SERGEJ PRESENTS THE ORCHESTRA OF YOUNG TALENTS

Sergej Ćetković completed Vasa Pavić Primary and Secondary Music School in Podgorica before enrolling in the Department of Theory at the Music Academy in Cetinje. He entrance onto the music scene came in 1986, when he won second prize at the Naša Radost Festival [Our Joy Festival]. As early as 1989, Sergej was a keyboard player and backing vocalist of the band Vatrena Srca [Passionate Hearts], and afterwards, starting in 1994, of the band Amfiteatar  [Amphitheater]. He launched his solo career with the song Bila si ruža [You Were a Rose] at the Sunčane Skale Festival [Sunny Scales] in 1998, and released his first album,  Kristina [Christina], in 2000, following a performance at the Budva Festival. There followed the albums Budi mi voda [Be My Water], featuring a song of the same title, Ostaću sam [I Will Stay Alone], Nikada [Never], and Kad ti zatreba [When You Need It], featuring the hit Pogledi u tami [Glances in the Darkness] that for two years held a position at the top of the charts in the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Then followed the albums Pola moga svijeta [A Half of My World] and Moj svijet [My World]. Sergej is the winner of numerous awards in the country and region: a multiple Montefon winner for the Montenegro Singer of the Year, several Golden Mermaids at the Sunčane Skale Festival, the Best Arrangement Award at the Budva Festival, the Frankfurt News Award for the Best Singer, and the Most Complete Music Personality in Montenegro at Montefon. He was also voted Singer of the Year muliple times at the Radio Festival (Serbia, 2005-2007). Sergej Ćetković was the representative of Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest of 2014.

Filip Bosiljčić has been engaged in music since the age of twelve. He is currently attending the Mokranjac Secondary Music School in Belgrade under Professor Milan Janković. During his studies, Filip has achieved remarkable success at the regional and international level, winning a number of awards, most notably first prizes at the Davorin Jenko Competition, the Petar Konjović Competition, the Wind Instruments Competition in Požarevac, and the Republic Competition (Serbia). As a soloist, he has appeared with the Mokranjac Music School Chamber and Symphony Orchestras at the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment (2018, 2019) and at the Central Military Club in Belgrade (2018). He has performed with the Zoltan Kodaly Youth Orchestra, the Borislav Pašćan Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Children’s Philharmonic Orchestra, the Belgrade Wind Orchestra, and the Operosa Opera Chamber Orchestra, as well as with numerous chamber ensembles. Filip Bosiljčić has also attended master classes held by renowned oboists, such as Lucas M. Navarro, Matthias Arter, József Kiss, and Ivan Podyomov. 

BoškoTujković has completed the fourth year of Accordion studies at the Vida Matjan Secondary Music School (Kotor), under Professor Goran Ševaljević. He has won numerous awards at national and international competitions, including the Silver Lyra at the 37th Youth Music Festival in Montenegro (2010), a Special Award at the 39th Youth Music Festival in Montenegro (2012), the Golden Lyra at the 41th Youth Music Festival in Montenegro (2014), a Special Award at the Eufonija Festival (Novi Sad, 2015), first prizes at the Accordion Art International Accordion Festival (East Sarajevo, 2010, 2013), the 16th International Accordion Days (Smederevo, 2011, 2013), and the Russian Moresol International Art Festival (Tivat, 2014, 2015),  and Second Prize at the Star Ways Festival (Kragujevac, 2011). 

The Mokranjac Music School was founded on September 21, 1899 in Belgrade, under the name Serbian Music School. As the oldest music and pedagogical institution in Serbia, it remains a fundamentally significant institution for the development of music education and for the history of music culture in the country. The founder of the school was the Belgrade Singing Society, while the first board members and teachers were Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac, Stanislav Binički, and Cvetko Manojlović. Throughout its long and esteemed history, the Principals of the school have always been prominent pedagogues, starting with Mokranjac, and including Petar Krstić, Predrag Milošević, Milka Đaja, Jela Kršić, and Božena Bandur, among others. The School later took the name of the famous Serbian composer, also the school’s first director, in 1946. The Spomenica [Testimony Book], published in 1974 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the school’s existence, also testifies to the prominence of the School. As a result of the dedicated work of its teachers and students, the School has received numerous social recognitions and awards, among which are the Dositej Obradović Award (1969), the Vuk’s Award, the Order of Merits for the People with the Golden Star, and the May 25 Republic Award. In 2016, the School was awarded the Sretenje Medal Third Class for its outstanding merits in educational activities, particularly for its cultural and pedagogical work in the field of music.

Milica Đokić graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, specializing in Conducting under Professor Darinka Matić – Marović. She was engaged as Assistant in the Obilić Choir of the Branko Krsmanović Academic Cultural and Artistic Society (1999-2004) and also served with the Collegium Musicum Choir. Milica has held the position of Conductor of the Cantantes Choir from Belgrade and of the Sveti Đorđe Choir [St. George Choir], with whom she presented a feature concert of sacred music in the Church of St. George in Belgrade. During her studies, she served as Piano Accompanist for the presentation of the Cycle of Serbian Art Songs project, with these concerts culminating in the release of a double compact disc by the Faculty of Music. Since 2005, Milica has been employed as a professor at the Mokranjac Music School in Belgrade. She has realized numerous performances with the secondary music school choirs, and in 2007 she prepared a concert in collaboration with the School String Chamber Orchestra featuring students’ compositions. She has held multiple series of concerts with the Women’s Chamber Choir, the Mixed Choir, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Mokranjac Music School. Under her leadership, the Women’s Chamber Choir won First Prize at the Republic Competition in 2008 and 2012 and realized a notable performance for the 47th Mokranjac Days in Mokranje (Serbia). Since 2015, Milica has been conducting the Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of the School.