Jokūbas Bareikis, with a live band and strings, invites you to concerts in honour of the legend of the stage. Concert guests include Mantas Jankavičius, Lina Rastokaitė, Simonas Storpirštis.
After the success of the premiere concerts, this time Jokūbas returns to the stage for two special evenings in Kaunas and Vilnius with a larger group of musicians and violinist Ieva Makauskaite. The performer promises that the concerts will remain atmospheric, but the programme will be enhanced with new pieces that were not performed in the first concerts of the project, as well as some surprises - invited guests. "I'm really looking forward to it, we are preparing very hard and planning how the stage will look like, the lights, but the most important thing is, of course, the maestro's songs and the legacy we have," says Bareikis.
Maestro Vytautas Kernagis is a legend of the Lithuanian music world, who is always warm and good to remember. We invite you to listen to his most beautiful songs and stories about his life at the concert "Legend. Vytautas Kernagis. Stories and songs".
The musician says that on stage he will present the songs and stories of Vytautas Kernagis as a very beautiful musical memory. "It would be the biggest mistake to try to replicate what is unique. Vytautas Kernagis' creative charge was exceptional. He gave so much that will be enough for future generations. It has to go on," says Bareikis.
Like others of his generation, Jokūbas Bareikis grew up with the work of Vytautas Kernagis. It shaped not only the musical tastes of the youth of that time, but also their outlook on life.
"I grew up with this music, it shaped me to a certain extent, it influenced the whole generation, it was something great, a phenomenon that brought people together. I had the idea a long time ago to dedicate a concert to the maestro's work. I contacted his family, got their approval and that's how this concert was born. It is a lot of fun to prepare for it, but at the same time it is a great responsibility. I want to do everything in such a way that it will be worthy of Vytautas Kernagis' name," says J. Bareikis.
During the concert, the audience will hear the maestro's most beautiful songs: 'Kai sirpsta vyšnios Suvalkijoj' (When the Cherries in Suvalkija are Souring), 'Baltas paukštis' (White Bird), 'Purpurinis vakaras' (Purple Evening), 'Žiemą vasarą' (Winter in Summer), and others. Bareikis will also talk about the musical journey of Vytautas Kernagis, which will give a closer look at his unique personality. According to Bareikis, few people think that Vytautas Kernagis was a true influencer.
Every stylish young person nowadays wears a combination of suit trousers and trainers. But do you remember who was the first influencer to wear this combination on the Lithuanian music scene? The cabaret Vytautas Kernagis invented the suit and trainers duo, because he was the one who used to go on stage in this combination, long before he became a style bomb. This is not just a style idea, but one of the maestro's many ways of rebelling against the system and inviting people to think more freely.
This is not the first of J. Bareikis' musical educational shows, which invite people to recall the work and lives of legends of the music world. In the past, concerts devoted to the works of The Beatles and John Lennon, together with opera soloist Rafailas Karpis, have been a great success.