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2011-06-05 -- 2011-08-28

PAŽAISLIS FESTIVAL 2011


June 5 d., Sunday, 20.00

Opening Concert

Pažaislis Monastery

 

LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Artistic director and principal conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis
Soloists:
Vilija Pilibaitytė-Mia, Rosita Čivilytė, Donatas Montvydas, Sasha Song

Conductor: Gintaras Rinkevičius

Programme includes songs by Freddy Mercury, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Bryan Adams, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Queen

Tickets: Lt20, 30

 
 
June 7 d., Tuesday, 18.00

An Evening of Chamber Music

Kaunas Evangelical Lutheran Church

 

Mark Drobinsky (cello, France)
Vladislav Pligovka (bayan, Belarus)

Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Sergei Rachmaninov, Johannes Brahms, Niccolo Paganini, David Popper, Astor Piazzolla

Tickets: Lt15

 

 

June 11 d., Saturday, 18.00

Piano Concertos

Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall

 

KLAIPĖDA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Artistic director Mindaugas Bačkus
Soloist and conductor: Alexander Paley (piano, USA)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 17, 18 and 19

Tickets: Lt10, 15, 20

 

 

June 12 d., Sunday, 17.00

Gentlemen Duo

St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis

Vilhelmas Čepinskis (violin)
Sergej Krinicin (guitar)
 
Georg Philipp Telemann, Niccolo Paganini, Pablo de Sarasate, Astor Piazzolla

Tickets: Lt20

 

 

June 15 d., Wednesday, 19.00

Commemorating the Day of Occupation and Genocide

Pažaislis Monastery

 

Vidmantas Bartulis - Requiem


LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Artistic director and principal conductor Juozas Domarkas
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis
ĄŽUOLIUKAS Boys and Youth Choir
Artistic director and principal conductor Vytautas Miškinis
TRIMITAS State Wind Orchestra

Artistic director Algirdas Budrys


Soloists:
Sandra Janušaitė (soprano)
Vaidas Vyšniauskas (tenor)
Vladimiras Prudnikovas (bass)

Conductor: Petras Bingelis

Admission free

 

 

June 17 d., Friday, 18.00

Mephisto’s Spells

Zypliai Mansion

BASS ARCO String Group
Giedrius Daunoravičius (cello)
Tomas Šatas (cello)
Domas Jakštas (cello)
Dainius Rudvalis (double bass)

Soloist: Liudas Mikalauskas (bass)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Charles Gounod, Arrigo Boito, Anton Rubinstein, Modest Mussorgsky, Camille Saint-Saens

Tickets: Lt15

 

 

June 18 d., Saturday, 16.00

The Good News

St. Anne’s Church in Skaruliai

LITHUANIAN OBOE QUINTET
Robertas Beinaris (oboe&Artistic Director)
Tomas Bieliauskas (oboe)
Eugenijus Paškevičius (oboe d’amore)
Petras Kuraitis (English horn)
Arūnas Zujus (bassoon)

Soloist: Judita Leitaitė (mezzo-soprano)

Jean-Baptiste Lully, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Franz Schubert, Cézar Franck, Franz Xaver Brixi, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Georg Friedrich Haendel, Francesco Durante, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Algirdas Martinaitis, Kristina  Vasiliauskaitė, Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė

Admission free

 

 

June 19 d., Sunday, 18.00

An Evening of Symphonic Music

Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall

 

TAIPEI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Taiwan)
Soloists:
Vestard Šimkus (piano, Latvia)
Igor Kramarev (trumpet)
Conductor: Paul Tien-Chi Lin (Taiwan)

Béla Bartók,  Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Dmitry Shostakovich, Taiwanese folk music

Tickets: Lt10, 15, 20

 

 

June 25 d., Saturday, 17.00

Out of Longing and Love...

St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis

Lilija Gubaidulina (soprano)
Jevgenij Chrebtov (bass-baritone)
Rūta Mikelaitytė-Kašubienė (piano)
Birutė Marcinkevičiūtė-Mar (actress)

Programme includes romances by Mikhail Glinka, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Cezar Kyui, Vladimir Vlasov and Aleksandr Zhivtsov, and poetry by Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetayeva, Vladislav Khodasevich and Jurgis Baltrušaitis

Tickets: Lt20

 

 

June 26 d., Sunday, 19.00

In the Rhythm of Tango

Babtynas-Žemaitkiemis Mansion

CONCERTINO Accordion Ensemble (Moldova)

Astor Piazzolla, Richard Galliano

Tickets: Lt20

 

 

June 30 d., Thursday, 18.00

Dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Franz Liszt

Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall

Lukas Geniušas (piano)

Frederic Chopin - 24 Etudes
Franz Liszt - Sonata in B minor

Tickets: Lt15, 20

 

 

July 1 d., Friday, 19.00

The Charm of Wind Instruments

Backyard of the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum

 

Aušra Lukoševičiutė (flute)
Lukas Sarpalius (oboe)
Andrius Bernotaitis (clarinet)
Andrius Dirmauskas (French horn)
Povilas Bingelis (bassoon)

Samuel Barber, Jean Françaix, György Ligeti, Paquito D’Rivera

Tickets: Lt10

 

 

July 3 d., Sunday, 21.30

Justinas Marcinkevičius - MAŽVYDAS

Kaunas Castle

 

In cooperation with the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
Justinas Marcinkevičius - MAŽVYDAS
Director: Vytautas Rumšas
Set Designer: Virginija Idzelytė-Dautartienė
Music Director: Antanas Kučinskas
Lighting Designer: Gintautas Urba
Assistant Director: Regina Garuolytė
Sound Director: Rimvydas Gaigalas

Cast:
Mažvydas – Saulius Balandis
Benigna – Adrija Čepaitė
Kristupas – Mantas Vaitiekūnas
Kasparas – Vytautas Rumšas Jr.
Marija – Toma Vaškevičiūtė
Milkus – Ramutis Rimeikis
Nikodemas – Šarūnas Puidokas
Mačys – Evaldas Jaras
Žioba – Jonas Braškys
Tirva – Remigijus Bučius
Berankis – Džiugas Siaurusaitis
Vilentas – Alvydas Šlepikas
Burgrovas – Albinas Arkauskas
First Townsman / Solder – Irmantas Jankaitis
Second Townsman / Gelčys – Mindaugas Jusčius
Katrikė – Jurga Kalvaitytė
Gendrė – Regina Garuolytė
The Monk – Arūnas Vozbutas

With the participation of the BLIKAS Pyrotechnics Company

Tickets: Lt10

 

 

July 7 d., Thursday, 19.00

Pacific Boychoir Academy (USA)

July 7, Thursday, 7 pm, Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary in Žeimiai
July 8, Friday, 7 pm, Church of the Pažaislis Monastery
July 9, Saturday, 8 pm, Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Birštonas
Pacific Boychoir Academy (USA)

Leader and Conductor:  Kevin Fox (USA)

Maurice Duruflé, Charles Wood, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Thomas Tallis, Eric Whitacre, Gregorio Allegri, Sergej Rachmaninov, spirituals

Admission free

 

 

July 9 d., Saturday, 17.00

Summer with the Double Bass

St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis

Asta Krikščiūnaitė (soprano)
Donatas Bagurskas (double bass)
Audronė Kisieliūtė (piano)

Programme includes duets by Jules Massenet, Ernest Chausson, Luigi Denza, Mikhail Glinka, Leonard Bernstein and other composers

Tickets: Lt15

 

 

July 10 d., Sunday, 18.00

An Evening of Chamber Music

Taujėnai Mansion

 

VILNIAUS ARSENALAS Chamber Ensemble
Laima Šulskutė (flute)
Rolandas Romoslauskas (viola)
Sergejus Okruško (harpsichord)

Soloist: Joana Gedmintaitė (soprano)
 
Johann Sebastian Bach, Zita Bružaitė, Vidmantas Bartulis, Domenico Cimarosa, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini       

Tickets: Lt10

 

 

July 16 d., Saturday, 18.00

19th-Century Romanticism and Virtuoso Salon Music

Baisogala Mansion

MUSICA HUMANA Chamber Ensemble
Soloists:
Raminta Vaicekauskaitė (soprano)
Paulius Biveinis (violin)      
Robertas Beinaris (oboe)
Conductor: Algirdas Vizgirda
                                                                     
