Tivat Music Festival
Tivat
Tivat Music Festival
2026
August 7, 2026, 10 p.m.h
Gornja Lastva
Program partner:
DREAM OF THE MICROCOSM
An original performance by Miona Cvijović, inspired by the work of Petar Petrović Njegoš
Actors: Đorđije Tatić and Nemanja Todorović
Boka Ensemble
Women’s Vocal Group of the Jadran City Choir
Prepared by Andrea Orlando Tripović
Miona Cvijović graduated in General Music Pedagogy from the Faculty of Arts in Niš (2012), and obtained her Master’s degree at the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska) in Conducting (under Professor Ognjen Bomeštar, 2018). She earned her PhD at the University of Arts in Belgrade (mentor: Prof. Emeritus Svetozar Rapajić, 2023). She works as a multimedia artist, conductor, composer of theatrical music, orchestrator, music collaborator, and vocal performer. Her opera San o mikrokozmi (Dream of the Microcosm), developed as her doctoral artistic dissertation, has been recognized as a significant new work in the Balkan artistic context. She has collaborated with prominent ensembles in Serbia (the RTS Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra and Choir of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Collegium Musicum Choir, among others), Montenegro (the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Ensemble, Montenegrin National Theater, Mojkovac National Theater, Bar National Theater, and National Theater Bijelo Polje), and the Republika Srpska (the Symphony Orchestra of Banja Luka). She has also worked with leading artists including T. Purser, D. M. Kolatti, E. Pavlova, D. Jovanović, Sava Vemić, Đorđije Tatić, Nemanja Todorović, and others.
Đorđije Tatić graduated in Dramaturgy. He has been one of the key initiators and revitalizers of theater life in Kolašin since 2003. He has received awards at festivals for his performances in roles such as Banović Strahinja, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Maki Knife (Maki nož). He has been recognized at regional festivals both as an actor and as a director, set designer, and costume designer, for his work with adults, children, and young people. In addition to his theater work, he was employed at Ozon Radio, where he worked as producer, presenter, editor, scriptwriter, and editor-in-chief (2000–2011). In 2012, Đorđije Tatić founded the Ćure children and youth theater stage in Kolašin. From 2012 to 2022, he worked as a lecturer and director in drama studios for young people in Kolašin and Podgorica. For his role as Agamemnon in the Iphigenia production at the Stobi Festival of Antique Drama in Veles – an international festival presenting professional theater productions – he received the Best Actor Award (2022). He is also active as a writer and dramaturge. Since 2017, Đorđije Tatić has served as Director of the Korifej Theater NGO. In 2019, the Municipality of Kolašin awarded him a distinction as an individual of merit for his contribution to the development of theater and artistic life in Kolašin and Montenegro.
Nemanja Todorović, actor, completed his undergraduate and specialist studies in Acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje. In 2024, he attended the Teaching Group Masterclass workshops led by Jan Fabre. He began appearing in theater productions during his studies, while also performing in student films. He later continued his work in short and feature films, television series, and theater productions. As an actor, he is active both within institutional theater companies and on the independent theater scene. He has appeared in productions of the Podgorica City Theater (We Create Fairy Tales Through Life (2020), directed by Ferid Karajica; The Taming of the Shrew (2022), directed by Dejan Projkovski; Class Schedule (2025), directed by Petar Pejaković), Korifej Theater in Kolašin (Twilight in the Maple Garden (2023), directed by Zoran Rakočević; The Cross with the Five-Pointed Star (2023), directed by Zoran Rakočević), the Zetski dom Royal Theater (The Pillowman (2023), directed by Andrija Rašović; Robinson Crusoe (2023), directed by Petar Pejaković), and the Bijelo Polje Cultural Center (Orphans (2025), directed by Zoran Rakočević), among others.
The Boka Ensemble is a chamber music ensemble founded at the initiative of the Tivat Music Festival. Composed of professional musicians connected to the Bay of Kotor region through their origins and professional activities, the ensemble aims to promote local musical potential, support women composers, and preserve the cultural heritage of this area. The ensemble nurtures and promotes chamber music performance through works from various stylistic periods—from Baroque and Classical to contemporary repertoire—contributing to the development of concert life in Montenegro.
Andrea Orlando Tripović is a piano professor and the conductor of the Jadran City Choir. She is also the Director of the Tivat Music Festival Foundation. She graduated in Piano in 2004 from the Academy of Music in Rijeka (under Professor Vladimir Babin). She further refined her skills with S. Sargsyan, A. Nasedkin, M. Ambokadze, E. Zarafiants, P. Fowke, and other distinguished musicians and pedagogues. She has worked as a piano professor at the Vida Matjan Music School in Kotor, and currently teaches at the Music School in Tivat. Andrea Orlando Tripović has conducted the Cathedral Choir of St. Tryphon in Kotor, as well as several klapa ensembles in the region, including Klapa Jadran group from Tivat, with whom she has had her longest collaboration. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Perast Klapa Festival. Since 2024, she has been leading the re-established Jadran City Choir within the Tivat Cultural Center. Under her leadership, the choir has achieved a series of notable performances, including the final concert of the 2024 Tivat Music Festival, as well as collaborations with regional artists. Andrea Orlando Tripović actively participates in the cultural life of the town through charity performances and various social initiatives. She is a long-standing collaborator of KotorArt. Members of the Jadran City Choir nominated her this year for the Darinka Matić Marović Award for her contribution to choral music. Through her work, she actively preserves and develops the centuries-old tradition of choral singing in the Bay of Kotor.
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Time
10 p.m.
Location
Gornja Lastva
Tivat Music Festival
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