Sing with love, heart and without boundaries

The Montenegrin music scene can step into the future with complete optimism because among the new generations, young talents such as Zare Dobričanin, who will demonstrate her efforts to date with her first solo concert today.

Zara Dobricanin's solo concert will be held in the Great Hall of the Cultural and Information Center "Budo Tomovic" at 19 p.m., and will undoubtedly gather a large number of music lovers who will have the opportunity to enjoy her soprano. The concert is organized as part of the KIC's "Young Talents" cycle, which performs a very important task in the field of culture to present new talents to the Montenegrin audience, and admission is free.

Dobričanin was born in 2007 and is a fourth-grade student at the Secondary Art School for Music and Ballet "Vasa Pavić" in the solo singing department in the class Oliver PerunovićDuring her education, she received numerous awards, including first prizes at the international competition "Lav Mirski" in Osijek and the State Competition in Tivat, both won in 2025.

“The concert program, carefully designed and stylistically diverse, includes works by Italian, German, French, Russian and South Slavic authors, providing a cross-section of different directions and expressive poetics. The program includes compositions by authors such as Alessandro Stradela, Fani Hensel Mendelson, Edvard Grig, Claude Debysi i Gaetano Donizetti, as well as prominent Russian composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov i Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, these authors from the region: Ivan Zajc, Stevan Hristić i Milivoje Radović. The finale of the program also includes songs Miguel Marquez, Paolo Tosti, Franz Schubert i Stanislaus as Gastaldo. This program will be performed by Zara Dobričanin with an accompanist. Ana Pavicevic", announced KIC.

In an interview with "Vijesti", Dobricanin said that she had always loved music, starting with popular songs, and later enrolled in music school.

"I generally love music and I started with popular songs, then enrolled in music school," she said.

Dobricanin added that she does not feel nervous before her first solo concert, but rather adrenaline and excitement, as well as pride for this great opportunity.

"I would say it's more like adrenaline and excitement. So I'm very proud and happy, and this is certainly one of my favorite performances and the culmination of my work so far," says Dobricanin.

However, she also recalls that she had problems with stage fright when she was younger, but she overcame it by successfully playing the lead role in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. The general public also had the opportunity to meet her, as a stage performer in the lead role of an opera for children that was performed throughout Montenegro and the region in 2025.

"Actually, I had really big problems with stage fright when I was younger. However, that fear was overcome through, of course, experience. I can say that the stage fright was cut short by the premiere of the play 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', where I played the lead role. There was a kind of great responsibility there and I was just thinking about it - either I'll do this right or I'll give in to stage fright and everything will fall apart, the whole work. That's where, somehow, everything related to stage fright stopped," the soprano evokes.

She explains that she was always drawn to the stage and the communication with the audience, representing her safe zone.

"The stage has always been my safe zone, just that feeling of being on stage and having communication with the audience. I've been into music since I was little, so somehow I've always felt safe there," explains Dobricanin, who regularly improves her skills in masterclasses with renowned artists and pedagogues, building a stable and expressive vocal expression.

She participated in the Operosa Montenegro Opera Festival in Herceg Novi, where she performed in the children's opera "The Magic Flute", as well as in the solo concert "Operosa alumni". Commenting on her previous performances, she listed each of them among her most beautiful memories, adding that, nevertheless, the role of Snežana opened many doors for her.

"It's definitely one of the most beautiful experiences in my high school, so far it's been two operas, in one I played the lead role and in the other the second lady. Those experiences are really wonderful for me, and Snežana really opened many doors and it's definitely a great life experience for me," she recalls.

He cites the French composer of the impressionist style as his favorite composer. Claude Debussy, but he adds that he loves the Romantic era the most.

"Maybe I would single out Debussy, I love him, but specifically, in general I love those romantic compositions, so I love that era the most. I love Debussy because he was somehow quite different, he wasn't guided by strict rules, he was guided by his feelings a lot," explains Dobricanin.

In addition to classical music, she also singles out foreign popular music as something she mostly listens to, like female musicians. Celine Dion i Adel.

"I was into popular music and somehow I mostly listen to foreign music, but I actually like classical music the most, which is what attracts me the most. Of the foreign performers and compositions, I would single out Celine Dion and Adele," she said.

She also assessed that in the last few years, more and more opportunities have been opening up in Montenegro for showcasing and presenting talent, and believes that we are on the right track.

"I certainly think that in the last few years there have been more and more opportunities to show talent, at least in my sphere, where I am and in my environment. There are really a lot of opportunities to perform and to show your talent, so I think we are heading in the right direction, so that there will be more and more of that," said Dobricanin.

He also believes that there is increasing support for young talents, both in society and the music community. He hopes that we will continue in that direction.

"I think there's more and more support now, and I can say that we've really improved. I hope we'll continue in this direction, because I really know so many people, specifically children, who are very interested in doing this work. I hope it will come alive and continue to develop," she hopes.

Her message to interested youth who would like to try their hand at this job is to do it with their heart, with love, and without inhibitions.

"If they decide to do this job and enter this business, then let it be with heart, with love, so that they do this without any inhibitions, with faith in themselves and never give up on this," says Dobricanin.

She cites her professor Olivera Perunović as an important personal support, but also a great inspiration.

"I have to point out that my professor Olivera gives me tremendous support and encouragement to continue doing this. She is a really big inspiration for all of this," says the young and talented musician.

Dobricanin believes that work and effort are the most important, because, although talent does a great job, good results are achieved through effort.

"I think that work is the most important thing, talent certainly helps and does a great job, but I think that anyone who really loves this and wants to dedicate themselves to it can achieve good results," she believes.

She concluded by saying that the "Lov Mirski" award is one of her greatest awards, which is a source of great pride for her.

"That's one of my big awards, besides the national competition, where I got a hundred points. Those two feelings were very great and somehow a great pride in myself, in my work. I saw how much my love for it won out and somehow I gave it my all," said Dobričanin.

The concert of the young and talented Zara Dobričanin represents the symbolic beginning of the season dedicated to young artists and their affirmation, emphasized the KIC "Budo Tomović", stating that the "Young Talents" cycle reaffirms its role as an important space for the audience to meet new generations of successful music performers.