Andreas Ottensamer

Austrian clarinetist and one of the best in the world, Andreas Ottensamer, will perform in the City Hall on 13 January together with the Novi Sad Chamber Orchestra Camerata Novi Sad, under the baton of conductor Darko Butorac. The concert starts at 10 p.m.

Andreas Ottensamer charmed the audience and critics with his outstanding performance and versatility as a clarinetist, artistic director and conductor. As a clarinet soloist, he has performed in major concert halls around the world with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the London Philharmonic.

In addition to the concert in Novi Sad, as part of the opening ceremony of the European Capital of Culture and Doček 7530, Andreas Ottensamer will have several significant events in the 2021/22 season, including Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto as a guest soloist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, Brahms Sonata no. 1 with the Musikkollegium Winterthur, performing the New World Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas and a solo recital at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Since 2011, he has been the first clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Camerata Novi Sad starts a new concert season with a performance with Andreas. In the new season, they will collaborate with many significant names of the music scene such as cellist Ksenija Janković, composer and percussionist Nebojša Živković, violinist Simone Lamsma, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, and many others. In addition to this, in 2022, Camerata will continue the Carmina Burana project with the great Stefan Milenković.

Tighter Control of the Epidemiological Measures

All programmes within Doček 7530 were adapted in accordance with the epidemiological measures, so from the beginning, the planned concert capacities were limited throughout the ticket sales. As a result, the ‘Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture’ Foundation is taking over the initiative to implement additional measures and to tighten control over compliance with the said measures. Therefore, as a first measure, the Foundation recommended postponing 60 per cent of the concerts, while the tightened control will be present at the concerts that are directly produced by the Foundation. Further, the capacities of the concerts that will be realized are only filled up to 50 per cent, and even less, at certain locations. Along with the tickets, the visitors will be required to submit either a green certificate, an antigen test not older than 48 hours or a PCR test not older than 72 hours.

In accordance with the current epidemiological measures, it will be necessary to wear masks and maintain distance at the event itself.

Free testing at two sites will be provided for the visitors.

For all the visitors who do not have a green certificate, an antigen, or a PCR test, two sites for free testing will be provided on 13 January at these two locations:

• In the centre of Novi Sad, in Liberty Square (Trg Slobode) on 13 January from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.
• Inside of the City Concert Hall (Cara Lazara Boulevard 67) on 13 January from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.