EVENTS - Mokranjac days

Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac is one of the most important Serbian composers to this day. He was born in Negotin in 1856, died in 1914 in Skopje. His temporal and spiritual quire compositions are interwoven in the cultural and musical heritage of our country and became part of history and everyday music practices. Famous 15th windrow (collection of songs), which the author composed from 1883 to 1909 - are among the top achievements of serbian music, and represent the type of quire suite inspired by folklore of different regions southslavian region. The most popular windrow are VI (dedicated to Hajduk Veljko) and X (the theme of Biljana Platno Belese), which will later serve as inspiration to Jovan Hristić for the ballet "Legend of Ohrid".  

Each September, from the year 1966 the festival of music in memory of the greatest Serbian composer Stevan Stojanovic Mokranac is taking place in Negotin. The first time is the initial part of the festival was marked mainly by folklore events. It was a set of amateur foklor groups, which have previously, through competition and eliminations took the honor to take the part in Mokranjac days .

At this festival played most famous musicians from Serbia and from the territory of former Yugoslavia, but also many world-renowned pianist and quires. Competition in singing quire is a crown of Mokranjac days. In the spirit of supporting the festival, are a number of exhibitions of pictures, book promotions, Lectures, and trips to tourist destinations of “Negotinska Krajina”. Sponsor of the event is the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia.