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Toše Proeski 1981 - 2007 In Memoriam Too good, too young, too soon, too sad
By Nenad N. Bach | Published  10/16/2007 | In Memoriam , Friends | Unrated
Toše Proeski 1981 - 2007





The talented boy from Krusevo - Tose Proeski, one of the best Macedonian vocalists ever, was born on 25 January 1981 in Prilep. Prior to his death, he was a student at the final year of the Skopje Music Academy, at the solo singing department. Toše Proeski was born to a mother named Dominika and father named Nikola. Toše was best known for his trademark quote "Ve sakam site" I Love You All.

Today at the early morning of  October 16th, 2007, Proeski died in a car accident on the highway Zagreb-Lipovac near Nova Gradiška, Croatia. Proeski's body arrived at midnight in Skopje Macedonia's capital by helicopter and by car was directly transported to his home town Krusevo. Grieving citizens gathered to pay their last respects at the airport but also in the Skopje's city square.

October 17th, 2007 was pronounced Mourning Day in Macedonia.

http://www.toseproeski.info
http://www.toseproeski-music.com






Toše Proeski 1981 - 2007 In Memoriam

Too good, too young, too soon, too sad to comprehend. Today is October 16th 2007.

Toše endorsed Croatia and Croatians loved him back. I remember the night after the televised gala concert "Toni Cetinski and Friends" in Umag July 16th 2004, when we all gathered in a restaurant and number of people sang a cappella. Including, Toni, Toše and Klapa Sinj. Toše sang for 5 minutes and then after a huge applause another 5 minutes...and while people applauded he leaned towards me and said into my ear "It didn't happen anywhere in the world but Croatia..that people listen in silence, when I sing, with such a respect... what a culture". When you show heart and talent, respect comes naturally.

We simply loved him.

It is hard to write or do anything when you feel sad. A sad news for all who knew him. Devastating for our Macedonian friends, where Toše was a national hero. We mourn your and our loss.

Rest in peace.

Nenad Bach
New York October 16th 2007





Ostavi svjetlo na putu kojim želiš poći,
pomozi mi kad snivam, sretan i nasmijan da mogu ti doći

Podigni ruke, u bijeli hram uspravno kreni
i reci tiho svima da ostat ćeš dijete među anđelima.

A ja?
Neka mi Bog otvori oči,
neka mi nebo pojača sluh
da čujem te i vidim
u svakom snu

A ti?
Neka ti Bog podari krila
neka ti nebo podari spas
da pjevaš, pjevaš svima
da zauvijek čuju tvoj glas

Ova te zemlja voli i čuva uspomene na dane kad si bio tu,
a dragi ljudi nose te ko vječnu ranu.

A ona?
Na jastuku leži. U nebo gleda,
sklapa ruke i suze skriva što nisi s njom dok letiš s anđelima


                                                                                                       Tony Cetinski






     Velika je radost bila pozvati ga i upoznati kao sjajnog gosta humanitarno-glazbenog spektakla Najbolje od nas: Toni Cetinski i prijatelji prije tri godine u Umagu. Tada su Tose Proeski i Nenad Bach na poseban nacin ucinili koncert na glavnom teniskom stadionu u Umagu svecanoscu glazbe. Ima nesto simbolicno u tome: kao sto je Nenad Bach za domovinskog rata djelovao i kao domoljub i kao pacifista ZA regiju jugoistocne Europe a posebno za svoju rodnu Hrvatsku ziveci i radeci u Americi (Can We Go Higher?), tako je i Tose Proeski  svojim angazmanom i glazbom u poslijeratnom razdoblju bivao omiljen u cijeloj regiji i obozavan u svojoj rodnoj Makedoniji a odabravsi za zivot i rad Hrvatsku. Covjek ne moze drugo nego li samo reci da je zaista privilegija biti u drustvu takvih ljudi kakvi su Proeski ili Bach.

