Violinist Aleksandar Krapovski was born in North Macedonia in 1981. He finished his studies in Bulgaria and in Germany. At a young age he won prizes at international competitions in North Macedonia and in Bulgaria both as a soloist and chamber musician. While still a student he began playing in orchestras including the North Macedonian Philharmonic and the UBS Verbier Festival Youth Orchestra under conductors such as James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Mstislav Rostropovich, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yuri Temirkanov and Valery Gergiev.
He has served as concertmaster of the Youth Chamber Orchestra of North Macedonia, the Symphonic and the Chamber Orchestra of the Music Academy of Bulgaria and guest concertmaster of the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE). Currently, he is a permanent member of the orchestra of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu in Barcelona and guest assistant-concertmaster of the Frankfurt Opera.
As a soloist he has performed with several orchestras in Bulgaria, as well as with the Orchestra of the Academy del Liceu, on tour with the Symphonic Orchestra of Malta and the Slovenian Youth Orchestra, taking him to Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, New York. He has also given recitals and chamber music concerts in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain and Germany, and participated in festivals around the world including the Ohrid Summer Festival in North Macedonia, the Verbier Festival and Academy (Switzerland), the Youth 4 Youth (Thailand), Apolonia (Bulgaria), Ravello (Italy), Perrelada (Spain ) and Miyazaki (Japan).
