Program of the 54th Festival

SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 14th

17:00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Grand Opening of the Festival
• Laying flowers at the monument of
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac
• Welcome speech: Vladimir Velickovic,
President of Negotin Municipality
• Oration: Bojan Sudjic, conductor
• Festival opening: Vladan Vukosavljevic,
Minister of Culture and Information of
Republic of Serbia
• Joint performance of choir competition participants  and Negotin choirs – Stevan St. Mokranjac – The Sixth Garland

18:00 Cultural Centre’s Gallery
Exhibition: Time stamp
Contemporary Gallery collections of graphics
Fine Arts Meeting, Subotica
19:00 Cultural Centre
Choirs competition
•  Choir KHORIKOS, New York, (the USA)
Conductor: Alec Galambos
• Choir Devana, Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
Conductor: Julija Scepanovic
•  Choir CAS Stanko Dragojevic, Podgorica  (Montenegro)
Conductors: Ilija Dapcevic and Zoja Djurovic
• City mixed choir Vardar, Skopje (Macedonia)
Conductor: Jasmina Djordjeska, MA
• Chamber Choir Labyrinth,  Zajecar (Serbia)
Conductor: Zeljka Aleksic
• City mixed choir Abrasevic, Valjevo (Serbia)
Conductor: Dragan Vasiljevic

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SUNDAY– SEPTEMBER 15th

8:00 Church of the Holy Trinity, Negotin
Divine Liturgy
Choir of the Holy Trinity Church, Negotin
Conductor: Svetlana Kravcenko

10:00 Art School Stevan Mokranjac
Conductors’ seminar:
From traditional towards innovative
Miloje Nikolić, PhD, conductor
Tamara Adamov Petijević, PhD, conductor

11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Participants of the choirs’ competition

13.00 Church of the Holy Trinity, Mokranje
Chamber mixed choir Music school
Mokranjac, Belgrade
Conductor: Milica Djokic
14:00 Church of the Holy Trinity courtyard,  Mokranje
Threads of tradition
-CAS  Mokranjac, Mokranje
-Ensemble of folk songs and dance
Vlastimir Pavlovic Carevac,
Veliko Gradiste

19:00 Cultural Centre’s Gallery
Paintings exhibition: Echo of the music
21st  Art Colony of the Cultural Centre

20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert: Zaprepletum rasplepetum
Music by Konstantin Babic
(on the occasion of his 10th death anniversary)
Dragana Popovic, mezzosoprano
Ljubomir Popovic, tenor
Milan Sumenkovic, piano

21:30 Church of the Holy Trinity,Negotin
Concert:
Choir Venerable Rafael Banatski, Zrenjanin
Conductor: Senka Milisavljevic
Winner of the choirs’ competition 2017.

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MONDAY – SEPTEMBER 16th

10:00 Art School Stevan Mokranjac
Conductors’ seminar:
From traditional towards innovative
Miloje Nikolić, PhD, conductor
Tamara Adamov Petijević, PhD, conductor

11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Chamber mixed choir Music school
Mokranjac, Belgrade
Conductor: Milica Djokic

12.00 Cultural Centre’s Gallery
Book promotion:
Musical Pilgrimage of Gordana Krajacic

18:00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Momcilo St. Mokranjac – chemist, professor, toxicologist
(on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of a giant in pharmacy)
*Organizers: University of Belgrade – Faculty of Pharmacy, Krajina Museum in Negotin and Cultural Centre “Stevan Mokranjac”.

20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Jovan Maljokovic Balkan Salsa Band

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TUESDAY – SEPTEMBER 17th

11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Teachers of Art school Stevan Mokranjac Negotin
Vesna Garabantin, cello
Stefan Nikolic, accordion

18.00 Cultural Centre’s Gallery
CD promotion:
Miroljub Arandjelovic Rasinski
“Zvukovez 1-3“

20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Children’s choir Joy,  Moscow
Conductor: Dunaeva Ekaterina Alexandrovna

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WEDNESDAY – SEPTEMBER 18th

11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Children’s choir Joy,  Moscow
Conductor: Dunaeva Ekaterina Alexandrovna

12.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Scientific panel: Influence of Mokranjac on the creative beginnings of Vlada Milosevic
Lecturer: Dr Sanda Dodik, Music Theorist and Dean of the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka

20.00 Cultural Centre
Musical: Chicago
Fred Ebb/ Bob Fosse/ John Kander
Director: Kokan Mladenovic
Terazije Theatre

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THURSDAY – SEPTEMBER 19th

11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Choir Vox Dunaris, Turnu Severin (Romaniа)
Conductor: Professor Viorel Dorin Bala

18.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Concert:
PASACAGLIA AND CIACONA
Svetlana Stojanovic Kutlaca, harpsichord

20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Crni goro
Belgrade Chamber Orchestra Ljubica Maric
Conductor: Rade Pejcic.

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FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 20th

11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
City singing society Stevan Mokranjac, Zajecar
Conductor: Maja Milenkovic

12.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Promotion of the collective monograph:
Banat Falstaff – Comic Opera
Priest Cira and priest Spira by Dejan Despic

20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Mokranjac and Mozart
RTS Symphony  Orchestra and Choir
Aleksandra Jovanovic, soprano
Ivana Srbljan, mezzo soprano
Janos Serekovan, tenor
Atila Mokus, bass
Conductor: Bojan Sudjic

21.30 Cultural Centre
The Closing Ceremony of the Festival
Presentation of The 54th Days of Mokranjac awards
Closing speech: Sonja Marinkovic, PhD, selector
Closing of the Festival: Vladimir Velickovic, Negotin Municipality President

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