UPBEAT

Friday, June 21
Church of the Holy Spirit, 8 p.m.
UPBEAT
The most successful pupils of the Vida Matjan Primary and Secondary Music School Kotor

PROGRAM

William Gillock (1917–1993)
Gavotte
Performed by: Aleksandra Balakireva, piano, 3rd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Lidija Molchanova

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
La Danza Tarantella Napoletana
Performed by: Anna Potapova, flute, 4th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Angela Mijušković
Piano accompaniment: Renata Kraljević

Daniel Türck (1750–1813)
Arioso
Performed by:  Sofija Mačić, piano, 3rd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Lidija Molchanova

Carl Böhm (1844–1920)
Perpetum mobile
Performed by: Paulina Smirnova, violin, 5th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Ivana Radović
Piano accompaniment: Radovan Jovanović

William Gillock
Argentina
Performed by: Vedran Dragović, piano, 4th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Marija Gajić

Carl Böhm
Arabesque No. 12, Introduction and Polonaise
Performed by: Joana Kažić, violin, 7th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Ivana Radović
Piano accompaniment: Radovan Jovanović

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Two-Part Invention in C Major
Performed by: Savva Maslakov, piano, 6th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Radovan Jovanović

I. Gavrilov
Snowstorm
Performed by: Arsenij Semiruhin, accordion, 7th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Goran Ševaljević

Julio Sagregas (1879–1942)
Maria Lusia
Performed by: Jana Blagojević, guitar, 6th grade of the Primary School
 Professor: Lukšić Romeo

Yann Tiersen (1970)
Amélie's Waltz
Performed by: Irina Maliković, piano, 9th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Ljiljana Dončić

Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
Spanish Dance No. 5 – Playera
Performed by: Isidora Zirojevikj, violin, 9th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Ivana Radović
Piano accompaniment: Radovan Jovanović

Milan Prebanda (1907–1979)
Niz bašču [Through the Garden]
Performed by: Milica Radović, voice, 1st grade of the Secondary Music School
Professor: Milica Lalošević
Piano accompaniment: Nikola Vučković

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Das Wandern
Performed by: Valter Vlaović, voice, 2nd grade of the Secondary Music School
Professor: Aleksandra Magud
Piano accompaniment: Renata Kraljević

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sonata in F Major, 2nd movement
Performed by: Zlata Marković, piano, 2nd grade of the Secondary Music School
Professor: Ljiljana Dončić

Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Donde lieta usci, Mimì's aria from the opera La Bohème
Performed by: Lara Pavićević, voice, 3rd grade of the Secondary Music School
Professor: Nataša Pavlović
Piano accompaniment: Lidija Molchanova

Partner of the program:

The Vida Matjan School of Kotor for Primary and Secondary Music Education enjoys the status of an institution that for more than seven decades has, on the one hand, implemented the fundamental values of national and world music culture it has inherited, while, on the other hand, continued to modernize and improve the teaching process. Today's teachers and associates successfully continue the tradition of their predecessors and contribute to the development of the institution with their daily commitment and effort, while the school’s students are regularly honored with awards at national and international competitions and festivals. The school educates students in the departments for piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, horn, violin, cello, guitar, accordion, and solo singing, all situated in a magnificent building in the Kotor Old Town, as well as through its regional departments in Risno, Radanovići, and Lastva Grbaljska. Since 2007, the school has proudly born the name of the composer Vida Matjan, the founder and first director of the school, who constantly strived for innovation in making the school a second home for many children with pronounced musical talent. Thus, children's interest in music education has been fostered and developed continuously, inspiring many students to play music professionally after finishing their studies, while still more have remained in the sphere of music as committed amateurs – as members of city and church choirs, members of City Music, etc.