International Harp Festival (међународни фестивал харфе)
| Country and Region | Serbia — Central Serbia |
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| Type of Festival | Music |
| Location of Festival | Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia |
| Festival Contact Information | The Harp Association of Serbia |
| Festival Description | The Association of Harpists and Friends of Harp is an international organization whose members include musicians and friends of the instrument from all over the world. Their mutual goal is to promote and develop harp playing in their respective countries. The Association was established in the 1960s in Paris by the acclaimed French harpist Mr. Pierre Jamet. The harpists of Yugoslavia soon joined, with Mr. Josip Pikelj as president. One of the biggest achievements of the Association is the International Harp Festival, which was established in 2002. Each year, the Festival goes further in promoting the art of playing the harp, and gains more and more devotees and followers. |
| Festival Dates | April 2 - 20, 2011 |
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Festival Events:
Programming 2011:
- Saturday, April 2 at 8:00pm, Коlarac Hall — ОPENING
- ISABELLE MORETTI (France)
Моzart, Faure, Аlbéniz, Hindemith, Zabel - ACADEMIC CHOIR COLLEGIUM MUSICUM
CHOIR OF THE FACULTY OF MUSIC
DRAGANA JOVANOVIĆ, conductor; Svetlana Bojčević Cicović, soprano; Dragana Popović, mezzosoprano; Аneta Ilić, soprano; Dejan Maksimović, tenor
HARPISTS: Ljiljana Nestorovska, Milena Stanišić, Dijana Sretenović, Gorana Ćurgus, Ivana Pejoska, Jovana Nestorovska, Jelena Božić, Milica Pašić, Staša Mirković-Grujić, Ana Brateljević, Milica Milanović, Katarina Stanković, Mina Momčilović, Mina Marinković
Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Valery Kikta: La luce delle tacite stelle, oratorio
- ISABELLE MORETTI (France)
- Monday, April 4 at 7:00pm, Students’ Cultural Centre
- AGNE KEBLYTE (Lithuania)
Rameau, Liszt, Maayani, Britten, Posse - STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF MUSIC, CLASS OF LJILJANA NESTOROVSKA
Grandjany, Hasselman, Walter-Kune, Guridi, Godefroid, Pierné, Tournier
- AGNE KEBLYTE (Lithuania)
- Friday, April 8 at 7:30pm, Parobrod
- CONCERT OF STUDENTS–FIRST PRIZE WINNERS AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 2010
Anonym, Brahms, Lara, Andres, Tedeschi, McDonald, Hasselman, Saint-Saëns, Smetana, Paganini, Zabel - MILAN BERGINC, violin and ANA BRATELJEVIĆ, harp
Bochsa-Kreutzer, Damase, Anonym, Ibert, Saint-Saëns
- CONCERT OF STUDENTS–FIRST PRIZE WINNERS AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 2010
- Saturday, April 9 at 7:30pm, Belgrade Philharmonic Hall
- ANNELEEN LENAERTS (Belgium)
Fauret, Liszt, Walter-Kune, Chopin, Smetana - LAURA LEVAI ASKIN, flute and STAŠA MIRKOVIĆ-GRUJIĆ, harp
J.S. Bach, Andres, Faure, Glière, Bond, Shankar
- ANNELEEN LENAERTS (Belgium)
- Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30pm, Čukarica Cultural Centre
- CONCERT OF STUDENTS
- Thursday, April 14 at 7:30pm, City Hall
- JASNA CORRADO MERLAK (Slovenia-Italy)
Handel, Nieder, Hindemith, Smetana, Vidali, Glinka, Glière - MUSIC OF SERBIAN COMPOSERS FOR HARP
Anja Đorđević: Prego per vedere, for harp and voice – world premiere (commission of Jugokoncert), Dejan Despić, Dušan Radić, Enriko Josif, Svetislav Božić, Milan Mihajlović, Srđan Hofman
- JASNA CORRADO MERLAK (Slovenia-Italy)
- Saturday, April 16 at 7:30pm, Belgrade Philharmonic Hall
- RINO KAGEYAMA (Japan)
Spohr, Mozart, De Falla, Debussy, Jongen, Mayuzumi, Renié - NATAŠA JOVIĆ-TRIVIĆ, mezzosoprano and GORANA ĆURGUS, harp Martini, Handel, Vivaldi, Marcello, Gluck, Debussy, Ravel
- RINO KAGEYAMA (Japan)
- Tuesday, April 19 at 8:00pm, Students’ Cultural Centre
- IVANA PAVLOVIĆ, harp and KRISTINA TOKODI, violoncello
Andres, Bellini, Tedeschi, Bochsa, Huber - MUSIC OF SERBIAN COMPOSERS FOR HARP
Dragana Jovanović: Jurij, for voice, flute and harp – world premiere, Ilija Marinković, Vladimir Tošić, Ludmila Frajt, Ivan Brkljačić, Bojan Barić, Zlatan Vauda, Rastislav Kambasković, Dejan Despić, Vojislav Ivanović, Milorad Marinković
- IVANA PAVLOVIĆ, harp and KRISTINA TOKODI, violoncello
- Wednesday, April 20 at 8:00pm, Kolarac Hall
— CLOSING
- CAMERATA SERBICA ORCHESTRA
Jana Boušková, harp (Czech Republic) - Belgrade Harp Quartet
Glière: Concerto for harp and orchestra Božidar Obradinović: Sleep, light, movement
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the flowers
- CAMERATA SERBICA ORCHESTRA
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