Scandal with the Symphony Orchestra in Shkodra/ Selections are made without any professional criteria

2025-03-11 14:09:00, Denoncim CNA

Scandal with the Symphony Orchestra in Shkodra/ Selections are made without any

Re-established after 32 years, in January 2023 with an unprecedented act today, the Shkodra Symphony Orchestra returns to a formation that is neither meat nor fish, neither a chamber ensemble nor an orchestra. All this with personal decisions of the culture directorate of Benet Beci. The statement about this scandal was made by the DP unit in Shkoder, by the spokesperson Elida Lici.

On January 15, 2025, on the official website of the Municipality of Shkodra, auditions for 51 instrumentalists were announced without any warning, without any regulations, without any clear professional criteria, which took place outside any time criteria for such competitions on January 20 and 21 at the premises of the "Migjeni" Theater, where Benet Beci himself and the transported Director of Culture Pandi Laço were present for the next show, who also called it a bombastic achievement and participation!

But the propaganda balloon was burst very quickly!

But on the official website, in this absurd announcement for a functional orchestra, which has excelled over the past two years in national and international concerts, it was foreseen that the winners would be announced within 5 days according to the law.

The winners were never announced, the jury's results were not declared, and the Bennett administration has been calling musicians' private phones for several days, contrary to every legal norm, based on personal "sympathy" to conclude a contract!

In this secret list, Benet Beci and his administration have only foreseen half of the contracts for symphony orchestra instruments, out of 51 that were approved by the municipal council, leading to the decadence of a meaningless musical ensemble, the Shkodra Symphony Orchestra. /CNA