As part of 68^th Belgrade International Book Fair, 28.10.2025, the Faculty of Arts in Niš promoted its printed publications at the stand of the Center for the Promotion of Science. The following monographs were promoted: “Aesthetic Experience in Music Teaching”, authored by PhD Danijela Zdravić-Mihailović, associate professor at the Faculty of Arts in Niš, and “Specificities of Harmonic Language and Its Role in the Musical Dramaturgy of the Opera Koštana by Petar Konjović”, authored by PhD Marko Milenković, associate professor at the Faculty of Arts in Niš. In addition to the monographs, the collection of works “Art and Culture Today: Harmony and Disharmony” was promoted as part of the National Scientific Conference with International Participation, Balkan Art Forum, where the editor of the collection, PhD Tijana Antonijević, associate professor at the Faculty of Arts in Niš, presented the scientific conference, its tradition and the rich opus of peer-reviewed scientific and professional works published within the collection.

At the prestigious international competition Trophée Mondial de l’Accordéon (CMA Online) 2025, students of the Faculty of Arts in Niš achieved notable results in the Masters category:

Petar Bešović, Master student – I place and laureate

Mirko Šunjevarić, I year undergraduate student – II place

Both students are in the class of prof. Nikola Peković, and their success represents a great contribution to the promotion of the Faculty of Arts in Niš and the Serbian accordion school on the international stage. We congratulate Mirko and Petar on the prestigious awards and look forward to their further performances!

On Wednesday, 22^nd October 2025, at 7 pm, in the Faculty of Arts Concert and Exhibition Hall, Knjaževacka 2a, a student concert “Accompanist Evening” will be held. Students from the Piano Department, in the accompanist classes of Prof. Ana Aćimović and Prof. Jelena Deljanin Aleksić, in cooperation with students from other performing departments, will participate.

Piano students of the Faculty of Arts in Niš Strahinja Marković, Elizabeta Marinković and Bratislav Djordjević in the class of DA Stevan Spalević, Assoc. Prof. participated in the master class of pianist Bruno Canino (Italy) on 10^th  and 11^th October, 2025 at the Faculty of Arts in Niš as part of III International Hammer Piano Festival.

Piano students of the Faculty of Arts in Niš — Petar Pavlović, Iva Vićentijević, Andrijana Stajić and Vasilije Glavašević — in the class of DA Stevan Spalević, Assoc. Prof., participated in the master class of pianist Bruno Canino (Bruno Canino, Italy), held on 10^th  and 11^th October 2025 at the Faculty of Arts in Niš, as part of III International Piano Festival Hammer.

On the occasion of Children’s Week, from 10^th to 17th October 2025, organized by the Children’s Cultural and Recreational Center in Niš and with the support of partners and friends, the event “Vilarium – a magical city for children and youth” was held in Čair Park, in which imagination, play and creativity were the focus of attention.

Fourth-year students of undergraduate academic studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Niš, Isidora Očaj, Lea Tomić and Saša Branković, under the mentorship of DA Miljana Radenkovic, assistant professor at the Department of Applied Arts and the author of the activity, held an art workshop in the field of graphic design.

Author of the illustration: Isidora Milenković, I year student of the Undergraduate Academic Studies Program – Graphic Design

On 17^th October 2025, “Čegar” Elementary School in Niš hosted the Science Fair for the first time under the slogan “In the name of science”, bringing together a large number of children and young people who entered this world through games, presentations, creative workshops, quizzes and scientific experiments, and the Faculty of Arts once again contributed to the event of cultural significance held in our city.

On this occasion, animations by the third-year students of the Basic Academic Studies Program – Graphic Design, created in the Graphic Communications course under the mentorship of Anita Milić, full professor, and DA Miljana Radenkovic, assistant professor at the Department of Applied Arts, were presented.

Illustration author: Andjela Bučić, student

In the Concert Hall of the Primary School “Vladimir Djordjević” in Aleksinac, on 22^nd October 2025, at 7 pm, students of the Solo Singing Department, Andjela Jokić – soprano and Pavle Arandjelović – baritone, in the class of MA Saša Arsenkov, accompanied by the piano of Andjela Stanković, will hold a concert in which they will present works of the following composers: Scarlatti, Handel, Bizet, Puccini and others.

Nikola Peković, full professor at the Accordion Department of the Faculty of Arts in Niš, Nikola Peković, has received two significant awards that confirm his exceptional artistic and pedagogical commitment.

He is the winner of the prestigious “Classical Music” award for the best male performer in Serbia for 2024. He is also the winner of the “Aleksandar Pavlović” award of the Serbian Composers’ Association, for outstanding contribution to the affirmation of Serbian music in the country and abroad.

These awards are a confirmation of Prof. Peković’s long-standing artistic work and his contribution to the affirmation of the accordion as a concert instrument, as well as the promotion of contemporary Serbian music on the domestic and international stage.

At the end of September, the Accordion World Cup was held in East Sarajevo (Coupe Mondiale). The Faculty of Arts in Niš professors, Miljan Bjeletić, full prof. and Nikola Peković, full prof. were delegates and members of the jury at this prestigious competition, which has been held every year in a different country for 78 years.

Also, students in the xclass of prof. Nikola Peković achieved excellent results in Masters student category, and also the best results of all Serbian representatives in the solo student categories for classical music, i.e. categories without age limit: Petar Bešović, a student at MAS, won 5th place, while Mirko Šunjevarić, a first-year student at OAS, won 6th place in competition with 29 competitors from: France, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Latvia, North Macedonia and Moldova.