Darko Mlovanović, a master student in the class of Saša Arsenkov, MA, won I1 prize (92.5 points) and Jelena Stojilović, a master student in the class of Katarina Simonović Ivanković, MA, won the II1 prize (89.82 points) at the First international competition of solo singers “Radmila Bakočević” in Kragujevac, which was held on 26^th May 2018. Congratulations!

Sara Bogdanović and Antonina Vukašinović, the first year piano students in the classes of Andrija Mamutović and Jovanka Arandjelović, held a concert on Sunday, 27^th May 2018, at 5 pm at the Culture Center in Smederevo.

The piano duo “Stevan Nemanja” consisting of Stevan Spalević, pianist, Assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts in Niš and Nemanja Egerić, alumni of the Faculty of Arts in Niš, held a concert at the Auditorium Santo Stefano al Ponte Vecchio in Florence within the concert season Musica al Ponte 2018. They played at the concert with Italian percussionists Pierre Machetti and Ricardo Soldi performing works by Bartok and Ravel.

Denis Džaferi, II year clarinet student in the class of prof. Miloš Mijatović, won II place in category V at XV International Competition of Wind instruments in Požarevac. Congratulations!

The concert of Marina Trajković-Bidžovski, soprano and Dušan Toroman, pianist will be held on Thursday, 24^th May 2018, at 8 pm in the Faculty of Arts Concert Showroom, Knjaževačka 2a. The program will feature compositions of Schuman, Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. The entrance to the concert is free.

VI International Student Complementary Piano Competition will be held in Niš from 26^th to 28^th May 2018, during which concerts of eminent pianists will take place.

In a great competition and with the unanimous jury decision, Students Cultural Centre Female Choir of the Niš University, under the conductorship of Ivana Mirović, MA, won I prize at the International Choir Competition in Romania, which was held from 18^th May  to 20^th May in the city of Pitesti. Congratulations!

Within the VI International Student Complementary Piano Competition, lectures will be organized, which will be held on Friday, 25^th May 2018, at 1 pm in the Faculty of Arts Concert Showroom. Lectures will be delivered by Tatiana Shurev, PhD on the topic “Music as a tool of 21^st Century Culture Education in the USA” and Irena Kofman, PhD on the topic “Differences between Russian and American Schools in the Approach to Teaching Piano”. The entrance is free.

Miloš Vuković, a guitar student in the class of Vesna Petković, MA, won I prize in the student category at International “Pannonia” Guitar Festival in Pančevo, which was held on 19^th May 2018. Congratulations!

Mihailo Dašić, Pavle Žarkić (category VI) and Vladimir Pecarski (category VII), guitar students in the class of Vesna Petković, MA, won II prizes at XIV International “Naissus Guitar” Festival, which was held from 17^th May to 20^th May 2018 in Niš. A special award – solo concert at International Guitar Festival “Academician Marin Goleminov” in 2019 in Kyustendil in Bulgaria was awarded to Mihailo Dašić. Congratulations!