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The Montenegro Youth Orchestra playing on an open-air stage by the sea at dawn, the audience sitting on the sand

Montenegro Youth Orchestra

Crnogorski orkestar mladih · since 2018

  • Founded 2018
  • Premiere concert 10 Aug 2018
  • Member of the European Orchestra Federation

About the orchestra

The Montenegro Youth Orchestra was founded in 2018 within the Association of Young Artists of Montenegro. It works actively in contemporary art and explores new forms of art music. It has commissioned and premiered more than ten contemporary works, making a significant contribution to the development and recognition of contemporary art music in Montenegro.

It has performed in Germany, Luxembourg, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as at many festivals in Montenegro. It is a member of the European Orchestra Federation.

Founded by
Association of Young Artists of Montenegro
Founded
2018, Podgorica
Premiere concert
10 August 2018, Podgorica
Conductor
Igor Pejović
Performed in
Montenegro, Germany, Luxembourg, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
EOFed
member of the European Orchestra Federation

In concert

  • A conductor with raised arms on a beach stage at dusk, the audience sitting on the sand before him, drums and a musician in the foreground
  • The orchestra’s musicians standing in a line on stage beneath a lighting rig, the audience in darkness in the foreground
  • The orchestra in a theatre hall with boxes, above it a white stage set and a figure on a rope in blue light
  • The conductor and orchestra in stage haze before a set with pink-lit columns, seen from the balcony
  • A conductor gesturing to the strings of a chamber ensemble on a bare stage, black and white photograph
  • Violinists seen from behind under spotlights, a man with a raised arm and the audience in the haze beyond, black and white photograph

Selected videos

Concert recordings and concert videos by the orchestra.

The orchestra playing on the beach in Ulcinj at dawn, the audience seated around

Concert at Dawn

Young Artists Festival, Velika plaža, Ulcinj, 9 August 2025.

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Mirko Škarica and the orchestra on stage in blue light

The Stranger Within

Young Artists Festival 25, Podgorica, 28 February 2025. Mirko Škarica, author and soloist; conducted by Igor Pejović.

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Title frame of the Hymn of Love video: lettering over the open sea

Hymn of Love: Gospoda Glembajevi and the Montenegro Youth Orchestra

Young Artists Festival, Velika plaža, Ulcinj, August 2025.

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Igor Pejović with his violin in half-light, a still from the Nocturno video

Milivoje Pićurić: Nocturno

For violin, orchestra and electronics. Igor Pejović, violin. Concert video, 2020.

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The orchestra’s strings on the Zetski dom stage

Iannis Xenakis: Aroura

Zetski dom, Cetinje, February 2020. Conducted by Igor Pejović.

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The conductor in black conducting with his hands, musicians blurred in the foreground

Jean Sibelius: Impromptu No. 5 and 6, Op. 5

The orchestra’s official video. Conducted by Igor Pejović.

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The conductor with raised arms in front of the strings in Freiburg

Carola Bauckholt: Balsam

E-WERK, Freiburg, 20 March 2022. Conducted by Igor Pejović.

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The orchestra in the half-dark Kolektor space

Steve Reich: Different Trains

Kolektor, Podgorica, 18 May 2021. Soloist Milica Lalošević.

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Conductor

Igor Pejović, violinist, was born in Podgorica in 1995. He graduated from the Music Academy in Cetinje at the age of 18 and earned his master’s degree at the Royal Academy in Mons, Belgium. He received his Artist Diploma from the Richard Wagner Conservatory in Vienna, in the class of Igor Petruševski.

He took part in masterclasses with Julia Fischer, Michail Kopelman, Anton Martynov and others. He has won first prizes at international and national competitions and has performed in concert halls in Milan, Paris, Vienna, Brussels and other cities. He is one of the founders of AYAM and a member of the Rotaract Club Podgorica.

Igor Pejović conducting the orchestra with open arms, a city stage set behind him in red light

Concerts

The orchestra’s performances and the association’s events, 2018–2026: 25 events.

