Culture in turmoil: Belgrade fights for freedom of art and minutes of commemoration!

Culture in turmoil: Belgrade fights for freedom of art and minutes of commemoration!

In Belgrade, the cultural scene is on fire! At the weekend, the student protests broke out into a massive demonstration, which is due to the tragic collapse of a station vordach in Novi Sad on November 1 of the previous year, in which 15 people died. The public anger is based primarily against the widespread corruption, which is considered one of the main causes for this tragedy. The Belgrader Philharmonie is in the crisis and is guided interimized by a mechanical engineer-a fact that puts the cultural identity of Serbia in danger, such as vienna.at reported.

The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra steps on the strike in a further turn of events. This is done in parallel with a broader strike in cultural institutions across Belgrade, including ethnographic and historical museums, which will arise from March 17th to 19th for the concerns of the students. The friends of culture are calling for a higher budget, the protection of cultural heritage and depoliticization of the cultural institutions such as "https://vreme.com/de/kultura/strajkovi-kulturi-filharmonija-ulazi-nedelju-a-tu-i-muzeji/"> vreme.com. The Philharmonie urgently calls on to improve its financial situation and demand the tender of the director's post - a signal that is more than a simple call for change.

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While the National Theater Orchestra ended its strike, the mood remains tense. The sample of the opera "Rigoletto" planned for Monday was canceled because many members have to deal with fear due to the protests. The President of the Union of Serbia's music artists, Boris Postovnik, suggests that the larger demands for salary increases and health checks are now hanging in the floating, depending on the Ministry of Culture and Finance. This situation underpins the deep crack that runs through the Serbian cultural landscape and desperately demands solutions.