October 2004
2 Schiermonnikoog (NL), 3rd SCHIERMONNIKOOG INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL, Ontmoetingskerk, Vytautas Barkauskas, Partita for violin solo, Winter 1982, Op.12. Philippe Graffin/violin, Aleksandr Madzar/piano, Susan Manoff/piano
5 Schiermonnikoog (NL), 3rd SCHIERMONNIKOOG INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL, Ontmoetingskerk, Vytautas Barkauskas, Two monologues for viola solo**. Nobuko Imai/viola
6 Vilnius (LT), Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Great Hall, Snieguolė Dikčiūtė, Ideomotion, Feliksas Bajoras, Evening Fancies**. M.K.Čiurlionis String Quartet, Petras Vyšniauskas/saxophone
6 Klaipėda (LT), Klaipėda University Concert Hall, Portrait concert of Vidmantas Bartulis: Oh, Darling, I Like H. Berlioz (Lointaine), I Like Marlene Dietrich, I'm Seeing My Friend Off and We Are Taking the Last Look at the Snow-covered February Trees..., Rain of Golden Clouds. Kaunas String Quartet, Aušra Bartkevičiūtė-Gelusevičienė/piano. Also on 8 in Šiauliai, Ch. Frenkel House, and on 9 in Panevėžys, Picture Gallery.
6 Schiermonnikoog (NL), 3rd SCHIERMONNIKOOG INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL, Ontmoetingskerk, Vytautas Barkauskas, Modus vivendi, Op.108. Nemanja Radulovic/violin, Emmanuelle Bertrand/cello, Susan Manoff/piano
7 Schiermonnikoog (NL), 3rd SCHIERMONNIKOOG INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL, Ontmoetingskerk, Vytautas Barkauskas, Lune à l'aube d'été, Op.123**. Karen Wierzba/soprano, cello octet: Nicolas Altstaedt, Emmanuelle Bertrand, René Berman, Marcio Carneiro, Marie Deremble, Olsi Leka, Tom van Lent, Jeroen Reuling
8 Münster (DE), JAHRESZEITEN, Akademie Fritz Hitze Haus, Portrait concert of Onutė Narbutaitė: June Music 1981, Mozartsommer 1991, Winterserenade, Autumn Ritornello. Homage à Fryderyk. Elisabeth Budde/flute, Agnes Datkiewicz/piano, Elisabeth Fürniss/cello, Se Ran Lim/violin, Nino Saakadze/harpsichord, Benedikt Schneider/viola
9 Vilnius (LT), BALYS DVARIONAS' CENTENARY CELEBRATION, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Great Hall, Balys Dvarionas, By the Amber Shore, Violin Concerto, Symphony in E minor. Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Vilhelmas Čepinskis/violin, Juozas Domarkas/cond.
10 Vilnius (LT), Museum of Applied Art, Vladas Jakubėnas, Melody-Legend, Serenade. Kaskados Trio
10 Vilnius (LT), Lithuanian Academy of Music, Great Hall, Bronius Kutavičius, children opera Old Man Bones on an Iron Hill. Aidija Chamber Choir, Skaidra Jančaitė/soprano, Ignas Misiūra/baritone, Aiste Šilinskaitė/soprano, Sigita Grainienė/piano, Jurgita Šurnaitė/director, Romualdas Gražinis/cond.
10 Vilnius (LT), J.S.BACH AND LITHUANIAN MUSIC, Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church, Algirdas Martinaitis, Thrush's Apprentice, Cantus ad futurum. Musica humana, "Polifonija" choir, Sigitas Vaičiulionis/cond.
10 Vilnius (LT), Vilnius Congress Concert Hall, Portrait concert of Feliksas Bajoras: Violin Concerto, Toccata, Exodus I, Symphony-Diptych. Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Philippe Graffin/violin, Gintaras Rinkevičius/cond.
14 Kaunas (LT), Philharmonic Hall, Loreta Narvilaitė, Call-Light II**. "Trimitas" brass orchestra, Romas Lukočius/cond. Also on 15 in Vilnius, Lithuanian Academy of Music, Great Hall.
