18th Intertnational Contemporary Music Festival
9–16 November 2013, Kaunas
Website: www.isarti.lt
About the festival in brief:
- A unique opening concert, featuring a variety of Lithuanian and foreign soloists, a world premiere in Lithuania, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Witold Lutosławski, and a constellation of National Prize winners;
- A musical alliance of Lithuanian and French authors and performers, Lithuanian and French modern classics and intriguing premieres;
- Meetings, disputes and musical bridges between artists and students: Lithuania – Estonia;
- Passages of visualised and pure music for voices, guitar and piano;
- Lithuanian contemporary music in the eyes of different generations: performing art and interpretation, an exhibition and comments on it, the young and the acknowledged;
- The atmosphere of shopping centre in the genre of Lithuanian contemporary opera;
- The links of Lithuanian folk songs with music instruments from around the world, video projections, string quartet and living composers;
- National premieres and a platform for foreign composers;
- Musica vera for symphony orchestra: from the Song to the Eternal Light.
PROGRAMME
Saturday 9 November
5 pm, Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos g. 5)
CONCERTI
KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Chief Conductor Constantine Orbelian, director Algimantas Treikauskas
Conductor Modestas Barkauskas
Vidmantas Bartulis – Not the Same Landscape for violin and symphony orchestra (2013, world premiere)
Soloist Atis Bankas, violin (Canada)
Vytautas V. Barkauskas – Via tempora
Soloist Petras Geniušas, piano
Witold Lutosławski – Chantefleurs et Chantefables, text by Robert Desnos (Lithuanian premiere)
Soloist Marcelina Russak, soprano (Poland)
Anatolijus Šenderovas – Cello Concerto No. 3
Soloist Rimantas Armonas, cello
Jean Françaix – Quadruple Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (Lithuanian premiere)
Soloists: Eva Sartatavičiūtė, flute; José Alejandro Valcárcel Moura, oboe; Avelino Ferreira López, clarinet; Saúl Canosa Insua, bassoon (Spain)
Tickets: Lt 15, 20
Sunday 10 November
5 pm, Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos g. 5)
DECET
QUINTETTE À VENT DE MARSEILLE (France):
Thomas Saulet, flute; Armel Descotte, oboe; Daniel Paloyan, clarinet; Didier Huot, French horn; Frédéric Baron, bassoon
Remigijus Šileika – Modal Impression (2013, world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Cheminée du Roy René
Henri Tomasi – Variations sur un thème corse
ST CHRISTOPHER QUINTET (Lithuania):
Giedrius Gelgotas, flute; Justė Gelgotaitė, oboe; Andrius Žiūra, clarinet; Paulius Lukauskas, French horn; Andrius Puplauskis, bassoon
Algimantas Kubiliūnas – Why? (2013, premiere)
Osvaldas Balakauskas – Aerofonia II
Henri Tomasi – Cinq Danses: Danse Agreste; Danse Profane; Danse Sacrée; Danse Nuptiale; Danse Guerrière
Jean Françaix – Sept Dances for decet (Lithuanian premiere)
Lucien Guérinel – Rives effleurées for decet (Lithuanian premiere)
Linas Rimša – 4Ten for decet (2013, world premiere)
Tickets: Lt 10, 15
Monday 11 November
6 pm, Kaunas Artists' House (V. Putvinskio g. 56)
MEETINGS AT CLOSE QUARTERS
Composer and violinist Mihkel Kerem (Estonia) and pianist Rokas Zubovas (Lithuania)
Tickets: Lt 10
Tuesday 12 November
6 pm, Kaunas State Philharmonic Chamber Hall (L. Sapiegos g. 5)
TWOSOME
Rita Novikaitė, mezzo-soprano (Lithuania)
Halina Maria Kochan, piano (Austria)
Antanas Kučinskas – Ende des Zyklus, text by Wilhelm Müller (2013, world premiere)
Zita Bružaitė – Cantion, text by Nicola Guillen (2013, worl premiere)
Shane Woodborne – Drei „Alten“ Lieder, text by Jerzy Lec
Witold Lutosławski – Two songs from the cycle Pięć pieśen, text by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna: Morze; Wiatr
Dalia Kairaitytė – Night, text by Zita Gaižauskaitė
Feliksas Bajoras – Monotony, text by Leonardas Gutauskas
ESFERA ENSEMBLE (Spain):
Elisenda Pujals, soprano; Teresa García Herranz, guitar; Arne Bock, sound designer and director
Artistic Director Teresa García Herranz
Dušan Bogdanović– Five songs on poetry by Gabriela Mistral
Images and animation by Juan Antonio Baños
Luciano Berio – Sequenza III
Wim Henderickx – Saeta
Jonas Tamulionis – Vilnius Miniatures, text by Justinas Marcinkevičius (2013, world premiere)
Ilya Ziblat – La Casa Roja
Text and images by Juan Carlos Mestre; video by Arne Bock
Tickets: Lt 15
Wednesday 13 November
11 am, M. and K. Petrauskas Lithuanian Music Museum (K. Petrausko g. 31)
AN EXHIBITION AND SEMINAR ON INTERPRETATION OF LITHUANIAN MUSIC, DEDICATED TO THE ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE COMPOSER JUOZAS INDRA (1918–1968)
Chief Faculty of the Master classes: pianist Šviesė Čepliauskaitė
Curators of an exhibition: Assoc. Prof. Jūratė Šleinytė, Kristina Mikuličiūtė-Vaitkūnienė
Antanas Belazaras – Pienė (Dandelion), text by Salomėja Nėris
Perf. Gražina Miliauskaitė, soprano; Natanas Bairakas, piano (teacher Ella Vladimirskaja, Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium)
Dalia Kairaitytė – Miško takeliu (Down the Forest Path)
Perf. Povilas Gaigalas, piano (teacher Ina Vaičienė, Kaunas Varpelis Boys' school of Choral Singing)
Vidmantas Bartulis – Lullaby for cello and piano
Perf. Saulius Bartulis, cello; Emilija Gradauskaitė, piano (teacher Virginija Čižienė, Kaunas Music School No. 1)
Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė – O tai mano oželis (My Goatling)
Perf. Stasys Kraujelis, oboe; Silvia Leonzio, piano (teacher Rita Juknevičienė, Kaunas Aleksandras Kačanauskas Music School)
Juozas Indra – Saulė leidžias (The Sun Is Setting), text by Salomėja Nėris
Perf. Jurgita Šalčiūtė, mezzo-soprano; Gražina Pačinskaitė, piano (teacher Džuljeta Sklėrienė, Kaunas Juozas Gruodis Conservatory)
Admission free
Thursday 14 November
6 pm, National Kaunas Drama Theatre, Long Hall (Kęstučio g. 62)
Opera HAVE A GOOD DAY!
