Jane Kodzabasija is a contemporary Macedonian composer living and working in Skopje. Very active as a musician, and the author of many chamber music pieces, he also composed three sets of guitar variations on traditional Macedonian folk themes. This first variation was dedicated to Uros Dojcinovic in 1984.
(Uros Dojcinovic: Guitar Compositions from Yugoslavia. Vol.I, 2002)
Toma Prosev (1931-1996) and the much younger Jane Kodzabasija (1942), are from the Macedonian capital Skopje. Both professional musicians and composers, giving special attention to the guitar. Prosev wrote several important works for this instrument including Concert music for guitar and strings Op.38 in 1968 and Concertino for two guitars and string orchestra in 1982. Among his various other chamber pieces which also include the guitar, is the solo composition entitled Mutations in this album, which was composed in 1973 and used as the obligatory music for the First International Guitar Competition held in Belgrade, organized by the organization Jeunesses Musicales. Kodzabasija, who himself is very well acquainted with the potential of the guitar, wrote, starting from 1985, three sets of variations based on traditional Macedonian song-themes, and dedicated to his Yugoslav guitar friends.
(Uros Dojcinovic: Guitar Compositions from Yugoslavia. Vol.IV, 2004)