Južne vesti: Children's and Youth Choir “Branko” wins the Grand Prix in Hajnówka
The Children's and Youth Choir of the Choral Society “Branko” won the Grand Prix and was declared the overall winner of the International Orthodox Festival “Hajnówka Days of Church Music” in Poland, competing against 30 choirs from nine countries - among them Poland, Montenegro, Moldova, India and Ukraine.
The choir performed on 15 May, and the awards were presented on 16 May. Conductor Jovana Mikić also received the award for the festival's best conductor, and the winning choir's performance closed the festival in the Cathedral in Hajnówka. The ceremony was attended by church dignitaries, representatives of the Polish Ministry of Culture and the Serbian ambassador to Poland.
The choir set out on this journey with the blessing of Archbishop and Metropolitan Arsenije of Niš, and during its stay in Poland it also sang at the Holy Liturgy in the Monastery of St Onuphrius in Jabłeczna. In the Society, this result is rightly called a historic success.
Source: Južne vesti
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