LENsemble Vilnius

LENsemble Vilnius

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2023, 30 Nov., Lithuanian music at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts Munich


LENsemble
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.

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2023, 7 Feb, Vykintas Baltakas Portrait at Villa Concordia Bamberg
LENsemble Vilnius

Vykintas Baltakas, electronics

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2023, 10 May, Double Portrait: Johannedss Schölhorn and Vykintas Baltakas
contemPLAY at LMTA, Vilnius

LENsemble
Vykintas Baltakas, electronics

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2023, March - June, Concert series - Music for Vilnius 700
The project unites some of the most prominent world composers to create site specific music compositions dedicated to the public spaces of Vilnius, which highlight the identity of the capital city that celebrates its 700th anniversary in 2023, important paradigms of the city history, the present and the future visions: architectural / urbanistic, multicultural, social, ecological, innovative and other narratives.  The compositions will be publicly presented at those spaces during a series of concerts that are planned to take place from March to July, 2023. Once the musical pieces have been presented, the intention is to make them available for listening indefinitely. In addition, a special Music for Vilnius route will be prepared and distributed in the audio and virtual tour formats at the tourism information centres in Vilnius.  The project is organised by the Public Establishment Meno Genas in collaboration with the LENsemble Vilnius and the Lithuanian Composers’ Union. The project is supported by Vilnius City.

Invited Composers:
Michael Gordon, USA
Agata Zubel, Poland
Beat Furrer, Austria
Toshio Hosokawa, Japan
Heiner Goebbels, Germany
Anna Korsun, Ukraine
Ivan Fedele, Italy

Curator: Vykintas Baltakas

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2022 October, Bronius Kutavičius and his School
2022, 6 October, Festival “Music of change” Klaipėda
2022, 8 October, Festival “Muzikos ruduo” Vilnius

Works of Bronius Kutavičius, Šarūnas Nakas, Onutė Narbutaitė, Vykintas Baltakas, Justė Janulytė

Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
LENsemble Vilnius
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.

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2022, 23 June, LENdscapes in Bremen, Kulturkirche St. Stephani
A gigantic landscape of loudspeakers and musicians is spread over the entire concert hall in this unusual concert. The audience is situated in the middle of it and perceives 34 loudspeaker sculptures that, like musicians, have their own music stands and note parts. Sit down on a musician's seat and listen to the Lithuanian Ensemble Network - 17 musicians scattered around the hall together with three singers, and often wandering. At the end of the concert, the audience can actively participate. This project is an international cooperation of the lithuanian ensemble network and the german Bremen Loudspeaker Orchestra.

VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Cladi III (2021, Premiere)
THOMAS HUMMEL - Also schweige ich (2017)
RICCARDO CASTAGNOLA - BLO LEN (2021, Premiere)
CHRISTOPH OGIERMANN - MULTIeTUDE 2b (2021, Premiere)

LENsemble Vilnius
Bremen Loudspeaker Orchestra
Solo voices: Monta Martinsone Krukauskas , Saulė Šerytė, Nora Petročenko,
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.

With the support of the International Coproduction Fund of the Goethe-Institut and Lithuanian Council for Culture

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2023, March - June, Concert series - Music for Vilnius 700
A gigantic landscape of loudspeakers and musicians is spread over the entire concert hall in this unusual concert. The audience is situated in the middle of it and perceives 34 loudspeaker sculptures that, like musicians, have their own music stands and note parts. Sit down on a musician's seat and listen to the Lithuanian Ensemble Network - 17 musicians scattered around the hall together with three singers, and often wandering. At the end of the concert, the audience can actively participate. This project is an international cooperation of the lithuanian ensemble network and the german Bremen Loudspeaker Orchestra.

VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Cladi III (2021, Premiere)
THOMAS HUMMEL - Also schweige ich (2017)
RICCARDO CASTAGNOLA - BLO LEN (2021, Premiere)
CHRISTOPH OGIERMANN - MULTIeTUDE 2b (2021, Premiere)

LENsemble Vilnius
Bremen Loudspeaker Orchestra
Solo voices: Monta Martinsone Krukauskas , Saulė Šerytė, Nora Petročenko,
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.

