The Ministry of Culture and Media continuously supports Kotor art, recognizing it as an important element of the cultural offer of Montenegro, and the opening of this manifestation on the National Day of Montenegro has a special symbolic meaning because it connects this cultural manifestation with a significant date in Montenegrin history.
This was announced by the Minister of Culture and Media, Tamara Vujović, opening the Kotor Art International Festival.
"Kotor Art promotes the heritage and knowledge of Kotor and Montenegro on the international scene, as well as the achievements of the international scene in our country. The Ministry of Culture and Media provides continuous support to Kotor art, recognizing it as an important element of the cultural offer of Montenegro. This support is reflected in the status festival of special importance for the culture of Montenegro, financial support, logistics - in terms of using the old Kotor prison, and up to our presence here today and at all events organized under the name of Kotor art," said Vujović.
As she said, "the opening on July 13, on the Statehood Day of Montenegro, has a special symbolic meaning because it connects the cultural manifestation with a significant date in Montenegrin history".
"And it is our obligation, as every day of the year, to emphasize the importance of culture and art in the preservation and promotion of national identity and historical heritage, but also in the promotion of the values of peace, freedom, independence and interculturality. all the specifics and differences. Somehow Kotor has always known how to live and exist, just as modern Montenegro should," Vujović said.
She also said that Kotor Art contributes to the strengthening of the cultural scene of Montenegro, promotes musical creativity and preserves the memory of a distinguished clergyman and one of the most prominent Montenegrin cultural workers, the founder, the one who understood the value of interculturalization at the international level.
"Reality dictates the consciousness of emotions and gives form and strength to feelings. Sometimes an event imposes itself with a special force, and in the soul we experience it as something colossal, as the culmination of creativity. Then it is only important that in the soul that part of reality is recognized as a glowing core that is such an unavoidable center today is the feeling that something indescribably beautiful is happening around us, within the walls of the Old Town - and that is the Don Branko Days of Music, dedicated to the famous Kotor priest, intellectual and cultural worker, whose love for music and culture was deeply rooted in his life and work, which in turn are part of a wider cultural event - the Kotor Art International Festival," says Vujović.
"Let the infinity of this city flow through the ages, gathering people, inviting and summoning us to be part of it in the glory of culture. And "Songs from Bayern" (Carmina Burana) like those sung long ago in the Middle Ages in squares, taverns and squares, songs that celebrated life and nature, let them celebrate the meaning tonight at the opening of the Kotor Art Festival. The most famous song from this work, "O Fortuna", which is dedicated to the goddess Sreća, and whose wheel symbolizes the changes of fate, knows no division into performers and spectators, it knows no division. It is a universal call to a better future. Let the bells ring," concluded Vujović.
"This is the 23rd edition of the festival, which is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Media, the Municipality of Kotor, the European Union and UNESCO. The KotorArt International Festival and Don Branko's Days of Music began on July 13, the National Day of Montenegro, in front of the Cathedral of St. Tripun At the opening, the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet of Albania, as well as the children's choir of National Hero Elementary School Savo Ilić from Kotor, performed Karl Orff's monumental work, Carmina Burana, and the opening was dedicated to Maestro Miroslav Homen. , the announcement states.
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