Librettis Vaiva Grainytė
Director and Set Designer Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė
Costume Designer Daiva Samajauskaitė
Lighting Designers Eugenijus Sabaliauskas, Mindaugas Skuminas
Chorus Master Milda Zapolskaitė
Production by OPEROMANIA
Performers:
Cashiers: Liucina Blaževič, Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova, Lina Dambrauskaitė, Aušra Zabielienė, Milda Zapolskaitė, Vida Valuckienė, Kristina Svolkinaitė, Rima Šovienė, Lina Valionienė, Svetlana Bagdonaitė
Kęstutis Pavalkis, piano
Lina Lapelytė, live electronics
More about the opera: http://www.haveagoodday.me/
Tickets: Lt 30; discounts are available
Friday 15 November
7 pm, Kaunas Artists' House (V. Putvinskio g. 56)
LITHUANIAN MUSICAL CUTTINGS
Lithuanian folk songs after Jonas Jurkūnas, Zita Bružaitė, Bronius Kutavičius, Vidmantas Bartulis, Algirdas Klova, Giedrius Kuprevičius
ČIURLIONIS QUARTET:
Jonas Tankevičius, 1st violin; Darius Dikšaitis, 2nd violin; Gediminas Dačinskas, viola; Saulius Lipčius, cello
Saulius Petreikis, various instruments
Rasa Serra, voice
Gintautas Velykis, VJ
Marius Salynas, DJ
Jonas Jurkūnas – Joj bernelis ing vainelį
Zita Bružaitė – Rauda
Bronius Kutavičius – Mamužyte senolyte
Vidmanas Bartulis – Lorum bėrum čiukum bee
Algirdas Klova – Dūdamuzika (Aukšti kalneliai)
Giedrius Kuprevičius – Ožys ant tilto stovėjo
Tickets: Lt 10, 15
Saturday 16 November
5 pm, Kaunas State Philharmonic Hall (L. Sapiegos g. 5)
SYMPHONIC WORKS BY LITHUANIAN COMPOSERS AND PRESENTATION OF THE CD MUSICA VERA
KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Chief Conductor Constantine Orbelian, Director Algimantas Treikauskas
KAUNAS STATE CHOIR
Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Petras Bingelis
Conductor Imants Resnis (Latvia)
Alvidas Remesa – Melody for birbynė and orchestra
Soloist Pranciškus Narušis, birbynė
Eduardas Balsys – Habanera (arr. for symphony orchestra by Vytautas Lukočius)
Vidmantas Bartulis – Music for voice and orchestra, text by Marija Katiliūtė
Vidmantas Bartulis, voice
Donatas Zakaras – Piece for symphony orchestra
Zita Bružaitė – Birth of the Song for voice and symphony orchestra, text by Henrikas Radauskas
Soloist Neda Malūnavičiūtė, voice
Faustas Latėnas – In Loving Memory (arr. for symphony orchestra by Donatas Zakaras)
Jonas Jurkūnas – Temporarily for 4 voices and symphony orchestra
Soloists: Kristina Žaldokaitė, Berta Timinskaitė, Ieva Mukauskaitė, Gaudrė Vaitkutė
Giedrius Kuprevičius – Lux aeterna. I am in Love from the oratorio Eternal Light for bass, choir and symphony orchestra, text by Antanas Maceina
Soloist Liudas Mikalauskas, bass
Vaclovas Augustinas – Gloria for choir and orchestra (movt. I)
Soloist Aušra Gakaitė, soprano
Tickets: Lt 15, 20
Organisers:
Kaunas Branch of the Lithuanian Composers' Union
PI Iš Arti
Kaunas State Philharmonic
Sponsors:
Lithuanian Ministry of Culture
Kaunas Municipality
LATGA
Culture Support Foundation
Ticketing Information:
Tickets for the festival events are available at the venues (no transaction fees), at the Kaunas State Philharmonic, National Kaunas Drama Theatre and Kaunas Artists' House box offices.
Tickets are also distributed by the Tiketa and may be booked online at www.tiketa.lt and by short service number 1588 (Lt2/min per booking). Transaction fee of Lt3 applies per one ticket.
