I N V I L N I U S
25 May, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio 6)
Two Sides
St. CHRISTOPHER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Artistic director and conductor DONATAS KATKUS
Turkey Laptop Ensemble IBULOrk
Compositions by young Lithuanian composers (Tadas Dailyda, Andrius Maslekovas, Mantas Savickis, Vytautas Paukštelis, Raimundas Martinkėnas) and live-electronic improvisation
26 May, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
Arts Printing House, Black Hall
Opera “I Hit the Mark”
Operomanija collective presents: audio-visual interpretation of a short story by the Lithuanian classic writer Jonas Biliūnas
Creators: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (music), Simona Biekšaitė (scenography), Irina Lavrinovič (acting), Mykolas Budraitis (video), Gabrielė Labanauskaitė (texts). Also participating: Marija Simona Šimulynaitė (staging adviser), Viktorija Miškūnaitė (soprano), Andrius Maslekovas (multi-instrumentalist), Kašaras Biliūnas-Kliudžiau (a cat)
27 May, Thursday, 6 p.m.
Arts Printing House, Black Hall
Nordic Music
CHORDOS STRING QUARTET
St. CHRISTOPHER WOODWIND QUINTET
Compositions by Niels Rosing-Show (Denmark), Kjartan Olafsson (Iceland), Ivar Frounberg (Norway), Kent Olofsson (Sweden), Veli-Matti Puumala (Finland), Rytis Mažulis (Lithuania)
I N D R U S K I N I N K A I
28 May, Friday, 10 p.m.
“Kolonada” Restaurant-Music Club (V. Kudirkos 22)
ELEKTROmanija
Electro-acoustic improvisations, sound projects for original instruments, electronic music and video projections, audio-visual performances
Grzegorz Pieniek – “Corridors” (electronic music, Poland/Austria)
Rodrigo Tascono – “Frames” (elektronic music and video, Mexico)
Moon Young Ha and Dennis Miller – “Amorphisms” (electronic music and video, USA)
Lina Lapelytė and Vaiva Grainytė – “Karl L.”, for string instrument designed and built by the architect Mantas Sauja (Lithuania)
Duet ONEPLUSONE – electro-acoustic improvisations with voice, keyboards and accordion (Latvia)
R&R ELECTRONICS – audio-visual performance “Open Your Heart” (Lithuania)
29 May, Saturday, 12 a.m.
Church of Blessed Virgin Mary of the Scapular (Vilniaus al. 1)
Young Nordic Music. Part I
CHORDOS STRING QUARTET
St. CHRISTOPHER WOODWIND QUINTET
Compositions by participants of the contemporary music laboratory “The Process”: Ansgar Beste (Sweden), Jan Dobiaš (Czech Republic), Árni Gudjonsson (Iceland), Juhani Junkala (Finland), Øyvind Mæland (Norway), Filip Correia de Melo (Sweden), Tiina Myllärinen (Finland), Alessandro Perini (Italy), Agnes Ida Pettersen (Norway), Justina Repečkaitė, Mantas Savickis, Justina Šikšnelytė, Marius Čivilis, Lukrecija Petkutė, Tadas Dailyda, Julius Aglinskas, Rita Mačiliūnaitė (Lithuania)
29 May, Saturday, 3 p.m.
“Europa Royale” Hotel Restaurant (Vilniaus al. 7)
Young Nordic Music. Part II
CHORDOS STRING QUARTET
St. CHRISTOPHER WOODWIND QUINTET
Electro-acoustic compositions by participants of the contemporary music laboratory “The Process”: Jan Dobiaš (Czech Republic), Juhani Junkala (Finland), Øyvind Mæland (Norway), Filip Correia de Melo (Sweden), Tiina Myllärinen (Finland), Agnes Ida Pettersen (Norway), Justina Repečkaitė, Mantas Savickis, Justina Šikšnelytė, Marius Čivilis, Lukrecija Petkutė, Tadas Dailyda, Julius Aglinskas, Rita Mačiliūnaitė (Lithuania)
29 May, Saturday, 6 p.m.
Church of Blessed Virgin Mary of the Scapular (Vilniaus al. 1)
Chamber Orchestra Concert
St. CHRISTOPHER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Artistic director and conductor DONATAS KATKUS
Compositions by young Lithuanian composers (Tadas Dailyda, Andrius Maslekovas, Mantas Savickis, Vytautas Paukštelis, Raimundas Martinkėnas)
29 May, Saturday, 10 p.m.
“Kolonada” Restaurant-Music Club (V. Kudirkos 22)
FREE
NEXT STOP BROADWAY
Rita Mačiliūnaitė (voice), Ensemble IN SPE, conductor Ričardas Šumila
Arrangements of jazz and blues compositions by Leonard Bernstein, Jonathan Larson, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, John Kander, and others. Authors of arrangements – Sigitas Mickis, Rita Mačiliūnaitė, Robertas Budrys, Ričardas Šumila (Lithuania), Detlev Haimerl (Germany), Turkar Qasimzadeh (USA)
Adas Gecevičius – electronics (Lithuania)
DJ Regina
A project of multi-style mix by Vaiva Grainytė and Gražvydas Kardokas (Lithuania)
30 May, Sunday, 12 p.m.
“Regina” Hotel Restaurant (T. Kosčiuškos 3)
Oneplusone
Duet ONEPLUSONE (Latvia): Anna Veismane (piano, melodica, voice) and Timo Kinnunen (accordion)
Compositions by Marius Salynas, Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Egidija Medekšaitė, Sigitas Mickis (Lithuania), Anitra Tumševica, Anna Veismane (Latvia), Gregory Emfietzis (Greece), George Holloway (England), Gustav Castro, Cristiano Melli (Brazil), Turkar Qasimzadeh (USA), and collective improvisations
30 May, Sunday, 2 p.m.
“Europa Royale” Hotel Restaurant (Vilniaus al. 7)
In Spe
Ensemble IN SPE, conductor RIČARDAS ŠUMILA
Compositions by Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Rita Mačiliūnaitė, Albertas Navickas, Sigitas Mickis (Lithuania), Matthias Kranebitter (Austria), Octavi Rumbau (France), Gregory Emfietzis (Greece), Nikolos Pacek-Vetnićos (Serbia), Kalle Vainio (Finland), and others
Performers: Toma Bandzaitytė – violin, Dainius Rudvalis – double bass, Vytautas Giedraitis – clarinet, Robertas Šidiškis – bassoon, Valentas Marozas – trombone, Remigijus Šereckis – trumpet, Gediminas Mačiulskis – percussion
I N L I Š K I A V A
30 May, Sunday, 5 p.m.
Liškiava Mound
Five Incantations
Justinas Mačys (flute)
Roman Timofejev, Dmitrij Timofejev, Maksim Samuilov, Ana Ablamonova (kite builders)
Launching of DRUSKOMANIJA kites, while playing “Cinq incantation” by André Jolivet
21–28 May
“Europa Royale” Hotel Restaurant (Vilniaus al. 7)
Public lectures on subjects of contemporary music
Kent Olofsson (Sweden), Niels Rosing-Show (Denmark), Kjartan Olafsson (Iceland), Ivar Frounberg (Norway), Veli-Matti Puumala (Finland), Tapio Tuomela (Finland), Rytis Mažulis (Lithuania)
More information: http://www.druskomanija.lt/