Strahinja Marković, a fourth-year student of undergrsduate academic studies in the class of DA Stevan Spalević, Assoc. Prof. won I prize (92.4 points) and achieved the best ranking in category VII at II International BIMC Piano Competition, which was held from 20^th  to 25^th May 2026 in Bijeljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

On Friday, 5^th June, the Faculty of Arts of the University of Niš will have the opportunity to host Ivan Savić, Marketing Director of FAZI, who will give a guest lecture to students. The event will be organized within the Center for Lifelong Learning of the Faculty of Arts, in the premises of the SKIP center in the city center.

The lecture will provide students with insight into modern approaches to brand development and user experience, as well as the role of designers in the modern business environment. It will open up questions about the relationship between design, marketing and strategy, as well as how visual identity is implemented through different points of contact with users.

In the Faculty of Arts in Niš Small Hall (Kneginje Ljubice 10), pianist Vladimir Aćimović will hold a professional lecture and masterclass according to the following schedule:

Saturday, 6^th June 2026

at noon – lecture on the topic: Pedalization through a historical perspective using Chopin’s Preludes Op. 28

at 2 pm – Masterclass

Sunday, 7^th June 2026

at 11 am – Masterclass

Admission is free! Welcome!

On Friday, 5^th June 2026, at 8 pm, in the Faculty of Arts in Niš Concert-Exhibition Hall of the (Knjaževačka 2a), a concert by the eminent young pianist Vladimir Aćimović will be held.

Program: Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin and Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev

Admission to the concert is free. Welcome!

As part of the concert cycle “Maestra” of the Symphony Orchestra of the National Theater in Banja Luka, Prof. DMA Milena Injac performed, as one of three selected conductors with an outstanding international career. The concert was held on Monday, 25^th May at 8 pm on the stage of the National Theater, when the eminent violinist Prof. Jovan Bogosavljević, MA, performed as a soloist, and Assoc. Prof. Filip Tomić, MA, also played a significant role as the leader and solo cello of the orchestra. The program included works by A. Piazzolla: Melodia en la menor and the famous “Seasons”, as well as B. Britten: Simple Symphony. The artists achieved an exceptional symbiosis with the orchestra, and the audience rewarded their brilliant interpretations with several minutes of applause.

From 28^th  to 31^st May 2026, XXII International Solo Singer Competition “Lazar Jovanović” was held at the National Theater in Belgrade, Serbia. Students from the Faculty of Arts, University of Niš, from the Department of Solo Singing in the class of MA Katarina Simonović Ivanković, participated.

In the second category, in strong competition with mature singers, competitors, and in front of eminent jury members, the students achieved significant results:

Sara Stojković, first year student – I PRIZE (94.2 points) and

Luka Marković, MAS – II PRIZE (81.6 points).

Piano accompaniment at the International Competition “Lazar Jovanović” was provided by pianist Staša Stamenković, piano associate at the Department of Solo Singing, Faculty of Music.

At the 20^th International Accordion Meeting in Murska Sobota (Slovenia), held from 14^th to 16^th May, the first-year accordion student in the class of prof. MA Miljan Bjeletić won II place. The competitors were judged by a jury from Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine.

On Wednesday, 3^rd June 2026 at 7pm, the Faculty of Arts in Niš Concert-Exhibition Hall (Knjaževačka 2a)

Piano duo “Ad libitum” – Iva Vićentijević and Strahinja Marković – students in the class of prof. Ingrid Janković

Program:

Franz Schubert: Rondo A-dur, D 951

Sergei Bortkiewicz: Russian songs and dances op. 31: no. 1 Molto sostenuto e tranquillo, no. 4 Andantino

Sergej Rachmaninoff: Six Morceaux op. 11: Barcarolle, Scherzo, Theme russe, Valse, Romance, Glory

Petar Pavlović, a fourth-year student of the underegraduate academic studies in the class of DA Stevan Spalević, Assoc. Prof. won II prize (89.2 points) in category VII at II International Pianist Competition BIMC, which was held from 20^th to 25^th May 2026 in Bijeljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Vasilije Glavašević, a third-year student of the underegraduate academic studies in the class of DA Stevan Spalević, Assoc. Prof. won II prize (82.6 points) in category VII at II International Pianist Competition BIMC, which was held from 20^th to 25^th May 2026 in Bijeljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina).