February 2009 Santa Barbara Delegation makes first visit to Kotor Montenegro.
(left to right): George Lilly, Denise Lilly, Alec Wilczynski, Ichak Adizes, Goran Milić and Linda Mathews.
February 2009 Santa Barbara Delegation makes first visit to Kotor Montenegro.
(left to right): George Lilly, Denise Lilly, Alec Wilczynski, Ichak Adizes, Goran Milić and Linda Mathews.
One of our most exciting exchanges to date was having members of the Santa Barbara Symphony travel to our Sister City Kotor, Montenegro to perform at the KotorArt 2024 International Music Festival. Santa Barbara Symphony conductor, Nir Kabaretti, along with the Symphony’s principal strings: Jessica Guideri (violin), Ina Vel (violin), Eric Rynearson (viola), and Trevor Handy (cello) were joined by featured violinist and former Symphony concertmaster, Gilles Apap.
Divino Restaurant steps in and offers Community Support for Los Angeles First Responders.
No electricity did not stop our own Goran Milić, owner of Divino Restaurant in Brentwood, to answer the call to help feed Los Angeles First Responders during the Pacific Palisades and Los Angeles fires. Goran, along with a team of volunteers, cooked and packed breakfast and lunch to help feed area Police and Fire departments and the National Guard stationed and protecting the area. The photos say it all. Thank you to Goran and his team!
For those that attended our ME&US Cultural Intertwining Concert in October 2022, at the Music Academy of the West, may remember Milutin Radulović, a talented young violinist from Montenegro who performed with five other young musicians from Santa Barbara and Montenegro.
His musical journey has further developed. He performed as soloist in front of the orchestra in Sarajevo. He passed the entrance exam in Hochschule für Musik Saar. He moved to Saarbrücken and is studying under the direction of professor Gordan Nikolić.