Vasko Dukovski, is a Macedonian clarinet virtuoso and composer based in Shanghai, China. A Distinguished Clarinet Professor of the Nanjing University of Arts, Dukovski has previously taught at the Juilliard School Global Initiative Program and MAP - Music Advancement Program, USDAN Summer Camp for the Arts and Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, City University of New York.
An avid performer/composer/improviser and advocate of contemporary classical and experimental music, Dukovski has performed with some of New York’s most respected ensembles including Either/OR Ensemble, Lost Dog Ensemble, Échappé Ensemble, ICE - International Contemporary Ensemble, Argento New Music Project, S.E.M Ensemble, Bang on A Can All Stars, Talea Ensemble, Wet Ink, ECCE-East Coast Contemporary Ensemble, Metropolis Ensemble, Ensemble Pamplemousse, Mise-En Ensemble, Mimesis Ensemble, Nunc Ensemble, AXIOM, LPR Ensemble, PRO - Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, EXO - Experiential Orchestra, The Knights Orchestra as well as Nu Deco Ensemble, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra and others. In addition, Dukovski has collaborated with the Grammy Winning Attacca Quartet, Cassatt Quartet, Secret Quartet, Voxare Quartet, Aqueus Quartet and Kronos Quartet to name a few.
Dukovski’s virtuosity and impeccable interpretations of contemporary works have led to may collaborations with some of today’s leading composers such as Jonathan Dawe, Jessie Cox, Michael Hersch, Huang Ruo, Du Yun, Wang Lu, Richard Carrick, Gerald Cohen, Raphael Cendo, Nina Young, Iancu Dumitrescu, Alex Mincek, Kate Soper, John Corigliano, Eric Wubbles, Ricardo Romaneiro, John Adams, Gunther Schuller, Yehudy Weiner, Georg Friedrich Hass, Helmut Lachenmann, Philippe Hurel, George Lewis, Peter Kotik, and many others. In the past decade, Dukovski has commissioned/inspired a number of new works and premiered over three hundred new compositions.