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Sava Center is the largest congress, cultural and business center in Serbia, and one of the largest in Europe, whose main role is to organize congresses and art conventions and similar events.

Sava Center was erected in 1977 as a modern building complex in one of the best areas in Belgrade, located just five minutes from the city center and 15 minutes from the Belgrade Airport. The Center has two deluxe category hotels in its immediate vicinity – the Hyatt Regency and the Hotel Continental Belgrade, the latter forming an integrated architectonics space with Sava Center comprising three units:Building A (an office building), Building B (a large concert congress hall), and the Hotel Continental Belgrade.

Sava Center is a modern center with a considerable reputation locally and internationally and more than three decades experience in organizing some of the largest international congresses and art conventions. To date Sava Center has hosted more than 8.000 local and international congresses and events with over 1.600.000 participants, and over 8.000 cultural events which were seen by more than 7.000.000 visitors. Sava Center has also hosted a number of large international congresses such as OSCE, World Bank-IMF Annual Meeting, UNESCO General Assembly, 9th Summit of the Non-Aligned Countries, EBRD General Meeting, other world congresses on mining, orthopedics, dentistry, surgery... and has been host to some of the greatest celebrities of the world art scene. For many years Sava Center has been hosting notable cultural happenings such as FEST, BEMUS, BITEF…

Our clients and visitors can also enjoy the benefit of the following services: rental of office spaces, catering, exclusive shops and boutiques, Art galleries, bookshops, Bank, travel and rent-a-car agencies, E-technologies, professional security service, parking area...


Sava Center is member of a number of prominent international congress and arts associations such as ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association), AIPC (The International Association of Congress Centres), ISPA (International Society of the Performing Arts), ILMC (International Live Music Conference).

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Over 8,000 national and international events and conferences held at the Sava Center so far were attended by more than 1,600,000 participants. Moreover, the input of it's expertise and professional staff was invaluable for the start-up of a number of new congress centres in other countries and for organizing a number of conferences and events all around the globe.
 
The Sava Center has 18 conference halls with various capacities (from 20 to 4,000 people). All conference halls and rooms have state-of-the-art technical equipment to suit the needs of even the most demanding clients. In terms of available capacity, technical equipment and professional experience, the Sava Center is the leader of the congress industry in the region.

In-house team of professional congress organizers (PCO-s) are prepared to come to grips with even the most complex challenges, be it within the Center or outside it. Our clients receive from us the best professional knowledge at all stages of congress organizing, from planning and preparation, to the drafting of the preliminary budget and coordination of a wide range of services in the preparatory and implementation stages.

The Sava Center offers an exhibition space of 3.300 square meters in building «A» (foaye by the main entrance, and area in front of conference halls) and in building «B» (foaye in front of the Great hall), that together with 29.000 square meters of open-aor exhibition space are an ideal venue for commercial presentations and art events.

The Sava Center is affiliated to internationally acclaimed professional congress associations:

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ICCA (International Congress and Convention Association)

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AIPC (The International Association of Congress Centres)

Enriching Cultural Heritage

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In line with its cultural and artistic mission statement, in the thirty years of its existence, the Sava Center has presented the work of the greatest and most important artists from Europe and all around the world.

To put it numerically, 20.000 cultural events organized in that period were seen by ten million people. The number and quality of national and international programs organized in great Hall enable the Sava Center to rightfully claim that it has the most representative and exclusive concert hall in the country.

Sava Center is the organizer of the Summertime Jazz & Blues Festival, the World Music Festival and the Documentary Feature Film Festival. Significant production support was also provided for the following cultural and artistic events: FEST, BITEF, BEMUS, BELEF, GUITAR ART FESTIVAL, DANCE FESTIVAL, to name just a few.

The Great hall of the Sava Center has 3.672 seats and exceptional technical facilities, including state-of-the-art stage equipment and Dolby Digital system for multi-channel sound reproduction.

