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Toni Kitanovski (born 1964 inSkopje,Yugoslavia (now in present-dayNorth Macedonia)) is a Macedonian jazz guitarist.
Kitanovski started his musical education with Dragan Gjakonovski – Spato in 1979. From 1986–1990 he was the leader of the trio Spato, performing concerts and appearing on radio and television with the trio and as a soloist. He composed and arranged for the MBUC (Music and Ballet School) Chamber Orchestra and the MRT (Macedonian Radio Television) Dance Orchestra. He has recorded as a soloist forWDR in Cologne, Germany.
In the 1990s, he graduated from theBerklee College of Music. He composed for the jazz orchestra ofHerb Pomeroy, theGreg Hopkins big band, and led groups of his own. He collaborated with performance artists Bart Uchida and Nancy Adams from Boston and wrote the solo act of Uchida in Taipei, Taiwan. Kitanovski returned to Skopje in 1997 and formed the band Luna. He appeared at the AFES Festival with the FMA Chamber Orchestra as composer and soloist. In 1998, in conjunction with the Skopje Jazz Festival label, he released his debut album,One for Charlie. Three years later he released the live albumDuet with the same label.
He released the albumBorderlands (Enja, 2006) with the Cherkezi Orchestra.[1]
Kitanovski has worked withGustavo Aguilar,Steven Bernstein &Sexmob,Matt Darriau,Vinny Golia,Charlie Mariano, and Nat Su.
Along with American punk bassistMike Watt, Kitanovski guested on the track "Nisto nema da ne' razdeli" for theBernays Propaganda albumVtora mladost, treta svetska vojna (2nd Youth, 3rd World War)[2]
