Dragan Karanfilovski-Bojs

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Dragan Karanfilovski was born in Sarajevo in 1956. He is an economist by profession, although he has devoted his life almost entirely to music. He is one of the owners of Studio Boys.He has been involved in music from a young age. After moving to Bitola , in 1976, he founded the group Madrigals and made his first audio recordings for national radio. In the role of both author and singer, Dragan Karanfilovski's festival performances are quite numerous (Makfest, Interfest, Skopje Festival, etc.). His instrument is definitely the guitar, while his music style has been defined as pop-chanson. After taking a break for several years, he is now back on the music scene.He wrote the Macedonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.He also wrote many children songs,especially from Si-Do music festival from Bitola. He also appeared in Makfest festival several times:In Makfest 1991 he sang the song Valerija, in Makfest 1992 he sang the song Parizanka (Parisian Woman).In Makfest 1993 he performed the song Lulaj me nezno at Makfest festival and in Makfest 1995 he sang the song Beli narcisi.

He was a composer of the song 100% Te Ljubam which was a Macedonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The song was performed by XXL featuring his daughter Verica Karanfilovska.