14-Nov 3 Vilnius (LT), GAIDA 2004.
15-21 Klaipėda (LT), MARIŲ KLAVYRAI, 12th Contemporary Music Festival.
16 Buenos Aires (AR), Facultad de Derecho, Raminta Šerkšnytė, Idée fixe*. Percusionistas de Buenos Aires, Fabian Bermann/cond.
16 Frankfurt/Main (DE), DER LANGE KLAVIERABEND, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Diana Čemerytė, Still**.
17 Lucerne (CH), EUROPA FORUM LUCERNE 2004, Grand Casino Lucerne, M.K.Čiurlionis, The Sea. Raphael Alexandre Lustchevsky/piano
17 Amsterdam (NL), ESCHER PASSES THE BORDERS!, Amstelkerk, Bronius Kutavičius, Far Away, Till Midnight. Escher Ensemble
20 Venice (IT), LA BIENNALE MUSICA 2004, Teatro Malibran, Vykintas Baltakas, Poussla. Gaida Ensemble, Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Dominique My/cond.
24 Vilnius (LT), J.S.BACH AND LITHUANIAN MUSIC, Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church, Arūnas Navakas, Cadence, Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė, Mosaic I, Algirdas Martinaitis, The Way and the Wayfarer. Musica humana
30 Amsterdam (NL), THE BALTIC WAY, Noorderkerk, Vytautas Germanavičius, Voices from Nowhere. Amstel Saxophone Quartet
31 Vilnius (LT), Museum of Applied Art, Mindaugas Urbaitis, Der Fall Wagner. Vilnius Arsenal Ensemble
November 2004
2 Seoul (KR), Seoul Arts Center, Onutė Narbutaitė, Melody in the Garden of Olives*. Eclat
5 Toronto (CA), AUTUMN PASSING: LIFE CYCLES, The Music Gallery, Vidmantas Bartulis, I Like H. Berlioz (Lointaine)*, Bronius Kutavičius, Stasys' Eight Miniatures*. Ergo Ensemble
5 Münster (DE), KLANGZEIT, Überwasserkirche, Bronius Kutavičius, The Gates of Jerusalem. Georg Poplutz/tenor, Westfälischer Kammerchor, St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus/cond.
6 Toronto (CA), AUTUMN PASSING: CONSTANCY & CHANGE, The Music Gallery, Vytautas Germanavičius, Plains**, Algirdas Martinaitis, Madame Butterfly, Madame Bovary...*, Šarūnas Nakas, Eyes Dazzled by the North**. Ergo Ensemble, Alex Pauk/cond.
7 San Francisco (USA), MUSIC AT KOHL MANSION, Osvaldas Balakauskas, String Quartet No.2. Vilnius String Quartet. Also on 9 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
10 Vilnius (LT), BALYS DVARIONAS' CENTENARY CELEBRATION, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Great Hall, Balys Dvarionas: Concerto for horn and chamber orchestra in D minor, Music for violin and string orchestra, Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra no.2, Little Star, numbers from opera Dalia: Dalia's aria, Skudutis' aria, Jurgelis' aria, Dalia and Jurgelis' duet. Mindaugas Gecevičius/ horn, Aistė Dvarionaitė/violin, Irena Zelenkauskaitė/soprano, Virgilijus Noreika/tenor, Arūnas Dingelis/tenor, Justas Dvarionas/piano, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Vytautas Lukočius/cond.
11 Bern (CH), Kultur-Casino Bern, ISCM WORLD NEW MUSIC DAYS 2004: Trans-It, Onutė Narbutaitė, Melody*. Berner Symphonie-Orchester, Peter Hirsch/cond. Also on 12.
11 Chicago (USA), M.K.Čiurlionis, String Quartet in C minor, Osvaldas Balakauskas, String Quartet No.2. Also on 13 in Cleveland.
12-17 Kaunas (LT), IŠ ARTI Contemporary Music Festival.
14 Akron (USA), The University of Akron, Osvaldas Balakauskas, String Quartet No.2. Vilnius String Quartet
16 Vilnius (LT), "Pergalė" cinema theatre, Giedrius Kuprevičius, musical Fire Hunt with Beaters. Gytis Padegimas/director, Birute Ukrinaitė/designer, Romualdas Gražinis/cond. Also on 17, 18, 19.
