Champion of Guca trumpet festival for the year 2016 was a trumpet player Ekrem Mamutović who with his orchestra won the competition “Masters of trumpets”, first held this year. The winner has won the title of Champion of Guca and a cash prize of one million dinars(8000 €), the statuette Desimir Tosic, memorial awards in memory of the Trumpet player who won the first Dragačevo 1961.
Champion of Guca has received the exclusive right to represent Guca around the world to the next festival.
After receiving the award, Mamutović with Orchestra held a concert at the Festival in front of thousands of visitors.
The competition of trumpet masters, held last night, attended by 11 orchestras, and the awards were decided by a jury whose president was the legend of trumpet Boban Markovic. All 11 participants of the competition also voted, but they could not vote for themselves.