Toni Kitanovski (born 1964 in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in present-day North Macedonia)) is a Macedonian jazz guitarist.
In the 1990s, he graduated from the Berklee College of Music. He composed for the jazz orchestra of Herb Pomeroy, the Greg Hopkins big band, and led groups of his own. He collaborated with performance artists Bart Uchida and Nancy Adams from Boston and wrote the solo act of Uchida in Taipei, Taiwan. Kitanovski returned to Skopje in 1997 and formed the band Luna. He appeared at the AFES Festival with the FMA Chamber Orchestra as composer and soloist. In 1998, in conjunction with the Skopje Jazz Festival label, he released his debut album, One for Charlie. Three years later he released the live album Duet with the same label.
He released the album Borderlands (Enja Records, 2006) with the Cherkezi Orchestra.
Kitanovski has worked with Gustavo Aguilar, Steven Bernstein & Sexmob, Matt Darriau, Vinny Golia, Charlie Mariano, and Nat Su.
Along with American punk bassist Mike Watt, Kitanovski guested on the track "Nisto nema da ne' razdeli" for the Bernays Propaganda album Vtora mladost, treta svetska vojna ( 2nd Youth, 3rd World War)
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