Application for Second unique International Internet Competition – Constantine the Great – is open in Novembre 2020. Within the Competition – pupils, students and artists will have the opportunity to compete in 15 disciplines:Chamber music, Wind instruments, World music, Guitar,Piano,String instruments, Solo singing, Complementary piano, Accordion, Percussions, Vocal Ensembles, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography and Poster.The deadline for application is 31st January 2021.

 

International internet Competition “Constantine the Great”, started in September 2019, is organized via the Internet connecting billions of people worldwide. The Competition comprises 15 disciplines in the field of music, visual and applied arts. Such a concept of competition allows for the presence of competitors without great financial investment, removes all geographical barriers, opening the possibility for pupils, students and artists from all over the world to participate. The Jury of the Competition “Constantine the Great” is consisted of the world-class eminent artists. The Competition is held in a year-round cycles, with the aim of developing and affirming the young artists, as well as strengthening international cultural relations.

 

Apart from a large number of competitors from Serbia, competitors from all over the world took part in the first International Internet Competition “Constantine the Great” – Russia, Italy, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Sweden, Slovenia, Northern Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Latvia, Albania, Ukraine, Bulgaria… The eminent Jury had high criteria and objectivity in evaluating more than 150 competitors and awarded 25 first prizes and 6 laureates. The Grand Prix winner is Nikola Varžić from Slovenia.

As the completion of the Competition annual cycle, a Gala concert of the laureates and the winners of the Competition was planned to be organized in honour of the City of Niš celebration – St. Emperor Constantine and Empress Helena. However, due to the circumstances related to the COVID-19 virus, the Laureates and awarded artists presented themselves with videos on the official YouTube channel of the Competition -.

  

The organizers of the International Competition “Constantine the Great” are the Faculty of Arts in Niš, the University of Niš and the City of Niš with support of Student Cultural Center, the Gallery of Contemporary Fine Art and Music Theoreticians Associations of Serbia. The Faculty of Arts of the University of Niš, aside from its educational activity, has also its highly important artistic activity in the fields of music, visual arts and applied arts. The Faculty was granted the highest city award – “January 11” as a sign of recognition of its mission of spreading and affirming high artistic values. The Faculty policy to engage world-class eminent artists as guest professors and permanent hosting of master courses and workshops, contribute to the growing reputation of the Faculty, the University and the City of Niš in the wider academic and social community. The Faculty is the publisher of a large number of scientific publications, journals and audio editions.

 

According to historians, Constantine the Great was born in 273 or 274 in Niš. He reformed the Roman Empire and paved the spiritual path to the Christians. What Constantine the Great left to future generations is the Edict of Milan, which is the universal and general civilization heritage actual at any time. The Edict has the power to overcome every kind of spatial difference, as it opens the way to science, culture and the arts. We must cultivate his civilization heritage based on tolerance, as this is the only way to preserve the dignity.

 

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