BALKAN2018 p. i. tchaikovsky Serenade – Pezzo in forma di sonatina Season a. vrebalov Pannonia Boundless No Borders Orchestra (nbo) stands for Stanko Madic amazing music j. s. bach violin unity in diversity Concerto for violin & viola Sasa Mirkovic tolerance and togetherness viola in the Balkans & beyond C minor a. schoenberg no borders In the region at the very heart of Europe that has for Transfigured night orchestra decades stood for crisis, conflict and divisiveness, Premil Petrovic there is a group of young people that embodies a conductor diferent story. Their passion is togetherness, their bond is friendship, their language is music. No Borders Orchestra is their story! As we see every day in the news, what is happening in the Balkans is happening in the world: that is No Borders Orchestra is a symphony orchestra why nbo’s impact is not regional, comprised of excellent professional musicians from the its reach is universal! Western Balkans. It grew out of the desire to create a regional cross-border symphony orchestra, one that With its excellent music making, No Borders delivers the highest artistic quality and calls for a Orchestra breaks down borders of all kinds: new kind of communication. The NBO project rests between countries, classes and ethnicities, on two main foundations: music and society. All NBO between the classical concert halls of the elites and performances successfully balance musical excellence with the rocking stages of the people. a comprehensive awareness of society. Made up of the best professional musicians from Established in 2012 both in Belgrade and in Berlin, every country, religious and ethnic group of nbo is a non-governmental organization whose goal the former Yugoslavia, the orchestra is a living is to initiate positive social development through the embodiment of everything that matters to modern power of reconciliation and creative collaboration. Europe: diversity, integration and the spirit of By seeking ways to deconstruct and transform friendship. Hence the commitment to excellence: communities, by advocating positive change and the quality of our music is a direct expression by engaging societies to become more inclusive, of what we believe the Western Balkans – and intercultural, democratic and open, nbo serves as Europe – can achieve when united by tolerance and a platform for overcoming nationalism, racism, togetherness. xenophobia, homophobia and the bloody legacy of the past in the Western Balkan region and beyond. To spread their powerful message, No Borders Orchestra is establishing the annual Balkan Season The founder and artistic director of nbo is Belgrade tour in the region. This year’s schedule of concerts: born, Berlin based conductor Premil Petrovic. nbo asks the question: “What is the artistic and social significance of a symphony orchestra in the twenty-first century?” Its activity so far ofer some possible answers. nbo has had an active first six years: numerous concerts at the leading festivals in the Balkan region, as well as touring and receiving rave reviews at Wiener Festwochen in Vienna, Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, Festival d`Automne in Paris, Operadagen in Rotterdam, Festival de Marseille, Brisbane Festival, Festival in Gwangju, Macao Arts Festival as well as in Barbican in London, Kampnagel in Hamburg, Radialsystem in Berlin, Megaron in Athens, Budva, Theatre City Theatre Budva, Lumbardhi Prizren, Cinema Hall Army Sarajevo, Belgrade, Cultural for Center Decontamination Lisbon, Toulouse, Strasbourg etc. nbo has signed an exclusive recording agreement with Universal Music with the first album “The Opening” being released under the Deutsche Grammophon brand in March 2015. 17.8 18.8 20.8 22.8 Theatre Budva City, Mali Mozart, Sarajevo Lumbardhi Festival, & DAM Prizren Partners in the Balkan Season 2018 Center Cultural for Decontamination, Belgrade 1st violins 2nd violins violas cellos Stanko Madic; Frosina Bogdanoska Sasa Mirkovic, Isak Haracic, concertmaster, Panov, Skopje-Vienna Belgrade Sarajevo-Kunming Belgrade-Nurnberg Andrea Nikolic, Arianit Shehu, Bas Jongen, Aleksandra Sarajevo-Vienna Pristina Zagreb-Vienna Milanovic, Belgrade Martin Dimitrov, Milan Radocaj, Martin Sikur, Ferdi Fanaj, Skopje Belgrade-Lisbon Ljubljana Pristina-Vienna Mersiha Teskeredzic, Natasa Petrovic, double bass Matjaz Porovne, Sarajevo-Brussells Belgrade Ilin-Dime Dimovski, Ljubljana Sonja Vojvodic, Skopje-Zagreb Vladimir Kostov, Banja Luka-Podgorica Skopje Ziga Faganel, Ljubljana nobordersorchestra.org No Borders Orchestra BALKAN Season 2018 BEOGRAD SARAJEVO PRIZREN BUDVA Sarajevo concert Balkan Season 2018 Budva concert Prizren concert & education workshop supporters supporters supporters supporters Belgrade concert master sponsor nobordersorchestra.org.