V International student complementary piano competition was held in Niš from 26^th – 28^th May 2017. The aim of the competition is to encourage motivation and affirmation of young artists, as well as encouraging their personal creative potentials through performance. The competition, organized by Faculty of Arts in Niš, was held in Faculty of Arts Concert Showroom (Knjaževačka 2a).

Prof. Jonathan Blackwood, PhD from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, within the stay realized through the Erasmus + mobility of teachers, gave lectures in Niš in the period from 23^rd – 25^th May 2017.

The Faculty of Arts in Niš is organizing an intensive master course for accordion, by Inaki Alberdi, a full professor of the Music Academy, Centro Superior de Musica del Pais Vasco – Musikene, Spain, on 1^st and 2^nd May 2017.

Prof. Ilia Iliev, a Bulgarian artist, architect, stained glass artist, mosaic artist and long-time professor at the National Academy in Sofia, Department of Mural Painting, gave a lecture by invitation on “Modern techniques of mosaic” at Faculty of Arts Concert Showroom, on Thursday 27^th April 2017, Knjaževačka 2a. After the lecture, he visited the class of prof. Slavica Erdeljanović Curk, MA, where he had the opportunity to become acquainted with the work of the Faculty of Arts students.

Alexander Viktorovich Shunkov, doctor of philological sciences, rector of Kemerovo State Institute of culture, paid visit to the University of Niš because of the great interest in cooperation with Faculty of Arts, University of Niš, on the basis of already signed protocol of cooperation. On that occasion, rector Shunkov held the presentation of Kemerovo National Institute of culture, on Wednesday 26^th April 2017, in hall no 6.

The Days of the clarinet “Clarinetissimo” was organized at Faculty of Arts in Niš from 22^nd to 25^th April 2017.  Intensive master class for clarinet, with Yuan Gao, professor at Longy School of Music in Boston, USA, and Miloš Mijatović, associate professor at Faculty of Arts in Niš, was held on 22^nd and 24^th April 2017. “Royal Global presentation”, an interactive presentation and promotion of the latest models of clarinets and related equipment, was held on Tuesday 25^th April 2017. The concert at which Yuan Gao – clarinet, Miloš Mijatović – clarinet, Srdjan Djordjević – piano and master class participants performed was also held at Faculty of Arts Concert Showroom, on Tuesday 25^th April 2017.

The intensive master class for clarinet, with Yuan Gao, professor at Longy School of Music in Boston, USA and with Miloš Mijatović, associate professor at the Faculty of Arts in Niš, was organized at Faculty of Arts in Niš, on 22^nd and 24^th April 2017. Accompanist: Srdjan Djordjević, artistic associate. Master class was also organized within The Days of the clarinet “Clarinetissimo”.

The intensive master class for flute with Marija Djurdjević Ilić, associate professor of the Music Academy in Cetinje, as well as the first flute of Montenegrin Symphony orchestra, was organized at Faculty of Arts in Niš from 19^th – 21^st April, 2017. Accompanist: Nikola Cvetković, artistic associate.

Lecture on the preparation for audition to play in the orchestra, with the theme Orchestral performance, presented by Marko Radonić, concertmaster of Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, was held at Faculty of Arts in Niš, on Wednesday 19^th April 2017, in hall no 6.

One-day master class for cello was organized by Faculty of Arts, University of Niš on Saturday, 11^th March 2017, in hall no 6. The master class was held by Dilbag Tokay, professor of State Conservatory Art University “Mimar Sinan” in Istanbul (Turkey).