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Open Balkan

Guarneri fest

20th - 23rd may 2025

Banja Koviljaca - Serbia

Guarneri fest
Guarneri fest

Open Balkan

Guarneri fest

Open Balkan - Guarneri fest will be held between 20th and 23rd May 2025 in the romatic area of Royal Banja Koviljaca.The absolute winner of the Guarneri Fest will receive the award of performing as a soloist with the Subotica Symphony Orchestra, as well as a master-crafted instrument for permanent ownership from renowned maker Orcet Ilioski of North Macedonia, along with numerous other prizes from sponsors.

During the four days of the Guarneri Fest competition the young string players will be evaluated by the international jury, composed of eminent professors and artists from Russia-Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The supervisor of the festival will be Vladimir Marković, artistic director of the Guarneri Fest.

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The first stage of Guarneri Fest 2025 in Montenegro

We are pleased to inform all of you who love music that the first stage of the Guarneri Fest competition for Montenegro was held in Kotor, at the "Vida Matijan" SHOSMO from 25-27. April 2025. 92 candidates of all ages, from the youngest to students, successfully presented themselves, of which the best 8 were selected for the final with a chamber orchestra on 22.5.2025. in Banja Koviljača. We are particularly pleased with the great response of colleagues from most music schools in Montenegro. We are immensely grateful to our kind hosts, the director of ŠOSMO "Vida Matijan" from Kotor, Mihajlo Lazarević, M.Sc., colleague Prof. Mileva Krivokapić, whose organizational support helped us a lot, as well as to other colleagues for the warm welcome.

We are looking forward to further fellowship in the Guarneri Fest finale.

Dates of the first stage

We inform the competitors and colleagues that the first stage of the Guarneri Fest for Montenegro will be held from April 25-27 at the "Vida Matijan" Music School in Kotor, and for Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 10 and 11 at the "Vojin Komadina" Music School. in Zvornik.

The finale with the Chamber Orchestra is planned for May 22, 2025.

Open Balkan

Guarneri fest

In the royal ambience of "Kur-salon"

Banja Koviljaca

International string festival

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