PROGRAM
 
 
13 November, Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Kaunas Culture Centre
 
KAUNAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
 
Vladas Švedas. Symphony Kaunas (2007, premiere)
Daiva Rokaitė. Heaven's Stone for symphony orchestra (2007, premiere)
Algirdas Martinaitis. Concerto either–or for cello, piano and symphony orchestra (2007, premiere)
Giedrius Kuprevičius. Tierce Symphony (2007, premiere)
 
Soloists: Saulius Bartulis (cello), Lina Krėpštaitė (piano)
Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
 
 
14 November, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
M. Žilinskas Gallery
 
DUO PHOENIX (Belgium) 
Françoise Vanhecke (soprano), Stephan Vermeersch (clarinets)
 
Tzvi Avni (Israel). Leda and the Swan
Ilja Zeljenka (Slovakia). Rozmar
Gordon Jacob (Great Britain). Three Songs
Matyas Seiber (Hungary). Morgensternlieder
Volodymyr Runchak (Ukraine). Ave Maria
Rolf Wallinn (Norway). Scratch
Irma Bilbao (Belgium). Jong Bloed
Svetlana Azarova (Ukraine). Outvoice, outstep and outwalk
Michel Lysight (Belgium). Labyrinthe
Vytautas Germanavičius. Creation «Le désir», Improvisatie
 
ELECTROSHOCKED!
 
Moniek Darge (Belgium). Mini robot (James)
Chiel Meijering (Holland). Nichts mehr..., Bossy, Caribu
Georges Aperghis (Greece, France). Désir, Récitation nr 9
Sophie Lacaze (France). Archèlogos I, Duo 
The Errorz. Crack
Maria de Alvear (Germany, Spain). Del Viento
Sergey Piliutikov (Ukraine). Sonnet
Laurent Chassain (France). E.turbo, E.pod, E.scratsch
Irma Bilbao (Belgium). Oceandrumsession, Lascia ch'io pianga
Luciano Berio (Italy). Sequenza 3
Dimitri Terzakis (Germany, Greece). Geschwätz
Annette Vande Gorne (Belgium). Lamento
 
 
14 November, Wednesday, 9 p.m.
M. K. Čiurlionis Museum
 
E–LECTOR
Electronic music night
 
 
15 November, Thursday, 2 p.m.
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Kaunas Faculties
 
FRANÇOISE VANHECKE (Belgium)
Master class
 
 
15 November, Thursday, 4 p.m.
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius
 
Professor KARLHEINZ ESSL (Austria)
REALTIME COMPOSITION STRATEGIES
Musical Composition: Between Perception, Installation and Improvisation
 
The author will demonstrate his realtime compositions/improvisations in the maze°2 environment
 
 
15 November, Thursday, 6 p.m.
M. Žilinskas Gallery
 
ALLIANCE OF KAUNAS AND CHORDOS QUARTETS
 
Kaunas String Quartet: Karolina Beinarytė (violin), Dalia Terminaitė (violin), Dovilė Sauspreikšaitytė (viola), Saulius Bartulis (cello)
Chordos String Quartet: Ieva Sipaitytė (violin), Vytautas Mikeliūnas (violin), Robertas Bliškevičius (viola), Mindaugas Bačkus (cello)
 
Peter Hatch. Il Cimento dell’armonia e dell’invetione
Algimantas Kubiliūnas. Music for two string quartets and trumpet (2007, premiere)
Onutė Narbutaitė. Melody in the Garden of Olives for two string quartets and trumpet
John Zorn. Strinq Quartet
 
 
16 November, Friday, 6 p.m.
M. Žilinskas Gallery
 
ESSL.BURGER (Austria, Germany)
 
PASSIONiertes Blechgebläse & unARTige Computersounds
 
Performers: Klaus Burger (tuba, piccolo trumpet, sea shell, bottle, didgeridoo), Karlheinz Essl (computer, electronics)
 
 
16 November, Friday, 9 p.m.
Restaurant Siena
 
KAUNAS BIG BAND
 
Music for big band by contemporary Lithuanian composers
 
 
17 November, Saturday, 5 p.m.
Kaunas Culture Centre
 
KAUNAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
 
Sadie Harrison (Ireland). An Unexpected Light for violin and strings
Dalia Kairaitytė. Concerto for viola and symphony orchestra When Birds Leave Their Home (2007, premiere)
Peter Hatch (Canada). Madigan for symphony orchestra
Vytautas Germanavičius. Concerto for violin and symphony orchestra Angel Eyes (2007, premiere)
 
Soloists: Rusnė Mataitytė (violin), Ainis Kasperavičius (viola)
Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
 
 
18 November, Sunday, 3 p.m.
M. Žilinskas Gallery
 
ANDRIUS VASILIAUSKAS (piano)
 
John Metcalf (Wales). Inner Landscapes
Giampaolo Coral (Italy). Klavier Album II: Dämonen und Nachtgesichte di Alfred Kubin
Mela Meierhens (Switzerland). Triton I-VI
Tomas Juzeliūnas. Elegy
Vytautas Germanavičius. Pacific Bell (2006, premiere)
Vidmantas Bartulis. I Like R. Schumann (2007, premiere)
Algimantas Kubiliūnas. Sonata No.2 (2006, premiere)
Algimantas Bražinskas. Sonata No.3
 
 
18 November, Sunday, 6 p.m.
Kaunas Culture Centre
 
TROUBLE WITH TRAFFIC
 
FRED FRITH (Great Britain)
electric guitar