Wednesday, July 19, Assembly of the City of Belgrade at 8 PM
Concert of Jasmina Trumbetaš: Robert Schumann A WOMAN'S LOVE AND LIFE
JASMINA TRUMBETAŠ-PETROVIĆ, soprano, MARIJA JELIĆ, soprano, ZARIFA ALI-ZADE, piano

Jasmina Trumbetaš-Petrović, born in Belgrade, is a Serbian operatic soprano. She graduated in Slavic Studies from the Faculty of Philology. Along with Slavic Studies she studied singing with Professor Predrag Andrović and obtained her Master's degree with Professor Radmila Bakočević at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. In 2002 she was awarded the title of the leading opera singer at the National Theater in Belgrade. So far, she has played a number of leading roles as a soprano. She has held many concerts in Serbia and abroad. Her concert repertoire includes Verdi's Requiem, Dvorak's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Bruckner's Mass, Rachmaninoff's The Bells, Ksenija Zecevic’s Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Honegger's King David. For her artistic achievements she received a number of domestic and foreign awards.

Zarifa Ali-zade was born in Baku (Azerbaijan). She graduated from the U. Gadzhibekov State Conservatory in Baku and obtained a Master's degree at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. She performed as a soloist and a chamber musician in Azerbaijan, Russia, Serbia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Greece, France and other countries. As a soloist, she performed with the RTS Orchestra at the Composers' International Tribune with the work Duo simbolico of Milana Stojadinović-Milić. She collaborated with the distinguished musicians such as Nemanja Radulović, Marko Josifoski, Raphael Chretien (France), Galina Boyko (Russia), Jasmina Trumbetaš, Dunja Simić and many others. At the international Wienjawski-Lipinski Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin (Poland) she received a special award for the best piano collaboration. She participated at festivals such as BEMUS, NOMUS, NIMUS, Budva - City Theater. She is a full-time professor at the Piano Department of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.

Marija Jelić was born in Belgrade in 1993. She graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. In the secondary Мusic School Kosta Manojlović she studied flute and solo singing. She is the winner of the Dositej Award from the Young Talents Fund of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.