LEDAMUS in Leskovac: Trio Corda Opens, Rita Kinka Closes
The 18th Leskovac Music Days festival starts tomorrow, October 14, with eight announced concerts at five venues and free admission. Sources differ on the end date.
The Corda piano trio opens the 18th Leskovac Music Days festival, known as LEDAMUS, tomorrow, October 14, in the Ceremonial Hall of the City of Leskovac, and pianist Rita Kinka closes the program on November 4. The concert schedule was published today, and admission to every performance is free.
What is on the LEDAMUS program in Leskovac?
The festival runs for three weeks and brings together chamber ensembles, vocal groups and an accordionist. Announcements also mention workshops for pianists and a panel on the role of music in preserving national culture. The dates of the workshops and the panel have not been published, and neither have the start times of the concerts.
The concerts named in the announcements run in this order:
- October 14: the Corda piano trio opens the festival in the Ceremonial Hall of the City of Leskovac
- October 15: the Amoroso Chamber Orchestra with flutist Dejan Gavric
- October 22: the Novi Sad Wind Quintet
- October 28: the vocal group Libero at the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God (Odzaklija)
- October 29: the “Let’s sing” concert with the Stars Female Vocal Ensemble and the Zvezdice City Children’s Choir
- October 31: a concert by accordionist Miodrag Djordjevic
- November 3: a jazz concert, performer not named
- November 4: the closing concert by pianist Rita Kinka
Where are the LEDAMUS concerts held?
The program is not tied to a single stage. According to the announcement, concerts and accompanying events will take place in the Ceremonial Hall of the City of Leskovac, the Leskovac Cultural Center, the “Stanislav Binicki” Music School, the National Theater and the Odzaklija church. The announcements do not say which concert is held in which of these five venues, except for the opening in the Ceremonial Hall and the Libero performance in the church.
Libero’s appearance at Odzaklija is the only one in the schedule placed in a church. Juzne vesti report that the Corda trio opens in the Ceremonial Hall of the City of Leskovac. Resetka adds that admission is free to all concerts, including those in the church, the theater and the music school.
Why do the sources disagree on when the festival ends?
Two announcements of the same festival give different end dates. Juzne vesti say LEDAMUS runs from October 14 to November 5, while Resetka writes that the festival ends on November 4. The schedule published by Juzne vesti has no concert set for November 5, and the last item on the list is Rita Kinka’s performance a day earlier. Both sources say the festival closes with a Rita Kinka concert on November 4, so that is the only closing date on which they agree. Whether any non-concert event takes place on November 5 cannot be determined from the published announcements.
