Bodan Arsovski is a bass guitarust, who was born in Macedonia in 1956. He is well known as one of the founders of the legendary group "Leb I Sol".

In the period of 20 years he released 12 LP records and 4 CD's together with the band and performed in the following cities: New York 1991(C.B.G.B.), Chicago 1982 (Tuts), Washington 1982 (9:30), London 1994. (Astoria, Ronnie Scott's), Paris 1994. (New Morning), Amsterdam 1994 (Paradiso), Prague, Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Skopje, Thessaloniki......

His first solo project "Endiess View" was released on CD in the Year 1995. In 1996 he got Macedonian awards for the best CD, the best concert and the best composer for the same year.

The "Endless View' aroused a big interest among the people in
his country and the promoters from Belgrade, Zagreb, Trieste, Thessaloniki, Wien, Brusseles, Sofia, Cape Town etc.

The next CD "Tiresias" (1998) includes his music for antique tragedies "Bacchants" and "Medea" by Euripides. Because of this material he takes the offer to make an opera for Seneca's "Oedipus" which will be directed by English director David Gothard.

On 10th of Sep. 1999 he had a benefit concert together with Philip Glass, John Gibson, and Foday Musa Suso trio in Skopje, Universal Hall.

The concert activites are with his "Ezgija - Orchestra", which is a group of six members. They are playing the music based on Broken beat patterns, melodic lines with elements of Macedonian folklore and improvisations with "ezgija" feelings, reflecting sensibility of modern in the world music.

Ezgija is an old Macedoniam word for specific condition of increased sense during the play. That's why in some way Bodan Arsovski & Ezgija Orchestra are cultural reprensatative of his country.

For further details please contact: Ezgija - Records

tel. ++ 389 91 361-725 fax: ++389 91 118-661, E-mail: bodan@mt.net.mk