Igor Dzhambazov dedicates “Song for Dule and Koki” and invites audience to Philharmonic concert
Dzhambazov performed the “Song for Dule and Koki” in a home video, honoring Dushan Ljubisavljevic and promoting Koki Jankov’s November 14 jubilee at the Macedonian Philharmonic.
Popular showman Igor Dzhambazov posted an emotional video from home in which he played and sang the cult piece known as the “Song for Dule and Koki,” dedicating it to the late musician Dushan Ljubisavljevic (Dule), who died on 23 September 2013. In the caption Dzhambazov invited music lovers to Koki Jankov’s big jubilee concert scheduled for November 14 at the Macedonian Philharmonic.
A familiar melody, a public invitation
In the relaxed clip Dzhambazov sits with a guitar and performs the song, a gesture that quickly moved followers to respond with praise and tears. Under the post fans wrote comments such as “Bravo, legend” and “Original!”
The post included a short invitation: “In memory of Dule Ljubisavljevic... Koki Jankov and friends, November 14, Macedonian Philharmonic...” — a line that doubled as both tribute and call to attend the upcoming show, which begins at 20:00.
Few people know the backstory behind the song. Nikola “Koki” Jankov recently recounted an anecdote from more than 25 years ago: when Dzhambazov invited Dule and Koki to the classic TV show Bingo, Dzhambazov spontaneously sang the tune and Dule recorded it on his mobile phone.
As Koki described it: “At the same moment Dule recorded it on a mobile phone (a small 'Nokia'), so that later that recording would appear on our third album, with the original phone recording.” That raw mobile take later found its way onto the album and became part of the song’s legend.
The song was also performed publicly by Dzhambazov and Koki forty days after Dule’s death at a large concert in the Boris Trajkovski Hall. This year the piece appears in a new studio version on Koki’s album titled Navikni na promeni.
The November 14 programme marks three decades since the first big hit “Violina i Gitara,” which debuted and won at Makfest in 1996. Alongside Igor Dzhambazov, special guests on the Philharmonic stage will include Risto Samardziev, Bojana Skenderovski and Zoran Iliev in a night intended as celebration, friendship and remembrance.
Photo: press material from the event
