20 October, Friday, 7 p.m., LITEXPO New Hall
LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Inesa Linaburgytė (mezzo-soprano)
Chamber Choir "Jauna Muzika"
Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius
Marius Baranauskas. The Molten Thought (world premiere)
Vytautas Laurušas. Symphonia Latina (world premiere)
Steve Reich. The Desert Music
21 October, Saturday, 7 p.m., Concemporary Art Centre
JEAN-FRANCOIS LAPORTE & PRODUCTIONS TOTEM CONTEMPORAIN (Canada)
Performers: Jean-Francois Laporte and Martin Ouellet
Jean-Francois Laporte. Khōra sound installation
Music for specially designed unique instruments
22 October, Sunday, 7 p.m., National Philharmonic Hall
GIDON KREMER & KREMERATA BALTICA
David Geringas (cello)
Fridrikh Lips (accordion)
Ula Ulijona (viola)
Marta Sudraba (cello)
Sofia Gubaidulina. String Trio
Sofia Gubaidulina. Seven Words
Algirdas Martinaitis. La Verna (world premiere)
Giya Kancheli. Twilight
23 October, Monday, 7 p.m., St. Catherine's Church
ENSEMBLE ECLAT SEOUL (South Korea)
Vytautas Germanavičius. Be Melting Snow (world premiere)
Seung Jae Chung. Well-tempered Quartet
Isang Yun. Trio
Seung Hyun Yun. Echoes
Vytautas Barkauskas. Contactus No.1 (world premiere)
23 October, Monday, 9 p.m., Contemporary Art Centre
WAVES
Jean-Francois Laporte & Productions Totem Contemporain (Canada)
Jean-Francois Laporte - music
Loreta Juodkaitė - choreography
Music for specially designed unique instruments and the compositions of modern dance by Loreta Juodkaitė
24 October, Tuesday, 7 p.m., National Philharmonic Hall
GAIDA ENSEMBLE: Acoustica
Conductor Daniel Gazon (Belgium)
Jean-Luc Fafchamps. Lettre Soufie Gh
Yan Maresz. Entrelacs
Raminta Šerkšnytė. Almond Blossom
Bronius Kutavičius. Summer Toils (world premiere)
25 October, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Small Hall of the National Drama Theatre
TIME LINE
Multimedia Dance Performance (world premiere)
Vytautas V. Jurgutis - concept, music, video, stage design
Kaunas Dance Theatre "Aura" - choreography
Dancers - Mantas Stabačinskas, Paulius Tamolė, Lina Puodžiukaitė, Asta Brilingienė, Audra Liškevičiūtė
Laser projections - Regimantas Januškevičius, Asta Januškevičienė, Zigmas Balevičius
25 October, Wednesday, 9 p.m., Contemporary Art Centre
MICROWAVES
Pan Sonic (Finland) & Alter Ego (Italy)
Atli Ingólfsson. SNAP
Yan Maresz. Link
Giovanni Verrando. Harmonic Domains #2
Riccardo Nova. THIRTEEN - 13x8@terror generating deity
The concert is dedicated to the memory of Fausto Romitelli
26 October, Thursday, 7 p.m., National Philharmonic Hall
MAURICIO KAGEL: STÜCKE DER WINDROSE
Ensemble MusikFabrik (Germany)
Conductor Mauricio Kagel
Cycle of six works for salon orchestra:
Osten (1988/89)
Südwesten (1993)
Norden (1993/94)
Süden (1989)
Südosten (1991)
Westen (1993/94)
27 October, Friday, 7 p.m., Contemporary Art Centre
PARIS QUI DORT
Ensemble Court Circuit and IRCAM (France)
Conductor Pierre-André Valade
Live soundtrack (2005) by Yan Maresz for the silent film "Paris qui dort" (1923) by the legendary French director René Clair
IRCAM specialists:
Benoit Meudic - computer music design
Jérémie Henrot - sound engineering
Jérōme Tuncer - sound technique
27 October, Friday, 9 p.m., Contemporary Art Centre
GAIDA ENSEMBLE: Cinemusica
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
(Un)silent Lithuanian Cinema
Nomeda Valančiūtė. Go, Go, Rub-a-dub!
Šarūnas Nakas. The Gospel According to Blacksmith Ignotas
Gintaras Sodeika. Calculus
Ramūnas Motiekaitis. The Sound of My Illusion
28 October, Saturday, 7 p.m., National Philharmonic Hall
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ruta and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (pianos)
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas
Antanas Jasenka. Title: 0/1 (world premiere)
Osvaldas Balakauskas. Movimenti II (world premiere)
Edgard Varese. Déserts (video - Bill Viola)
Helmut Lachenmann. Schreiben
20 November, Monday, 7 p.m., Congress Concert Hall
Gaida Post Scriptum:
STEVE REICH AND MUSICIANS (JAV)
Steve Reich. Drumming (Part I)
Steve Reich. Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ
Steve Reich. Music for 18 Musicians
26 October, Thursday, 12 a.m., Composers' House
Meeting with the composer Mauricio Kagel
26 October, Thursday, 4 p.m., Composers' House
Round table "Contemporary Music Festivals and Challenges of the 21st Century"
Participants:
Christine Fischer, Musik der Jahrhunderte, ISCM World Music Days 2006 in Stuttgart, managing director (Germany)
Matthias Osterwold, MaerzMusik Festival, artistic director (Germany)
Geir Johnson, Ultima Festival, artistic director (Norway)
Daiva Parulskienė, Gaida Festival, deputy director (Lithuania)
Rūta Goštautienė, musicologist (Lithuania)
