May 30, 2019 - The Beltango Quintet Concert at the Chedi Luštica Bay Hotel, has launched the Ninth International Music Festival-Accordion Fest, realized by the Tivat Culture Center and the NGO Harmonika Montenegrina with the support of Luštica Bay. The sounds of tango and the "dance of passion" performed by dance pairs at the Chedi Hotel Ballroom opened one of the leading festivals for classical accordion in the region.
"Since its inception in 2010, Accordion Fest is one of the leading festivals for classical accordion in the region. Our reputation also contributed to the participation of eminent professors, world artists, and a large number of competitors who grow from year to year, making the festival recognizable at the European level. I also want to thank our hosts, Luštica Bay, who provided us with this beautiful place to open the festival and make sure everyone is comfortable here. I am particularly grateful to the man who recognized the Accordion Fest quality, Neven Staničić, director of the Tivat Culture Center," said Predrag Janković, director of NGO Harmonika Montenegrina.
"Our support to the development of culture in this area is always primarily focused on cooperation with domestic events, the design of part of their programs and, in that respect, the promotion of the entire cultural scene. The ambience of ours implies great art names and top cultural performances, as well as top events and guests from other areas. There will be a lot of opportunities like this at Luštica Bay this summer," said Slavica Milić, marketing director of Luštica Development
The Accordion Fest in the small hall of the Cultural Center organizes a concert of two parts tonight at 9 pm. Predrag Jankovic of participants in the ninth edition of the Festival and Concert says:
"This year's Accordion Festival has brought together a record number of artists who exceed 250, counting both contestants and guests, which is a serious figure for some renowned European festivals. At the Concert, we will have the chance to hear one of the top performers on the accordion Damir Sultan, a professor at the National University of Kazakhstan and a laureate of numerous accolades as well as a great virtuoso. The second part of the concert will be the successful Kragujevac Accordion Academy Orchestra. I'm sure the audience will have the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful repertoire and a very good performance. The small Cultural Centre Hall proved to be very acoustic and very pleasant to play when it comes to concerts and when it comes to the competition segment. Tonight's event will be quite different from the concert held last night at Luštica, which was broadcast by the audience with huge applause. I do not doubt that something similar will happen tonight. I invite the public to come and enjoy, hearing all those riches of modern accordion that can be seen at this concert."
The concert at DTV Partizan Hall starts at 9 pm and entrance is free.
President of the World Association of Accordionists Frederic Deschamps will hold tomorrow's master workshops, where students will meet some new methods of playing the accordion, and youth education is the primary goal of the event.
Tivat will be the city of accordion until tomorrow. The end of the festival will be announced at 2 pm, when the prize-giving ceremony and the winner's concert will be held in the grand hall of the Cultural Center Tivat.