The Sava Center is a member of the following professional associations:

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ILMC ( International Live Music Conference)

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ISPA ( International Society of Performing Arts)

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Many internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles have performed at the Sava Centre, including:

Soloist

  • Nigel Kennedy
  • Bryan Ferry
  • Paco de Lucia
  • Julian Rahlin
  • Misha Mayski
  • Patrick Muller
  • Shri
  • Sting
  • Bugge Wesseltoft
  • Gary Burton
  • Joshua Redman
  • David Geringas
  • José Careras
  • Henryk Szeryng
  • Mstislav Rostropovich
  • Vladimir Ashkenazi
  • Miles Davis
  • Placido Domingo
  • Stephan Grapelli
  • Chick Corea
  • Mikhail Pletnyov
  • Mireille Mathieu
  • Joe Zavnul
  • Michael Brecker
  • Brandford Marsalis
  • Herbie Hancock
  • Toto Cutugno
  • Joan Baez
  • Al di Meola
  • Cesaria Evora
  • Omara Portuondo
  • Lou Reed
  • Montserrat Caballe
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • B. B. King
  • Emmanuel Pahud

Bands

  • NKQ (Nigel Kennedy Quintet)
  • Brandford Marsalis kvartet
  • Marcus Miller band
  • ABBA arrival
  • Swingle Singers
  • Pink Martini
  • Balanescu kvartet
  • Jestofunk
  • Buena Vista Social Club
  • The Blues Brothers Band
  • Madredeus
  • Gipsy Kings
  • The Temptations
  • Count Basie Orchestra
  • Modern Jazz Quartet
  • Simple Minds

Orchestras

  • Israle Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Zubin Mehta
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchstra, UK
  • German Symphonic Orchestra
  • Virtuosi Italianni
  • Metropole Orchestra, Holland
  • Strauss Festival Orchestra
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • The Johann Strauss Orchestra
  • The Moscow Philharmonics
  • The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
  • The Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
  • The Washington National Symphonic Orchestra
  • The Portland Philharmonics of Young Musicians
  • The Stockholm Symphonic Orchestra
  • The Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra
  • The Brescia and Bergamo Festival Orchestra
  • The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
  • The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

Choirs and National Ensembles

  • Slobodan Trkulja & Balkanopolis
  • Bilja Krstic & Bistrik
  • Academic choir "Obilic"
  • The Academic Choir "Collegium musicum", Serbia and Montenegro
  • The "Svetoslav Obretenov" Choir, Bulgaria
  • The Dora Stratou Theatre, Greece
  • Lord of The Dance, Ireland
  • Tanec Folk Dance Ensemble, Macedonia
  • Lado Folk Dance Ensemble , Croatia

Theatrical and Opera Companies

  • Chinese National Circus
  • Serbian National Theatre
  • The Sankai Yuki Theatrical Company, Japan
  • Theatre National de Chaillot , France
  • The Beijing Opera and the Wuhan Theatrical Company, PR of China
  • The Bolshoi Theatre, Russia
  • The New York Harlem Opera Ensemble , USA
  • The Taras Schevchenko Theatrical and Opera Ensemble, Russia

Ballet

  • National Ballet Marseille
  • Teatro di Scalla, Milano Italy
  • Ballet ensemble of the Serbian National Theatre
  • Ballet ensemble of the National Theatre, Belgrade
  • Super stars of the Russian Ballet
  • Basheva Dance Co, Israel
  • Cullberg Ballet, Sweden
  • Holland Dance Theatre
  • Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet
  • The Kyrov Ballet, St. Petersburg
  • The Atter Baletto, Italy
  • The Essen Ballet Company, Germany
  • The Kiev Ballet , Ukraine
  • The Russian International Classical Ballet Copany

Artistic Spectacles

  • The Brasil Tropical Ensemble
  • The Berioska Academic Choir and Folk Dance Ensemble , Russia
  • The Leningrad Music Hall
  • The Berioska State Academic Choir and Folk Dance Ensemble , Russia

Festivals

  • Belgrade Dance Festival
  • Magnificent 7, Festival of European documentary films
  • BEMUS – Belgrade International Classical Music Festival
  • Belgrade Summer Jazz Festival
  • The West Rhythm Festival
  • Guitar ART Festival
  • The Joy of Europe Festival
  • BITEF – Belgrade International Theatre Festival
  • FEST - Belgrade International Film Festival
  • Yugoslav Documentary and Short Film Festival
  • Belgrade Summer Film Festival
  • Hungarian Film Review
  • French Film Review
  • Greek Film Review
  • German Film Review
  • European Film Festival
  • Festival of the film d'auteur
  • British Film Festival


Ticket office

 
Sava Center, Tel: 220 60 60
Working hours:
10:00 - 20:00 (working days)
10:00 - 15:00 (Saturday) & 1 hour before event
 

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