Children's City Choir “Lale”

The Children's City Choir “Lale” from Tetovo, Macedonia was established in 1977 by Ivica Zoric. Its repertoire consists of more than 300 compositions from Macedonian and foreign composers. There are compositions specially composed and dedicated to the choir. It has won many national choir competitions. The choir has taken part in international festivals in Slovenia, Serbia and Bulgaria. The choir has performed many times with the Macedonian Philharmonic orchestra and has produced a great number of published audio materials. In the past 30 years more than 1000 girls and boys have been part of the choir.

Ivica Zoric completed his MA and PhD at the Faculty of Musical Arts in Skopje. With the choirs “Lale” and “Menada” he has given more than 1000 concerts in Macedonia and abroad. As a choir conductor he has taken part in international festivals, concert tours and open competitions in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Greece, Austria, Poland, etc. He is the initiator and establisher of “Balkan Choral Forum” and president of the International choral festival TEHO. For his achievements he was awarded the highest award given in Tetovo and the highest award of Republic of Macedonia - “11 Oktomvri” prize.