KotorArt
International festival
Saturday, June 21
Church of the Holy Spirit, 8 p.m.
Upbeat KOTORART TALENTS
The Most Successful Students of the Vida Matjan School for Primary and Secondary Music Education, Kotor
Program partners
Program
June 21, 2025
Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (1802–1880)
Etude in G major
Anonymous:
Mama’s Sweetheart
Performed by: Lidija Mirošević, piano, 2nd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Radovan Jovanović
Radivoj Lazić (1953)
Miniature Waltz
Performed by: Stela Aleksić, clarinet, 3rd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Lara Bubanja
Piano accompaniment: Radovan Jovanović
William Gillock (1917–1993)
Little Grey Donkey
Performed by: Una Veselinović, piano, 3rd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Marija Gajić
Juan Buscaglia (1893-1958)
Adrianita
Performed by: Vasilije Kordić, guitar, 3rd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Aleksandar Bubanja
James Bastien (1934–2005)
Matador
Performed by: Vedran Dragović, piano , 5th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Marija Gajić
Georgy Shenderev (1937–1984)
Russian Suite, Movements II & III
Performed by: Balša Brković, accordion , 5th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Ivan Deržijev
Napoléon Coste (1805–1883)
Mazurka
Performed by: Nađa Marić, guitar, 4th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Aleksandar Bubanja
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
April, from The Seasons, Op. 37 No. 4
Performed by: Jana Gezović, piano, 6th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Ana Lalošević
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
Mazurka-Chôro
Performed by: Jana Blagojević, guitar, 7th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Romeo Lukšić
Anonymous:
Inspiration
Performed by: Sava Maslakov, piano, 7th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Radovan Jovanović
Milan Prebanda (1907–1979)
Rain
Performed by: Joana Kažić, voice, 2nd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Milica Zdravković
Piano accompaniment: Dejan Krivokapić
William Gillock
Moonlight
Performed by: Joana Kažić, piano, 2nd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Marija Gajić
Anatoly Komarovsky (1909–1955)
Theme with Variations
Performed by: Đina Crepulja, violin, 7th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Ivana Radović
Piano accompaniment: Radovan Jovanović
Stevan Hristić (1885–1958)
The Swallow
Performed by: Anja Dragojević, voice, 2nd grade of the Primary School
Professor: Nataša Pavlović
Piano accompaniment: Dejan Krivokapić
Carl Bohm (1844–1920)
Introduction and Polonaise, from Arabesques
Performed by: Joana Kažić, violin, 7th grade of the Primary School
Professor: Ivana Radović
Piano accompaniment: Radovan Jovanović
Vojislav Ivanović (1959)
Fanny Waltz
Performed by: Nikolina Dževerdanović, guitar, 1st grade of the Secondary School
Professor: Romeo Lukšić
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Maiden’s Song
Performed by: Aleksandr Ernakov, voice, 1st grade of the Primary School
Professor: Aleksandra Magud
Piano accompaniment: Dejan Krivokapić
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude and Fugue in F minor
Performed by: Zlata Marković, piano, 3rd grade of the Secondary School
Professor: Ljiljana Dončić
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
Gavotte
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Prelude
Performed by: Isidora Zirojević, violin, 1st grade of the Secondary School
Miloš Berberović, violin, 1st grade of the Secondary School
Professor: Mileva Krivokapić
Artists
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 vocal arts, all situated in a magnificent building in the Kotor Old Town, as well as through its regional departments in Risan, 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.
