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The concentration required paid off in tight ensemble playing.</span></li> <li><i><img src="../Assets/CD-release_images/Goran-solo-300h.jpg" title="Goran Alachki" alt="Goran Alachki" /></i><span><b>Goran Alachki</b><br /> Goran treated the audience to a few solo pieces of his own composition, demonstrating his mastery of the accordion and his senstive musicianship.</span></li> <li><i><img src="../Assets/CD-release_images/Last-song-400.jpg" title="Last song" alt="Last song photo" /></i><span><b>The last song of the weekend</b><br /> By the time we finished, the audience and performers were singing together, enjoying the final moments of a splendid evening.</span></li> <li><i><img src="../Assets/CD-release_images/Quartet-3-400.jpg" title="Dragi, Alachkis, David" alt="Dragi, Alachkis, David photo" /></i><span><b>Paloma Quartet</b><br /> We talked about finding a way to play together again, either on the Alachki's next visit to the U.S., or even in Macedonia.</span></li> <li class="click"><i><img class="default" src="../Assets/CD-release_images/Dragi-Alachkis-400.jpg" title="Dragi Spasovski and the Alachkis" alt="Draig and Alachkis photo" /></i><span><b>Dragi Spasovski, Goran Alachki, Adrijana Alachka</b><br /> The first time on stage together for these three Radio Skopje recording artists.</span></li> </ul> </div> <p class="point8">Photos by John Morovich</p> </div> <div id="footer"> <p class="indent"><a href="../index.html">Home page</a></p> <p><br /><a href="#top">Top of page</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>