Tue, 1 Oct 2024, 19:00
GREAT MUSICIAN CELEBRATION 2024
On Tuesday, 1 October, the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania will host a GREAT MUSICIAN CELEBRATION. The Lithuanian Musicians' Union, which invites you to celebrate the World Music Day together, will award the 2024 . The winners of the HIGH DISC. This year's winners are Rita Petrauskaitė (soprano), Paulius Andersson (piano), Neda Malūnavičiūtė (vocals, flute) and the Vilnius Sacred Music Choir Adoramus, directed by Dr Imantas Jonas Šimkus. For the first time, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to jazz pianist Povilas Jaraminas.
Every year, the award, established by the Lithuanian Musicians' Union in 2001, is given to four representatives of different genres or fields of music. Among the winners of the Golden Disk are Violeta Urmana, David Goering, Virgilijus Noreika, Antanas Smolskus, Saulius Sondeckis and Petras Bingelis. In recent years, the LMS Prize has been awarded to singers Justina Gringytė, Aušrinė Stundytė, Liudas Mikalauskas, Aistė Pilibavičiūtė, and instrumentalists Rūta Lipinaitytė and Daumantas Kirilauskas, Renata Marcinkutė-Lesieur, Aistė Bružaitė, Vilnius Balys Dvarionas Ten-Year Music School Symphony Orchestra "Simfukai", director and conductor Modestas Barkauskas, Boys' and Young People's Choir Ąžuoliukas, director Vytautas Miškinis, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, director Algimantas Treikauskas, chief conductor Constantine Orbelian (USA), choir of the National Nicholas Constantine Čiurlionis School of Arts, director Romualdas Gražinis, Saulius Petreikis, folk band Žalvarinis, choir of the Capital Children and Youth Centre KIVI, director Danguolė Aukselienė, double bass player Vytis Nivinskas.
This year's celebration will feature, alongside the winners of the Golden Disk, the young laureates of the 2024 international competitions, Povilas Ušinskis (11th grader) from Šiauliai Sauliaus Sondeckis Gymnasium of Arts (teacher Raimonda Sližienė) and Rokas Diržys (10th grader) from Mikaloyas Konstantinas Čiurlionis Gymnasium of Arts (10th grader), teacher Rūta Lipinaitytė) and cellist Teodoras Lipčius (6th grade, teacher Ramutė Kalnėnaitė). The concert will feature pianists Audronė Juozauskaitė, Simas Minkevičius, Richardas Banys and Aleksandras Vizbaras.
There will be a lot of great music from different eras.
We invite you to spend a pleasant evening with us and to join us in remembering how important music is in our lives.