Don’t touch the temple, said Macedonia’s greatest guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski, who is just one of many Macedonian musicians, performers, and artists who joined the public and citizens’ criticism of the municipal authorities and the announcement of the demolition of the Universal Hall.
“Don’t touch the temple where artists like Ray Charles, Jimmy Smith, McCoy Tyner, BB King, Herbie Hancock, Charles Aznavour, David Byrne, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Brian Ferry, Mick Taylor, David Sylvian, John McLean, John McLaughlin, Larry Carlton, Korni Grupa, Time, Yu Grupa, Indeksi, Leb and Sol, VS Trio, Kings of Strings, Skopje Jazz Festival… and many other artists from the country and beyond have performed. Yes to renovation, noooooo to anything else,” Stefanovski wrote on Instagram.
