Mixed Choir “Šumatovac”
Aleksinac, Serbia
Milena Injac - conductor
Competition Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Capricciata a tre voci / Capricciata in three voices | Adriano Banchieri (1567-1634) | Adriano Banchieri (1567-1634) |
| Ninje otpušaješi / Release me, Lord | Aleksandr Archangelsky (1846-1924) | Russian orthodox |
| VIII rukovet / Eight Garland | Stevan St. Mokranjac (1856-1914) | Serbian |
| Con el Vito / With joy | Manuel Massoti Little (1915-1999) | Andalusian |
| Kak paidu… / When I go… | arr. A. V. Sveshnikov (1890-1980) | Russian |
| Makedonsko oro / Macedonian dance | Todor Skalovski (1909-2004) | Todor Skalovski (1909-2004) |
Mixed choir “Šumatovac” was founded in 1887 in Aleksinac, on the tenth anniversary of the Battle on Šumatovac. It was named “Aleksinacka Pevacka druzina Šumatovac”. After a long break during the First and Second World War, the choir started working again in 1974 under the name “Amateur choir Sumatovac”. However, faced with financial and other difficulties, it stopped working in 1986.
In 2005 music lovers of choral singing renewed the choir under the name “Mixed choir Šumatovac”. Its repertoire includes secular and sacred music by local and foreign composers, as well as productions of popular tunes with instrumental accompaniment. It is made of amateurs and people of different professional orientations, but all are true enthusiasts and lovers of choral music. Since the renewal, the choir has had traditional New Year’s concerts in Aleksinac, with this year’s gala concert marking 125 years since the foundation of the choir.
In April 2008, the choir performed in the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Belgrade, representing its home town and tradition. In July 2008, it won the first prize for the performance of spiritual music at the 1st Orthodox music festival in Nis. In 2008, “Šumatovac” participated in the Ohrid Choir Festival, where it got high marks for the performance of choral music. In 2010, the choir performed at the Orthodox music festival in Nis and it won a special award for performing spiritual music.
Milena Injac, MA (1969), graduated conducting from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade in 1992, in the class of Professor Stanko Sepic. She finished her MA studies at the same faculty in 1996, in the class of Professor Darinka Matic-Marovic. She teaches Orchestra as an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts, University of Nis and she conducts the chamber orchestra "Concertante." She also has conducted the International Symphony Orchestra in Spain and Rusisia. Her concert activities include instrumental, vocal and vocal - instrumental music.
Aleksinac is an old and small town in the south east part of Serbia located on the river South Morava, 250 km south from Belgrade.There is a Cultural Center with amateur theatre, cinema, folklore, children and a mixed choir.
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