Music like Ferus Mustafov

Ferus Mustafov, also known as King Ferus Mustafov (born December 20, 1950), is a Macedonian saxophonist of Romani descent. He is a multi-instrumentalist and is highly popular in his home country for his repertoire of Balkan folk and gypsy, or Rom, wedding music. He is also credited as one of the artists from the Balkan region to have made this type of music internationally popular.

Mustafov was born in Štip, Yugoslavia, into a Xoraxane family of musicians and is the son of Ilmi Jašarov who is credited with introducing the saxophone into the folk music of the area.

His professional career began at the age of seventeen whilst studying violin and clarinet at his local junior music academy. During this time he was invited to go on tour with a band led by Toma Črčev, the tour's success led him to abandon his academic learning to become a working musician.