MUSIC UP CLOSE NETWORK

Within the European Union program called Creative Europe, Montenegrin Music Center participates in the project "Music Up Close Network" with nine other partners from seven European countries. The goals of the program imply strengthening international cooperation and finding innovative formats and communication approaches that would attract young and heterogeneous audiences at classical music concerts. MUCN's activities include specially designed concert programes, meetings and conversations with audience, music workshops, composing and performing new orchestral works, training of young musicians in partner orchestras and exchangingexperiences of professional staff. In addtion to Montenegrin Music Center, many important European institutions and orchestras participate in the program: Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Lille National Orchestra, National Academy Santa Cecilia from Rome, Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, Slokar Academy from Ljubljana, International Foundation Yehudi Menuhin from Brussels.

https://www.musicupclose.net/.



2018/2019

       
International Music Residency
Host: The European Career Center for Artists Triple Bridge
Participants: Milena Đurović (cellist) & Teofora Kaličanin (violin)
5-14 July 2018.
Cividale del Friuli, Italy
Ljubljana, Slovenia
NEW HALL, NEW AUDIENCE
Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Grigory Krasko
25 September 2018, 8 p.m.
Cultural Center, Pljevlja 
MUCN Orchestral Encounter in Cetinje
Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Grigory Krasko
23 October 2018, 8 p.m.
Royal Theatre “Zetski dom”, Cetinje 

Music Workshop 
Aleksandar Arsić, trumpet
12 April 2019, 15:00-20:00
Art School for Music and Ballet
"Vasa Pavić", Podgorica

Music Workshop 
Srđan Palačković, percussions
13 April 2019, 16:30-20:00
Music School “Dara Cokorilo”, Niksic
Pre-Concert Talks
Aleksandar Perunović: nobilis… humilis… - Orchestral Watercolor for Youth
Aleksandar Perunović, composer
Vanja Vukčević, music theorist
Žarko Mirković, General Manager of MMC
15 April 2019, 7 p.m. 
Montenegrin National Theatre
New Orchestral Work Commision
Aleksandar Perunović: nobilis... humilis… - Orchestral Watercolor for Youth
Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Grigory Krasko
15 April 2019, 8 p.m.
Montenegrin National Theatre
Work Experience Exchange Program
Program host: L’Auditori, Barcelona
Program participant: Marina Knežević, MSO Secretary 
28 April – 2 May 2019
Barcelona, Spain
Work Experience Exchange Program
Program host: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Guest: Vanja Vukčević, organizer 
5 – 7 May 2019
Roma, Italy
Pre-Concert Talks
Stefan Milenković, violin
16 May 2019, 11h
Art School for Music & Ballet
“Vasa Pavić”, Podgorica
MUSICA CHE VAI…
Kristina Obradović, actress
Milana Bjelobaba, violin
Francesco Storino, violoncello
Gregorio Mazzarese, tuba
Luka Đačić, piano
28 May 2019, 11:00 & 12:30
Niksic Theatre
Music Ambassadors Residency
Host: International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation
Participants: Verica Čuljković & Jelena Jovović (violin)
24 June – 1 July 2019, Belgium
New Orchestral Work Commission
Manuel Kaňizares: Concierto Mediterraneo
Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Nada Matošević-Orešković
Soloist: Manuel Kaňizares, guitar
4 October 2019, 8 p.m.
Niksic Theatre, Nikšić
   
       
       
 

2017/2018

International Music Residency
Host: Branimir Slokar Academy
Participants: Milan Ninković (cellist of MSO) & Teodor Blagojević (hornist of MSO)
16-31 July 2017, Ljubljana, Slovenia
TALES FOR THE ORCHESTRA – Herceg Novi
Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Grigory Krasko
Narrator: Branko Ilić
17 December 2017, 7 p.m.
Park Hall, Herceg Novi 
TALES FOR THE ORCHESTRA  – Nikšić
Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Grigory Krasko
Narrator: Branko Ilić
18 Decembar 2017, 7 p.m.
Niksic Theatre, Niksic
Pre-Concert Talks
Nina Perović: Kosara for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra

Nina Perović, composer
Olivera Tičević, soprano
Žarko Mirković, General Manager of MMC
27 April 2018, 7 p.m.
Montenegrin National Theatre
New Orchestral Work Commission
Nina Perović: Kosara for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra

Montenegrin Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Grigory Krasko
Soloist: Olivera Tičević, soprano
27 April 2018, 8 p.m.
Montenegrin National Theatre
Work Experience Exhange Program
Program host: The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Program participant: Vanja Vukčević, Organizer of MMC 
30 April – 7 May 2018
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Music Workshop
Graf Mourja, violin & viola

8 May 2018, 16:00-20:00
Art School for Music and Ballet "Vasa Pavić", Podgorica
Music Workshop
Graf Mourja, violin & viola

10 May 2018, 16:00-20:00
Music School “Dara Cokorilo”, Niksic

Music Ambassadors Residency
Host: International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation
Participant: Ana Dulović (cellist of MSO)
28 May – 4 Jun 2018, Belgium

WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU?
Kristina Obradović, actress
Ylenia Montaruli, violin
Francesco Storino, violoncello
Gregorio Mazzarese, tuba
Luka Đačić, piano
29 May 2018, 11:00 & 12:30
Royal Theatre “Zetski dom”, Cetinje

Pre-Concert Talks
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.1

Vanja Vukčević, music theoretician
Petar Garić, clarinetist
12 Jun 2018, 7 p.m.
Montenegrin National Theatre

   
       

2016/2017

CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE SQUARE
Podgorica Summer 2016
Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : Grigory Krasko
21st September 2016, 21h
Independence square, Podgorica
POPULAR CLASSICAL MUSIC
Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : Grigory Krasko
16th November 2016, 20h
The Cultural Centre, Tivat
Pre-Concert Talks
International Music Festival A Tempo
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
Jelena Jovanović Nikolić, Musicologist
Marko Radonić, Concertmaster of MSO
Žarko Mirković, General Manager of MMC
12 April 2017, 6 p.m.
Montenegrin National Theatre

Work Experience Exhange Program
Host: National Orchestra of Lille
Participant: Igor Perović, MSO Secretary
8 – 14 May 2017, France
Music Workshop – Quartetto Montenegro
14 May 2017, 11:00-15:00
Art School for Music and Ballet "Vasa Pavić", Podgorica