18 Vilnius (LT), Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Mindaugas Urbaitis, Acid City, ballet in two acts. Krzysztof Pastor/choreographer, Adomas Jacovskis/set designer, Aleksandra Jacovskytė/costume designer, Martynas Staškus/cond. For more information see http://www.opera.lt/
18 Münster (DE), Musikhochschule Münster, Osvaldas Balakauskas, Impresonata, Vytautas Barkauskas, Mirror, Jurgis Juozapaitis, Aphrodite. Valentinas Gelgotas/flute, Povilas Stravinskas/piano
19 Vilnius (LT), IN MEMORIAM, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Great Hall, Vytautas Montvila, Gothic Poem, Justinas Bašinskas, Symphony In the Vortex, three arias from the opera Daughter-in-law, Antanas Rekašius, Autocollage. Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Asmik Grigorian/soprano, Jovita Paškevičiūtė/mezzo-soprano, Egidijus Dauskurdis/bass, Juozas Domarkas/cond.
19 Höör (SE), Kulturhuset Anders, Osvaldas Balakauskas, Nuovantica**, Bronius Kutavičius, Stasys' Eight Miniatures, Loreta Narvilaitė, When the Foot-bridge Is Gone I Will Cross the River. Kaskados Trio. Also on 20 in Växjö, Norrtullskolans aula, and 21 in Halmstad, Kulturverket.
19 Santa Barbara (USA), SANTA BARBARA HISTORIC VENUES CHORAL FESTIVAL, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kristina Vasiliauskaitė, Ave Maria**.
21 Vilnius (LT), J.S.BACH AND LITHUANIAN MUSIC, Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church, Algirdas Martinaitis, Concerto Musikalisches Opfer, Osvaldas Balakauskas, New work**. Mindaugas Zimkus/tenor, Musica humana, Aidija chamber choir, Robertas Šervenikas/cond., Romualdas Gražinis/cond.
December 2004
3 New York (USA), The Monkey, Vykintas Baltakas, Pasaka. Andrew Russo/piano. Also on 4 and 5.
3 Vilnius (LT), Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Balys Dvarionas, Dalia, opera in four acts (premiere of the new production). Jonas Aleksa/cond., Gintas Žilys/director, Virginija Idzelytė/designer. Also on 4. For more information see http://www.opera.lt/
5 Vilnius (LT), Museum of Applied Art, Gintaras Sodeika, Sounds of Music. Kremerata Baltica Sextet
8 Vilnius (LT), Russian Drama Theatre, Giedrius Kuprevičius, one-act zarzuela DaliGala**. Herkus Kunčius/libretto, Leokadija Dobužinskaitė/choreography, Luis Cruz/director and designer, Jauna muzika choir, Mykolas Vildžiūnas/actor, Inga Mashkarin Ensemble, Vaclovas Augustinas/cond. Also on 11. For more information see http://www.jaunamuzika.lt/
January 2005
15 Vilnius (LT), Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Great Hall, Algirdas Martinaitis, Sefer zykaron**. Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir, Robertas Šervenikas/cond.
26 Jena (DE), Volkshaus Jena, Mindaugas Urbaitis, Lithuanian Folk Music, Osvaldas Balakauskas, Symphony No.4, Vytautas Barkauskas, Konzertstück für Orchester No.2, M.K.Čiurlionis, The Sea. Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Roman Brogli-Sacher/cond.
February 2005
24 Hamburg (DE), NDR, Rolf Liebermann Studio, Vykintas Baltakas, New work**. Members of NDR Sinfonieorchester, Peter Eötvös/cond.
26 Mainz (DE), Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus, Antanas Rekašius, Music for Strings in Nick Hobbs's choreographical piece "Come to Pass". Philharmonisches Orchester des Staatstheaters Mainz, Enrico Delamboye/cond.
March 2005
5 Ghent (BE), De Rode Pomp, Osvaldas Balakauskas, String Quartet No.2. Vilnius String Quartet
** world premiere
* premiere
