, together with the superb pianist Nino Cipushev as accompaniment, performed the classical concert "Concert Polka for Clarinet" by Miler Bela.  With his superb performance, Tale Ognenovski became the first clarinet soloist in the history of the Republic of Macedonia to perform a classical concert for the clarinet. "... It is not widely known both in Yugoslavia and around the world, that the renowned virtuoso clarinetist Tale Ognenovski is a concert clarinetist. Indeed, it is not widely known that Tale Ognenovski can play other styles of music such as jazz, improvising in the style of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, or dance music. It is a phenomenon that Tale Ognenovski has the right amount of embouchure and vibrato for every type of music. He maintains a perfectly level tone for classical music when it is required." From an article by Professor Ladislav Palfi, the famous pianist. Tale Ognenovski performed as clarinet soloist in firstly, Mozart's 'Clarinet Concerto in A Major K.622' and Weber’s Concert in ef-mol, with the legendary pianist Professor Ladislav Palfi playing piano accompaniment. From 1960 to 1967, Tale Ognenovski worked with "Radio Television Skopje". In 1966, Tale Ognenovski became Head of the "Folk Music Orchestra" of "Radio Television Skopje… Tale Ognenovski was a member of the Composers’ Association of Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavia) from 1963 till 1990. In 1965, Tale Ognenovski established his own "Tale Ognenovski Orchestra".   “Tale Ognenovski's contributions to our and world music are enormous. With the clarinet and reed pipe he is demonstrating unique skill, a wealth of invention, amazing improvisational virtuosity, and outstanding musical competence…” From an article entitled, “New Audio CD of Tale Ognenovski – Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music with the clarinet virtuoso “, written by Tina Ivanova. and published in the newspaper “Utrinski Vesnik ” , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on February 8, 2002.  

"His performances are ideal and the sound he produces is a revelation in just how beautifully the clarinet can be played. His composition range, virtuosity, and originality with a clarinet made him a luminous cult hero, musical genius in the musical world history. Tale Ognenovski is a genius, a brilliant musician and Musical giant,” written by Stevan Ognenovski and published in the book entitled, “Tale Ognenovski, Virtuoso of the Clarinet and Composer”… His CD, entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music, is purchase by world eminent  internet company Amazon.com. Tale Ognenovski's Macedonian folk dances were performed in USA, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, France , Sweden, Finland, Great Britain, Denmark...
In the Musical World History is written that Tale Ognenovski is one of the most innovative and important world instrumentalists and the greatest clarinetist for all time…  Tale Ognenovski performed as a soloist on clarinet and reed pipe folk dances in world-famous Carnegie Hall with Macedonian State Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec".
Tale Ognenovski with his superb performances as clarinet and reed pipe virtuoso soloist bewitched the audience of the prestigious Carnegie Hall.
"…remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments - a raucous and unforgettable pipe (virtuoso pipe ("kavalche") and clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski) ...  Written by John Martin, The New York Times, January 28, 1956, Title: "Ballet: Yugoslav Folk Art 'Tanec' Dancers Appear at Carnegie Hall in Display of Tremendous Skill"…
Many world's known musicians, orchestras and their conductors gave the concerts in Carnegie Hall: Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Tina Turner, Edith Piaf, Elton John, Stevie Wonder...
For every concert of the  North American tour of Macedonian Ensemble "Tanec" in almost every newspaper critic for the Macedonian folk dance "Sopska Poskocica" were written the most superlative critics. "Shopska podripnuvachka" (On this Macedonian folk dance virtuoso clarinet soloist was Tale Ognenovski ) was even repeatable again, and to repeat some perform on American scene is really rare and exclusively event...”,  wrote Stjepan Pucak in Newspaper "Nova Makedonija" - title "First days in America" on February 7, 1956…
 Tale Ognenovski was a virtuoso clarinet soloist in Sopska Poskocica ("Shopska potskoknuvachka") but also and arranger of music because he added his own improvisations in some parts of the dance. His music with his compositions of Macedonian folk dances, Classical, and Jazz music, is unique and is accepted everywhere.
Besides he has composed and arranged 150 Macedonian folk dances, he composed the most difficult classical concert entitled "Tale Ognenovski Clarinet Concerto K.1"… On December 1952 Tale Ognenovski as  clarinet soloist accompaniment with excellent pianist Nino Cipushev has performed the classical concert  "Concert Polka for Clarinet" by Miler Bela in "Police House" in Skopje with great success. This classical concert by Miler Bela contains very difficult virtuosi parts with many cadenzas, which are very difficult to perform for a clarinet soloist.  With magnificently performed this concert Tale Ognenovski become the first clarinet soloist who has  performed classical concert for clarinet in Republic of Macedonia...
Some of his compositions are recorded on 11 LPs, 11 cassettes, 10 gramophone records, and one videotape (RTB, Jugoton, RTS, and MRT). His recordings for Radio Television Belgrade, Jugoton, Macedonian Radio Television...are unique compositions   based of the Macedonian folk music but also with some influence of Oriental, Jazz and Classical Music, with highly complex patterning of rhythm and attractive melody over extreme complexity in a minute that can not be comparable with any other kind of Music known today.
Tale Ognenovski as a virtuoso clarinet soloist in the film "Ritam i zvuk" (Rhythm and Sound), 1955, has performed Macedonian folk dances: "Zhensko Chamche", "Beranche"... with Macedonian Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs "Tanec".  Producer of this film was "Vardar Film". The Macedonian folk dance "Zhensko Chamche" in this film begins with technically very complicated solo virtuosi improvisations of Tale Ognenovski, which don't exist in the origin version of this folk dance…
He performed as clarinet soloist on the televised concerts on Macedonian Television: Mozart Clarinet Concerto K.622 and Wagner Adagio for Clarinet (1987)  and in all of these he demonstrated brilliance technique.
Tale Ognenovski received numerous awards and honors, all among the prestigious in the performing arts. The most significant awards are: First Award Clarinet as a best clarinetist at the First Republic Macedonian Festival of Folk Dances and Songs, Skopje, 1948, First Award at the Yugoslav (Former Yugoslavia) Folk Music Festival in Opatija, Croatia, 1951, "Estradna nagrada Jugoslavije" ("Yugoslavian Scene Award"), the greatest award in former Yugoslavia for the scene musical artists, from Association of Scene Artists of Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavia), 1978… From an article entitled ‘Tale Ognenovski, World Virtuoso of the Folk, Jazz, and Classical Music’,  written by Mileva Lazova and published in the magazine “Makedonsko Sonce” , Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on November 29, 2002,

“…In the newspaper “Vecher” we were written an article about Tale Ognenovski and his new Album entitled “Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music”. The Album was released by record label: Independent Records from USA. Legend of Macedonian music, Tale Ognenovski is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time, and one of the Greatest Composers in World Music…” From an article entitled, "Album of Tale Ognenovski in “Jugoton””, published in the newspaper ‘Vecher’, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia on December 28, 2002. 

Macedonian Musical Genius Tale Ognenovski, the winner of "11 Oktomvri" award… He is the greatest clarinetist, reed piper, zourlist and small bagpiper of all time, and one of the Greatest Composers in World Music...

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