Stojo, a native Macedonian, first started playing the clarinet at the age of eleven.
He has since won many national and international competitions. To name a few:
National Clarinet Competition 2002 (Macedonia), National Chamber Music
Competition 2003 (Macedonia) Sofia International Chamber Music Competition
2003, (Bulgaria), International Clarinet Competition 2004,(Serbia), Lynn
Conservatory Concerto Competition 2008(FL, USA).
He is equally at home as a soloist, recitalist, in the orchestra or in a chamber
setting. His performance engagements have taken him all over Europe and North
America.
He is currently working as a freelance musician and a clarinet teacher in South
Florida. His engagements include: Miami City Ballet, Symphony of the Americas,
Nu Deco Ensemble, The Symphonia, Southwest Florida Symphony, Palm Beach
Opera, Naples Chamber Orchestra, Gulfshore Opera, Orlando Philharmonic, as
well as several different chamber groups.
He has played under the batons of such conductors as: Gerard Schwarz, Gary
Sheldon, Gunther Schuller, David Stern, Alastair Willis, Guillermo Figueroa,
Constantine Kistopoulos, Nir Kabaretti, Greg Ritchey, Albert-George Schram,
Jon Robertson.
Besides playing classical music, Stojo is also passionate about teaching, playing
Klezmer, and practicing Yoga. In addition to his private studio teaching, he is also
holding the clarinet position at the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton,
Florida.
Stojo is an Artist-Clinician for Buffet Crampon
Artist Type: Performing Arts: Instrumentalist