Triorca is in its full scope a project devoted to communication, inclusion, and the very meaning of music.  It aims to help young musicians from England, Serbia and Germany share their experiences and different cultural backgrounds, learning together and from each other, using the international language of music.  Artists will benefit from culturally distinct approaches to developing professional ensemble playing and performance, and lasting friendships between the young musicians from different nationalities have already been formed.

The concert at the Synagogue on Saturday, December 15^th was the climax of a residential music course for the orchestra’s 60 players held in Novi Sad from December 9^th to the 15^th.  Under Nicholas Daniel’s expert direction, the orchestra’s young players rehearsed together, developing their orchestral musicianship and gaining experience in orchestral playing.

Triorca’s orchestral programme began with the vivid Spanish tones of Bizet’s suite from his opera, Carmen, and it ended with a mighty Russian work of the twentieth century, Shostakovich’s 5^th Symphony, a real tour de force for the young players.  The third work in the programme was the world premiere of a new work by the 27-year old Serbian composer, Ana Kazimic, created in response to a commission from Triorca.  The result was the suite called Balcando, made up of five movements, four dances and one song, whose title reflects the composer’s references to traditional Balkan music.

Triorca is made up of musicians from the Landesjugendorchester and Landesmusikgymnasium, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, the Norfolk County Youth Orchestra, Norfolk, England and Isidor Bajić Music School, Novi Sad, Serbia.  For this concert the orchestra had 22 players from Serbia, 24 from England and 16 from Germany.

]]> http://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/english/2013/02/triorca-appears-in-novi-sad-serbia-2/feed/ 0 http://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/english/2012/12/fifth-anton-eberst-international-competition/ http://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/english/2012/12/fifth-anton-eberst-international-competition/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:42:45 +0000 Nada http://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/english/?p=631 The Fifth Anton Eberst International Competition was held at Isidor Bajić Music School from November 29 through December 2, 2012.  This year the competition gathered a total of 88 contestants from 11 countries: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Spain, France, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Russia and Great Britain.

The competition is dedicated to Professor Anton Eberst, the founder of NOMUS (Novi Sad Music Festivities) and the Novi Sad School of wind instruments.

The opening ceremony of the competition took place on November 29 in the Novi Sad City Hall.  Opening speaches were given by:

Radmila Rakin-Martinović, Executive Director of the competition

Nikola Srdić, Artistic Director of the competition

Timothy Barrett, Director of Buffet Crampon for Southeast Europe, representing the sponsoring instutition awarding the prize clarinet worth 3000 Euros to the competition

Milanka Brkić, the representative and member in charge of culture for the Novi Sad City Council, General Patron of the competition.

The evening’s musical program featured performances by Vasa Vučković, clarinet, First Prize Winner in Category C at the Third Anton Eberst International Wind Competition (2010), and String Quartet Anton Eberst.

The Jury of the Fifth International Anton Eberst Competition was comprised of the esteemed musicians and pedagogues: Béla Kovács (Hungary), serving as the Jury Head, Davor Reba (Croatia), Tadej Kenig (Slovenia), Nikola Srdić (Serbia), Đuro Pete (Serbia), Maximiliano Martin (Spain), and Yves Sévère (France).

The contestants performed in four competition categories, and the jury awarded the following prizes:

The competition ended on December 2, 2012 after the Closing Concert of the prize winners and the Awards Ceremony took place.

The next Anton Eberst International Competition, the 6^th, will take place in November 2012, and contestants will be young flutists.

The opening ceremony (Novi Sad Synagogue, June 27, 2012, 8 PM) featured the performances of String Orchestra Camerata Academica under the baton of Andrej Bursać, with pianist Biljana Gorunović (the winner of the Second Chopin Piano Competition, Gottingen, Germany, 1993), Piano Duo Ingmar (Slobodanka Stević and Aleksandar Gligić) and Isidor Bajić Music High School students Viktor Radić (in the studio of Srđan Dalagija) and Dragutin Vučić (in the studio of Vera Lili).

The programme of the Fourth World Piano Conference, encompassing seminars, master classes, lectures, and recitals given by pianists and piano pedagogues from our country and abroad, took place in the performance hall of Isidor Bajić Music School.

The Gala Opening Ceremony took place at the Serbian National Theater on March 9th, featuring Sofya Gulyak (Russia), the winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition (2009), and Poom Prommachart (Thailand), the Laureate in the C Category of the 5^thIsidor Bajić Piano Memorial, accompanied by the Serbian National Theater Symphonic Orchestra under the baton of AleksandarKojić and Mikica Jevtić.

Ninety contestants from twenty-five countries performed during the tenth jubilee Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial in three competition categories and were evaluated by the esteemed jury members:

Svetozar Ivanov (Bulgaria)

Emanuel Krasovsky (Israel)

Vanessa Latarche (UK)

Hedi Salanki-Rubardt (Hungary)

Myrthala Salazar (Mexico)

Edward Turgeon (Canada)

David Westfall (USA)

Following three competition rounds in Category A, prizes were awarded to:

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Following three competition rounds in Category B, prizes were awarded to:

Three contestants were selected to perform in the Final Round of Category Cwith the Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Georg Kostin at the Novi Sad Synagogue on March 19th.

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Following four competition rounds in Category C, prizes were awarded to:

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The Laureate Title went to two contestants:

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The 7th Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial will be held between March 7th and 17th, 2014.

The Gala Opening Ceremony of the 6th Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial will take place at the Serbian National Theatre on March 9, 2012  at 8:00 pm. During the Gala Opening Ceremony the following  performances will be featured:

Sofya Gulyak (Russia)

The winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition (2009)

Poom Prommachart (Thailand)

1^st Prize winner (C category) of the 5th Memorial Isidor Bajic

The Serbian National Theatre Symphonic Orchestra (Serbia)

Conductors:

Mikica Jevtić (Serbia)

Aleksandar Kojić (Serbia)

Around 100 contestants competing in three categories will perform in front of the international jury comprised of the following members:

Robert Andres (Croatia/Portugal)

Svetozar Ivanov (Bulgaria)

Emanuel Krasovsky (Israel)

Vanessa Latarche (UK)

Hedi Salanki-Rubardt (Hungary)

Myrthala Salazar (Mexico)

Edward Turgeon (Canada)

David Westfall (USA)

All other details related to Isidor Bajić Piano Memorial can be found on the competition’s official internet website: www.pianomemorial.rs

In March 2011 IsidorBajić Music School was enriched by two valuable instruments, an electronic organ and a harmonium, as well as by a collection of organ sheet music by the greatest organ composers, and the complete works of composer and organist Svetozar Saša Kovačević, the donor of the valuable instruments and music materials.

As an expression of its gratitude, IsidorBajić Music School organized a concert devoted to Svetozar Saša Kovačević in the Novi Sad Synagogue on December 9, 2011.

At this concert entitled “Evening of the Composer Saša Kovačević”, students and teachers of IsidorBajić Music School gathered to perform works by the composer in celebration of his music and generosity.

The Fourth International Anton Eberst Competition for Flute, organized by Isidor Bajić Music School and Music Youth of Novi Sad, took place at Isidor Bajić Music School from November 24-27, 2011.

67 flautists from 17 countries, including Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Switzerland, Latvia, Holland, France and Korea, took part in the Competition.

The Jury of the Fourth International Anton Eberst Competition was comprised of esteemed performers and flute pedagogues such as János Bálint (Hungary), Norbert Girlinger (Austria), Kersten McCall (Holland), Nataša Marić (Germany), Matej Zupan (Slovenia), Ljubiša Jovanović (Serbia),  Laura Levai Aksin (Serbia) and Radmila Rakin Martinović (Serbia).

The Fourth International Anton Eberst Competition was opened by the recital of Livie Dulebe (Hungary), the winner of the First Prize in the highest competition category at the Second Anton Eberst Competition, held in 2009.

The closing concert of the prize winnners and the prize-awarding ceremony of the Fourth International Anton Eberst Competition took place on November 27, 2011 at the Isidor Bajić Music School Concert Hall.

The program of the World Piano Conferences was comprised of lectures, recitals, master classes, and seminars, encompassing a diverse set of piano pedagogy related topics as well as those focused on the performance of piano literature masterpieces.Representatives of various piano teacher associations from Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and North and South America took part in the Conference.

Professor Ian Jones from the Royal College of Music, London, gave consultations to candidates interested in attending this school.

The gala opening ceremony was held on June 27, 2011 in the Novi Sad Sinagogue, and included perfomances of piano concertos by Bach, Chopin, and Mozart,featuring Pavle Krstić, Aleksandar Ðermanović, and Iris Kobal as soloists accompanied by the Camerata Academica orchestra under the baton of Aleksandar Kojić.

The competition is dedicated to Professor Anton Eberst, the founder of Novi Sad school of wind instruments. The competition takes place annually, every November, alternating between two disciplines: clarinet and flute. This year, young clarinetists from seven countries will perform and compete in four different competition categories.

The international jury is comprised of the eminent clarinetist from Hungary, Slovenia, Spain, France, and Serbia.

The Closing Concert and Awards Ceremony of the Third International Anton Eberst Competition will be held at the Performance Hall of Isidor Bajić Music School on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 6 PM.

The entry to the Closing Concert is open to general public free of charge.

]]> http://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/english/2010/11/anton-eberst/feed/ 0 http://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/english/2010/10/second-wpc/ http://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/english/2010/10/second-wpc/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:06:24 +0000 admin http://www.isidorbajic.edu.rs/english/?p=445 The Second World Piano Conference, organized by EPTA Voyvodina (European Piano Teachers’ Association), and Isidor Bajić Music School, was held in Novi Sad, August 26 – 31, 2010.

Novi Sad thus served as host to a gathering of over one hundred pianists and piano teachers, who gave their contribution to the further advancement of the standards of piano performing and teaching, addressing all aspects of piano performance and piano pedagogy, from beginner level to professional, and forming a strong bond between pianists and piano teachers from all over the world. The program of the Second World Piano Conference was comprised of lectures, recitals, master classes, and seminars, encompassing a diverse set of piano pedagogy related topics as well as those focused on the performance of piano literature masterpieces. Among those who took an active part in the Conference were a number of current national EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) presidents from various European countries, members of Music Terachers National Association (American based organization), Asian Piano Teachers Association, Australian Piano Teachers Association, and a number of artists and pianists from the USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Asia.

The Conference took place in the Concert Hall of Isidor Bajić Music School, the Novi Sad Synagogue, and the City Hall. The complete schedule of the Second World Piano Conference is available by clicking on the EPTA Voyvodina website or here.