With the support of the International Coproduction Fund of the Goethe-Institut and Lithuanian Council for Culture

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2021, 12 September, Music of Falling Sounds
Festival “Muzika erdvėje” / “Music in Space” Vilnius

VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Music of Falling Sounds

Rusnė Mataitytė, solo violin
Vykintas Baltakas, electronics.

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2021, 4 June, "Timbre Unity and Timbre Masses" in Copenhagen
Compositions for real and virtual contemporary ensembles

In this concert, contrasting music works are confronted with each other, either searching for instrumental timbre unity or instrumental multitimbral masses. They use real instruments as well as contemporary instrumental databases. Virtual orchestras are now available, which are not only an image of real new music orchestras with all their experience in a gigantic variety of available playing techniques and timbral nuances.

4 June 2021: KLANG - Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival

JULIA WOLFE - my lips from speaking (1993)
ROLANDS KRONLAKS - Up in the Air (2018)
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Sandwriting (2018)
THOMAS HUMMEL - Sadedz

Trumpets: Laurynas Lapė, Linas Rupšlaukis, Vilius Surdokas, Andrius Stankevičius, Tadas Česnauskas
Piano /Keyboards: Indrė Baikštytė, Jonė Punytė
Violoncello: Elena Daunytė
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.

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2020, 14 Oct., Muzikos ruduo festival, Vilnius: Lithuanian chamber music

Atrasti

JUSTINA REPEČKAITĖ - Incantare (2018)
ŽIBUOKLĖ MARTINAITYTĖ - Driving Force (2004)
JUSTINA REPEČKAITĖ - Toro (2015)
GEORGE MAČIŪNAS (1931–78) - Music for everyman (1961)
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Unvollendete (1999)

Salomėja Kalvelytė (fl), Mėta Pelegrimaitė (fl), Matas Samulionis (sax), Arminas Bižys (sax), Povilas Jurkša (trne), Mikas Kurtinaitis (tuba), Agnė Rimgailaitė (acc.), Anton Lukoszevieze, vc.

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2020, 20 Jan., MO museum for Contemporary Art Vilnius: Contemporary music theater

Festival program of the European Opera Academy, Vilnius

I. Dieter Schnebel & Gerhard Rühm - PERFORMANCES

GERHARD RÜHM - ein lautgedicht
DIETER SCHNEBEL - Poem für 4 Köpfe (Zeichen-Sprache)
GERHARD RÜHM - Eine Cimarosa sonate gesprochen
DIETER SCHNEBEL - Museumsstücke
DIETER SCHNEBEL - Sisyphos

II. FREE IMPROVISATIONS

Lina Rovaitė (voc), Mėta Pelegrimaitė (fl), Matas Samulionis (sax), Simas Petkevičius (sax), Klaudijus Štuopinis (sax), Klaudija Indriliūnaitė (gt), Kęstutis Zubavičius (perc), Salomėja Kalvelytė (fl), Haroldas Parulis (cl), Mikas Kurtinaitis (tb)

Vykintas Baltakas, Liudas Mockūnas, Arnas Mikalkėnas, musical directors
Urte Sėjūnaitė, Augtumas Harner, stage directors
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2019, 16 Nov., Muzikos ruduo festival, Vilnius: Lithuanian chamber music

Mažti

RYTIS MAŽULIS - Ex una voce tres (2002)
RAMINTA ŠERKŠNYTĖ - Adieu (2002)
VYTAUTAS BARKAUSKAS - Monologas, op.24 (1970)
ALGIRDAS MARTINAITIS - Gija (1997), Strazdo mokinys (2003)
JUSTĖ JANULYTĖ - Psalmės (2018)
BRONIUS KUTAVIČIUS - Du paukščiai girių ūksmėje (1978)

Monta Martinsone (sopr.), Mėta Pelegrimaitė (fl), Salomėja Kalvelytė (fl), Haroldas Parulis (cl), Arminas Bižys (sax), Matas Samulionis (sax), Simas Petkevičius (sax), Klaudija Indriliūnaitė (eGt), Kęstutis Zubavičius (perc)
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2019, 9 August, Kintai Music Festival: Olivier Messiaen
9 Aug. 20:00, Didžioji Kintų bažnyčia
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941)

Antanas Taločka (cl)
Rusnė Mataitytė (vln)
Edmundas Kulikauskas (vc)
Albina Šikšniūtė (pno)
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2019, 8 August, Kintai Music Festival: George Maciunas, Anton Lukoszevieze and other migrating birds
8 Aug. 19:00, Kintai Arts Residence
Simonas Nekrošius, designer of new Instruments

GEORGE MAČIUNAS - Music for Everyman (1962)
ALVIN LUCIER - Opera with Objects (1997)
LUIZ HENRIQUE YUDO - 5 Palindromes (1997)
DOUGLAS G. BARRETT - A Few Silence (Kintai, 8.8.2019, 19.35) (2007)
ANTHONY BRAXTON - Composition #322
CHRISTIAN WOLFF BURDOCKS - V/VI (1968)

Mėta Pelegrimaitė (fl)
Kristupas Kmitas (fl)
Kazimieras Jušinskas (sax)
Simonas Kaupinis (tuba)
Dominykas Norkūnas (egt)
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2019, 7-13 June, Kintai / Vilnius, Arts Residency for young performers
11 June, Kintai Music Festival
14 June, Kultūros naktis Vilnius

TRISTAN MURAIL - Vampyr!
LUCIANO BERIO - Sequenza IXb
JOHN CAGE - Living room music
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Unvollendete
BRONIUS KUTAVIČIUS - Du paukščiai girių ūksmėj balsui

Greta Šimkutė (voc)
Mėta Pelegrimaitė (fl)
Simas Petkevičius (sax)
Matas Samulionis (sax)
Arminas Bižys (sax)
Klaudija Indriliūnaitė (gt)
Kęstutis Zubavičius (perc)
Vykintas Baltakas, musical director
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2019, 28 April, Jauna Muzika Festival: Ramūnas Motiekaitis
19:30, Sapiegų castle Vilnius

RAMŪNAS MOTIEKAITIS - Mobile retrospection (1996-2019)

Greta Šimkutė (voc)
Mėta Pelegrimiatė (fl)
Matas Samulionis (sax)
Simonas Petkevičius (sax)
Arminas Bižys (sax)
Klaudija Indriliūnaitė (gt)
Kęstutis Zubavičius (perc)
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2019, 30 March, The 48. International Festival of Contemporary Music "Poznan Musical Spring"
Lithuanian - Polish music links

OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS - Lietus Krokuvai
ARTUR CIESLAK - Trio for violin, cello and piano
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Commentum
VYTAUTAS GERMANAVIČIUS - Trupantys žodžiai
BARBARA KASZUBA - Taktika (premiere)
KATARZYNA DANEL - Broken Vector (premiere)
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Rusnė Mataitytė (vln.)
Edmundas Kulikauskas (vc.)
Albina Šikšniūtė (pno.)
Giedrius Gelgotas (fl.)
Andrius Žiūra (cl.)
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2019, 10-12 Jan, “GED42" - Contemporary Music Days at the LMTA Vilnius
January 10, LMTA Vilnius

18:00 KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN - a portrait (1)
19:30 Improvisation

January 11, LMTA Vilnius

18:00 Works by composition students of LMTA: Vitė Žakevičiūtė, Beata Juchnevič, Danielius Tuita, Jievaras Jasinskis
19:30 Anthony Braxton, Vytauto Germanavičius and improvisation

January 12, LMTA Vilnius

18:00 KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN - a portrait (2)
19:30 Improvisation

Greta Šimkutė (voc)
Monika Kiknadzė (vla)
Kristupas Gikas (fl)
Kazimieras Jušinskas (sax)
Simonas Kaupinis (tuba)
Deimantas Balys (gt)
Kristupas Kmitas (perc.)
Domantas Razmus (perc.)
Mėta Pelegrimiatė (fl)
Matas Samulionis (sax)
Simonas Petkevičius (sax)
Arminas Bižys (sax)
Klaudija Indriliūnaitė (gt)
Kęstutis Zubavičius (perc)

Chordos Quartet
Arnas Mikalkėnas (pno)
Liudas Mockūnas (sax)
Vykintas Baltakas (cond)
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2018, 19 of Dec., Muzikos Ruduo Festival: Lithuanian - Polish music links
19 of Dec., Biržai Castle (LT)

RAMINTA ŠERKŠNYTĖ - Konzertstück trio
ARTUR KROSCHEL - Jenes
BRONIUS KUTAVIČIUS - Eight Stasys' Miniatures
OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS - Rain for Cracow
ARTUR CIESLAK - Trio for violin, cello and piano
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Rusnė Mataitytė, vln.
Albina Šikšniūtė, pno.
Edmundas Kulikauskas, vc.
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2018, Oct. - Nov., "Timbre Unity and Timbre Masses" in Vilnius and Riga
Compositions for real and virtual contemporary ensembles

In these concert series, contrasting music works are confronted with each other, either searching for instrumental timbre unity or instrumental multitimbral masses. They use real instruments as well as contemporary instrumental databases. Virtual orchestras are now available, which are not only an image of real new music orchestras with all their experience in a gigantic variety of available playing techniques and timbral nuances.

