On Tuesday, August 20th at 9PM, with the concert of Petra Radulović (soprano) and Jelena Šiljeg (piano), the music programme of the “Theatre City” is to be continued. The guests of the concert will be Kosta Popović (cellist) and Petar Popović (piano).
Petra Radulović
Petra Radulović was born in Montenegro. Simultaneously with her education at the “Gimnazija Kotor” High School, she engaged herself in vocal training at the “Vida Matjan” Music School in Kotor. In 2015, she continued her education at the “Boston Arts Academy” in Boston, and already the following year at the “St.Croix Preparatory Academy” (Stillwater). She enrolled at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in 2018, from where she graduated in 2022. She has perfected her vocal abilities in various master classes. She has been a soloist of the Hannover State Opera House since 2021/2022 season, where she is also a member of the International Opera Studio ensemble. She has already had over twenty solo roles, all performed on the opera stage. In 2018, she has won the second prize at the “Lazar Jovanović” competition in Belgrade, as well as the award at the “Jadranski akordi competition” (2017). From there, ensued the award “Zlatna lira” at the state competition in Podgorica in 2015 and 2017 respectfully. Her debut she made at the “Verbier Festival” and that in the opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck. She also took part in Mozart’s Magic Flute, this time at the Schönbrun Palace Theatre, as well as in the opera adaptation of Ravel’s Child and Enchantment. What is also important to mention are her performances in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Bizet’s Carmen. Furthermore, as a part of the “Operosa” opera festival ensemble, she toured as Serpina in Pergolesi’s The Maid Turned Mistress. She performed arias by Mozart and Puccini in the Old Town Hall Vienna. In Minnesota, she performed in the Loesser’s Guys and Dolls and took part in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. She was a soloist at the “Verbier” festival. In 2020, she had a solo recital in Montenegro and performed at the “Kotor Art” festival. She has shown her vocal abilities under the mentorship of conductors including the names such as: Stephan Zilias, Giulio Cilona, Mathieu Herzog, Paul Boris Kertzman, Stanislav Kočanovski, Milen Apostolov and Anton Brezinka. She has had an honor of being accompanied by the ensembles such as: Appassionato Orchester, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover, followed by the orchestras Operosa and Junior Orchestra.
Jelena Šiljeg
Jelena Šiljeg completed her primary school education as well as elementary music education in Budva. She has accomplished the goal of being both a harpist and the student of the generation. Having graduated from the “Vojislav Vučković” Secondary Music School in Belgrade, she enrolled at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. There, she graduated in piano and completed her specialist studies both in 2001 and 2003 respectfully. Furthermore, she continued her education at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she enrolled in a six-year study programme at the Department of Piano Studies and Vocal Accompaniment.
She there obtained her master’s degree and passed her final exam with honors. She perfected her abilities at seminars and under the mentorship of professors and pianists: Arbo Valdma, Rita Kinka and Dmitri Bashkirov. She won a number of awards at national, regional and international competitions while she was still engaged in her studies. Her first solo concert, she had at the “Theatre City” festival in 1996. There, she performed on two other separate instances: in 1994, together with her fellow classmates from the Class of the professor Olga Bauer and in 2012 with the soprano from Austria Claudia Göbl. Be that as a soloist, chamber musician or piano accompanist, she performed at the all of the major concert halls in: Serbia, Montenegro, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Macedonia and Greece. She collaborated with the well-renowned artists including: Sava Vemić, Tanja Obrenović, Claudia Göbl, Clemens Köbl, Thomas Tacl, Ljubiša Jovanović, Stana Krstajić and others. She has been a part of the musical preparations for the opera The Magic Flute by Mozart in “Midlenijanum” Belgrade, that has been performing with great success for five seasons already. As of recently, she has paid special attention to nurturing the local artistic music heritage, with the special emphasis on the contemporary works. Last season, she performed a piano concert of vocal works by Ljubica Marić, Mihovil Logar and Ivana Stefanović with mezzosoprano Tanja Obrenović. The recording is planned to be realized next year.
She is currently residing in Belgrade and is working as a piano teacher and piano associate at the Department for Solo Singing at the “Mokranjac” Music School in Belgrade. She has regurarly performed with her students and won numerous awards at competitions. Some of her students are already pursuing their successful careers at the international stages.
The concert will feature works by Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini and Manuel de Falla.