OCTOBER 27.
The Nis Symphony Orchestra Hall, 8pm
FUTURE STARS AT NIMUS
Performers:
Emilia Anastasijević Čikoš – violin, Serbia
Sora Lavorgna – violin, France
Cléa Lavorgna – violin, France
Gansuld Gan-Erdene – violin, Mongolia
Nataša Šarčević – piano, Serbia
PROGRAM
Eugène Ysaÿe / Saint-Saëns – Caprice-Étude (Waltz Form)
Henryk Wieniawski – Concert Polonaise, Op. 4 in D major
Pablo de Sarasate – Gypsy Melodies, Op. 20
Manuel de Falla – Spanish Dance from La Vida Breve
Dmitri Shostakovich – Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
Georg Philipp Telemann – Concerto for Four Violins No. 2 in D major
Sora Lavorgna
VIOLIN
Sora Lavorgna, born in 2013 in Grasse, France, with dual French and Japanese citizenship, began her musical journey at four in a Suzuki class at the Conservatory in Cannes. Since 2022, she has continued her education at the Conservatory in Nice with professor Pierre Bensaid and takes lessons with Margarita Guerchovitch in Monaco. She has attended masterclasses with musicians such as Olivier Charlier and Maxim Vengerov. She has won numerous awards, including the First Grand Prize at the „Arthur Grumiaux“ competition in 2022 and the First Absolute Prize at the Kocian Competition in 2024. She has performed with orchestras across Europe and plays a Scarampella violin from 1914.
Cléa Lavorgna
VIOLIN
Cléa Lavorgna, born in 2015 in Grasse, started playing the violin at three and a half at the Conservatory in Cannes. She currently studies with professor Pierre Bensaid in Nice and has begun orchestral training in Monaco. She has won first prizes at the Vatelot Rampal, Marie Cantagrill, Concorso Giovani Musicisti Città di Treviso, and FLAME competitions. She won second prize at the Kocian Competition in 2024 and 2025. She has performed with her sister Sora and the pianist Julien Cohen. In addition to the violin, she loves Japan, where she stayed for three months and learned to speak Japanese fluently.
Nataša Šarčević
PIANO
Nataša Šarčević, pianist, graduated from the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and completed postgraduate studies in Frankfurt and London. She has won numerous awards, including the „Olga Mihailović“ prize for the most talented piano student. She has performed with the Belgrade Philharmonic, the RTS Symphony Orchestra, and members of the English Chamber Orchestra. She founded the London concert series „A Night of Armenian, Serbian and Bulgarian Classical Music“ and teaches piano and chamber music at the London College of Music, as well as at the Mozart International Masterclasses in Italy.
Gansuld Gan-Erdene
VIOLIN
Gansuld Gan-Erdene, born on June 24, 2015, began his musical journey through singing, dancing, and poetry. In 2021, he was accepted into the State Conservatory of Mongolia, studying in J. Bayarsaikhan’s class. He has won third place at the Kocian Competition three years in a row and has performed at the annual VIRTUOSO gala concert and the opening of the Naadam festival. Besides the violin, he has sung the national anthem with rock and pop stars.
Emilija Anastasijević Čikoš
VIOLIN
Emilija Anastasijević Čikoš, born on April 21, 2015, in Niš, comes from a family of musicians. She started learning the violin at the age of five and is currently studying at the School for Musical Talents in Ćuprija with professor Dragutin Mladenović. She also learns piano and wins first prizes at competitions. In 2022, she had her first major orchestral performance, playing Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto, and became the youngest soloist in the history of NIMUS. She has won over 50 first prizes, and in 2025 received the Grand Prix and absolute victory at the „Talents for Europe“ competition in Slovakia, as well as awards at the Kocian Competition in the Czech Republic. She was granted a scholarship for the summer academy at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.