In cooperation with the ConTimbre e.V, Arenafest (Riga) and Gaida Festival (Vilnius)

21 October 2018: Arenafest Riga (Latvia)
8 November 2018: Gaida Festival Vilnius

JULIA WOLFE, East Broadway (1996)
ROLANDS KRONLAKS - Up in the Air (premiere)
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Sandwriting (2018)
THOMAS HUMMEL - Sadedz (premiere)
JULIA WOLFE - my lips from speaking (1993)
EGIDIJA MEDEKŠAITĖ - BhUtadhAtrI (premiere)

Trumpets: Laurynas Lapė, Aurimas Jankevicius, Andrius Stankevicius, Linas Rupšplaukis, Vilius Surdokas
Piano /Keyboards: Indrė Baikštytė, Jonė Punytė
Violoncello: Gunda Baranauskaitė
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.

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2018, 18 Oct., MO museum for Contemporary Art Vilnius: Opening Festival
Contemporary music theater

MAURICIO KAGEL - Rrrrrr (1980/81) for organ with accompagnement (Rosalie, Repercussa, Rondeña)
GEORGES APERGHIS - Retrouvailles (2013) for 5 performers
GEORGES APERGHIS - Rasch (2006) for viola and saxophone
MAURICIO KAGEL - Pas de cinq (1965) for 5 performers
SIMON STEEN ANDERSEN - Difficulties Putting It Into Practice (2007) for 4 performers
MAURICIO KAGEL - Rrrrrr” (1980/81) for organ with accompagnement (Rȃga, Ragtime)

Simonas Kaupinis (tuba), Kristupas Gikas (fl), Greta Garmašaitė (organ / pno.), Kazimieras Jušinskas (sax), Monika Kiknadzė (vla), Kristupas Kmitas (perc), Domantas Razmus (perc), Deimantas Balys (eGt), Dominykas Besakirskas (perc)
Vykintas Baltakas, musical director
Karina Novikova, stage director
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2018, 30 Sept., DAR - Druskininkai artists' residency
30 Sept., Švč. Mergelės Marijos Škaplierinės bažnyčia, Druskininkai

EDGARS RUBENIS - in 28'42'' (2018) for sustaining instruments and percussion
JOHANNES BERGMARK - Digestion (2018)
BURKHARD BEINS - Adapt/Oppose (2018) Version 18/1 for Sextet
THANOS CHRYSAKIS - Moonstone Plateau (2018) for alto flute, alto/soprano saxophone and tuba

Kristupas Gikas (flute)
Kazimieras Jušinskas (saxophone) Simonas Kaupinis (tuba)
Monika Kiknadzė (viola)
Domantas Razmus (perc.) Kristupas Kmitas (perc.)
Vykintas Baltakas, supervisor
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2018, 5 August, Kintai Music Festival: A portrait of Vykintas Baltakas
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Music of falling sounds (2015)
VIDMANTAS BARTULIS - Trečiasis greitasis, arba glinkos ir nemirovičiaus-dančenkos kelionė traukiniu iš Peterburgo į Maskvą
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Commentum (2011)
BRONIUS KUTAVIČIUS - “Stasio miniatiūros"
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Pasaka (1998)
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Eine kleine Nachtmusik (2013)

Rusnė Mataitytė (vln), Albina Šikšniūtė (pno), Edmundas Kulikauskas (vc), Marta Finkelštein (pno)
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2018, 8-15 June, Kintai / Vilnius, Arts Residency for young performers
13 June, Kintai Music Festival
15 June, Kultūros naktis Vilnius

