Video-scenography by director Aleksandar Nikolić will feature the performance by Lajkó Félix at the Reformed Christian Church built in the neo-Gothic style on 13 January, as part of Doček 7531.
Aleksandar Nikolić graduated from the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade, Theatre and Radio Directing Department. He also studied art history and industrial design. He pursued higher education in the field of opera in Italy, Germany, and Greece.
Since 2019, he has been the director of the Little Theatre Duško Radović. Aleksandar Nikolić is an Associate Professor at the Belgrade Dance Institute (Stage Directing in Opera and Ballet Department). Since 2016, he has been teaching international master classes in Israel and Serbia intended for opera singers. He is the recipient of the highest awards in the field of art – the ‘Žamboki’ Foundation and the City of Jerusalem ‘For Outstanding Contribution to the Culture of the City of Jerusalem’ in 2018, the GIPAC Foundation in Boston for the development of opera art and pedagogy, as well as the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad for ‘exceptional collaboration with the Serbian National Theatre Opera Ensemble and improving the artistic level of the Serbian National Theatre’s opera performances’. In season 2015/16, Aleksandar Nikolić was engaged in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London as a director on duty for the ‘La Traviata’ opera.
Lajkó Félix, one of the most recognised world music violinists in Europe will create an authentic musical atmosphere within a unique play of lights in the Reformed Christian Church. A Pannonian violinist who mesmerised the world will present the beauty of a violin, a zither and traditional string instruments in an ambience that can only be experienced at Doček!