13 International chamber music festival "Avanti" 2024
13 International chamber music festival "Avanti" 2024
Festival
Description
28 September, Saturday, 18:00
Opening Concert
"Eminent Composers"
VDU CAMERA ORCHESTRA
Soloist MINDAUGAS BAČKUS (cello)
Conductor VYTAUTAS LUKOČIUS
Zibuoklė Martinaitytė - ,,Sielunmaisema" for cello and string orchestra
Raminta Šerkšnytė - "De profundis"
Zita Bružaitė - "Nocturne"
Free admission
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Kaunas State Philharmonic (E. Ožeškienės st. 12, Kaunas)
October 3, Thursday, 6 pm
"Gourmet Discoveries"
VDU CAMERA ORCHESTRA
Vyr. Conductor Vytautas Lukočius
Soloist
GUNTA GELGOTĖ (soprano)
Conductor ROBERTAS ŠERVENIKAS
Programme
Benjamin Britten - Vocal Cycle "Les Illuminations", Op. 18
Chengchen Wang - "Fall"
Guil Treistman - "Fall Streaks in a Cirrus Cloud"
Felix Bajor - "Toccata"
Free admission
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VDU Great Hall (Gimnazijos g. 7, Kaunas)
October 6, Sunday, 16:00.
"Echoes"
MYROSLAVA KOTOROVYCH (violin, Ukraine)
MILDA UMBRUSEVICHIČIŪTĖ (piano)
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach - Charles Gounod - ,,Ave Maria"
Valentin Silvestrov - Hommage à J.Andantino, Andantino, Andante (Dedication to J.S. Bach)
Victoria Polyova - ,,Liebesbotschaft" (Dedication to F. Schubert)
Franz Schubert - Sonata No. 2, in A minor, D.385
Franz Schubert - Ave Maria D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6.
Algirdas Martinaitis - "Belaukiant F. Schubert"
Free admission
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VDU Great Hall (Gimnazijos g. 7, Kaunas)
October 10, Thursday, 6 pm.
,,(Un)heard music"
META PIANO TRIO
Marija Pranskutė (violin)
Deividas Dumčius, (cello)
Julija Bagdonavičiūtė (piano)
Programme
Arvo Part - ,,Mozart - Adagio"
Beata Juchnevič - ,,Es tut mir leid, Wolfgang" ( PREMIERE )
Lukas Butkus - ,,Far from the eyes, far from the heart" ( PREMIERE )
Ieva Parnarauskaitė - ,,Rivers Will Shine Anyway" ( PREMJERA )
Ryuichi Sakamoto - ,,Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence"
Ryuichi Sakamoto - ,,Aqua"
Paul Schoenfeld - ,,Cafe music"
Free admission
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VMU Great Hall (Gimnazijos g. 7, Kaunas)
On 12th of July, Saturday, 6 pm.
"In the Rhythm of Dance"
DALIA SIMAŠKA (violin)
LAIMONAS SALIJUS (accordion)
Argentine tango dancers BRIGITA and CARLOS RODRIGUEZ (Lithuania - Argentina)
Programme
Mikolaj Majkusiak - Sonata for violin and accordion, movements III, IV and 5
Cesar Franck - Prelude, Fugue and Variations, Op. 18
Giacomo Puccini - "Chrysanthemums"
Astor Piazzolla - "Bandoneon"
Eduardas Balsys - "Habanera"
Astor Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango 1. Bordel 1900, 2. Caffe 1930, 3. Nightclub 1960
Free admission
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VDU Great Aula (Gimnazijos g. 7, Kaunas)
October 17, Thursday, 6 pm.
"Duo in Circus"
Vytenis Pocius (cello)
Laimonas Salius (accordion)
Džiugas Kunsmanas (contemporary circus artist)
Evan Josef Cohn (contemporary circus artist, USA)
Programme
Ilkka Kuusisto - Anthems: 1. Caelestis Aulae Nuncios, 2. Salve Regina, 3. Gloria
Anatoly Shenderov - ,,Two Hymns of Sulamita"
Enrique Granados - ,,Intermezzo"
Enrique Granados - ,,Madrigal"
Anatoly Shenderov - "Five Miniatures"
Mikolaj Majkusiak - "Rhythmic Games"
Free admission
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VDU Great Hall (Gimnazijos g. 7, Kaunas)
October 19, Saturday, 18:00.
, "Far - Close"
Kaunas STYGINIŲ KVARTETAS
Karolina Beinarytė-Palekauskienė (1st violin)
Aistė Mikutyte (2nd violin)
Egle Lapinskė (viola)
Kasparas Sherpytis (cello)
Soloist
ARTUR SHUTOV (piano, Ukraine)
Programme
Giedrius Kuprevičius - "Whispers and Murmurs" for string quartet with multimedia
Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44
Free admission
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October 24, Thursday, 6 pm
Event Hall Manborė (Veiverių str. 134, Kaunas)
Festival closing. Dance and music performance by Sheiko Dance Theatre
"TIMES OF THE YEAR"
Choreographer Agnija Šeiko
Dancers: BENAS ŠARKA, BEATA MOLYTĖ, ALEKSAS MAŽONAS, MARIUS PINIGIS
KLAIPĖDA VIOLONČELIŲ KVARTET:
Kornelija Kupšytė, Marius Sakavičius, Mindaugas Bačkus, Karolis Vaičiulis
Costume designer Lina Andriukonė
Lighting designer Povilas Laurinaitis
Producer Goda Giedraitytė
The soundtrack will be Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons (version for four cellos)
Free admission
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Organiser of the festival Vytautas Magnus University Chamber Orchestra
The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Kaunas City Municipality