At XVI international string competition “String Fest” in Sremska Mitrovica – Stefan Ekmedžić, a fourth-year student, won I prize in the highest category with 95 points. Mladen Tomić, a second-year student, won II prize with 92 points. All in the class of Assoc. prof. Ljubinko Lazić, MA.
Cellist Svetlana Bogosavljević will hold a cello masterclass at the Faculty of Arts in Niš. The masterclass will be held on 24th and 25th June 2024, in the Faculty of Arts in Niš Concert-Exhibition Hall (Knjaževačka 2a). The official piano accompanist will be pianist Mina Krasić.
Student Marta Mladenović, in the class of prof. Milena Rajković, won I prize (96 points) at XI international piano competition ‘ULJUS’ Smederevo, and student Nikolina Ivković, in the same class, won II prize (93.5 points).
After the success in Portugal, at the recently held 18th International Accordion Competition in Murska Sobota (Slovenia), fourth-year student Stefan Dimitrijević in the class of prof. Miljan Bjeletić, MA, won in the oldest category. Also, Veljko Jović won I prize. Stefan Dimitrijević was invited by the organizers to play a solo concert in Murska Sobota the next year.
Jovana Vojinović, fourth-year flute student, UAS in the class of DMA Jelena Jakovljević, Assoc. prof, is the laureate of VII category at V international competition of young musicians – Zemun. She performed at the competition with her piano accompanist Nikola Cvetković.
Kristina Mančić, third-year flute student, UAS in the class of DMA Jelena Jakovljević, won II prize in VII category at V international competition of young musicians in Zemun. Along with her, the entire competition program was performed by piano accompanist Nikola Cvetković.
Another I prize went to the chamber ensemble “Musique per trois” in the class of prof. Anqa Veličković Igić, consisting of Jovana Blagojević-flute, Ilija Jovanović-cello and Vasilije Glavašević-piano. This time, success was achieved at XI international piano competition ULJUS 2024, where they competed as the youngest ensemble in V category-Chamber Music.
Three different international competitions and three I prizes, that’s the score of this team that just finished the first year of undergraduate studies.
The concert presentation of the CD audio edition of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Niš “Solo songs by Milan Prebanda” was held on 6th July 2024 in the City Hall and was organized as part of 29th International Choral Festival (NKC). The CD was recorded by the professors of the Faculty of Arts in Niš: Katarina Simonović Ivanković, MA, full prof. – soprano and MA Jelena Deljanin Aleksić, Assist. prof – the piano.
Musicologists at the presentation of CD audio edition: PhD Sonja Cvetković, full prof. and PhD Nebojša Todorović, full prof.
Publisher: Faculty of Arts in Niš
For the publisher: DMA Milena Injac, dean
Editor: PhD Igor Nikolić, Assist. prof
Editor of the audio edition and video edition: Igor Aleksić, MSc, ed. prof.
Recording studio of the Faculty of Arts in Niš Multimedia Center, sound recording, producing and post production: Miodrag Obradović
Photography and design: Miljan Nedeljković, Assoc. prof.
At the gala concert “An Evening of Arias, Duets and Choirs from the Opera” on the occasion of the opening of 29th International Choir Festival “Sparkling Voices”, 4th July 2024, on the Summer Stage of Niš Fortress, professors of solo singing from the Faculty of Arts in Niš performed as soloists: Katarina Simonović Ivanković, MA full prof. – soprano and MA Saša Arsenkov, Assoc. prof-tenor, as well as students Hadži Lazar Lazarević, IV year-baritone and Nikola Stamenković, IV year – tenor, in the class of prof. Katarina Simonović Ivanković.
The conductor at the concert was prof. Bisera Čadlovska from North Macedonia.
The orchestra consisted of students of the Faculty of Arts in Niš, students of the Faculty of Music in Skopje and prominent musicians of the city of Niš.
The festival choir that performed was made up of members of several Nis choirs: the “Maestrini” Choir (students of the Faculty of Arts in Niš), the “Radojica Milisavljević – Ica” Youth Choir (Niš Music School choir) and the Niš Chamber Choir.
The program included works by: G. Busset, G. Verdi, A. Dvoržak, F. Lehara and G. Puccini.
Jelena Malikov and Mila Knežević, fourth-year students at the Department of Fine Arts, participated in the work of XVII Graphics Colony “Sofija” in Bogdanci, North Macedonia. This year’s colony brought together young and talented creators from art faculties and academies from Zagreb, Sarajevo, Novi Sad, Skopje and Niš. In the period from 20th to 28th August, they created their works in various graphic techniques under the mentorship of Iva Čurić, assistant professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb.