Duo Bulatovic Nikcevic. Duo Guitar. Guitar Art Summer Fest. Montengro.

Duo gitara Bulatović–Nikčević

The Bulatović–Nikčević Guitar Duo, consisting of Srđan Bulatović (Doctor of Arts, guitar) and Darko Nikčević (flamenco guitarist and Master of Audio Technology), is recognized worldwide for its exceptional virtuosity and exciting performances. They confirmed their international reputation after two triumphant concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall (2016 and 2017). Their authentic style blends irregular Balkan rhythms with the spirit of the Mediterranean and Oriental mysticism. They have been collaborating for more than three decades and have performed across Europe, Asia, and America – from the USA, Russia, and Great Britain, through Germany, Spain, and Italy, all the way to the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan. Their music, diverse in character and tempo, carries strong influences of Montenegrin traditional, film, and world music.

They have released ten collaborative albums, among which are also three releases for the prestigious Naxos Records. Leading world specialized media such as American Record Guide, Akustik Gitarre, Ritmo, and MusicWeb International have written exceptional praise about their work. Their compositions are regularly featured on global Apple Music and Spotify playlists (including Classical Live and The Guitar), and have been broadcast on radio stations from Canada to the Philippines.

Naxos Sheet Music Publishing has published 14 of their original compositions, making them the first authors from the region whose works have been published in this prestigious world catalog. They are the authors of the ballet Mediteran, as well as symphonic works Europe Symphony and The Secret – Fantasia Concertante for Two Guitars and Orchestra. For these releases, they signed a contract with the American label Navona Records, which was released in February 2026. They are recipients of the Thirteenth of July Award, the highest state recognition of Montenegro.

Duo gitara Bulatović–Nikčević

The Bulatović–Nikčević Guitar Duo, consisting of Srđan Bulatović (Doctor of Arts, guitar) and Darko Nikčević (flamenco guitarist and Master of Audio Technology), is recognized worldwide for its exceptional virtuosity and exciting performances. They confirmed their international reputation after two triumphant concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall (2016 and 2017). Their authentic style blends irregular Balkan rhythms with the spirit of the Mediterranean and Oriental mysticism. They have been collaborating for more than three decades and have performed across Europe, Asia, and America – from the USA, Russia, and Great Britain, through Germany, Spain, and Italy, all the way to the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan. Their music, diverse in character and tempo, carries strong influences of Montenegrin traditional, film, and world music.

They have released ten collaborative albums, among which are also three releases for the prestigious Naxos Records. Leading world specialized media such as American Record Guide, Akustik Gitarre, Ritmo, and MusicWeb International have written exceptional praise about their work. Their compositions are regularly featured on global Apple Music and Spotify playlists (including Classical Live and The Guitar), and have been broadcast on radio stations from Canada to the Philippines.

Naxos Sheet Music Publishing has published 14 of their original compositions, making them the first authors from the region whose works have been published in this prestigious world catalog. They are the authors of the ballet Mediteran, as well as symphonic works Europe Symphony and The Secret – Fantasia Concertante for Two Guitars and Orchestra. For these releases, they signed a contract with the American label Navona Records, which was released in February 2026. They are recipients of the Thirteenth of July Award, the highest state recognition of Montenegro.

Vojin Kocić

Vojin Kocić (born 1990 in Smederevo) is considered one of the most prominent guitarists of his generation. He began his musical journey at the age of eight, finishing his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in Guitar Performance (class of Prof. Anders Miolin) and Music Pedagogy at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). He further refined his skills under Maestro Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, where he became the only guitarist in the history of this institution to be awarded the prestigious Diploma d'Onore.

Kocić is distinguished by his musical, expressive, and simultaneously virtuosic performance of a repertoire spanning from the Renaissance to the 21st century. He belongs to the very top of the international guitar scene, with critics naming him as a "master of soft tones" (according to SRF). He has won over 50 international awards, including first prizes at prestigious competitions such as the Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes (2014), Incontri Chitarristici di Gargnano, Ruggero Chiesa, and festivals in Heinsberg and Alessandria (Michele Pittaluga).

Throughout his career, he has recorded two albums for the NAXOS label and performed over 300 solo and chamber concerts worldwide. He has appeared at renowned festivals and venues such as the Lucerne Festival, Verbier Festival, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, and Music Olympus in Saint Petersburg. Since the autumn semester of 2022, Vojin Kocić has served as a Professor of Guitar at the Zurich University of the Arts. He performs on a guitar crafted by Jean Noel Roe and uses D'Addario strings.

Vojin Kocić

Vojin Kocić (born 1990 in Smederevo) is considered one of the most prominent guitarists of his generation. He began his musical journey at the age of eight, finishing his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in Guitar Performance (class of Prof. Anders Miolin) and Music Pedagogy at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). He further refined his skills under Maestro Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, where he became the only guitarist in the history of this institution to be awarded the prestigious Diploma d'Onore.

Kocić is distinguished by his musical, expressive, and simultaneously virtuosic performance of a repertoire spanning from the Renaissance to the 21st century. He belongs to the very top of the international guitar scene, with critics naming him as a "master of soft tones" (according to SRF). He has won over 50 international awards, including first prizes at prestigious competitions such as the Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes (2014), Incontri Chitarristici di Gargnano, Ruggero Chiesa, and festivals in Heinsberg and Alessandria (Michele Pittaluga).

Throughout his career, he has recorded two albums for the NAXOS label and performed over 300 solo and chamber concerts worldwide. He has appeared at renowned festivals and venues such as the Lucerne Festival, Verbier Festival, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, and Music Olympus in Saint Petersburg. Since the autumn semester of 2022, Vojin Kocić has served as a Professor of Guitar at the Zurich University of the Arts. He performs on a guitar crafted by Jean Noel Roe and uses D'Addario strings.

Lazar Ostojic. Guitar Art Summer Fest. Herceg Novi. Montenegro. Credits: Danilo Mijatović

Lazar Ostojić

Lazar Ostojić (born 1987) has been composing since the age of fourteen. His creative output includes works for solo guitar and chamber music, gaining significant international recognition in 2018 when his composition Stairway to the Balkans was featured on the album Balkanisms (Mak Grgić), released by the prestigious Naxos label. Since 2022, his works have been part of the catalog of the Danish publishing house Bergmann Edition.

Ostojić is also recognized as an innovator; he is the creator of the Albatross (2013), a hybrid instrument that uniquely combines classical and bass guitar strings. He graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and continued his music education at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen, Netherlands.

In addition to classical music, he is an active performer in rock, pop, and world music genres, playing the guitar, bass guitar, and the Albatross. He has furthered his expertise in masterclasses led by world-renowned composers and guitarists, such as Dušan Bogdanović, Miroslav Tadić, and Carlo Domeniconi. Currently, he serves as a guitar professor at the "Kosta Manojlović" Music School in Zemun, Serbia.

Lazar Ostojić

Lazar Ostojić (born 1987) has been composing since the age of fourteen. His creative output includes works for solo guitar and chamber music, gaining significant international recognition in 2018 when his composition Stairway to the Balkans was featured on the album Balkanisms (Mak Grgić), released by the prestigious Naxos label. Since 2022, his works have been part of the catalog of the Danish publishing house Bergmann Edition.

Ostojić is also recognized as an innovator; he is the creator of the Albatross (2013), a hybrid instrument that uniquely combines classical and bass guitar strings. He graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and continued his music education at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen, Netherlands.

In addition to classical music, he is an active performer in rock, pop, and world music genres, playing the guitar, bass guitar, and the Albatross. He has furthered his expertise in masterclasses led by world-renowned composers and guitarists, such as Dušan Bogdanović, Miroslav Tadić, and Carlo Domeniconi. Currently, he serves as a guitar professor at the "Kosta Manojlović" Music School in Zemun, Serbia.

Slobodanka Djuric. Guitar Art Summer Fest. Herceg Novi. Montenegro.

Slobodanka Bobana Dabović Đurić

Slobodanka Bobana Dabović Đurić (born 1990 in Podgorica) holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Composition from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, having studied under Professor Zoran Mulić. She completed her primary and secondary music education at the "Vasa Pavić" School for Music and Ballet in Podgorica, specializing in piano.

Her works have been performed across Europe and in the USA as part of numerous festivals and projects, where she collaborates with eminent performers. During her career to date, she has held three author evenings: "Liberating Silence" (Budva, 2015), an author evening within the "Young Montenegrin Female Composers" project (KIC Budo Tomović, 2017), and an author evening at the Music Center of Montenegro (2023).

She is highly active in composing music for films, theater plays, and multimedia projects, collaborating with prominent directors such as Obrad Nenezić, Dora Ruždjak Podolski, Momir Matović, and Aleksandar Vujović. At the "Monthly Indie Shorts" international film festival, she won first place for Best Original Music for the film The Rainbow (Duga), directed by Aleksandar Vujović. She is the composer of the music-stage piece Dioclea, and her works Ad libitum improvisando No. 4 and Peonies (Božuri) have been featured on CD releases by Musica Classica magazine and the album Reflections.

Slobodanka Bobana Dabović Đurić

Slobodanka Bobana Dabović Đurić (born 1990 in Podgorica) holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Composition from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, having studied under Professor Zoran Mulić. She completed her primary and secondary music education at the "Vasa Pavić" School for Music and Ballet in Podgorica, specializing in piano.

Her works have been performed across Europe and in the USA as part of numerous festivals and projects, where she collaborates with eminent performers. During her career to date, she has held three author evenings: "Liberating Silence" (Budva, 2015), an author evening within the "Young Montenegrin Female Composers" project (KIC Budo Tomović, 2017), and an author evening at the Music Center of Montenegro (2023).

She is highly active in composing music for films, theater plays, and multimedia projects, collaborating with prominent directors such as Obrad Nenezić, Dora Ruždjak Podolski, Momir Matović, and Aleksandar Vujović. At the "Monthly Indie Shorts" international film festival, she won first place for Best Original Music for the film The Rainbow (Duga), directed by Aleksandar Vujović. She is the composer of the music-stage piece Dioclea, and her works Ad libitum improvisando No. 4 and Peonies (Božuri) have been featured on CD releases by Musica Classica magazine and the album Reflections.

Aleksandar Simić

Opus Aleksandra Simića obuhvata veliki broj dela za sve standardne ansamble – od muzike za solo instrumente uz pratnju klavira, preko tria, kvarteta, horske muzike, muzike za gudački i simfonijski orkestar, do klavirskog koncerta i vokalno-instrumentalnih dela. Značajan deo njegovih kompozicija nastao je kao porudžbina i u saradnji sa institucijama kao što su Ujedinjene Nacije, NASA, Vatikan, Jad Vašem, Ruska Federacija ili Stejt Dipartment. Komponovao je muziku za pozorište, film, televiziju i internacionalna sportska takmičenja, a veliki broj važnih jubileja širom planete obeležavan je upravo izvođenjima Simićevih kompozicija. Osnovao je autorski ansambl Aleksandar Simić i Serafimi 2005. godine, postavivši njihove koncerte na repertoar velike scene Narodnog pozorišta u Beogradu. Od tada, različite verzije ovog ansambla, pod istim imenom, su u saradnji sa lokalnim muzičarima nastajale i u drugim sredinama, poput Njujorka, Londona, Petrograda, Lisabona, Torina, Hamburga ili Delhija.

Pored muzičkog, publici je dobro poznat i po svom društvenom angažmanu. Već godinama je portparol i aktivista humanitarnog fonda Svetlost, koji je u Srbiji poveo kampanje poput Sigurne ženske kuće ili Nacionalne kampanje za pomoć slepima, a kao pokretač projekta Note iz Srca (kampanje za besplatne kulturne sadržaje posvećene starima, siromašnima i hendikepiranima), održao je na desetine koncerata, koji su usmeravali pažnju zajednice i nadležnih institucija na sistematsko rešavanje problema ugroženih grupa. Član je upravnog odbora fondacije Pave the Way iz Njujorka i organizacije East West Bridge sa sedištem u Beogradu. Od 2007. godine sarađuje sa Centrom Simon Vizental i kancelarijom Tužilaštva za ratne zločine u Republici Srbiji u okviru operacije Poslednja Šansa. Od 2010. godine, njegova saradnja sa Ujedinjenim Nacijama obuhvatila je na desetine inicijativa u domenu kulture, ljudskih prava, međureligijskog dijaloga, zaštite prirodne sredine i mirovnog aktivizma, kroz niz različitih struktura ove organizacije, od Generalne Skupštine, preko agencija i inicijativa UN, poput Alijanse Civilizacija, Uneskoa, Rio+20 ili Svetske Zdravstvene Organizacije do kancelarije Generalnog Sekretara.

Aleksandar Simić

Opus Aleksandra Simića obuhvata veliki broj dela za sve standardne ansamble – od muzike za solo instrumente uz pratnju klavira, preko tria, kvarteta, horske muzike, muzike za gudački i simfonijski orkestar, do klavirskog koncerta i vokalno-instrumentalnih dela. Značajan deo njegovih kompozicija nastao je kao porudžbina i u saradnji sa institucijama kao što su Ujedinjene Nacije, NASA, Vatikan, Jad Vašem, Ruska Federacija ili Stejt Dipartment. Komponovao je muziku za pozorište, film, televiziju i internacionalna sportska takmičenja, a veliki broj važnih jubileja širom planete obeležavan je upravo izvođenjima Simićevih kompozicija. Osnovao je autorski ansambl Aleksandar Simić i Serafimi 2005. godine, postavivši njihove koncerte na repertoar velike scene Narodnog pozorišta u Beogradu. Od tada, različite verzije ovog ansambla, pod istim imenom, su u saradnji sa lokalnim muzičarima nastajale i u drugim sredinama, poput Njujorka, Londona, Petrograda, Lisabona, Torina, Hamburga ili Delhija.

Pored muzičkog, publici je dobro poznat i po svom društvenom angažmanu. Već godinama je portparol i aktivista humanitarnog fonda Svetlost, koji je u Srbiji poveo kampanje poput Sigurne ženske kuće ili Nacionalne kampanje za pomoć slepima, a kao pokretač projekta Note iz Srca (kampanje za besplatne kulturne sadržaje posvećene starima, siromašnima i hendikepiranima), održao je na desetine koncerata, koji su usmeravali pažnju zajednice i nadležnih institucija na sistematsko rešavanje problema ugroženih grupa. Član je upravnog odbora fondacije Pave the Way iz Njujorka i organizacije East West Bridge sa sedištem u Beogradu. Od 2007. godine sarađuje sa Centrom Simon Vizental i kancelarijom Tužilaštva za ratne zločine u Republici Srbiji u okviru operacije Poslednja Šansa. Od 2010. godine, njegova saradnja sa Ujedinjenim Nacijama obuhvatila je na desetine inicijativa u domenu kulture, ljudskih prava, međureligijskog dijaloga, zaštite prirodne sredine i mirovnog aktivizma, kroz niz različitih struktura ove organizacije, od Generalne Skupštine, preko agencija i inicijativa UN, poput Alijanse Civilizacija, Uneskoa, Rio+20 ili Svetske Zdravstvene Organizacije do kancelarije Generalnog Sekretara.