Sat, 26 Oct 2024, 17:00
Price:
11.10 €
Artists:
BALTIC GUITAR QUARTET
Zigmas Čepulėnas
Sergej Krinicin
Saulius S. Lipčius
Chris Ruebens (Lithuania-Belgium)
Programme:
Eduardas Balsis, Jonas Švedas, Faustas Latėnas, Edwardas Elgaras, Leo Brouwer, Mindaugas Stumbras and Chris Ruebens
Tonight, the Baltic Guitar Quartet, highly appreciated by the country's classical music fans, and known abroad as the leading guitar ensemble in the Baltics, will be performing on the stage of the Kaunas Philharmonic Hall, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its creative activity.
Twenty years ago, the quartet was formed by four students of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Five years later they were joined by a guitarist from Belgium and formed the current quartet of Zigmas Čepulėnas, Sergejus Krinicinas, Saulius S. Lipčius and Chris Ruebens. The quartet's concert list includes more than 25 countries and prestigious venues such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Palace in Warsaw, the Southbank Centre and St. James's Church (St. The Southbank Centre and St James's Church in London, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, as well as prestigious European festivals: "Iserlohn Guitar Symposium, Saitenspruenge (Germany), Martsishor International Music Festival (Moldova), Flanders Music Festival (Belgium), Paganini Festival (Italy), Probaltica Festival (Poland), Cyprus International Guitar Festival (Cyprus), Fiesta de la Guitarra (Estonia) etc.
The Baltic Guitar Quartet's programme includes a wide range of works from the Renaissance to contemporary music. In search of a distinctive sound and new works that are not performed by such ensembles, the musicians have included in the programme their own arrangements of various pieces of music. The quartet's repertoire is constantly supplemented by the works of Ch. Ruebens. Composers Jurgis Juozapaitis, Giedrius Kuprevičius, Jonas Tamulionis and Jonas Tamulionis have dedicated works especially for this ensemble. Mindaugas Stumbras and Nejc Kuharas have dedicated works to the quartet on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary.
The original repertoire accumulated during the twenty years of the musical journey will be reflected in the programme of this concert as well, including the first and the most recent work written for the quartet, Ch. Ruebens' work and a quartet work by M. Stumbras, composed especially for this occasion. The programme will also include works from the quartet's earlier albums Dancing with Guitar, Tradicion nuevo and the latest album Meadow Path.