Share
CIA Honored Friend of the Accordion Award to Bete Ilin (Macedonia) in Turku - Finlandby Harley Jones |
Picture above: CIA President Raymond Bodell making the presentation to Bete Ilin. Elizabeta Ilievska (popularly known as Bete Ilin) was born in 1982 in Skopje Macedonia and graduated in Pedagogy in 2005, Composition in 2008 and Master of Arts in 2011. Currently she works as a professor at the State Music and Ballet School Center Skopje, Macedonia. Bete Ilin's opus comprises of over 50 compositions, vocal works (solo songs and choir) and amongst the instrumental music are compositions for accordion solo, accordion group and accordion with other instruments. Bete Ilin's accordion compositions have been widely performed both in Macedonia and in many other countries in Eastern and Western Europe and also Eastern USA. Bete Ilin has received many positive reviews for her work and has won national and international awards. |