Program of the 55th Festival

18.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Grand Opening of the Festival
– Laying flowers at the monument of Stevan St. Mokranjac
- Welcome speech:
Vladimir Velickovic, President of Negotin Municipality
- Oration:
Radmila Smiljanic, Primadonna
- Festival opening:
Representative of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Serbia
- Joint performance:
Choir St. Stefan Decanski, Novi Sad and Negotin choirs
Conductor: Tamara Adamov Petijevic
Stevan St. Mokranjac – The Sixth Garland

19.00 Cultural Centre, Gallery
Photo exhibition:
Village in Negotin Krajina, Dragoslav Ilic

20:00 Cultural Centre
Choirs competition:
1. Church Singing Society Branko, Leskovac
Conductor: Miroljub Cvetkovic
2.Choir Mokranjac,  Belgrade
Conductor: Katarina Stankovic, PhD
3. Kragujevac Singing Society
Conductor: Djordje Catic
4.Choir The Singers of Backa, Vrbas
Conductor: Jelena Aleksic

Jury:
1. Prof. Sonja Marinkovic, PhD, musicologist
2. Tamara Adamov Petijevic, D.A., conductor
3.Radmila Smiljanic, opera singer

11.00  Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

14.00 Church of the Holy Trinity courtyard, Mokranje
Threads of tradition
CAS Mokranjac, Mokranje
CAS Stanko Paunovic NIS-RNP, Pancevo
ACAS Florichika, Jabukovac
Ethno group Grivna,  Kladovo

18.00 Cultural Centre, Gallery
Paintings exhibition:
Echo of the music: 22nd and 23rd Art Colony of the Cultural Centre

19.00 Cultural Centre
Opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
COSI FAN TUTTE
FMA Opera Studio
Conductor: Dragana Radakovic
Director: Vladan Djurkovic
Piano accompanist: Ivana Stokovic
Adaptation and translation:
Stevan Karanac
Fiordiligi: Natasa Jovovic
Dorabella: Teodora Ilic
Ferrando: Stefan Zivanovic
Despina: Sara Ristic
Don Alfonso: Milan Obradovic

20.00 Church of the Holy Trinity
Orthodox music Concert
Musical (I)Migrations
Choir Saint Stefan Dečanski, Novi Sad
Conductor: Tamara Adamov Petijevic

9.00 Art School Stevan Mokranjac
Seminar: Conductor’s Pilgrimage
Topic: From traditional to innovative
Lecturers:
-Miloje Nikolić, PhD, conductor
-Tamara Adamov Petijević, D.A., conductor

11:00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

12.00 Residence of Prince Todorce
Exhibition:
Milovan Krstic sculptor
Author: Mara Makaric, Museum adviser
National Museum Nis and the Krajina Museum Negotin

18.00 Cultural Centre, Gallery
Promotion:
of the Serbian Choral Association Publication

20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Stefan Milenkovic, violin
Hilda Svan, piano

9.00 Art School Stevan Mokranjac
Seminar: Conductor’s Pilgrimage
Topic: From traditional to innovative
Lecturers:
-Miloje Nikolić, PhD, conductor
-Tamara Adamov Petijević, D.A., conductor

11:00  Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

13.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Scientific panel
Miradet Zulic, PhD (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Mokranjac’s works on the repertoire of Serbian choral societies in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the interwar period

20:00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Mladen Djordjevic, trumpet
Uki Ovaskainen, piano
Serbian composers’ works

22.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Concert: Evening serenade
Nemanja Stankovic, cello

9.00 Art School Stevan Mokranjac
Seminar: Conductor’s Pilgrimage
Topic:
From traditional to innovative
Lecturers:
-Miloje Nikolić, PhD, conductor
-Tamara Adamov Petijević, D.A., conductor

11:00  Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

19.00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Children’s choir Milka Stoeva, Burgas (Bulgaria)
Conductor: Svetla Stoeva
Winner of the Choirs competition 2018.

21.00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
String quartet 4 Strings
Dusan Panajotovic, violin
Milos Stevanovic, violin
Vladimir Popovic, viola
Srdjan Sretenovic, cello

11.00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

12.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
- Scientific panel:
Natasa Crnjanski, PhD, Novi Sad
Topical world in the works of Stevan Mokranjac
- Promotion of the magazine:
Mokranjac No.22

19.00 Church of the Holy Trinity
Spiritual music Concert
Choir Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Leader and conductor: Bozidar Crnjanski

20.30 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Dance of the Gods
Dance troup Una Saga Serbica, Belgrade

22.00 Birth house of Mokranjac / Foyer of the Cultural Centre
Jazz Music concert
Milos Colovic trio
Milos Colovic, bass
Andreja Hristic, piano
Milos Grbatinic, drums

11.00  Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

20.00  Cultural Centre
Concert:
Radio television Serbia
Symphony orchestra
Conductor: Bojan Sudjic

21.30 Cultural Centre
The Closing Ceremony of the Festival
Presentation of the 55th Days of Mokranjac awards
Closing speech:
Sonja Marinkovic, PhD, selector
Closing of the Festival:
Vladimir Velickovic,Negotin Municipality President