Programme

Tuesday, 3 October at 8 P.M, Students Cultural Center, Big Hall

Formal Opening of the Festival

Presentation of the “Stevan Mokranjac” Award

Ensemble for new music Construction Site
Milena Damnjanović, soprano
Marko Sretenović, flute
Veljko Klenkovski, clarinet
Ilona Janovič, bass clarinet
Mirjana Nešković, Anja Ovaskainen, Dušan Panajotović, violins
Veselin Jovanović, viola
Vuk Ovaskainen, cello
Filip Savić, double bass
Ivan Marjanović, percussion
Neda Hofman-Sretenović, piano
Srđan Sretenović, cello, conductor

Predrag Radisavljević, electronics
Srđan Sretenović, conductor
  • Jana Andreevska (North Macedonia) – Аko umram... [If I die…] for soprano, alto flute, clarinet, viola and cello
  • Svetlana Savić (Serbia) – Tužbalice [Laments] for violin, cello, piano and electronics
  • Ana Gnjatović (Serbia) – Forest Migrations for flute, bass clarinet, piano, violin and cello
  • Nataša Bogojević (Serbia/USA) – The Ephemeral Orphanage for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello and percussion, with a film by Lisa Barcy
  • Dimitri Papageorgiou (Greece) – au moins ... for flute, bass clarinet, violin and piano
  • Christina Athinodorou (Cyprus) – EROT[ONDE]AS for flute, clarinet, piano and string quintet
 

Wednesday, 4 October at 6 P.M., Students Cultural Center, Big Hall

Branko Džinović, accordion
Aleksandar Latković, cello
Aleksandra Vrebalov, narrator  

Wednesday, 4 October at 8 P.M., Students Cultural Center, Big Hall

Bojana Dimković, piano
Ivan Marjanović, percussion
Paul Pankert, electronics

String Trio “Aperto”
Vladimir Vasiljević, violin
Ivana Erčić Gladović, viola
Dušan Stojanović, cello

Novi Sad Wind Quintet
Ksenija Mijatović Korom, flute
Veronika Antunović Marić, oboe
Kristijan Boroš, clarinet
Goran Marinković, bassoon
Mirko Marić, French horn

Predrag Radisavljević, electronics
  • Ihar Komar (Belorussia) – Lavender field after a thunderstorm… for piano and electronics
  • Paul Pankert (Belgium) – Partita Ritardata for piano and electronics
  • Sonja Mutić (Serbia) – brightness for amplified string trio and electronics
  • Mirjana Veljković (Serbia) – Vavel (smutnja) [Vavel (confusion)] for wind quintet
  • Miloš Zatkalik (Serbia) – Naknadna razmišljanja [Afterthoughts] for wind quintet
  • Berislav Popović (Србија/Serbia) – Igra senkе [Shadow Play] for wind quintet
 

Thursday, 5 October at 6 P.M, Students cultural center, Big Hall

Ensemble for new music Construction Site
Sanja Romić, oboe
Marko Sretenović, flute
Mirjana Nešković, violin
Milena Stanišić, harp
Ivan Marjanović, percussion
Neda Hofman – Sretenović, piano
Conductor: Srđan Sretenović

Vladimir Korać, electronics

4 Strings Quartet
Dušan Panajotović, violin
Kata Stojanović, violin
Marina Popović, viola
Vuk Ovaskainen, cello
Srđan Sretenović, cello, conductor
  • Vladimir Korać (Serbia) – Pleiades for piano and electronics
  • Svetlana Maksimović (/Serbia) – Iz međulužja (predeli i atmosfere iz poezije Momčila Nastasijevića) [From Međulužje (Spaces and atmospheres from the poetry of Momčilo Nastasijević)] for flute, oboe, violin, harp and temple block
  • Damjan Jovičin (Serbia) – Quinθ for string quartet and percussion
  • Ana Kazimić (Serbia) – String quartet No. 1
  • Igor Andrić (Serbia) – Mozaik [Mosaic], two pieces for string quartet
  • Hed Bahack (Israel/Germany) – Gravitating in Space for string quartet and piano
 

