50th Festival, 10 – 16. september 2015.
THURSDAY – SEPTEMBER 10th
PRE-FESTIVAL DAY
Town Square
Festival’s installation Exhibition:
MOKRANJAC – THE GOLDEN ALBUM
20:00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Choir Viva Vox, Belgrade
Conductor: Jasmina Lorin
FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 11th
11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Belgrade’s Faculty of Music students
17:00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Grand Opening of the Festival
Laying flowers at the statue of Stevan St. Mokranjac
Welcome speech:
– Jovan Milovanovic,
President of Negotin Municipality
– Representative of the Ministry
of Culture and Information
Oration:
Vladimir Kranjcevic, conductor
Festival opening:
Bojan Sudjic, conductor
Joint performance of choir competition participants and Negotin choirs
Stevan St. Mokranjac – The Sixth Garland
Conductor: Vera Carina, MA
18:00 Cultural Centre’s Gallery
Paintings exhibition: Nedeljko Gvozdenovic
19:00 Cultural Centre
Choirs competition:
Bucharest – Sound
Conductor: Voiku Popesku
Istanbul – Nazim Hikmet
Conductor: Erdem Nusret Karakas
Moscow – Elegy
Conductor: Marina Aleksejeva
Pancevo – Serbian Church choral society of Pancevo
Conductor: Vera Carina, MA
Thessaloniki – Kalamaria Choir
Conductor: Kostis Papazoglou
Sofia – Аngel Manolov
Conductor: Darena Popova
Required composition:
Stevan St. Mokranjac – The Second Garland
Jury of the choir’s singing competition:
Darinka Matic-Marovic, conductor
Vladimir Kranjcevic, conductor
Bojan Sudjic, conductor
SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 12th
11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Choir Elegy , Moscow
Kalamaria Choir , Thessaloniki
Conductors: Marina Alekseeva
Kostis Papazoglou
18:00 Cultural Centre’s Gallery
Presentation:
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac, feuilleton
Author: Branka Radovic, PhD, musicologist
19:00 Cultural Centre’s Gallery
Paintings exhibition: Echo of the music
17th Art Colony of the Cultural Centre
Concert:
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Soloist: Maja Bogdanovic, violoncello
Conductor: Vladimir Kulenovic
Program:
Vujic – Serbian dance
Dvorak – Cello Concert
Konjovic – Symphony in c-minor
*Concert empowered by Delegation of European Union
SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 13th
11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Belgrade’s Faculty of Music students
13:00 Rogljevo Wine cellars
Picnic
Science panel
Topic: Phenomena Stevan St. Mokranjac and the end of music history
Lecturer: Nadezda Mosusova, PhD, musicologist and composer
Moderator: professor Sonja Marinkovic, PhD, musicologist
14:00 Rogljevo Wine cellars
Ethno performances
– Artistic association Stevan Mokranjac, Negotin
– Мale vocal-instrumental ensemble Аjduci, Negotin
Conductor: Danijela Markovic
– Pipers’ Association of Negotin Region
Кrajina’s Flute
20:00 Cultural Centre
Musical and theatrical performance:
Festival Premiere:
Magic moments of humanity
Concert performance of radio drama Mokranjac, the man of his art
Author: Maja Colovic Vasic
Director: Sasa Latinovic
Choir Labyrinth, Zajecar
Conductor: Zeljka Aleksic
String quartet – School for musically gifted, Cuprija
Foundation Zoran Radmilovic, Zajecar
Pre-performance:
Childrenhs’ choir Vivak, Negotin
Conductors: Aleksandra Djukic and Dragana Marinovic Simonovic
MONDAY – SEPTEMBER 14th
11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Belgrade Faculty of Music’s Students
18:00 Krajina Cinema Stage
Presentation:
Fifty years of the Days of Mokranjac, monograph
Author: professor Sonja Marinkovic, PhD, musicologist
Publisher: Cultural Centre Stevan Mokranjac, Negotin
19:00 Krajina Cinema Stage
Concert: Belgrade Harp Quartet
20:00 Cultural Centre
Musical: Zorba the Greek
Director: Mihajlo Vukobratovic
Terazije Theatre
TUESDAY – SEPTEMBER 15th
11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Belgrade Faculty of Music’s Students
17:00 Cultural Centre Lobby
Forum:Memories and homages – 50 years of existence
Moderator: Aleksandra Paladin, MA, musicologist
19:00 Church of the Holy Trinity
Concert: Choir Iuventus cantat, Sombor
(Winner of the Choir Competition 2014)
Conductor: Dajana Mijic
20:30 Cultural Centre
Concert: The dance troop Una Saga Serbica
The Dances and the Sounds of the Balkans
WEDNESDAY – SEPTEMBER 16th
11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Belgrade Faculty of Music’s Students
12:00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Presentation:The Birth House of Stevan St. Mokranjac, monograph
Publisher: Krajina Museum, Negotin
20:00 Cultural Centre
Concert:RTS Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Conductor: Bojan Sudjic
Program: Beethoven – Symphony No 9
21:30 Cultural Centre
The Closing Ceremony of the Festival
Presentation of The 50th Days of Mokranjac awards
Closing speech: Branka Radovic, PhD, selector
Closing of the Festival: Jovan Milovanovic, Negotin Municipality President