Programme
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 8 PM, KOLARAC FOUNDATION
RTS Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Bojan Suđić
Soloist: Natalija Mladenović, piano
- Ivan Brkljačić: Kada se SEDAM puta digne zavesa (When the Curtain Rises SEVEN Times)
- Vlastimir Trajković: Koncert za klavir i orkestar B-dur op. 21 (Concert for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat Major, Op. 21)
- Milan Mihajlović: Memento
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 8 PM, NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA HALL
The Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra (Beijing, China)
Liu Shun, music director and conductor
Yang Jing, pipa (Chinese lute, a four-stringed plucked instrument)
Shen Cheng, huqin
Zhang Zunlian, erhu
Zhao Chengwei, sanxian (a three-stringed instrument)
Wei Wei, liuqin and ruanxian
Jiao Shanlin, percussion
Yang Lin, zheng
Luo Yuan, yangqin (dulcimer)
Wang Hua, flute and xiao (vertical bamboo flute)
Xiao Ma, piano and countertenor
- Qi Haodi: China
- Gao Ping: Pure Wind
- Wang Danhong: Dreaming by the Plum Blossoms
- Zou Hang: Drunk Dancing Devarajas
- Aleksandar Vujić: Kolo (Round Dance)
- Stevan Mokranjac: Deseta rukovet, ‘Pušči me’ (Garland No. 10, ‘Leave Me’)
- Gao Weijie: Three Yuan Qu Songs
- Gao Ping: Si Bu Xiang
Thursday, 18 September 2014, YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE HALL (5:30 PM)
- Aleksandra Anja Đorđević: Narcissus and Echo, chamber opera (video screening)
Thursday, 18 September 2014, NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA HALL (8 PM)
St. George Strings and Construction Site New Music Ensemble
Duo Ljiljana Nestorovska and Milena Stanišić, harps
Conductor: Biljana Radovanović
Soloists: Jasna Miličić Brandšteter, English horn; Ljubiša Jovanović, flute; Srđan Sretenović and Marko Miletić, violoncellos
Narrator: Radoslav Milenković
- Zoran Erić: Oberon, concerto for flute and instrumental ensemble
- Ivan Jevtić: Divertimento for two violoncellos and strings
- Dejan Despić: Diptih op. 166 (Diptych, Op. 166), for English horn and chamber orchestra (Publisher Musikverlag Brandstätter, Köln)
- Ivana Stefanović: Neobične scene sa Homerovog groba u Smirni – novi prilozi za Hansa Kristijana Andersena (Extraordinary Scenes from Homer’s Grave in Smyrna: New Additions for Hans Christian Andersen), concerto for flute, piano, harpsichord, accordion, percussion, chamber orchestra, and narrator in ten scenes
Friday, 19 September 2014, YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE HALL (5:30 PM)
- Isidora Žebeljan: Zora D, a chamber opera in one act (video screening)
Friday, 19 September 2014, NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA HALL (8 PM)
Construction Site New Music Ensemble
Conductor: Biljana Radovanović
- Vladan Radovanović: Sideral, for mixed choir, piano, and strings (sound recording) Performed by RTS Choir, Milivoje Veljić, piano, RTS String orchestra, conductor Bojan Suđić. Soung engineer Zoran Marinković.
