 he Cathedral Choir "St.George" of Novi Sad follows the rich tradition of Serbian church-singing societies from the region of Backa and Novi Sad, particularly the Cathedral Choir of Novi Sad (1939-1946) which ranked among the best choirs in the Serbian Orthodox Church when it was on the top of its career. The activities of the new Cathedral Choir started in 1987, when the Novi Sad Orthodox Church Commune became its patron. In October 1992, the ensemble was named "St. George". Members of the choir are pupils and students of music and amateur singers with certain experience in choral singing. Taking after the work concept of the above mentioned pre-war society, we would like "each liturgy in the Cathedral church to be a spiritual concert as well".The choir's current repertoire consists of Serbian, Russian and Bulgarian spiritual vocal music of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, but also compositions from the older tradition: Byzantine, Serbian medieval and later monophonic and Russian polyphonic music of the 17th century. Along with cultivating all forms of Orthodox church music, the choir is trying to stimulate Yugoslav composers to revive this musical genre by new works.
In addition to regular participation in services in the Cathedral church "St. George" with the blessing of His Eminence bishop of Backa Dr. Irinej Bulovic, this choir appears in many municipal and national events significant for the expansion of the Christian Orthodox and national culture
ogdan Djakovic (Novi Sad, 1966), musicologist and choir
conductor graduated from the Faculty of Music, Belgrade, Musicology Department. He
received his Master's Degree from Novi Sad Arts Academy on the item "Development of |
choral singing in Novi Sad
between the two world wars, 1914-1941". His research in the history of Serbian music
focused on the development of the Orthodox church music in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Following a number of years of choral singing in several renowned Serbian and Yugoslav
choral ensembles, he founded the church singing society "St.Stephen of Decani"
and afterwards the Cathedral choir "St.George", 1987 in Novi Sad, and currently
conducting the latter. Since 1994, Djakovic has been an assistant professor at the
Musicology Department of the Novi Sad Arts Academy..