Festival Omladina
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| Genre | Pop, rock |
| Location(s) | Subotica, Serbia (Yugoslavia 1961 – 1990) |
| Years active | 1961 – 1990 2012 – present |
| Founded by | Mladost Society for Culture and Arts |
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| www.festivalomladina.com | |
Festival Omladina (trans. Youth Festival), also known as Omladinski festival, is a music festival held in Subotica, Serbia. The festival was founded in 1961 as a competition of young composers of popular music. Their compositions were performed by pop singers, but soon the performers of competing compositions became rock bands. In the 1970s, the non-competitive part, featuring established rock acts, was added to the program, and in the 1980s it became a competition of young rock bands. During the years, some of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav pop and rock scene performed on the festival.
In 1990, at the beginning of Breakup of Yugoslavia, the festival ceased to exist. In 2011 the festival anniversary was celebrated with a concert of famous acts who made their first steps on the festival, and in 2012 the festival was reestablished.
The festival was founded by the members of Mladost (Youth) Society for Culture and Arts, as a competition of young popular music composers. More than 120 compositions by composers from all parts of Yugoslavia were sent to the competition, 9 of which were chosen to be performed at the festival. The festival was held on December 4 and 5 in Subotica National Theatre. The songs were performed by young singers who were members of Mladost society. The youngest of them was six-year-old Evika Stražarković. The singers were accompanied by Mladost Brass and String Pop Orchestra conducted by Josip Kovač. The festival was recorded by Radio Belgrade.
About 120 compositions were sent to the contest, 10 of them chosen to be performed on the festival. They were performed by unaffirmed singers. The festival was held on November 17 and 18 in Subotica National Theatre. The jury featured Radio Television Belgrade journalists Žika Dimitrijević, Stevan Markićević and Aleksandar Korać, Mladost magazine journalist Gordana Jakovljević and Subotica city representatives Pavle Bačić and Josip Kovač. Each song was performed in two versions, by two different singers.
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