Franz Schubert, Fritz Kreisler, Robert Schumann, Manuel de Falla, Hugo Wolf, Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, Edward Elgar

Tickets: Lt10

 

 

July 17 d., Sunday, 17.00

Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Gustav Mahler

St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis

Rita Preikšaitė (mezzo-soprano)
Raminta Neverdauskaitė (piano, Lithuania/France)
Diana Sakalauskaitė (actress, Lithuania/France)

Songs and letters by Gustav Mahler

Tickets: Lt15

 

 

July 21 d., Thursday, 18.00

Piano Music

Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall

 

Andrius Žlabys (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergej Prokofjev
 

Tickets: Lt10, 15

 

 

July 23 d., Saturday, 19.00

Chamber Music

Church of the Holy Cross (Carmelite)

 

KAUNAS STRING QUARTET
Karolina Beinarytė (violin I)
Dalia Terminaitė (violin II)
Eglė Karžinauskaitė (viola)
Saulius Bartulis (cello)
Soloists:
Algirdas Budrys (clarinet)
Robertas Beinaris (oboe)

Anton Bruckner, Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Eduard Herrmann

Admission free

 

 

July 24 d., Sunday, 18.00

An Evening of Vocal Music

Kaunas Officers’ Club

 

VOICES UNLIMITED Male Vocal Ensemble (Austria)
Moritz Guttmann (tenor)
Christian Hollerweger (tenor)
Christoph Moser (tenor)
Georg Dürnberger (tenor)
Paul Dürnberger (baritone)
Thomas Schneider (baritone)
Lukas Oberhammer (bass)
Thomas Ramminger (bass)

Programme includes a cappella music from various countries around the world


Tickets: Lt15

 

 

July 30 d., Saturday, 18.00

Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall


Baltic Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Founding Conductor & Music Director Kristjan Järvi
Soloist: Mikhail Simonyan (violin, Russia)
Conductor: Kristjan Järvi (Estonia)

Daniel Schnyder, Carl Nielsen, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Dmitry Shostakovich

Tickets: Lt10, 15, 20

 

 

July 31 d., Sunday, 19.00

Variations on a Theme of Cabaret

Babtynas-Žemaitkiemis Mansion

Tora Augestad (vocals)
Stian Carstensen (accordion, steel guitar)
Martin Taxt (tuba)
Pål Hausken (percussion)

Programme includes songs, ballades and instrumental music by Kurt Weill

Tickets: Lt20

 

 

August 6 d., Saturday, 20.00

Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Birštonas

 

VILNIUS STATE QUARTET

Audronė Vainiūnaitė (violin I)

Artūras Šilalė (violin II)

Girdutis Jakaitis (viola)

Augustinas Vasiliauskas (cello)

Soloist: Merūnas Vitulskis (tenor)

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, songs by Italian and Lithuanian authors

 

Admisson free

 

 

August 7 d., Sunday, 20.00

Let Your Voice Echo in My Song

Pociūnai Airport

 

Gintarė Skerytė (soprano)

Virgilijus Noreika (tenor)                                                                  

Dainius Puišys (baritone)

 

Instrumental trio:                                    

Povilas Jaraminas (piano)

Jaroslavas Cechanovičius (guitar)

Zigmas Žukas (double bass)

 

With the participation of the world-class dancers Katerina Voropaj and Vadimas Šuško

Presenter: Viktoras Gerulaitis (musicologist)

Programme includes tangos, foxtrots, waltzes, Neapolitan songs, and hits; popular melodies, duets, trios and song potpourris from musicals and films and by the Lithuanian light music composers; and ballroom and Latin American dances

 

Tickets: Lt15

 

 

August 9 d., Tuesday, 18.00

At the Turn of Epochs

Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall

 

Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director Sergej Krylov
Soloist:
Sergej Krylov (violin, Italy)
Edoardo Strabbiolli (piano, Italy)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn

Tickets: Lt10, 15, 20

 

 

