The 10th Prosvjeta Serbian New Year’s concert was held in Vienna and announced that holding of this event aimed to be a bridge between cultures, but also an important promotion of the Serbian community in Austria.

The audience was addressed by the president of SECS Prosvjeta in Austria, Marko Sarić, and the vice-president Srđan Mijalković, as well as the minister without portfolio in the Government of Serbia, Đorđe Milićević, who congratulated Prosvjeta on a decade of hard work.

Milićević said that the concert in Vienna was a great evening of Serbian music, customs and traditions, and a promotion of the cultural identity and rich creativity of the Serbian people.

Sarić noted the importance of operation of Serbian schools and work on defining the status of the Serbian community in Vienna.

Mijalković, who is the creator of the event, recalled the first goal of the concert since the founding in 2012 – to be a bridge between cultures, but also a true image of top Serbian musical art and a significant positive promotion of the Serbian community in Austria.

The concert in Vienna, held in the packed ceremonial hall of the Magistrate of the Viennese Third District, was attended by the Serbian Ambassador to Austria, Nebojša Rodić, Serbian Ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, Žarko Obradović, Consul Milica Vučković, Military Envoy, colonel Željko Bosanac, and Head of the Republic of Srpska Representation in Vienna, Mladen Filipović.

The audience also included the envoy of bishop Andrej of Austria and Switzerland, father Đorđe Pantelić, the secretary of Belgrade Prosvjeta, Dejan Mastilović, Serbian historian Miloš Ković, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of Serbian organizations in Austria, teachers of Prosvjeta schools from Graz and Linz, as well as guests from the Viennese public life, and a large number of admirers of Serbian culture from Austria.

In the main part of the program, Prosvjeta’s Mali hor (little choir), Vienna Student Orchestra and Iskra Belgrade Octet performed the Serbian Court Music program. Special guests were the Pilers musical family, and tambourine virtuoso Bako Jovanović.

Source: Nezavisne novine-Srna

Photo: Serbian Educational and Cultural Society PROSVJETA AUSTRIA