Ferus Mustafov, also known as King Ferus Mustafov (born December 20, 1950), is a Macedoniansaxophonist of Romani descent. He is a multi-instrumentalist and is highly popular in his home country for his repertoire of Balkan folk and gypsy, or Rom, wedding music. He is also credited as one of the artists from the Balkan region to have made this type of music internationally popular.[1]
Ferus Mustafov
King Ferus Mustafov performing live in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2018.
Mustafov was born in Štip, Yugoslavia, into a Xoraxane family of musicians and is the son of Ilmi Jašarov who is credited with introducing the saxophone into the folk music of the area.[2]
His professional career began at the age of seventeen whilst studying violin and clarinet at his local junior music academy. During this time he was invited to go on tour with a band led by Toma Črčev, the tour's success led him to abandon his academic learning to become a working musician.[2]
Following a year of military service, during which he established his reputation playing at evening dances, he moved to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he took a leading role in the explosion in popularity of folk music taking place there at the time. Later he became a director of musical programming in the Rom language for Radio Television in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, and gained an international audience through his album releases on world musicrecord labels such as Globe Style and Tropical.[1][2]
Discography
Albums
Ora i Coceci (Horas And Belly Dance Music) (1984), RTB[3]
Ferus Mustafov & His Guests: 1 + 4 (1989), Diskos[3]
^Slavek. "Various - Ring Ring 1996". discogs. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
External links
management agency biography
Ferus Mustafov on discogs.com
King Ferus Mustafov on allmusic.com
January 07, 2023
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