A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Dimitrije Vasiljević u Karnegi Holu

Dimitrije Vasiljević, nagradjivani pijanista i kompozitor iz Beograda, održace solistički klavirski koncert u čuvenom Karnegi Holu u Njujorku 24. marta u 20h na kom će predstaviti svoje kompozicije kroz koje se provlače motivi Balkana pomešani sa evropskim džezom.

Na koncertu će premijerno biti izvedena i kompozicija „Wardenclyffe” inspirisana i posvećena Nikoli Tesli za koju je u januaru ove godine dobio priznanje Tesla Naučne Fondacije iz Filadelfije za očuvanje lika i dela Nikole Tesle kroz muziku.

Kompozicija „Wardenclyffe” će predstavljati jednu od nosećih numera na Vasiljevićevom novom klavirskom albumu „Metaphor" („Metafora") koji se očekuje sredinom godine.

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Vasiljević je po završetku Fakulteta muzičke umetnosti u Beogradu, diplomirao i na prestižnom Berklee College of Music u Bostonu a nedavno je završio i magistarske studije na New York University gde je uporedo radio i kao profesor džeza.

Informacije o koncertu mozete naći na ovom link-u: http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2014/3/24/0800/PM/Dimitrije-Vasiljevic-Jazz-Piano/

Poslusajte Dimitrija na ovom link-u: www.youtube.com/user/dimmypiano, a vise o njemu saznajte na: www.dimitrijevasiljevic.com


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Paja Jovanović

Pavle "Paja" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле "Паја" Јовановић; June 16, 1859 – November 30, 1957) was a Serbian Realist painter. He is considered one of Serbia's greatest academic painters. His most famous and recognizable paintings are the Serbian Migrations, the Crowning of Stefan Dušan, the Takovo Uprising, Cockfighting, Decorating of the Bride, and the Fencing Lesson. He also painted many famous portraits. His works can be found in many European museums across the continent.

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In the Mirror

A Collection of Iconographic Essays and Illustrations

By Fr. Stamatis Skliris

The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America is pleased to announce the publication of an outstanding book by Fr. Stamatis Skliris, a disciple of the great twentieth-century theologians Archimandrite Justin Popovich and Bishop Athanasius Yevtich. Fr. Stamatis is a parish priest in Athens and is renowned as an iconographer and as a writer and lecturer on Byzantine iconography.

In the Mirror is the second of a planned collection of works of contemporary theologians. It is an anthology of Fr. Stamatis’ articles which have appeared in Greek and Serbian. In it, he combines adherence to the teachings of the Church Fathers with a vibrant expression of faith through the experience of Christ in the Church. The book is adorned with more than 200 striking icons and illustrations by Fr. Stamatis.

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