ABOUT US

NGO »Ars praesentia Boke kotorske« was founded in 2002 as a need of development and the afirmation of the Wind instruments. The first workshop has been held in the village of Gornja Lastva (Tivat), for just two instruments (the flute & the horn).The Second & the Third Workshops has been conducted for the following instruments: flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone & tuba. The fourth Workshop includes all of previous mentioned instruments and for the first time includes oboa.
The workshops have been organized for all three levels of school education and include individual work, work in a chamber ensembles well as a concerts of the attendants and the professors.
The professors which took participation into up-to-date Workshops are: Ljubisa Jovanovic (Serbia), Davor Busic (Croatian), Ognjen Popovic (Serbia), Ann - Marie Sundberg (Sweden), Anita Anderson (Sweden), Ingrid Rosengren (Sweden), Aleksandar Bencic (Serbia), Goran Christensen (Sweden), Milena Lipovsek (Slovenian) Guy Porat (Israel), Tibor Kerekes (Slovenian), Bostjan Lipovsek (Slovenian), Natasa Paklar - Markovic (Slovenia), Veljko Klenkovski (Serbia), Nenad Jankovic (Serbia).
The significance of this project has been recognized by the SIDA (Swedish organization for International development), Community of Tivat and Ministry of Culture & Media RCG.

 

 

MAJOR PROJECTS:

1. FOUNDATION OF WIND ASNSAMBLE - ARS PRAESENTIA - PROMITIVE CONCERT, JUNE 2003.
2. I INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS-AUGUST 2003.
3. PROMOTION OF BRASS INSTRUMENTS IN COOPERATION WITH BRAS QUINTET OD ROYAL ACADEMY STUDENTS FROM STOCHOLM, MAY 2004.
4. FOUNDATION OD WIND QUINTET ( flute, clarinet, two french horns and tenor) -
5. II INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOOP FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS - july 2004
6. WORKSHOP FOR THE YOUNGEST '' SI - DO - RE - LA'' - september 2004
7. III INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS - june 2005
8. IV INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS - july 2006
9. COOPERATION WITH CULTURAL UNION ARTEL FROM RIJEKA
10. V INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS - june/july 2007
11. VI INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS - august 2008

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MAJOR CONCERTS

1. DUET VIOLIN - VIOLA - ROMAN SIMOVIĆ i PANTA VELIČKOVIĆ
2. CONCERT OF STUDENTS FROM MUSIC AKADEMY CETINJE
3. CONCERT LUKE TOMANA ( RIJEKA)
4. KONCERT LJUBIŠE JOVANOVIĆA ( SERBIA) I DEBORE KRUZANSKI ( ITALY )
5. CONCERTS OF PROFESSORS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORKSHOP:
Ognjen Popović ( Serbia), Davor Bušić ( Croatia ), Boštjan i
Milena Lipovšek ( Slovenia ), Tibor Kerekeš ( Slovenia ),
Aleksandar Benčić ( Serbia ), Veljko Klenkovski (Serbia), Nataša
Paklar-Marković (Slovenia), Nenad Janković (Serbia), Guy Porat (Israel).
6.PREMIER PERFORMANCE OF COMPOSITION "ARGENTINSKA SUITA BR.2"
BY COMPOSER ANTUN KOPITOVIC
7. PREMIER PERFORMANCE OF COMPOSITION FOR WIND SEPTET
BY MONTENEGRIAN COMPOSER NINA PEROVIC

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THEY SAID ABOUT US...

Milena Lipovsek (Slovenia): "From the 3rd July to 10th July I was managine a Summer School for Flute and Horn together with my husband Bostjan Lipovsek. We came at a kind invitation from Mrs. Mila and Pina, who are, as realised later had had the lion like part of merit for the Summer schools be at such an amplitude. Actually, there were great artists and professors who guided schools for the clarinet, oboe, trumpet & trombone. Concerts of chamber music and concerts from the school participants have been organized. I sawthat a lot of work had been percipient much the piled up accompanied with a large joy and interest of teenagers.During the Penultimate day we had (professors and pupils), a meeting where great thoughts and suggestions were said. If this implemented Tivat could be station internationally recognized after summer schools (this is already now), then after international musical festival … I appeal to all who has possibility to help Mrs. Mila and Pina, who are brought the world to the children, to make their dreams come true. Looking forward seeing you soon,greetings from Milena Lipovsek"

