KotorArt
International festival
Tuesday, August 5
Kotor Creative Hub, 9.30 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Memories are scattered like shards of glass… and in the whirlwind, everything begins again
Moderator: JASMINA BAJO, philologist and library consultant
Participants:
TANJA STUPAR TRIFUNOVIĆ, writer
MILENA DJORDJIJEVIĆ, literary critic and publicist
Artists
Jasmina Bajo, completed her primary and secondary education in Kotor. She earned her degree from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade, in the Department of Serbian Literature and South Slavic Literatures, with the thesis Kotor and the People of Kotor in Paskvalić’s Poetry. She completed her master’s degree at the same faculty with the thesis Shakespeare and Laza Kostić – Character Traits and Dramatic Techniques, earning the academic title of Master of Serbian Language and Literature. Jasmina Bajo has been a librarian at the City Library in Kotor since 2004 and was awarded the professional title of Library Advisor in 2018. She has participated in numerous domestic, regional, and international professional conferences. Her work has been published in conference proceedings, as well as other professional publications and journals. Since 2019, she has served as
President of the Association of Librarians of Montenegro.
Tanja Stupar Trifunović graduated from the Faculty of Philology in Banja Luka. She has published six poetry collections, a book of short stories, three novels, and a graphic novel More je Bilo Mirno, in collaboration with illustrator Tatjana Vidojević. Her work has been translated into English, Spanish, Bulgarian, Hungarian, German, Polish, Slovenian, Macedonian, Russian, Czech, Danish, Italian, and French. She is the recipient of numerous awards for both poetry and prose, including the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) in 2016 for her novel Satovi u Majčinoj Sobi, the Risto Ratković Award for Best Poetry Book in the Region, and the Milica Stojadinović Srpkinja Award for Best Poetry Book by a Female Author in the Serbian Language for her collection Razmnožavanje Domaćih Životinja. Her novel Otkako sam Kupila Labuda was awarded the Golden Sunflower, the Vital Award for Best Book of 2019. Her poetry collection Zmijštak won the Vasko Popa Award for the best poetry book published in 2022. Her latest novel Duž Oštrog Noža Leti Ptica was shortlisted for both the NIN Award and the Belgrade Victor Award.
Milena Đorđijević earned her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade. She has worked in publishing as a media representative, executive editor, and editor of specialized editions. Since 2013, she has been employed at the National Library of Serbia (NBS) as an editor for literary and cultural programming. She was the editor of Večeri na Kosančiću, a socially engaged literary series aimed at reviving the Kosančićev Venac site, which was destroyed during the bombing of the National Library on April 6, 1941. Since 2020, she has been a regular external contributor to Politika’s cultural supplement Kulturni Dodatak, where she writes essays, book reviews, literary criticism, and interviews with authors. She has published scholarly articles and literary reviews in both academic and literary journals. She curated the exhibition Srpska Književnost u Prvom Svetskom Ratu, accompanied by a monograph of the same name. She
is the co-editor of the publication Pisci iz Srbije and the author of the scholarly monograph Sukob Istoka i Zapada u Delima Dostojevskog, Andrića, Pamuka i Kucija (published by NBS). She has served on the juries for the Best Among the Most-Read Books at the NBS, the Đura Đukanov Award, and the NIN Award for Novel of the Year. As of 2024, she is a member of the editorial board of Književni Magazin, published by the Serbian Literary Society.
Ivan Nikolić, bariton, pohađao je Muzičku školu Josip Hatze u Splitu, odsjek harmonika, i Muzičku školu Vojislav Vučković u Nišu, odsjek solo pjevanje, u klasi prof. Gordane Milošević. Diplomirao je na Fakultetu muzičke umetnosti u Prištini, u klasi prof. Olge Koroljkove, 2002. godine, nakon čega je završio operski studio Biserke Cvejić, pri nacionalnom teatru u Beogradu, u klasi prof. Gordane Jeftović. Prijemni ispit za operski studio u Bielu, u Švajcarskoj, gdje je radio s prof. Hansom Peterom Blohvicom, položio je 2005. godine. Održao je veliki broj koncerata i učestvovao na takmičenjima u zemlji i inostranstvu. Angažovan je kao solista u nekoliko horova u Srbiji. U Kamernoj operi Madlenijanum ostvario je uloge u djelima Orfa i Rosinija, a od 2007. godine u Operi Srpskog narodnog pozorišta brojne uloge u operama Boemi, Toska, Madam Baterflaj, Đ. Pučinija; Travijata, Rigoleto, Trubadur, Đ. Verdija; Telefon, Đ. K. Menotija, Pokondirena tikva, M. Logara, Viva la mama, G. Donicetija. Pedagoškim radom počeo je da se bavi 2002. godine, najprije u Muzičkoj školi Kornelije Stanković u Trsteniku, a od 2010. godine u Muzičkoj školi Teodor – Toša Andrejević u Rumi, u Srbiji.
Marina Mikić, pijanistkinja, završila je muzičku školu u Herceg Hovom, u klasi prof. Zorana Redžića. Klavir je diplomirala na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu, u klasi prof. Kemala Gekića. Tokom školovanja osvojila je više republičkih i saveznih nagrada. Usavršavala se na brojnim majstorskim kursevima kod renomiranih pedagoga, kao što su Igor Lasko, Vladimir Krpan, Konstantin Bogino, Aleksej Nasedkin, Jelena Rihter, Jokuthon Mihailović, Dorian Leljak, Arbo Valdma i dr. Snimala je za RTV Srbije i Crne Gore. Nakon svog prvog solističkog resitala, koji je održala s jedanaest godina, s vremenom je osvajala pijanistički repertoar koji danas obuhvata široki stilski raspon solističkih, kamernih i orkestarskih djela. Nastupala je u Sloveniji, Austriji, Crnoj Gori, Hrvatskoj, Italiji, Slovačkoj i Srbiji. Zaposlena je u zvanju samostalnog stručnog saradnika-korepetitora na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu. Pored koncertne, saradničke i pedagoške aktivnosti, angažovana je na različitim organizacionim poslovima: asistent umjetničkog direktora Međunarodnog festivala KotorArt, član Umjetničkog odbora Somborskih muzičkih svečanosti i član Odbora A Festa, Akademije umetnosti u Novom Sadu.