On Saturday, August 17th, in the venue Between Churches at 9M, the music programme of the “Theatre City” is to be continued with the concert entitled “Jazz Summit: in memory of Duško Gojković and Nikola Mimo Mitrović”. Dragoslav Fredi Stanisavljević, Marko Ðorđević, Corey Wilcox, Rastko Obradović, Ljubomir Turajlija, Lazaro del Toro Vega, Milorad Šule Jovović, Sara Jovović and Martin Ðorđević are to perform at the concert. The special guest of the concert is Željko Vasović.
As the concert’s performers state: “We dedicate this evening to two truly great names in the domain of music. Of their greatness speaks the fact that even music encyclopedias were written about them. No matter how significant they were in the area of jazz music, they will also be remembered for their human simplicity, and the fact that they created music without being vain or egotistical. Despite the fact that they were true stars in their area of interest, they managed to keep that simplicity of heart. They acted like two music enthusiasts, just enjoying the beauty of music, and were both a living proof that music knows no boundaries. Their interest for, as well as entering into the world of jazz music, happened spontaneously. All that was despite the fact that one cannot deny the strong connection of jazz music specifically to America. It goes without saying that they became so brilliant as jazz musicians, that they managed to climb the jazz music ladder and surface to its very top. However influential they might have been on the global jazz scene, they both also made a great influence, each in their own way, on a jazz scene in Budva. That’s why its no wonder that once again at the “Theatre City” festival, in the venue Between Churches, jazz is listened to and spoken of. The audience of the festival surely remembers that “Theatre City” has always been striving to nurture the jazz heritage, left to us by no other than Nikola Mimo Mitrović. He was the one who instilled into this modest town the feeling for something so significant and great as jazz music. He was called the pioneer of Budva’s jazz scene for a reason. In addition to that, he was the one who introduced the “Theatre City” to Duško Gojković, and so this jazz trumpeter ,who was world-renowned, became a true and loving friend of the festival. We had a privilege to enjoy Duško’s virtuosity on the trumpet for many a summer.
Tonight, we want to express our gratitude and remember not only Mimo Mitrović and Duško Gojković, but a plethora of accomplished musicians of that generation. They gave us the knowledge of, and left us with love for and an important obligation to nurture the heritage of jazz music in order to preserve the tradition for which they had set the foundations.”
Along with the compositions typical of jazz music, at the concert one will have a chance to listen to: the original compositions by Duško Gojković as well as the compositions of Duško Gojković, Ivan Ilić, Stjepko Gut and others composed in honor of Nikola Mimo Mitrović.
Jelena Ljumović and Lazar Nikolić will talk the audience through the jazz world of Duško Gojković, Nikola Mimo Mitrović and friends.
The “Theatre City” Press-Office