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EVENTS

2009-05-20 -- 2009-06-16

DRUSKOMANIJA 2009


International Contemporary Music Festival

DRUSKOMANIJA 2009

 

DRUSKININKAI - VILNIUS - TRAKAI - PALANGA

22 May - 16 June

 

 

 

TRAKAI

 

20 May

19:00

FLUXUS Is Back!

 

ARCO collective (United Kingdom), R&R Electronics (Lithuania)

 

British and Lithuanian composers present performances of acoustic and electronic sound, movement, video and poetry.

 

Trakai hotel, night club SALA

 

VILNIUS

 

22 May

19:00

The Composers Ensemble (United Kingdom)

 

Works by John Woolrich (United Kingdom), Morgan Hayes (United Kingdom), Rytis Mažulis (Lithuania) 

St. Catherine's  church

 

TRAKAI

 

24 May

19:00

Vilniaus Fagotynas (Lithuania), The Composers Ensemble (United Kingdom)

 

Premières of works by participants of the music laboratory network THE PROCESS – 15 young composers from Lithuania and abroad

 

Great hall of Trakai castle museum

 

25 May

19:00

Vilniaus Fagotynas

 

Premières of works by young composers: Neil Luck (United Kingdom), Mirella Ivicevic (Croatia), Tadas Dailyda (Lithuania), Andrius Maslekovas (Lithuania) and others

 

Trakai hotel, night club SALA

 

19:00

Lord Byron e le Sue Amiche Ruspe (Italy)

 

The ensemble that is to arrive to the festival exclusively will play their soft rock music with hot southern enthusiasm

 

Trakai hotel, night club SALA

 

 

DRUSKININKAI

 

29 May

20:00

ELEKTROmanija

 

Electronic music, electoacoustic music, video projections, sound installations and lots of other art.

Including works by Tauvydas Bajarkevičius, Rūta Vitkauskaitė, R&R Electronics, AVASPO and others.

 

 KOLONADA restaurant – music club

 

30 May

13:00

Christopher Chamber Orchestra (conducted by Donatas Katkus)

 

Premières of diploma works by bachelor students of the LMTA composition department M.Natalevičius, G.Gelgotas, T.Kutavičius, M.Chodunaitė, J.Vėželytė

 

Church of Blessed Virgin Mary of  the Scapular

 

16:00

A friendly football match: Lithuanian Composers vs All the Other Stars

An old tradition of the festival – a friendly football match which everyone willing and able to can take part in!

 

Stadium of the Oldtown School

 

22:00

Concert FREE

 

Guests of the festival are invited to take a brake from serious music and have a ball with guests Stipriai kitaip, FAILTE bands and DJ Vytukas

 

KOLONADA restaurant – music club

 

31 May

12:00

The State Wind Orchestra “Trimitas” Bigband Group (conducted by Ugnius Vaiginis)

 

Works by contemporary Lithuanian composers: Zita Bružaitė, Antanas Kučinskas, Antanas Jasenka Gintaras Sodeika, Arturas Bumšteinas, Ignas Krunglevčius, Ramūnas Motiekaitis, Linas Rimša and others

Druskininkai leisure club „Sūkurys“

 

 

LIŠKIAVA

 

31 May

14:30

“...pusbalsiu...” / “...sotto voce...”

 

Premières of contemporary works by young composers for vocal ensemble (with the Operomanija ensemble, led by Ana Ablamonova), flute (Giedrius Gelgotas) and double-bass.

Including works by Albertas Navickas, Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Mykolas Natalevičius and others

 

Liškiava St. Trinity church

 

 

VILNIUS

 

2 June

19:00

Christopher Chamber Orchestra (conducted by Donatas Katkus)

 

Premières of diploma works by bachelor students of the LMTA composition department M.Natalevičius, G.Gelgotas, T.Kutavičius, M.Chodunaitė, J.Vėželytė

 

Great hall of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

 

4 and 6 June

19:00

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (led by prof. Juozas Domarkas)

 

Premières of symphony works by the youngest generation of Lithuanian composers – masters of arts of the LMTA.

Including works by Albertas Navickas, Viktorija Rimėnaitė-Mikelevičienė, Marius Salynas, Rūta Vitkauskaitė.

 

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall

 

 

PALANGA

 

5 June

19:00

Menas gyvas! / Art is Alive!

 

The Klaipėda Academy of Arts and Contemporary Music Stage Performers present: an exhibition of art works by graduates of the KDA;

Contemporary music, theatre and video project “Muzika yra labai labai labai labai labai svarbi” / Music is Very Very Very Very Very Important

Installation of music and light “Kentauro RAKTIKAULIS” / The Centaur’s COLLARBONE (Simona Biekšaitė and Rūta Vitkauskaitė)

 

Antanas Montis Art Gallery

 

 

VILNIUS

 

16 June

19:00

Contemporary opera presents

Presenting CD recorded in Sound recording laboratory and a concert of the “Operomanija” collective

Piano.lt hall

 

21:00

Dance-music performance EBRIATUM

 

Première of an electroacoustic music, video, movement and dance performance by a rising Lithuanian band Fused Marc and contemporary dance ensemble ART’i (led by Marija Simona Šimulynaitė).

 

Lithuanian Museum of Energetics

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