The Second Edition of Rossi Fest
The Second Edition: January 25 – 28, 2019, in Belgrade
On Monday, January 28, 2019, the second edition of the Rossi Fest International Festival was officially closed. This year’s festival has gathered over a hundred performers from the country and abroad (Serbia, Israel, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, UK, Montenegro, Macedonia, Russia).
This year’s Rossi Fest was designed as a three-day program of the festival where, in addition to world classics, the audience had the opportunity to enjoy the creation of eminent Baroque composers, Claudio Monteverdi and Solomon Rossi, as well as in modern musical compositions by young composers who composed their works specifically for this festival.
The opening ceremony began with the screening of Jozef Rozlic’s film about the composer after whom the festival was named.
Apart from from the Baruch Brothers Choir and the Jewish Chamber Orchestra ensemble, guests also presented the ensembles Barok Vokal (Mainz, Germany), soloists of the Institute for Artistic Art (Belgrade), members of the New Trinity Baroque (Serbia / USA) and the Synagogal Ensemble Berlin (Germany). An important part of the Rosi Fest program is dedicated to the education and empowerment of music students and young music professionals. Therefore, apart from the concerts of domestic and foreign performers, the program included lectures by eminent musicologists Dr Ane Stefanovic and Dr Tijane Popovic Mlađenovic, a competition for young composers, as well as a masterclass for young opera singers led by renowned mezzo-soprano Claudia Eder, professor at the Music Academy of the University of Mainz (Germany).
The festival was organized with the support of the Embassy of Israel, the Jewish Municipality of Belgrade, the Italian Institute of Culture, the National Theater in Belgrade and other institutions.
Program
Opera Singing Masterclass
January 25–27 – Museum of the National Theatre, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
with Prof. Claudia Eder
Srđan Jaraković, pianist
After the successful and well attended Rossi Fest 2018 Opera singing masterclass, we have decided to include the Opera singing masterclass in the next festival edition as well. This time Rosi Fest will have the honour to welcome a renowned concert and operatic mezzo-soprano, professor of College of Music in Mainz and a member of European Academy of Science and Arts – prof.
Film Screening Hebreo: The Search for Salomone Rossi
January 26 – Yugoslav Film Archive, 4:00 PM
Hebreo: The Search for Salomone Rossi
On 26th January 2019, Rossi fest opened with the screening of the film, by Italian director Jozef Roslitz, Hebreo: the search for Salomone Rossi. After the film, in the hall of Yugoslav Cinema, guests enjoyed the welcoming buffet.
Lecture: David et Jonathas, the Biblical Opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
January 27 – Gallery of the Jewish Community of Belgrade, 4:00 PM
LECTURE by Prof. Ana Stefanović
An important part of the Rossi Fest program is dedicated to the education and affirmation of music students and young music professionals. Therefore, in addition to the concerts of local and foreign performers, the competition for young composers and the master course for young opera singers, the program included lectures by eminent musicologists.
Lecture: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra / Viola Tango Rock Concerto
January 27 – Gallery of the Jewish Community of Belgrade, 5:30 PM
LECTURE by Prof. Tijana Popović Mlađenović
An important part of the Rossi Fest program is dedicated to the education and affirmation of music students and young music professionals. Therefore, in addition to the concerts of local and foreign performers, the competition for young composers and the master course for young opera singers, the program included lectures by eminent musicologists.
Concert of the Opera Singing Masterclass Participants
January 27 – Museum of the National Theatre, 7:00 PM
Prof. Claudia Eder
After the successful and well attended Rossi Fest 2018 Opera singing masterclass, we have decided to include the Opera singing masterclass in the next festival edition as well. The participants will have three individual sessions with Professor Eder and a pianist, and at the end of the course, a concert will be held at the Museum of the National Theater in Belgrade.
Portraits and Remembrance
January 27 – Atrium of the National Museum, 8:30 PM
Pieces of young composers chosen in a competition, and the work of contemporary composers on the topic of Jewish culture
At the National Museum in Belgrade, on January 27th, a concert of Portraits and Memories was held on the International Day of Remembrance on Holocaust Victims at the Rossi Fest.
Concert of the Synagogal Ensemble Berlin
January 28 – Sukat Shalom Synagogue, 6:00 PM
Conductor: Regina Yantian
On Monday, January 28, at the Belgrade Synagogue Sukat Shalom, the audience enjoyed the spiritual compositions, of mostly Ashkenazi traditions, in the performance of the Synagogal Ensemble from Berlin, led by conductor Regina Yantian and cantor Icaak Sheffer and the Baruch Brothers Choir conducted by Stefan Zekic.
The Coronation of Poppea, Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
January 28 – Raša Plaović Stage, National Theatre, 8:30 PM
By Claudio Monteverdi, and closing of the festival
The closing ceremony of the second edition of the Rosi Fest was marked by the performance of the famous opera of Claudio Monteverdi, The Coronation of Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), enriched by the symphonies of Salomon Rossi. The main roles were presented by members of the ensemble Barock Vocal, led by Professor Claudius Eder and other Belgrade opera singers.
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