One city - one music: City music celebrates 120 years of existence

The exhibition at the Modern Gallery "Jovo Ivanović" tells the story of an orchestra that has followed the most important events in the life of Budva for more than a century.

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Photo: JU Museums and Galleries Budva
Photo: JU Museums and Galleries Budva
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The exhibition "One City - One Music: 120 Years of Budva City Music", dedicated to the history of one of the city's recognizable symbols, will open on Friday, September 4, at 20 p.m. at the "Jovo Ivanović" Modern Gallery.

The performance is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the Budva City Orchestra, which has been an important part of the city's cultural and social life since its founding in 1906. For more than a century, the city musicians have accompanied numerous celebrations, public events and gatherings, making the orchestra a part of Budva's cultural memory and tradition.

The exhibition presents, through photographs, documents and preserved memories, the history of the City Music, its importance for the cultural and social life of Budva, as well as the generations of musicians who marked its development with their work.

The exhibition simultaneously testifies to the changes the city has undergone and the role that music has played in its public life, connecting the history of the City Music with the collective memory of the people of Budva.

Speaking at the exhibition opening Željko Vasović, Ivan Ivanovic and curator of the exhibition Ilija Stankovic.

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