MAURICIO KAGEL - Rrrrrr (1980/81) for organ with accompagnement (Rosalie, Repercussa, Rondeña)
GEORGES APERGHIS - Retrouvailles (2013) for 5 performers
GEORGES APERGHIS - Rasch (2006) for viola and saxophone
MAURICIO KAGEL - Pas de cinq (1965) for 5 performers
SIMON STEEN ANDERSEN - Difficulties Putting It Into Practice (2007) for 4 performers
MAURICIO KAGEL - Rrrrrr” (1980/81) for organ with accompagnement (Rȃga, Ragtime)

Simonas Kaupinis (tuba), Kristupas Gikas (fl), Greta Garmašaitė (organ / pno.), Kazimieras Jušinskas (sax), Monika Kiknadzė (vla), Kristupas Kmitas (perc), Domantas Razmus (perc), Deimantas Balys (eGt), Dominykas Besakirskas (perc)
Vykintas Baltakas, musical director
Karina Novikova, stage director
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2017, 17 December, Flagey Brussels: Festival Image Sonore
Musique et technologie
17/12/2017 | Flagey, Place Sainte Croix, 1050 Brussels

17:00
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Music of Falling Sounds for violin and electronics (2015)
IGNAS KRUNGLEVIČIUS - The Knight for bass clarinet, cello and video (2009)
CÉDRIC DAMBRAIN - Pure, for cello and electronics (2004)

18:00
RIMAS SAKALAUSKAS - Bipolar (2015), music by Mykolas Natalevicius (installation in Studio 2)

20:00
OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS - Rain for Cracow for violin and piano (1991)
MONIKA SOKAITĖ - 1 6/9 (*world creation)
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Pasaka for piano and electronics (1995-1997)
ALBERTAS NAVICKAS - Accidental for violin, piano, video and electronics (2011)
GUILLAUME AUVRAY - Corpuscules for cello, piano and electronics (2015)
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Commentum for cello and piano (2011)
Stéphane Orlando, Simply Humain & Black Panthers (*world creation) for ensemble

Lithuanian Ensemble Network
Andrius Žiūra, clarinet
Edmundas Kulikauskas, cello
Albina Šikšniūtė, piano
Rusnė Mataitytė, violin
Benjamin Glorieux, cello
María Domínguez Pérez, piano

Vykintas Baltakas, artistic director
Centre Henri Pousseur, electronics

Since 1999, Centre Henri Pousseur - the Liège studio for electronic music founded in 1970 by Henri Pousseur and Pierre Bartholomée - organizes its annual festival "Images Sonores". Unique in its kind, the festival is almost entirely dedicated to mixed music, connecting instrumental and electronic sounds.

Last year, along with the many concerts at various locations in Liège, the festival premiered a concert evening in Brussels, at Flagey's sonorous Studio 1. Building on this success, the festival will be again hosted in Flagey this year.

The program builds bridges between music and technology and will be travelling between Wallonia and Lithuania, in the context of the 15th anniversary of the cooperation agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the French Speaking Community of Belgium.

Flagey, Centre Henri Pousseur, Lithuanian Council for Culture, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Belgium
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2017, 18 December Vilnius Town Hall (LT)
17 Nov. 2017, Žiežmariai (LT)
A.MALCYS - Keturi atspindžiai
O.BALAKAUSKAS - Claqua
R.MOTIEKAITIS - Intermezzo.Kinas
A.NAVICKAS - Habla con migo
O.BALAKAUSKAS - Concerto Claro
A.MALCYS - Erškėčių akys

Chordos string quartet
Ieva Sipaitytė (vln I)
Vaida Paukštienė (vln II)
Robertas Bliškevičius (vla)
Vita Šiugždinienė (vc)
Karolis Kolakauskas (cl)
Jonė Punytė (pno)

Chordos string quartet

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2017, 17-23 July, Kintai, Arts Residency: Workshops for composers and performers
July 19, Nida
(H.Lachenmann, St.Reich, Thierry de Mey, Jense-Peter Ostendorf)

July 22, Kintai, Workshop concert

July 23, Kintai, Ensemble Synaesthesis
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2017, 8 June, Vilnius Festival: Osvaldas Balakauskas’ Musical Odyssey
Thursday 8 June, 19.00 | Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius

ARCADA for chamber ensemble
STRING QUARTET NR. 5 (premiere)
ODYSSEY-2 for string orchestra
MOSAIC for solo accordion
ADAGIO CANTABILE for string orchestra
CONCERTO RK for violin and chamber orchestra