2026 (2 events)

  1. Eco-opera “Pasija po Steli”: Rambo Amadeus and the Montenegro Youth Orchestra

    Velika plaža, Ulcinj · opening of the Young Artists Festival · 20:00

    • Festival

  2. Concert for 20 years of restored independence

    Doclea archaeological site, Podgorica · 20:30

2025 (3 events)

  1. Concert at Dawn

    Velika plaža, Ušće, Ulcinj · Young Artists Festival

    • Festival
    • Video
    Video
    The orchestra playing on the beach in Ulcinj at dawn, the audience seated around

  2. Hymn of Love: Gospoda Glembajevi and the Montenegro Youth Orchestra

    Velika plaža, Ulcinj · Young Artists Festival

    • Festival
    • Video
    Video
    Title frame of the Hymn of Love video: lettering over the open sea

  3. The Stranger Within, with Mirko Škarica

    Military hangar, Zagorič, Podgorica · Young Artists Festival 25

    • Festival
    • Video
    Video
    Mirko Škarica and the orchestra on stage in blue light

2024 (3 events)

  1. Conference “Contemporary Music in Montenegro”

    DODEST hall, KIC Budo Tomović, Podgorica · 19:00

    • Conference
    • Project

  2. Max Richter: The Four Seasons, Belgrade premiere

    Drugstore club, Belgrade · Young Artists Festival

    • Festival
    • Premiere

  3. Performance at the Young Artists Festival 24

    Young Artists Festival 24

    • Festival
    The orchestra’s strings on stage in coloured light, the audience in front

2023 (1 event)

  1. The Montenegro Youth Orchestra in Luxembourg

    Hotel Le Royal, Luxembourg

2022 (5 events)

  1. Sounds of Montenegro: concerts in Ulcinj, Berane and Tuzi

    Palata Venecija, Ulcinj (22 Sep) · Polimski Museum, Berane (23 Sep) · KIC Malesija, Tuzi (27 Sep)

    • Project

  2. The Stranger Within (premiere)

    Croatian National Theatre, Split · conductor Veton Marevci

    date and details being verified

    • Premiere

  3. Three Nations Festival (EARPIECE)

    Lecce (Italy) · conductor Giovanni Pellegrini

    • Project
    • Festival

  4. Milivoje Pićurić: Intro for a Concert at Titex

    Music Centre of Montenegro, Chamber Hall, Podgorica

    • Video
    Video
    The orchestra playing in a circle in the Chamber Hall of the Music Centre of Montenegro, the audience around it

  5. Interactions II: The Montenegro-Freiburg Project

    E-WERK, Freiburg (Germany) · 20:00

    • Premiere
    • Video
    Igor Pejović conducting the orchestra in the E-WERK hall in Freiburg, black and white photograph

2021 (3 events)

  1. Opening of the KotorArt festival

    St Tryphon’s Cathedral Square, Kotor · conductor Robert Homen

    date and details being verified

    • Festival

  2. Steve Reich: Different Trains

    Kolektor, Podgorica

    • Premiere
    • Video
    Video
    The orchestra’s strings in half-light during Different Trains

  3. A feature on the orchestra on Russia-Kultura TV

    Television, with Pićurić’s Nocturno

    • TV
    • Video
    Video

2020 (4 events)

  1. The Mozart Project: radio drama released

    YouTube

    • Project
    • Video

  2. Beethoven: Eternal Inspiration (KotorArt)

    St Tryphon’s Cathedral Square, Kotor · 22:00

    • Festival
    • Premiere

  3. Nocturno at Zetski dom

    Zetski dom Royal Theatre, Cetinje · 20:00

    • Video
    Igor Pejović playing the violin in front of the orchestra at Zetski dom, February 2020

  4. Concert: Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Xenakis, Pićurić

    Bijelo Polje Cultural Centre, main hall · 20:00

2019 (1 event)

  1. Premiere of Pićurić’s Nocturno at the Young Artists Festival 19

    Berane Cultural Centre · soloist Igor Pejović, violin · 20:00

    • Festival
    • Premiere

2018 (3 events)

  1. Art of Sharing: Bach for Europe

    Old Town Museum, Ulcinj · 21:00

    • Festival
    The orchestra playing against the stone wall of the Old Town Museum in Ulcinj, the audience in front

  2. Eros, Blood and Holiness: a multimedia exhibition

    Biljarda, Cetinje · 20:00

    • Exhibition

  3. The orchestra’s premiere: Humanitarian Gala Concert

    Špiro Mugoša sports airfield hangar, Podgorica

    • Premiere
    • Video
    The Montenegro Youth Orchestra at its premiere concert in Podgorica, the conductor in front of the strings