The World Music Day 2018 celebrated

Students of the Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka celebrated the World Music Day on 21 June 2018, performing selected pieces at several locations across the city of Banja Luka.

The festivities began in one of the city's pre-school facilities, the 'Natasa' kindergarden, followed by a performance on the traditional Chinese instrument of guqin in the atrium of the City Administration. At the same time, this event marked the official start of the City of Banja Luka project entitled 'Culture in a passage', allowing for performance of various cultural contents on this location.

'This very site is designed to serve such multi-functional purposes, so we have appropriately chosen this worldwide event to promote cultural programmes in the city. From now on, on Thursdays, this is where performers of all kinds are going to present their work', said Ms Natalija Trivic, Head of the Department of Culture, Tourism, and Social Policy of the City Administration.
Diverse and rich programme

'Over 200 performers are involved in this year's event, such as the Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka, the 'Vlado Milosevic' secondary musical school, the 'Banjalucanke' choir, the 'Jazavac' city choir, the Palladio String Quartet, the 'Flutete' band and many others. We have tried to satisfy all musical tastes, and all that is left to our fellow townspeople is take a walk and enjoy the performances', said Prof. Branka Radosevic-Mitrovic, MA, Head of the Department for Conducting at the Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka.

Ms Ljiljana Stevic, Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Banja Luka, expressed her satisfaction at the fact that her institution was taking part in the event this year.

'Our Chinese director of the Institute presented the traditional Chinese instrument of guqin, which is a rarity among institutions of this kind', said Ms Stevic.

Among other places, the Academy of Arts students performed on the premises of the Government of the Republic of Srpska, in city parks, as well as on the premises of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska.