World premiere of the concert for symphony orchestra and guitar "Recuerdos de Belgrado" at the Guitar Art Festival

As part of the 22nd Guitar Art Festival, the long-announced world premiere of the Concerto for guitar and orchestra "Recuerdos de Belgrado", composed by the famous German composer Joaquín Clerch, will take place on June 5 at the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment.

The RTS Symphony Choir and Orchestra perform, conducted by Bojan Suđić, and the guitar soloists next to Clerch are virtuosos Marco Tamayo from Austria, Rafael Aguirre and David Martinez from Spain.

The sale of new tickets at the price of 1.200,00 dinars, as well as the replacement of the old ones with the price and date of March 14, 2020 (free tickets 0.00 dinars are canceled) for the concert "Recuerdos de Belgrado", will be possible from Tuesday, May 18th at the treasury of the Kolarac Endowment.

 

According to critics, composer and guitarist Joaquín Clerch is one of the world's leading, if not the best guitarists of his generation. Clerch has already visited Belgrade in his career and held a concert at the Guitar Art Festival. Inspired by the authenticity of the Serbian capital, as well as the special energy of the festival, which brings together the best guitarists from around the world, he composed a piece dedicated to Belgrade.
 
Joaquín Clerch intended to revive Balkan themes as part of the "Recuerdos e Belgrado" concert, using four well-known melodies that permeate the composer's music world.

The composer dedicates the concert to Belgrade, the Guitar Art Festival and its founder and director Boško Radojković, who managed to create an authentic and unique festival in Belgrade in the past two decades, where the greatest guitarists from all over the world gather, make friends, improve and create new guitar pieces, which are becoming a modern guitar heritage of the whole world.

Conductor Bojan Suđić, together with the RTS Symphony Orchestra, is traditionally part of the festival's production of contemporary guitar music.
This is the third premiere of the concert for guitar and orchestra, which was written especially for the Belgrade Guitar Art Festival, and which is performed by the RTS Symphony Orchestra led by Suđić.

Concert partner ERSTE BANK Serbia.

The concert will be held with the support of the EU Delegation to Serbia, as well as the support of the German Embassy, ​​the Spanish Embassy and the Austrian Cultural Forum.
The Guitar Art Festival will be held from June 1st to 5th under the slogan "Digital Revolution". During the 5 days of the festival, a concert of the popular Italian guitar group 40 Fingers will take place on June 1st in Kombank Hall, a concert of the best guitarist in the region Vlatko Stefanovski is scheduled for June 3rd at the Belgrade Youth Center, and 5 concerts of classical music including Ruben Bettencourt from Portugal, Amalia Miler and String orchestra “Makris” with conductor Predrag Gosta, young guitar talents Vuk Vukajlović and Nikola Jelačić, as well as guitarist and composer Tal Hurwitz from Israel, the audience will have the opportunity to see during June 2nd and 4th in the big hall of the Belgrade Youth Center .