Laureates’ concert of the 20th International Competition “Davorin Jenko”

International Competition Davorin Jenko in the last eighteen years has attracted the attention of both Serbian and foreign musical population with its traditional, yet open attempt to reconcile the clashes between the flexible attitude towards music and its traditional and modern approach with the appearance of artists of all ages, education and interests.

More than 8000 competitors from Serbia and abroad (Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Russia, Austria, France, Ukraine, Hungary, Montenegro and other countries) that took part in the competition during the last five years, the jury of experts made up of distinguished pedagogues and performers from Serbia and abroad (Germany, England, China, Austria, Ukraine, Slovenia, Russia, Spain, Great Britain…), the welcoming attitude of the hosts and the specific manner of awarding speak highly of the organisation and content of this competition. The quality of conditions the organisers provide for the visitors and competitors guarantee a pleasant stay in one of the most beautiful cities in this part of Europe. It was the organisers intention from the very beginning to make this competition an unforgettable and comprehensive artistic and social experience.

The competition is structured in the following four disciplines:
I. PIANO SOLO
II. PIANO DUO (piano in four hands or two pianos)
III. BASSOON SOLO
IV. WIND /BRASS INSTRUMENTS SOLO (both woodwind and brass wind, except bassoon, i.e. flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone and tube).

Program:
Yuriy Shchurovsky
Little poem
TEODOR VUJANIĆ, piano

Ottorino Respighi
Little pieces (excerpt)
I Romance
Piano Duo JOVAN RADOIČIĆ and STEFAN RADOIČIĆ

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lilacs, Op. 21/5
AN WANG, piano

Valery Gavrilin
Tarrantella
Piano Duo Lacrimae – LENA VELJANOVSKI and MATIJA MATEJIĆ

Marcel Perrin
Fantaisie Tzigane
KRISTINA VASIĆ, saxsophone
Milica Pošarac Vasić, piano

Frederic Chopin
Etude in F major, Op. 10/8
ALJOŠA KESEROVIĆ, piano

Sergei Prokofiev
Montagues and Capulets (from ballet Romeo and Juliet)
Piano Duo Cavalieri – STEFAN MILIN and RASTKO VLAJČIĆ

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major (excerpt)
I Allegro
ANA CVETOJEVIĆ, horn
Siniša Grudić, piano

Cesar Franck
Prelude, Fugue, and Variation
IVAN CHERNUKHIN, piano

Igor Stravinsky
Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
DOSITEJ NOVAKOVIĆ, clarinet

Franz Liszt
La Leggierezza, S. 144/2
LARA ARBAJTER, piano

Frederic Chopin
Etude in A minor, Op. 25/11
VASILIJE BASARAB, piano

Shaun Choo
Fiestravaganza
Piano Duo Milana – MILAN VESELINOVIĆ and ANA BOŽIĆ