PROFESSORS OF THE MUSIC ACADEMY (CETINJE) ARE VISITING

 

Saturday, August 1

St. Eustahie Church, Dobrota, 9:30 p.m.

 

MARIJA ĐURĐEVIĆ ILIĆ, flute (Serbia / Montenegro)

PETAR GARIĆ, clarinet (Montenegro)

GEORGI KALAJDJIEV, bassoon (North Macedonia)

PROGRAM

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Trio in C Major for Two Oboes and English Horn (Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon), Op. 87

 

Charles Koechlin (1867–1950)

Trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Op. 92

 

Robert Muczynski (1929–2010)

 

 

Partner of the concert: University of Montenegro - Music Academy Cetinje

Marija Đurđević Ilić, flute, completed the Dr Miloje Milojević Secondary Music School in Kragujevac and obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees with honors at the Music Academy in Cetinje, under Professor Ljubiša Jovanović. During her studies, she achieved notable results, setting her among the most prominent flutists in the former Yugoslavia. Marija Đurđević Ilić was a laureate of the flute festivals in Valjevo, Podgorica, and Kotor, as well as of the Petar Konjović International Competition in Belgrade. She has attended numerous master classes held by the world’s leading flutists. She has frequently participated in events and local festivals, such as A Tempo, Budva – Theater City, DEUS in Podgorica, the Bar Chronicles Festival, ICA (International Montenegro Music Festival) in Bar, and KotorArt, among others. Since 2007, she has been a member of the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra as principal flute. Marija Đurđević Ilić is an Associate Professor in the Flute Department of the Music Academy in Cetinje. She plays on a 14K Nagahara flute.

 

Petar Garić, clarinet, after completing the Vasa Pavić Secondary School in Podgorica under Professor Veselin Bogićević, obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degree with honors in Clarinet at the Music Academy in Cetinje, under Professor Ante Grgin. Since 2003, Petar Garić has served as principal clarinet of the RadioTelevision Montenegro Symphony Orchestra and upon the founding of the Music Center of Montenegro, he has been engaged as principal clarinet of the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra. Petar Garić began his pedagogical career as a Teaching Associate at the Music Academy in Cetinje, where he currently has Clarinet students under his tutelage. As a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician, he has performed in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Austria, France, Germany, and Turkey.

 

Georgi Kalajdjiev, bassoon, began his music education in Gevgelija (North Macedonia). He started playing bassoon at the age of fourteen, under Professor Goran Zafirović in Skopje. He studied Bassoon at the Faculty of Music in Skopje under Professor Marijan Miloševski. Georgi Kalajdjiev soon took up a position as second bassoonist at the Macedonian Opera and Philharmonic Orchestras in Skopje. During his studies, he participated in several competitions, as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He has performed at festivals such as the Skopje Summer, the Ohrid Summer, the Golden Lyre, and the Autumn Music Festival. Since 2017, Georgi Kalajdjiev has been a member of the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra.