In the program
Antonio Vivaldi - "The Four Seasons" for violin, strings and harpsichord
Ástor Piazzolla - "Four Seasons in Buenos Aires" for accordion and strings
Tickets can be purchased at the box office of the Vilkaviškis cultural center and at bilietai.lt
A part of the funds collected from the tickets will be allocated to the Vinkšnupiai Manor Support Fund, which takes care of the preservation of the manor in an emergency condition in the Vilkaviškis district. In the history of Lithuania, the manor is not only a former economic and administrative unit, but also a place of cultural flourishing, where live music played, huge libraries and picture galleries were collected. Read more about the manor preservation project at https://www.dvarofondas.lt/
The "Seasons" concert will feature two well-known masterpieces that have not lost their popularity in the world - "Four Seasons" by Italian Baroque master Antonio Vivaldi and "Four Seasons in Buenos Aires" by Argentinian tango revolutionary Ástor Piazzolla.
Performers of the VDU Chamber Orchestra and NIKO Concertmaster of the New Ideas Chamber Orchestra, violinist Augusta Zuokė together with maestro Vytautas Lukočius will meet on stage. Together, they will perform the pearl of the Baroque era - A. Vivaldi's cycle of solo violin concerts with the orchestra "Four Seasons".
A. The solo part of Piazzolla's "Four Seasons in Buenos Aires" will be performed by accordion virtuoso Laimonas Salijus, who has performed with the VDU Chamber Orchestra many times. A. Piazzolla - Argentine tango composer, bandonia virtuoso. He is considered a revolutionary of traditional tango music, who combined elements of jazz and classical music with tango and created the so-called "new tango" (Nuevo tango).
Violinist AUGUSTA ZUOKĖ is the concertmaster and co-founder of the New Ideas Chamber Orchestra NIKO, which has been performing for the fifteenth season. With this collective, he participated in more than seventy concert tours in Europe, Asia and North America. As a member of this team and concertmaster in 2015. made his debut at the prestigious Gewandhaus concert hall in Leipzig (Germany), performed at the Odesa, Yerevan, Lublin Philharmonics, St Martin-in-the Fields in London, the Royal Palace in Warsaw, the Great Amber Hall in Liepaja, international festivals Usedomer Musikfestival (Germany), Festspillene i Elverum (Norway), Toulon Musique Festival (France), Ventura Music Festival (California) and more.
LAIMONAS SALIJUS, one of the most famous accordionists in Lithuania, is the winner and prize-winner of many national and international competitions. in 2015 In the world championships of accordionists, he received the title of the second accordionist in the world at the World Cup (Austria) and the World Cup (Lithuania). The artist regularly performs in Lithuania and abroad as a soloist and member of various ensembles. He played with Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, Calabrian Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Brazilian National Theater Orchestra, etc.
VDU CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, founded in 2011. Vytautas Magnus University Music Academy, is the only professional chamber orchestra in the city of Kaunas. It was founded not only to expand the culture of classical music and its modern interpretations in the temporary capital, but also to represent Lithuania, the city of Kaunas and the university at the international level, and to represent them abroad. During the relatively short period of its existence, the orchestra has already organized more than 200 concerts in Lithuania and abroad. The conductor of the orchestra is Rita Bieliauskaitė. From 2019 the chief conductor of the autumn orchestra is Vytautas Lukočius.
Organizers of the concert: VSU Chamber Orchestra, "Klasikos Projektai" VŠĮ and "Arte Avanti" VŠĮ
Partner – Vilkaviškis cultural center