August 13 d., Saturday, 17.00

Through the Pages of Opera Scores

St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis

Sabina Martinaitytė (soprano)
Erika Grigaitytė (mezzo-soprano)
Egidijus Bavikinas (tenor)
Andrius Apšega (baritone)
Mantas Gacevičius (baritone)
Audronė Eitmanavičiūtė (piano)

With the participation of the students of the VMU Music Academy: Viktorija Veršinina (soprano), Ieva Golecjytė (mezzo-soprano), Mangirdas Dabkus (tenor) and Žygimantas Galinis (bass)

Giuseppe Verdi, Anton Rubinstein, Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georges Bizet, Antonin Dvorak, Amilcare Poncchielli, Charles Gounod, Richard Wagner, Gioachino Rossini, Piotr Čaikovskij, Jacques Offenbach, Ruggero Leoncavallo  

Tickets: Lt15

 

 

August 14 d., Sunday, 18.00

Through the Epochs in an a Cappella Manner

Taujėnai Mansion

 

QUORUM Male Voice A Cappella Ensemble
Vitalij Neugasimov (countertenor, artistic director)
Andrius Jautakis (tenor)
Artur Šulc (tenor)
Žilvinas Čaplikas (baritone)
Vytautas Gailevičius (baritone)
Romanas Savickas (bass)
Romuald Olechnovič (vocal percussion)

Tickets: Lt10

 

 

August 15 d., Monday, 15.00

The Feast of the Assumption at Pažaislis

Pažaislis Monastery

Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Lithuanian Congregation of the Sisters of St Casimir Mass to be celebrated by Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius
With the participation of:
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis
Soloists:
Elena Kalvaitytė-Vitkauskienė (soprano)
Inga Gudavičienė (soprano)
Žermena Buliauskaitė-Lunskienė (mezzo-soprano)
Neringa Navikauskaitė (mezzo-soprano)
Augustinas Kantas (tenor)
Antanas Kulakauskas (bass)


Conductor: Petras Bingelis

 

 

August 20 d., Saturday, 17.00

Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

St. John the Baptist’s Church in Zapyškis

Rūta and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (piano duo)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saens

Tickets: Lt15

 

 

August 21 d., Sunday, 19.00

Johann Strauss’ Music on the Water

Yacht Club  

KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
Soloists:
Kristina Zmailaitė (soprano)
Edmundas Seilius (tenor)
Conductor: Juozas Domarkas
Presenter: Viktoras Gerulaitis (musicologist)

Tickets: Lt20

 

 

August 26 d., Friday, 18.00

Romantic Novellas

August 26, Friday, 6 pm, Žiežmariai Culture Centre
August 28, Sunday, 5 pm, Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Birštonas

CHORDOS String Quartet
Dainius Puodžiukas (violin I)
Ieva Sipaitytė (violin II)
Robertas Bliškevičius (viola)
Rūta Tamutytė (cello)

Soloist: Rita Novikaitė (mezzo-soprano)

Franz Schubert, Gabriel Faure, Erwin Schulhoff, Ottorino Respighi, Zhou Long, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Ruperto Chapi, Ernesto Leccona

Admisson free

 

 

August 27 d., Saturday, 16.00

From My Dreams

M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art

Aistė Širvinskaitė (soprano)
Miglė Dikšaitienė (violin)
Rūta Blaškytė (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Eugène Ysaÿe, Sergei Rachmaninov, Manuel Enriguez, Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Johannes Brahms, Richard Rodgers, Meredith Willson, Franz Kreisler, Franz Lehar

 

Tickets: Lt20, 30

 

 

August 28 d., Sunday, 18.00

Closing Concert

Pažaislis Monastery

 

Giacomo Puccini - La Rondine (A concert performance)
Performers:
Magda – Elaine Alvarez (soprano, USA)
Ruggero – Edgaras Montvidas (tenor)
Lisette – Lilija Gubaidulina (soprano)
Prunier – Mindaugas Zimkus (tenor)
Rambaldo Fernandez – Andrius Apšega (baritone)


KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Principal conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic director and principal conductor Petras Bingelis

Conductor: Modestas Pitrėnas

 

Tickets: Lt20, 30

 

 

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