Organized by the Serbian Orthodox Church Municipality of Kotor and the Serbian Choir Society “Jedinstvo” (1839) Kotor, a concert by the Polish Church Music Ensemble “Warslavia” from Warsaw was held last night in the Church of St. Nicholas in the Kotor Old Town.

Conducted by Miloš Bogić, the program included Orthodox sacred music by Polish and Serbian composers: Pavel Konkol, Dmitri Bortniansky, Pavel Lukashevsky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Isaiah the Srbin, Marko Tajčević, Irina Bogdanović, Romuald Twardowski, Karol Szymanowski, Stanislav Binički and Pavel Česnokov.

“The Varslavija Choir operates alongside the Orthodox Music Center in Warsaw, next to the Metropolis of Warsaw, the autocephalous Polish Orthodox Church. In the choir, we try to, since I am half Serb, cherish the Serbian tradition in Poland. This year, thanks to the existence of the Polish Institute in Belgrade, we had the opportunity to come to the Music Edict Festival in Niš,” Miloš Bogić, conductor of the Varslavija Church Music Ensemble, told us.
The invitation to hold a concert in Montenegro came from the Serbian Singing Society Jedinstvo from Kotor.
"With the material of Polish and Serbian spiritual music, we have come to show the existence of Polish Orthodox art in Serbia and Montenegro. Here in Poland, we are trying to show the spiritual heritage of other countries. This is also an opportunity for us to visit the city of Kotor, Montenegro, to get to know your SPD Jedinstvo better, with which we have only been in an online connection so far," said Bogić, announcing the deepening of friendship and cooperation with the Kotor choir.
At the end, the choir sang the Hymn to St. Sava, the patron and glory of the SPD Jedinstvo (1839) Kotor, but also to the holiday on which our interlocutor, the conductor of the Church Music Ensemble "Varslavija", Miloš Bogić, was born, who said that he feels it is his duty to be the ambassador of St. Sava in Poland.
CHURCH MUSIC ENSEMBLE “WARSLAWIJA” – WARSAW, POLAND
The Church Music Ensemble “Warslawija” was founded in October 2016. In cooperation with the Center for Orthodox Culture in Warsaw, through educational, concert and phonographic activities, it presents the achievements of Eastern Christian spiritual singing. Warslawija is the winner of the Grand Prix award at the 43rd International Festival of Church Music in Hajnow and the silver diploma at the International Choir Competition Cante Gaudeamus in Bialystok. During its eight-year activity, the ensemble performed, among others, at the Warsaw Music Encounters Festival, the Łódź Philharmonic Festival Colors of Poland, as well as in the World of Master Beksinski concert series. In 2022, it recorded a fragment of music for the film March 68 by director Krzysztof Langa. For many years, on the night between August 18 and 19, the ensemble has participated in the celebration of the Transfiguration of the Lord on the Holy Mountain of Grabarka, singing during the Holy Liturgy. The Warsaw Church Music Ensemble has released three albums: From Bethlehem Newspapers – which contains Orthodox Christmas hymns and songs, The Voice of My Cry – which contains Orthodox hymns of the Lenten Triodion. On November 30, 2024, the third album of the Warsaw Church Music Ensemble – I Praise God – spiritual music by Polish and Serbian composers was released. The album was released by DUX Recording Producers with the support of the Polish Institute in Belgrade.
MILOŠ BOGIĆ, CONDUCTOR OF THE “WARSLAVIA” CHURCH MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Sound director and choir conductor of Polish-Serbian origin. He graduated with honors from the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Assistant at the Department of Sound Direction at the Conservatory of the same name. He has been involved in music and church singing since childhood. He graduated from the Summer School of Orthodox Church Singing in Memory of Cornelius in Sremski Karlovy Vary (2008, 2009) and the Academy of Church Music in St. Petersburg (Russia, 2015). His professional work primarily involves sound post-production in films. As a sound director, he has also made numerous recordings of choral music, including the Chopin University Chamber Choir Drrrum dana dam – Polish Songs From Kurpie (DUX, 2018) and the Warsaw Boys’ Choir Stanisław Morito – In memoriam, which were nominated for the Fryderyk Prize of the Polish Phonographic Academy in 2020 and 2021.
(Source- Musicedict)