02.11.2012.

Night of Pavle Aksentijevic in Central Military Club

In the Central Military Club in Belgrade, the exhibition of Dragoslava Pavle Aksentijevic’s paintings "Before rest", followed by a concert of sacred music of "Zapis" in the main hall of the Central Military Club. 32 paintings of Pavle Aksentijevic will be exhibited until 15 Noveber made in the period since 2007 to 2012 and the entrance will be free of charge.

"Tonight's exhibition is the continuation of rich cooperation of Media Center “Odbrana” with renowned visual artists, and Dragoslav Aksentijevi? Paul, is definitely one of them. In addition to the picture settings, the Ceremonial Hall enjoy a concert of sacred music, which opens the season musical program in the Army, "said the director of MC" ODBRANA "Lieutenant Colonel Slavoljub Markovic who announced a rich art and musical season that the institution has prepared for the upcoming period, and continues for a guest appearance on Monday, the City Museum coming from.

"Remembering the limitations of earthly life various questions are raised. It is not difficult to give acceptable answers to more difficult questions. Although everyone knows they are still under the veil of mystery, and that is our choice. My strength is that despite everything I can express beauty and thus reinforce steadiness of faith in others, "said the artist, at the opening of the exhibition, adding that dealing with the art of the sublime and the unfamiliar required great dedication.

"When, at work, the artist happens go through enlightenment inside, it is a sign that he has stepped into the realm of creativity wand strives in his work confirmed only by the canon of artists that can exist in the art, a" said he said, speaking of art, the artist and the viewer artistic creation today, noting that the little tricks in artistic expression were the biggest danger for the artist, but also for anyone who wants to enjoy the arts.

The concert of sacred music, which is held after the opening in front of a large audience in the Central Military Club, began kratime, songs without words, which Mary is believed to have sung to Jesus to before bedtime. The second part of the music program was devoted to the subject melografskim records of Old Serbia, Kosovo and southern Serbia, the works of our fruitful musicologists and composers, from Stevan Mokranjca to Miodrag Vasiljevic. In the end, “Zapis" has performed the song "Mary, white kumrijo", after which the audience gave an encore two spiritual songs.

Dragoslav Pavle Aksentijevic was born in Belgrade in 1942. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. For his paintings he selected metaphysical themes, leaving the viewer to comprehend himself what is far away and unattainable. In addition to painting, he also deals with Serbian and ancient Byzantine music. This authentic seeker – restorer and performer of medieval music sound track, greatly contributed to the preservation and presentation of Serbian and Byzantine musical legacy. He has performed in numerous concerts at home and abroad, with the humming (ison) of a smaller male vocal ensemble (up to five members).

In September 1988 he received his first award for the interpretation of Byzantine chant at the International Choir Festival in Karditsa (Greece), and in January 1990 he won the only prize of the festival in Moscow. He was awarded the prize of the Fund for the culture of the City of Belgrade for 1989, the Gold Medal of cultural and educational community of Serbia in 1990, award of the Innsbruck radio in 1990, the annual award of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia in 2000, the award of the Cultural and Educational Association of Belgrade "Golden Ring" in 2003, and the Vuk’s award in 2008.

The band "Zapis" was founded in 2000, with the aim to deal with Serbian folk music preserved to these days in the living oral tradition. Programmes of the band were made based on the melographic records of our musicologists from the area of Eastern and Southern Serbia and Kosovo and Metohia.