     Posebno je lijepa spoznaja da je spomenuti koncert za nastup Tose Proeskog bio svojevrsni "ulazak" na glazbenu i javnu scenu Hrvatske. Zahvaljujem Nebesima da sam bio pokretac i organizator cijelog tog dogadaja. Vjerujem da s Nenadom dijelim osjecaj velikog gubitka jer nas je napustio sjajan glazbenik i mladic u svojoj 26-toj godini. Utjehu nalazim u javnosti malo poznatoj cinjenici da je Tose zajedno s ocem godinama svojerucno i velikim angazmanom gradio manastir u svojem rodnom gradu i da je karijeru zapoceo albumom pjesama posvecenih Kraljevstvu nebeskom. Hvala Tosi sto je bio medu nama.

Zeljko William Krnjak






Poštovani Nenade,
 
Moram priznati da me ova vijest doista jako pogodila. Tošu sam upoznao povodom koncerta u Umagu i nikad neću zaboraviti njegovu toplinu i ogromno srce, kao ni generalnu probu u Umagu na kojoj je zapjevao s tobom i klapom Sinj. Jedan neponovljivo sretan trenutak za pamćenje do kraja života i jedan pretužan trenutak za kraj jednog života.
 
Lijepi pozdrav iz pretužne Hrvatske.
 
Goran Krnjak

p.s. Obiteljski i Narodni radio cijeli dan imaju program posvećen Toši.




Toše Proeski, Radoyka Šverko, Ljiljana Petrović (manager), Nenad Bach


A moment when I (Nenad) spoke with Branko Crvenkovski, president of Macedonia about Toše. From an official conversation, it became a warm friendly conversation, after we exchanged Toše's greetings. Toše brought smile to everyone. Just a short acknowledgment: Macedonian Cultural Center in New York welcomed many Croatian artists.




Formated for CROWN by Nenad Bach
Distributed by www.Croatia.org



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  • Comment #1 (Posted by Violi)

    I didn't know this talented young man but feel great sadness with him passing on at such a young age. Through his gift of music no doubt he had made countless of people happy and touched their lives; such an untimely and a great loss for humanity. There is another star in the sky looking down upon us.
     
  • Comment #2 (Posted by Rada Dosic)

    Tose Proevski je bio moj omiljeni pevac, moje svetlo u tami.
    Kada slusam njegovu muziku ,pesme koje je pevao sa toliko zara i emocije ,telo mi se grci ,a suze naviru same . Zelim da porucim svima da im bude jasno STO JE ELVIS PRISLI BIO ZA AMERIKU
    TO JE TOSE ZA SVE BIVSE ZEMLJE JUGOSLAVIJE
    TOSE ,NEKA TE ANDJELI CUVAJU ,A MI CEMO CUVATI VECNU USPOMENU NA TEBE . VOLI TE TVOJA CELA SRBIJA I PLACE ZA TOBOM .
     
  • Comment #3 (Posted by Ivanka Trobic Curiel)

    Thank to Nenad Bach, who told me about this web site. I think your site is great. Living in the USA for 30 years,I have never found great site like this,with so much good information.I will let all my friends know about this web site.Thank you Nenad for the fantastic job,and great information. Puno hvala i zahvaljujem vam se za sve sto radite za nas Hrvate koji zivimo u USA, i u HRVATSKOJ.
    Sa postovanjem,
    Ivanka Curiel

     
  • Comment #4 (Posted by viktor)

    se e super
     
  • Comment #5 (Posted by ivana)

    ve sakam site...angelu odleta daleku od nas molitvi se redat do neba,najboolji je
     
  • Comment #6 (Posted by Iskra)

    Samo bolka ostana, grutka vo gradite. Fala za preubavite pesni sto ni ja galat dusata i za ljubovta sto nesebicno ja davase. ANGEL neprezalen!
    R.I.P.
     
  • Comment #7 (Posted by daniela)

    Nikada se vise nece roditi osoba,pjevac,andjeo poput ovog decka!Yivjece dokle god yivimo i mi koji ga pamtimo i idalje slusamo njegove prelijepe pjesme koje je pjevao srcem, dusom i svojim andjeoskim glasom!
     
  • Comment #8 (Posted by darko)

    Tose Proeski... vo Makedonija e bese i ostana poznat po negoviot nezamanliv " angelski glas"... Tose nikogas nema da bides zaboraven....
     
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