Program of the 58th Festival

18.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Grand Opening of the Festival
- Laying flowers at the monument of Stevan St. Mokranjac
– Welcome speech: Vladimir Veličković, President of Negotin Municipality
– Oration: Željko Lučič, opera singer
– Festival opening: Representive of Ministry of Culture of Republic of Serbia
– Joint performance: Venerable Raphael of Banat Singing Society, Zrenjanin and Negotin choirs
Conductor: Senka Milisavljević
Stevan St. Mokranjac – The Sixth Garland  

19.00 Cultural Centre, gallery
Exhibition of sculptures and drawings
Fables about Kušlja
Nedim Haži Ahmetović – Mafa

20:00 Cultural Centre
Choir competition:

– Choir Zima, Bar (Montenegro)
Conductor: Varvara Lojko
– Kikinda Cultural Centre Choir Attendite! , Kikinda
Conductor: Biljana Jeremić, Professor, PhD
– Youth Choir Radojica Milosavljević – Ica, Niš
Conductor: Mila Pužić
– Negotin Singing Society, Negotin
Conductor: Danilo Perković

9.30 Art School Stevan Mokranjac  (September 14 and 15)
Seminar for conductors – Conductors’ pilgrimage
Lecturers:
– Tamara Adamov Petijević, D.A., conductor
– Verica Pejić, opera singer and conductor

11.00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11
Participants of the Choir competition

14.00 Church of the Holy Trinity courtyard, Mokranje
Threads of tradition
CAS Mokranjac, Mokranje
CAS Elektroporcelan, Arandjelovac

20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert
An evening of opera arias
Željko Lučić, baritone
Strahinja Djokić, pianist

21.30 Foyer of the Cultural Centre
Concert
Venerable Raphael of Banat Singing Society, Zrenjanin
Conductor: Senka Milisavljević

11.00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

18.30 Cultural Centre
Concert
The Children’s Opera Studio, Novi Sad
Conductor: Verica Pejić

20.00 Cultural Centre, Gallery
Exhibition: Echo of the music
26^th Art Colony of the Cultural Centre

21.30 Cultural Centre
Concert
Contemporary Serbian composers in the footsteps of Mokranjac
Flautino Lola Classic and Ljubiša Jovanović, Belgrade

11.00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

18.30 Birth house of Mokranjac
Exhibition and publication promotion
Museum documentation of “The Days of Mokranjac” Festival
Author: Ivica Trajković, documentation advisor to the Krajina Museum

20.00 Cultural Centre
Operetta
Vera Milanković
Behind the opera scenes
Soloists: Sofija Pižurica, Tamara Ružić, Nenad Nenić, Dragiša Pavlašević, Nadica Spasojević
Serbian Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Rade Pejčić

11.00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

12.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Scientific panel
Mokranjac in critics’ view then and today
Lecturer: Dina Vojvodić Nikolić, PhD, docent
Faculty of Arts in Kosovska Mitrovica

 20.00 Cultural centre
Play with singing and dancing
Borisav Stanković
Koštana
Directed and adapted by Jana Maričić
National Theatre Niš

11.00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

12.00 Birth house of Mokranjac
Promotion
Anthology of Serbian Choral Music 1-4
Publisher: the Composer’s Association of Serbia, Belgrade, 2024.

 20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert
Chamber orchestra
St. George Strings, Belgrade
Soloist: Dragan Djordjević Suzuki, cello

11.00 Town Square
Concert: Classical music at 11

20.00 Cultural Centre
Concert:
Niš Symphony Orchestra
Soloist: Petar Pejčić, cello
Conductor: Zoran Stanisavljević, MA

 21.30 Cultural Centre
The Closing Ceremony of the Festival