Andrijana Janevska


Andrijana Janevska is a Macedonian singer, violinist and musician.
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Early life

Janevska was born in Skopje, North Macedonia where she currently works and lives. Her occupation is a violinist for the Macedonian National Opera. Apart from her musical talents, she also enjoys playing chess as a hobby. She is also proficient in playing the piano and her first composition was created at the age of eleven. Andrijana started her studies in the School Centre for Music Education in Skopje at the age of six, and recently finished her PhD at the Institute of Folklore in Skopje.

Career

Early musical career

Janevska first attracted public interest when she participated in the 1998 SkopjeFest. The next year in October, she was voted the best newcomer in the annual Makfest festival in Stip. At the festival, she sang a sensual ballad called "Ne mozam da zaljubam po tebe". Her festival awards did not end there as she competed in the Macedonian festival, Eurofest, and achieved second place with the song "Da sum juzen vetar". In February 2000, Jenevska competed in SkopjeFest once again with the intent to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden. At the festival, she sang the well-received song titled "Tvoeto pismo, moja biblija"
Janevska signed for the music label Abra Kadabra, after which she went to Cyprus to film her music video for her new single "Ljuboven ritam" and that she would compete in the Montenegrin festival in Budva 2000. Her contract with said label was terminated through a mutual agreement, and Janevska joined Macedonian Radio Television whilst continuing the direction of the music videos with another production label. That summer of the same year, she spent her time in Australia as part of the Macedonian expedition to other continents. In October, Janevska participated in Makfest as part of a duet with Marjan Stojanovski for the song "Ljubov ti e adresa". The song became a hit among the public and with their votes, the song achieved first place. Afterwards, she filmed her music video with Stojanovski and returned to her first ambition of playing the violin.
With the song "Nostalgija" released in March 2001, Janevska earned first place from the public, jury, and at SkopjeFest Grand Prix. Later in July, she took part in the Muf + Boban 2001 festival in Zrenjanin and began her promotion for the new album Moja Biblija. which contained some new and some old songs, 12 of which were included in the album. Janevska also sung "Odovde do vechnosta" with opera singer Blagoj Nacoski, to her fans.
Janevska competed in the 2002 SkopjeFest, this time with an intent qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn, Estonia. Her song "O Cherie, Mon Cherie" was a strong favourite to win the competition, but both the audience and jury placed her in second place. She took a long break from the music scene afterwards.

Return

After two years of absence, Janevska returned to the Macedonian music scene in October, participating in Makfest 2004. She competed with the rock song "Ostani". In an interview that year, Janevska revealed that she was trying new music styles and focused on rock music. At the end of 2004, Janevska participated in SkopjeFest with "Za Kraj", which was later released as a single with a music video. Janevska also announced that she will release a new album in the near future and that she has songs already prepared for promotion. In summer 2005, Janevska participated in Ohrid Fest with the song "Dojdi Bakni Me", where she won the third place overall. After that, Janevska continued her participation in Makfest 2005 with the song "Zvezda Vodilka"
In June 2006, Janevska released a reggae single titled "Den". At the Ohrid Festival that same year, she performed "Sonce" during the Pop music night of Ohrid Fest on August 25. Janevska got sufficient points to proceed to the International evening where she was successful despite not placing in the top 3. Apart from competing, Janevska had also promoted her upcoming album called "Den". She also had recorded a song with Eva Nedinkoska called "Tivka Nok", which was released along with a videoclip. Janevska returned to Skopje Fest that took place on 24 February 2007 and acted as the National Final of Macedonia for the Eurovision Song Contest.
In 2009, Janevska released an album of traditional Macedonian songs titled Prikazna za edno mome produced by Mite Dimovski. The following year, in collaboration with MED Macedonia, she released the Christian Christmas album titled Dzvezdichka mala. In 2011, in another collaboration with Tanja Veda, Janevska released another children's CD album Koga si srekjen that contains 15 songs from the Anglosphere translated and sang in Macedonian.

Later career

Janevska was full-time violin teacher for two years in the music school in Kumanovo, as well as one year at the University of Audiovisual Arts European Film and Theatre Academy. For seven years, she has been teaching solfeggio, theory of music, vocals, and piano at Enterprajz Music School, and since 2003 Janevska has been an active member of the women's chamber choir "St. Zlata Meglenska". Janevska is a professor in the music department at the Faculty of Music Arts in Skopje, as well as a composer. Although she has written many of the songs she sings, she also sings works by other composers.
In 2014, Janevska performed at the World Choir Competition in Riga, winning two gold and one silver medal with the St. Zlata Meglenska Choir. Their choir, the only one from Macedonia was among 570 competing international singing groups.
In 2023, Janevska provided vocals for the song "Feast of Jerrod" on the games soundtrack for Mortal Kombat 1, composed by Wilbert Roget II. In late 2023, she was approached by Macedonian broadcaster MRT to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 upon its planned return to the contest, but declined the opportunity; the country's return would not end up materialising.

Personal life

Janevska married guitarist of the band Archangel, Dragan Ginovski Gino, who she had been dating for four years. The couple has two sons, born in 2011 and 2014.

Discography

Albums

Moja Biblija – 2001Den – 2006Makedonski Rozi – 2008Prikazna za edno mome – 2009Dzvezdichka mala – 2010Koga si srekjen – 2011Patuvanje na polnokj – 2013Zaspivalki – 2015Slusni, pej, igraj – 2017Bog i jas – 2017Atisarga – 2019

Singles

  • "Te sakam beskrajno" – 1998
  • "Dovolno silna" – 1998
  • "Eden den" – 1999
  • "Sé shto baram nokjva" – 1999
  • "Ne mozam da zaljubam po tebe" – 1999
  • "Da sum juzen vetar" – 1999
  • "Tvoeto pismo, moja biblija" – 2000
  • "Ljuboven ritam" – 2000
  • "Ljubov ti e adresa" – 2000
  • "Za tebe" – 2000
  • "Nostalgija" – 2001
  • "Od ovde do vechnosta" – 2001
  • "Den po den" – 2001
  • "Svoja na svoeto" – 2001
  • "O Cherie, Mon Cherie" – 2002
  • "Ostani" – 2004
  • "Za Kraj" – 2005
  • "Dojdi Bakni Me" – 2005
  • "Dzvezda Vodilka" – 2005
  • "Den" – 2006
  • "Sonce" – 2006
  • "Epizoda" – 2007
  • "Tivka nokj" – 2007
  • "Tivka Nokj" – 2007
  • "Zrno" – 2008
  • "Zaminuvam" – 2008
  • "Vo pogreshno vreme" – 2008
  • "Drvo bez koren" – 2009
  • "20 leta Makedonijo" – 2011
  • "Mozhebi" – 2012
  • "Zhivotot e ubav" – 2013
  • "Ako me sakash" – 2013
  • "Shto e toa" – 2013
  • "Kazna" – 2014
  • "Eden den" – 2014
  • "Mi zaplakalo seloto Vataša" – 2023
  • "Broken hearted me" - 2023
  • "I bez tebe mozham" - Makfest 2023
  • "Creep" – 2024
  • "Mortal Kombat 1 Soundtrack | Feast of Jerrod" - 2024
  • Ne bidi toj - 2025