{"id":11475,"date":"2026-05-16T16:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/izvestaj\/oda-radosti-za-skolarce-putovanje-kroz-svet-muzike\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:45:44","slug":"oda-radosti-za-skolarce-putovanje-kroz-svet-muzike","status":"publish","type":"izvestaj","link":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/izvestaj\/oda-radosti-za-skolarce-putovanje-kroz-svet-muzike\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOde to Joy\u201d Brings Classical Music Closer to Children Across Southern Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"

As he explains the difference between a violin and a viola, Igor Aleksi\u0107<\/strong>, a professor at the Faculty of Arts in Ni\u0161, manages to keep the full attention of primary school pupils gathered at the Centre for Professional Development in Education in Leskovac.<\/p>\n

This interactive educational approach, which actively engages children through a guided concert format, was successfully repeated a few days later at the Cultural Centre in Prokuplje and the Public Library in Pirot. Between engaging lessons about musical instruments and the history of music, some of the most talented students of the Faculty of Arts in Ni\u0161\u2014soloist Marica Stankovi\u0107<\/strong> and violinists Tadija and Lazar Mutavd\u017ei\u0107<\/strong>\u2014performed some of the most renowned works of classical music.<\/p>\n

Ode to Joy<\/em> is a programme<\/strong> that successfully complements music education for younger primary school students. Children learned who Beethoven was and why he composed the melody that later became the Anthem of Europe, how string instruments function on the inside, and why a violin sounds different from a viola. Through a \u201cmusical journey through time,\u201d they were introduced to the evolution of music-listening technologies\u2014from radio sets and gramophones to compact discs and today\u2019s streaming services. The children were encouraged to approach the instruments, ask questions, and actively participate.<\/p>\n

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The young musicians\u2019 repertoire included some of the most celebrated pieces of classical music, such as Beethoven\u2019s Ode to Joy<\/em>, Mozart\u2019s Eine kleine Nachtmusik<\/em>, Brahms\u2019s Hungarian Dance No. 5<\/em>, and Strauss\u2019s The Blue Danube<\/em>. For many of the several hundred children who attended, it was their first opportunity to experience a classical music concert, learn about concert etiquette, and discover more about the history and characteristics of string instruments.<\/p>\n

The impact of the programme was evident throughout the performances. In conversations following the concerts, teachers, educators, and parents stressed the importance of such initiatives in communities where children rarely have the opportunity to attend cultural events. According to Aleksi\u0107, the programme also established direct cooperation between local cultural institutions, primary schools, and Europe House Ni\u0161, with the aim of continuing and expanding this collaboration to other cities across southern Serbia.<\/p>\n

The project was implemented as part of the Europe House Ni\u0161 programme during Europe Month<\/strong><\/a>, which is organised each year by the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As he explains the difference between a violin and a viola, Igor Aleksi\u0107, a professor at the Faculty of Arts in Ni\u0161, manages to keep the full attention of primary school pupils gathered at the Centre for Professional Development in Education in Leskovac. This interactive educational approach, which actively engages children through a guided concert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11473,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11475","izvestaj","type-izvestaj","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"Grad":"Ni\u0161","Vreme":"20260516","vreme_zavrsetka":"20260516","test_ripiter":null,"Kategorija":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/izvestaj\/11475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/izvestaj"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/izvestaj"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/izvestaj\/11475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11478,"href":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/izvestaj\/11475\/revisions\/11478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evropskakuca.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}