Vlatko Stefanovski is one of the most important and influential guitarists in the Yugoslav and Balkan music scene. Born in 1957 in Prilep (North Macedonia), in an artistic family, he started playing the guitar at the age of thirteen. In his early teenage years, he founded the cult band Leb i Sol, which during the 1970s and 1980s would become synonymous with an innovative mix of rock, jazz, progressive and Macedonian folklore. The group released 14 albums and left a deep mark in the history of popular music in the former Yugoslavia.

Since the mid-nineties, Stefanovski has turned to a solo career in which he further develops his authorial expression and musical language. He publishes albums such as Cowboys & Indians, Sarajevo, Thunder from the Blue Sky, Kula od karti, as well as a series of releases with the Vlatko Stefanovski Trio, with which he performs all over the world. A special chapter in his work is the collaboration with guitarist Miroslav Tadić, with whom he interpreted Macedonian traditional music in an exceptional way through the albums Kruševo, Treća majka, Live in Belgrade and Live in Zagreb, revealing its subtlety and universal beauty in an acoustic format. Vlatko Stefanovski has extensive international collaborations with artists such as Tommy Emmanuel, Stochelo Rosenberg, Jan Akkerman, Gibonni, Theodosii Spassov, Stefan Milenkovic, Kudsi Erguner, Bojan Z., Manu Katché, Tony Levin, and many others.