"Visions of the Seaside" - a magical evening of the piano duo Rūta Rikterė and Zbigniew Ibelhaupt, where past and present, nature and human creativity meet.

The 13th M.K. Čiurlionis Music Festival invites you to an unforgettable evening of piano music "Visions of the Seaside", which will bring together the creative spirit of M. K. Čiurlionis, musical visions inspired by nature, and the compositions of the masters of the Romantic Era. This exceptional concert will be performed by the renowned piano duo Rūta Rikterė and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas, whose unique interpretations will reveal new shades of classical works.

The axis of the programme is the musical worldview of Čiurlionis, which permeates the entire concert and is revealed in his canon in A flat major and in the expromte in F sharp minor (arr. by Kęstutis Grybauskas).

The concert will open with Carl Reinecke, whose "Festive Overture" combines the spirit of Čiurlionis' teacher with an academically rigorous, yet subtle and emotive musical style. Next will be Edvard Grieg's Norwegian Dances, which reflects Čiurlionis' interest in elements of folk music - both composers masterfully combined folk music motifs with Romantic harmony in their works. Robert Schumann's extrompts from Oriental Pictures will draw the audience into a colourful poetic world, while Franz Liszt's Preludes will bring the evening to a majestic close with a wave of emotions that blends the harmony of nature and human life. .

The duo of pianists Zbigniew Ibelhaupt and Rūta Riktere needs no introduction to the Lithuanian public. They have been prominent on our musical panorama for many years. Since 1989, the duo has been offering interesting and unexpected programmes, with a special focus on new music. Ibelhauptas and Rikterė have given world premieres of many works for two pianos by Lithuanian composers, and the most interesting opuses by foreign composers are also being performed for the first time in Lithuania thanks to this duo.

Programme

Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910) - Fest-Ouverture, Op.148

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 - 1911) - Canon in A flat major (VL 132)

Exprompt in F sharp minor (VL 181) (arranged by Kęstutis Grybauskas)

Edvard Grieg (1806-1875) - 4 Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) - 4 Exrompts from Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66

Franz Liszt (1811 - 1866) - Symphonic poem Les Preludes

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Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts laureate Z.Ibelhauptas and R. Riktere's piano duo regularly performs at prestigious international festivals such as Warsaw Autumn (Poland), Musikhost (Denmark), Music Niagara (Canada), Ljubljana Summer Festival (Slovenia), Usedom Music Festival (Germany).

The duo has taken part in the most important festivals in Lithuania. The duo performs not only solo recitals but also programmes with singers, other soloists and orchestras.

The duo has performed with the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, and the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Arthur Tamayo, David Gering, Olivier Grangean, Jose Serebrier, Pavel Berman, Juozas Domarekas, Robert

Shervenik, Saul Sondecki, and other baton masters. The duo has given recitals in Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia and other countries.

The festival is organised by the public institution "Klasika LT".