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Tibor Kerekes (Slovenia): "I believe that IV international Workshop was very successful as in the a organization of the course, so in an excellent and planned and very visited concerts. There dominated very positive spirit, enthusiasm, cooperation between the students and the professors. Congratulations to the organizer and a lot of success in their further job! " Tibor Kerekes

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Anita Andersson (Sweden): "The summer music school in Tivat is very important for the young musicians in the region. I have had the pleasure of teaching the French horn at Tivat Summer School twice. It has been very interesting to meet the young generation of horn players in Montenegro, and I am very proud to hear that the oldest of them now have begun their music studies at academy level. It makes me happy to be part of this development. " Anita Andersson

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Göran Christensen (Sweden): " I have been working together with Tivat music school since year 2003. Together with Mila Velickovic and Pina Bubanja the music school in Tivat has taken new forms. The development is huge. We have some students who start playing trombone in summer workshop and one of them is now studying at the academy in Cetinje.
There are now many ensembles in the school and nice possibilities to play together in an orchestra. This is excellent. During year 2005 we tried to teach other teachers from Serbia and Macedonia how to teach small children in ensemble playing. This was very interesting and I hope that Mila and Pina get the possibilities to teach other teachers in this subject. It’s very important for the children to get the feeling of playing in an ensemble right away when they start with a new instrument. Mila and Pina are working really hard we all must try to support them in every way we can." Göran Christensen

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Aleksandar Benčić (Beograd): "My impressions from summer workshop 2006 are very positive. Every year quality is on a higher level. I emphasize, my impressions are not just a phrase but the obvious result can be seen at the end of every summer gathering through very succesful performance of all our participants before a numerous audience.
Cooperation with many eminent coleagues who represent the top of perofmance and pedagogy on their instruments, represented the great honour for me. With this choose of people and great organisation the resulsts are unavoidable.
Devotion of profesoors and great interest of student are ...... one unforgetable week of music and companinship of all of us.....
With sincere wishes for further improvemen in work, and a lot of luck to find fonds and means needed, best regards!" Aleksandar Benčić

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Bostjan Lipovsek (Slovenia): "I was pleasantly surprised from the very call from Montenegro, actually from Tivat, which is not the capital, by fact that there are so much interest among teenagers for woodwind and brass instruments and consequently for chamber music-making. At the very beginning of the Workshop there was again a surprise due to a large number of participants and during the whole week fantastic organization and hospitality of the organizer. I may specified a thought, that the young musicians deserve the best conditions for their work, which perhaps they have in their musical schools, but surely do mutually spending time with equal and the act under mentorship of foreign pedagogue at an summer schools just use and motivate the participants. The hoping and wishing that the summer Workshop in Tivat will continue and perhaps arise into the musical festival, my best regards." Bostjan Lipovsek

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Davor Busic (Croatia): "I believe that Workshops like this one in Tivat are extremely important for professional development and personal improvement of young artists and therefore I exculpate, respect and support this kind of work. Tivat’s Workshop is the fruit of the effort and devotion of people who provide part of themselves and knowingly that, going up to the end. If this Workshop becomes a reality and traditional, Tivat will mean much more than what means today and only in a musical framework. If we speak about continuity of this kind of work then we have to maintain such projects, because knowing this effect of Workshops will give a permanent result to the musical expression of Montenegro." Davor Busic

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Ognjen Popovic (Serbia): "In my up-to-date career I have had opportunities to work and do tutorial to large number of young clarinetist into various European countries. Lasting of summer musical workshop certainly has large significance, of how for education of teenagers as well as presentation of musical culture and culture at an upper level. When we speak about culture in our town, Tivat is surely a town which every summer has a pride to be a light dot of whole region. Enthusiasm, persistence and the commitment are habits which are familiar for people who organize this Workshop. Wish to represent their town and whole country like one tourist - culture oasis, right now becomes a reality in this project. Remaining in joy and waiting for this summer, I hope I’ll have the honor to be the member of an exceptionally creative artist teamonle again." Ognjen Popović

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