From humble beginnings in the small Macedonian city of Strumica to conquering stages across the globe, the Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra has risen to the very top of the international music scene. Dzambo Agusevi also known by the nickname ” the funky tiger ” is the most widely celebrated Macedonian musician and since the late Esma Redzepova but he’s not about to rest on his laurels. Instead, the 31 year old trumpet player and band leader is aiming at developing the reputation he and his band hold as musicians par excellence!
Dzambo was born in Strumica, eastern Macedonia, in 1987. His family had been musicians for generations and Dzambo’s father, Dzemal, worked in local orchestras. In the mid-1990s – that little Dzambo got seriously interested in playing trumpet. Every day he insisted on accompanying Dzemal to rehearsals where he would observe and listen. Back then he dreamed of owning a trumpet but his family had been reluctant to give him one, knowing how tough a musician’s life can be. Yet the conductor of Dzemal’s orchestra took pity on the little boy who studied the musicians with such intensity and gifted Dzambo his first trumpet. From then on there was no stopping him – with his eyes on the prize, the boy from Strumica set off about becoming the greatest trumpeter in the Balkans!