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.

Best Overall Ensemble
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”

Folk Orchestra:
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”

Smaller Vocal Groups:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”, Female Vocal Group

Vocal Soloists:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”, Milica “oni’

Instrumental Soloists:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”, Jana Layarević- flute

2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”, Bogdan Marković - clarinet
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”, Nikola Arsić - accordion

Artistic Directors:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”, Slavko Mitrović Cale

Musical Arrangement:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”, Slavko Mitrović Cale


Jury’s Decision

Best Overall Ensemble
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica”
3rd place: Academic Society “ Novi Beograd VTS”
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Dragan Marković”, Zabregje

Folk Orchestra:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica”
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Gradimir”
3rd place: Academic Society “ Novi Beograd VTS”

Vocal Groups:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Đoka Pavlović”, Male and Female Vocal Groups
2nd place: Academic Society “ Novi Beograd VTS”
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Dragan Marković”, Zabregje
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Krajina”
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica”

Smaller Vocal Groups:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Gradimir", Female Vocal Group
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Dragan Marković", Zabregje Female Vocal Group
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Dragan Marković", Zabregje, Duet Vesna Stajković and Zona Simić

Vocal Soloists:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Gradimir", Milica Ćonić
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Batajnica", Mirela Kanalić

Instrumental Soloists:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Gradimir", Jana Lazarević, flute
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Gradimir", Bogdan Marković, clarinet
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Batajnica", Emilija Ćurčić, clarinet
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Gradimir", Nikola Arsić, accordion
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Batajnica", Miloš Mutapčić, accordion

Artistic Directors:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Gradimir", Slavko Mitrović Čale
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Batajnica", Miloš Mutapčić
3rd place: Academic Society "New Belgrade VTSH", Ana Pantelić and Marko Pantelić

Musical Arrangement:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Gradimir", Slavko Mitrović Čale
2nd place: Academic Society "New Belgrade VTSH", Ana Pantelić and Marko Pantelić
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Batajnica", Miloš Mutapčić

Best Stage Performance by an Ensemble:
1st place: Cultural and Artistic Society “Batajnica”
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Dimitrije Koturović"
2nd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Krajina"
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Đoka Pavlović"
3rd place: Cultural and Artistic Society "Petrova Gora Kordun"

Jury of the 56th Competition Festival of Folk Music Ensembles:
Mirjana Drobatac
 , ethnomusicologist, President of the Jury
Nada Zamfirović
 , ethnomusicologist, Jury Member
Branko Belobrk
 , composer, musician, Jury Member

Belgrade, November 26, 2014