The Results of the 58th Folk Music Festival “Amateurs for Their City”

On November 25, 2017, the competition of orchestras, vocal soloists, vocal groups, and musical instrumentalists was held at the “Studentski Grad” Cultural Center. The Jury consisted of:

  1. Mirjana Drobac, ethnomusicologist, the president of the jury
  2. Nada Zamfirović, ethnomusicologist
  3. Ilija Pavlović, folk music editor at Radio Belgrade

Jury’s Decision

  • Category: Folk Orchestras
    1. Academic Society “Novi Beograd VTS”
    2. Not awarded
    3. Not awarded
  • Category: Tambouritza Orchestras
    1. Not awarded
    2. Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica II” (6 points)
    3. Not awarded
  • Vocal-instrumental Ensemble
    1. Not awarded
    2. Not awarded
    3. Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir” (3 points)
  • Vocal Groups - Traditional Singing
    1. Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica” - female vocal group (9 points)
    2. Academic Society “Novi Beograd” - vocal group (6 points)
      Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica II” - male vocal group (6 points)
    3. Cultural and Artistic Society “Branko Cvetković” - vocal group (3 points)
      Cultural and Artistic Society “Đoka Pavlović” - male vocal group (3 points)
  • Smaller Vocal Ensembles - Stylised Singing
    1. Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica II” - duet (6 points)
    2. Not awarded
    3. Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica I” - trio (2 points)
  • Smaller Instrumental Ensembles
    1. Not awarded
    2. није додењено
    3. Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica II” - duet on accordion (2 points)
  • Vocal Soloists
    1. Jovana Zukanović - Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica I” (3 points)
    2. Marija Vučković - Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir” (2 points)
    3. Milic Čonić - Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir” (1 point)
  • Instrumental Soloists
    1. Nikola Arsić - accordion, Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir” (3 points)
    2. Uroš Novaković - kaval, Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica I” (2 points)
      Mirjana Veličković - flute, Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica I” (2 points)
    3. Emilija Ćuričić - clarinet, Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica I” (1 point)
      Ana Mihajlović- prim, Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica I” (1 point)
  • Musical Arrangement
    No arrangement was deemed worthy of an award due to its quality
  • Artistic Director
    No group excelled in their overall performance in all of its segments, and therefore no award was given
  • Stage Performance
    No stage performance was conceptualized, which is why no award was given in this category
  • Best Ensemble Overall
    The jury believes it is not appropriate to declare the best ensemble this year based on the results in all competitive disciplines, as out of only 5 ensembles that performed, only Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica I” and Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica II” participated in nearly all competitive disciplines. Cultural and Artistic Society “Branko Cvetković” and Cultural and Artistic Society “Đoka Pavlović" participated in two disciplines, while Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir” participated in three disciplines.