Thursday, 5 October at 8 P.M, Students cultural center, Big Hall

Formal presentation of the “Pavle Stefanović” and “Aleksandar Pavlović” Awards

Stana Krstajić and Jelena Šarenac Španović, flutes
Bojana Dimković, piano
Đorđe Milošević, cello
Nataša Mitrović, piano
Nikola Peković, accordion
Predrag Radisavljević, electronics  

Friday, 6 October at 6 P.M., Lola Culture Center (Resavska 11)

Vocal ensemble Oktaeteris
Milica Lalošević, Jovana Čurović, Milena Damnjanović, Jana Cvetković, Dušan Svilar, Ermin Ašćerić, Milan Obradović, Strahinja Đokić Dragana V. Jovanović, conductor

Milena Damnjanović, soprano
Dušan Panajotović, violin
Ivan Jarić, cello
Gorana Ćurgus, harp
Jelena Šarenac Španović, flute
Petar Stevanović, trumpet
Barry Wan, electronics
Predrag Radisavljević, electronics
  • Dragan Tomić (Serbia) – Kyrie eleison for mixed vocal octet
  • Robin Haigh (Great Britain) – No One for harp
  • Timothy Roy (USA) – dans les dents de la guivre for harp and electronics
  • Tomislav Oliver (Croatia) – Mixórdia IV “transmitting“ for flute
  • David Mastikosa (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Poslovice [Proverbs] for soprano, violin and cello
  • Barry Wan (Hong Kong) – Avici Naraka for trumpet and fixed media
 

Friday, 6 October at 8 PM, Lola Culture Center (Resavska 11)

Zöllner-Roche Duo (Great Britain/Germany)
Eva Zöllner, accordion
Heather Roche, clarinet
  • Julie Zhu (USA) – Nadir aux Pommes for clarinet, accordion, tape and video
  • Miharu Ogura (Japan) – Zerfliessen for clarinet and accordion
  • Annika Socolofsy (USA) – Silience for clarinet and accordion
  • Sina Fani Sani (Iran) – A Strange Loop II: Drink Your Tea, the Kids are Dead for clarinet and accordion
  • Joe Snape (Great Britain) – Signs of Life for clarinet, accordion, tape and video
 

Saturday, 7 October at 7 P.M., Kolarac Small Hall

Review within the Review / “Stevan Mokranjac” Award for 2022
Ivana Miladinović Prica, musicologist  

Saturday, 7 October at 8 P.M., Kolarac Big Hall

RTS Symphony Orchestra
Aleksandar Kojić, conductor
Ivana Dakić, English horn

Word of the selector

Welcome to the 32nd International Review of Composers!

Following the open call for scores for this year’s Review, we received 427 pieces composed for the most diverse ensembles, by composers from almost all over the world. Over the course of eight concerts, 47 selected pieces will be performed, presenting an overview of the recent output by composers from Serbia, as well as illustrative examples of various currents of the contemporary music on a global scale. This year, the focus is on pieces for symphony and chamber orchestra, however an important part of the programme is dedicated to works for solo instruments and smaller chamber ensembles with or without electronics, as well as for wind quintet and vocal octet.

The RTS Symphony Orchestra is featured in the programme, under the baton of the conductor Aleksandar Kojić, alongside renowned Serbian ensembles and soloists who are dedicated performers of contemporary music. On top of that, the Zöllner-Roche Duo (Germany / Great Britain) will perform a selection of pieces for clarinet and accordion, in combination with the electronic medium.

The programme segment entitled Review within the Review, moderated by the musicologist Ivana Miladinović Prica, is dedicated to the presentation of the latest laureate of the “Stevan Mokranjac” Award, for the year 2022.

Branka Popović, selector