CHALGIJA SOUND SYSTEM
In the year when two significant anniversaries coincide – 10 years of the Festival of European Literature "BookStar" and 25 years of the publishing house "Antolog", we are actually celebrating everything that we are: in love with books but inspired by people, born from tradition but interested in modernity, curious to learn from you but ready to do our best, immersed in the creative lake of our community but always contributing to its growth and recognition...
We decided to remember this solemn moment with the sounds of our chalgija and through the instruments and voices of the amazing "Chalgija Sound System"!
Is there a more suitable musical expression than the chalgija, in which what is most primordial for Macedonia is intertwined. Our chalgija is the wonderful creation created by the connection of the classical music of the East and Macedonian folklore. Chalgija is infectious rhythm, Chalgija is urban manner, Chalgija is soulful authenticity, Chalgija is friends and a barstool, Chalgia is celebration of life, Chalgija is joy and rapture, Chalgija is our way from the oriental and local to the western and universal and back.
The Macedonian musical folk language in symbiosis with Byzantine church singing, Turkish classical music and the folk music of all ethnicities in Macedonia created the chalgia as a portal through which we travel in time and space even in the XXI century. That's why her majesty CHALGIJA for "10/25"!
We invite you all together to surrender to this magical lyrical and melodic journey that will immortalize a total of 35 years of diverse literary missions!