- Ljubica Marić: Torzo (Torso), piano trio
- Srđan Hofman: Gledajući u ogledala Aniša Kapura (Looking at the Mirrors of Anish Kapoor), for two harps and sound processors
- Đuro Živković: Asketska beseda (Ascetic Discourse), voice and chamber orchestra
Saturday, 20 September 2014, YUGOSLAV FILM ARCHIVE HALL (5 PM)
- Aleksandra Vrebalov: Mileva, opera (video screening)
Saturday, 20 September 2014, NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA HALL (8 PM)
Quo Vadis ensemble (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Klara Tomljanovič, guitar
Luka Juhart, accordion
Uroš Rojko, clarinet
- Uroš Rojko: Chasing the Wind, trio
- Pande Šahov: Quasi une Chaconne for solo clarinet
- Branka Popović: Number 5 for clarinet, guitar, and accordion
- Draško Adžić: Olden Bellows, two tunes and a heterophony for clarinet and accordion
- Vinko Globokar: Dialog über die Luft, for accordion
- Nikolaus Brass: Twombly Music 2, for clarinet, guitar, and accordion
Concert organized in collaboration with Society of Slovene Composers
Stevan Mokranjac Award
Nagrada Stevan Mokranjac (Stevan Mokranjac Award), as it is officially called, or, as has become customary in everyday parlance, the Mokranjac Award, is today a unique award for music in the domain of compositional creativity. Established 20 years ago under the auspices of the then newly founded international Review of Compositional Creativity, over the past two decades it has enjoyed a special status as the highest professional award in this area. Namely, laureates are selected by a jury appointed by the presiding board of the Composers’ Association of Serbia, regardless of who is sponsoring the award that year, which makes it a direct expression of expertise, which for every professional commands special value. So far, the juries have included composers Dejan Despić, Vladan Radovanović, Rajko Maksimović, Srđan Hofman, Milan Mihajlović, Vlastimir Trajković, Ivana Stefanović, Zoran Erić, Miroslav Miša Savić, Žarko Mirković, Miloš Zatkalik, Tatjana Milošević, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Milorad Marinković, as well as musicologists Ivana Trišić, Ana Kotevska, Sonja Marinković, and Zorica Premate. The Award has been presented 17 times so far, with no restrictions regarding genre, in adherence to the propositions of the Award. The winning works have included complex stage pieces (three operas: Narcis i Eho /Narcissus and Echo/, Zora D., and Mileva), vocal-instrumental works (Stanice /The Stations/, Asketska beseda /Ascetic Discourse/, Sideral), as well as symphonic works (Memento, Kada se SEDAM puta podigne zavesa /When the Curtain Rises SEVEN Times), concertante works (Oberon, Koncert za klavir /Piano Concerto/, Šest scena – komentara /Six Scenes – Commentaries/, Divertimento, Diptih /Diptych/, Neobične scene sa Homerovog groba u Smirni – novi prilozi za Hansa Kristijana Andersena / Extraordinary Scenes from Homer’s Grave in Smyrna: New Additions for Hans Christian Andersen/), and chamber works (Torzo /Torso/, Sedam pogleda u nebo / Seven Glances at the Sky/, Gledajući u Ogledala Aniša Kapura /Looking at the Mirrors of Anish Kapoor/). Laureates have included composers of various generations and stylistic orientations. Also, in line with the propositions, there have been multiple laureates, since there are no restrictions in that regard either. Only four times was the prize not awarded (in 1995, 1998, 2000, and 2006). Although the 23rd Review of Compositional Creativity will not feature performances of every work rewarded so far, we shall list them here:
The first laureate, from 1993:
Milan Mihajlović – Memento,for a symphonic orchestra
The 1994 Award
Vlastimir Trajković – Koncert za klavir i orkestar u B-duru (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat Major)
The 1996 Award
Ljubica Marić – Torzo (Torso), piano trio
The 1997 Award
Zoran Erić – Oberon, concerto for flute and instrumental ensemble
The 1999 Award
Ivan Jevtić – Divertimento for two violoncellos and strings
The 2001 Award
Zoran Erić – Šest scena – komentara (Six Scenes – Commentaries) for three violins and string orchestra
The 2002 Award
Aleksandra Đorđević – Narcis i Eho (Narcissus and Echo), chamber opera
The 2003 Award
Isidora Žebeljan – Zora D., chamber opera in one act
The 2004 Award
Ivan Brkljačić – Kada se SEDAM puta digne zavesa (When the Curtain Rises SEVEN Times), for a symphonic orchestra
The 2005 Award
Dejan Despić – Diptih op. 166 (Diptych, Op. 166) for English horn and chamber orchestra
The 2007 Award
Ivana Stefanović – Neobične scene sa Homerovog groba u Smirni – novi prilozi za Hansa Kristijana Andersena (Extraordinary Scenes from Homer’s Grave in Smyrna: New Additions for Hans Christian Andersen), for flute and chamber orchestra
The 2008 Award
Zoran Erić – Sedam pogleda u nebo (Seven Glances at the Sky), for wind sextet
The 2009 Award
Aleksandra Vrebalov – Stanice (The Stations), for vocal soloists, choir, and orchestra
The 2010 Award
Srđan Hofman – Gledajući u Ogledala Aniša Kapura (Looking at the Mirrors of Anish Kapoor), for two harps and sound processors
The 2011 Award
Aleksandra Vrebalov – Mileva, opera
The 2012 Award
Đuro Živković – Asketska beseda (Ascetic Discourse), for a voice and chamber ensemble
The 2013 Award
Vladan Radovanović – Sideral, for mixed choir, piano, and strings