44th NIS MUSIC FESTIVAL
With the performance of the Nis Symphony Orchestra under the conductor of the band Svilen Simeonov and virtuoso on the violin Mario Hossen, the 44th Nis Music Festival – NIMUS was opened last night. The first festival evening featured the works by Beethoven, Mascgni, Rossini and, of course, Paganini, who is also the favorite author of the famous Austrian violinist of Bulgarian origin. The festival was officially opened by the artistic director of this year’s NIMUS and the director of the Nis Symphony Orchestra Mr. Svetozar Vezenkovic and the Secretary of the City Administration for Culture and Information Mr. Nebojsa Stevanović, who pointed out that the Nis music festival had been for almost half a century one of the cultural symbols of Nis and the City of Nis, because of such festival, had the opportunity to host some of the greatest names of the world music scene. Otherwise, this year’s NIMUS will last until November 7th.