Panevėžys Musical Theatre invites you to the nostalgic Lithuanian Estraditional Music Concert "Evening with a Flower". Together with the Panevėžys Musical Theatre Wind Orchestra "Garsas", the most famous Lithuanian slagers will be presented by the opera soloist soprano Aistė Pilibavičiūtė and baritone Dainius Puišys.
The concert programme will feature light music works by famous Lithuanian composers - Eduards Balsis, Benjamin Gorbulskis, Mikas Vaitkevičius, Mikalojaus Novikas, Rimvydas Racevičius, Vygandas Telksnis, Algimantas Raudonikis, Mindaugas Tamošiūnas, Jaroslavs Cechanovičius, Andrius Kulikauskas, Tomas Leiburs, Laimys Vilkončius, Alvydas Jegelevičius and others.
Aistė Pilibavičiūtė and Dainius Puišys will perform both solo and duet songs. The Garsas Wind Orchestra will present instrumental compositions. According to Martynas Bražas, the leader and conductor of the orchestra, the concert programme will reveal the culture of Lithuanian music, which is full of the spirit of nationalism. "This is an old but not forgotten stage music, which is especially close to the older audience, but at the same time recognizable to the younger ones, because many of the pieces have become a symbol of Lithuanian patriotism," emphasizes Bražas.
Dainius Puišys is a famous Lithuanian choir conductor and soloist, a professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, who has won numerous awards in competitions in Lithuania and abroad. For his achievements he is grateful to his hometown Panevėžys, where he grew up, fell in love with music and first stepped onto the big stage.
Soprano Aistė Pilibavičiūtė is one of the brightest opera soloists of the young generation. A laureate of international competitions, she actively performs in the most famous Lithuanian and foreign venues, and creates roles at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2018, the singer was awarded the theatre's Opera Soloist of the Year award, and six years ago she was nominated for the Golden Stage Cross.
The Panevėžys Music Theatre Wind Orchestra "Garsas" needs no introduction - rarely is there a city festival without this energetic ensemble. Garsas, which has been in existence for more than six decades, is the largest and most prominent professional brass band in the Aukštaitija region.
