Program of the 46th Festival

Pre-festival Evening

8:30 p.m. Town Square
– Sanja Ilic & Balkanika.

5:00 p.m. The Birth House of Mokranjac
– Flower decoration ceremony of the statue of Stevan Mokranjac
 Festival Opening Ceremony
Welcome speech: Dr Vlajko Djordjević, Mayor of Negotin Municipality
Oration:  Stefan Milenković, violinist
Festival is opened by  Predrag Marković, Minister of Culture, Media and Information Society
VI Rukovet (Song-wreath) – Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Joint performance of  choirs participating in the competition known as ‘Natpevavanje’, together with Holy Trinity Church Choir and the Choir of Music School ‘Stevan Mokranjac’ from Negotin
Conductor: Suzana Kostić  

6:00 p.m. Cultural Center Gallery
– Exhibition of  works of art from the ZEPTER Museum, Belgrade

7:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– The Choir Competition ‘Natpevavanje’

1. Choir Orfej, Ljutomer (Slovenia)
Conductor: Romana Rek
2. Choir Mois Hason,Skopje ( Macedonia)
Conductor: Tomislav Šopov
3. Choir Salutaris,Minsk (Belorussia)
Conductor: Olga Janum
4. Choir Prepodobni Roman Slatkopojac (Venrable Roman the Sweet-singer), Pančevo (Serbia)
Conductor: Tatjana Krga
5. Academic Choir of the Students Cultural Center University of  Niš (Serbia)
Conductor: Suzana Kostić
 
Required composition:
Njest svjat – Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
Jury members:
Dr Branka Radović,  musicologist
Milovan Pančić, conductor
Nemanja Savic, M.A., conductor

6:00 p.m. Cultural Center Gallery
– Painting exhibition
The Echo of Music – 12th Painitng Colony

7:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– The Concert of Stefan Milenković
Piano accompanist: Istra Pečvari

9:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– Choir ‘Academic Cultural Artistic Society Ivo Lola Ribar’, Belgrade
winner of the Choir Competition ‘Natpevavanje’ in 2010
Conductor: Milovan Pančić

Threads of Tradition – Mokranje

11:00 a.m. Holy Trinity Church in Mokranje
– Serbian Byzantine Choir Mojsije Petrović, Belgrade
Coductor: Nikola Popmihajlov

12:00 a.m. Holy Triniry Churchyard in Mokranje
– Cultural Artistic Society ‘Mokranjac’, Mokranje

8:00 p.m. Holy Trinity Church in Negotin
Serbian Orthodox Church Music
– Academic Choir ‘Obilić’, Belgrade
Conductor: Darinka Matić Marović

12:00 a.m. The Birth House of Mokranjac
– Public debate
The reception of Mokranjac’s work
 in the context of contemporary music writings
Speaker: Dr Tijana Popović – Mladjenović
Moderator: Dr Sonja Marinković

8:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– MANDRAGOLA , comic opera
Composer: Ivan Jevtić
Director: Slobodan Unkovski
Conductor: Vesna Šouc – Tričković
MADLENIANUM opera & theatre

11:00 a.m. The Birth House of Mokranjac
– Book promotion: Muzicki zapisi (Musical Inscriptions)
Author: Gordana Krajičić

7:00 p.m. Cultural Center
– St George Strings
Concert Master: Maria Špengler – Marković

9:00 p.m. Holy Trinity Church
– Holy Trinity Church Choir, Negotin
Conductor: Svetlana Kravčenko

6:00 p.m. Music School Stevan Mokranjac
– Young Laureates to List (1811 – 2011)
in cooperation with Jugokoncert

8:00 p.m.  Cultural Centre
Song-wreaths of Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
– RTS Choir
Conductor: Mladen Jagušt

10: 00 p.m. Cinema Krajina- small scene
Dedication to Konstantin Babić
– Trio Anima, Niš
Aleksandra Ristić, mezzo-soprano
Andjela Bratić, flute
Dragana Djordjević, piano

12:00 a.m. Music School Stevan Mokranjac
– Music School Stevan Mokranjac Youth Performance, Negotin

9:00 p.m. Cultural Center
Testimonies from Kosovo i Metohija
– KOLO
Folk-dance and music ensemble

10:00 p.m. Cultural Center
Festival Closing Ceremony
- 46th Days of Mokranjac Award Giving Ceremony
Final word: Dr Branka Radović, festival selector

Festival is closed by Dr Vlajko Djordjević, Mayor of Negotin Municipality