January 15 of the following year. Lithuanian pop star Stasiis Povilaičius would have turned 77 years old. The singer of bright memory, who was loved and still loved by all of Lithuania, left us already eight years ago, but his songs remained in our hearts forever. To commemorate the birthday of the charismatic maestro and to warmly remember a wonderful person and a great artist, Stasios Povilaitis' song revue "Shine again" is being held in major cities of the country. The concerts will take place on January 26. Palanga concert hall, January 27. in Kaunas "Žalgiris" arena and on January 28. Compensa concert hall in Vilnius.The stage colleagues of Stasios Povilaitis, well-known Lithuanian singers - Inga Valinskienė, Egidijus Sipavičius, Simonas Donskovas, Povilas Meškėla, Liudas Mikalauskas, Vladas Kovaliovas, Jurga Šeduikytė, Miglė Pivoriūnaitė, Egidijus Bavikinas will also take part in the performances. The soloists will be accompanied by the Kaunas Big Band. The two-part musical revue will feature all the best works of the stage master - "Kristina", "Echoes", "Burned Bridges", "Pago Pago", "Cecilia", "Farewell to the Sea", "Gypsy Eyes", "Milk Fluff", "Tu man atleisk", "Shvieski man mād" and many other popular songs of S. Povilaitis about the joy of life, light and love
It is no coincidence that the first event of this concert tour will take place in Palanga. It was this Lithuanian resort that Stasys Povilaitis called the city of his life - after all, this is where the future star of the stage took the first steps of his career, later he held countless concerts here at the Summer stage, he lived here for the last years of his life and finally laid to rest here. It is symbolic, but even the last concert of the singer took place in 2015. July 6 on the Palanga bridge and was intended to celebrate the State Day. So it is no coincidence that Stasios Povilaitis' autograph is now adorning the facade of the modern concert hall in Palanga, and in commemoration of the maestro's 77th birthday, January 26. During the music revue "Shvieski man mād" there is also planned the opening of an exhibition in honor of the artist.An exceptional personality, always elegant and poised, a real gentleman of the stage - this is how Stasis Povilaitis is remembered by his friends and fans, who called the singer the Lithuanian Frank Sinatra. Maestro's discography includes 20 solo albums, the last of which, the double album "Golden hits of the past century" appeared in 2013. The musician has received numerous evaluations and won prestigious awards - not one for his services to Lithuanian music.
in 1967 Stasys Povilaitis became the laureate of the Baltic competition "Liepajas Dzintars", in 1991. won the Antanas Šabaniauskas prize, 1997 was awarded the Bravo statuette for services to music in 1997. the performer was awarded the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania, 5th degree, in 2007. - Government Culture and Art Award, and in 2013 Stasys Povilaitis was awarded the medal "For Services to Vilnius and the Nation" and won the "M.A.M.A" Lifetime Achievement Award.