LENsemble Vilnius
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Chordos string quartet
Rusnė Mataitytė, violin
Raimondas Sviackevičius, accordion

Vykintas Baltakas, conductor
www.vilniusfestival.lt
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2017, 27-30 April: Cairo Contemporary Music Days 2017 - Carte Blanche
Joint project of the Goethe Institutes Vilnius / Cairo

April 27, 2017, Goethe Institute Cairo

JUSTINA REPEČKAITĖ - Dumtakah (2017, premiere)
BUSHRA EL TURK - Eating Clouds
AMR OKBA - Utopia
GAMAL ABDEL RAHIM - Meditation
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Music of falling sounds
ARTURAS BUMŠTEINAS - Heap of Language

April 30, 2017, Ewart Memorial Hall

HASSAN TAHA - The Dice Player
HIKARY KYIAMA - Doppelkonzert (2017, premiere)
BUSHRA EL TURK - Marionette
ØYVIND TORVUND - Neon Forest
EGIDIJA MEDEKŠAITĖ - Pancami
ZAD MOULTAKA - Cinq Haïkus

LENsemble & Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble
Vykintas Baltakas, conductor
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2016, 29 November - 1 December: Carte Blanche / Cairo in Vilnius
Joint project of the Goethe Institutes Vilnius / Cairo and LEN
29 November, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

Egyptian Traditional Music (Workshop - concert)
Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble

1 December, 7 p.m., Vilnius Town Hall

GIACINTO SCELSI - Kya
BUSHRA EL TURK - Marionette
HASSAN TAHA - The Dice Player
AMR OKBA - Integration
AMR OKBA - Utopia
AHMED MADKOUR - White Shroud
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - Lift to Dubai

LENsemble & Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble
Sherif el Razzaz (clarinet)
Andrius Žiūra (clarinet)
Vykintas Baltakas, conductor
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2016, 25 November: Palace of The Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Vilnius
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS - “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” (2013)
VYTAUTAS GERMANAVIČIUS - “Tirpstančiam ledynui” (2016, premiere)
VYTAUTAS LAURUŠAS - “Paukščių turgus” (2001-2)
ŽIBUOKLĖ MARTINAITYTĖ - “Odė džiaugsmui” (2004)
ONUTĖ NARBUTAITĖ - “Mozartsommer” (1991)
LORETA NARVILAITĖ - “Juodi - balti trumpėjantys garsai” (2005)

Vytautas Sriubikis (fl), Vaida Paukštienė (vln), Robertas Bliškevičius (vla), Vaiva Eidukaitytė-Storastienė (hps)
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2016, 15 November, Kaunas State Philharmonic
JULIUS JUZELIŪNAS - Ragamalika
TAN DUN - Eight Colors
AMR OKBA - Utopia
KEVIN VOLANS - Hunting: Gathering
VIDMANTAS BARTULIS - Šauklys V | e Herald V (2016, premiere)
Anatolijus Šenderovas. … a er Shagall (2016)

Andrius Žiūra (solo clarinet)
Chordos String Quartet, St. Christopher Woodwind Quintet
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2016, 22 October, GAIDA festival, Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius
Music in Image & Image in Music

STEFAN PRINS - Piano Hero No. 1 (2011–2012) for MIDI-keyboard, live electronics and video
VYTAUTAS V. JURGUTIS - Telosferos (2016, premiere) for string instruments, live electronics and video
THIERRY DE MEY - Light Music (2002)
MATTHEW SHLOMOWITZ - Popular Contexts, Volume 2 (2010) for piano, sampler, voice and physical actions
MICHAEL BEIL - Karaoke Rebranng! (2006/2013) for 4 instruments with live video and audio
FRANÇOIS SARHAN - Ô Piano (2012) for a speaking pianist and pre-recorded sounds
ANATOLIJUS ŠENDEROVAS - ... afer Shagall (2016, premiere) or clarinet, string quartet and percussion

Stéphane Ginsburgh (pro, Belgija)
Andrius Žiūra (cl)
Ieva Sipaitytė, Vaida Paukštienė (vln), Robertas Bliškevičius (vla), Vita Šiugždinienė (vc), Marta Finkelštein (pon), Monika Kiknadzė (vla), Arminas Bižys (sax), Lukas Budzinauskas (pers.)
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2016, 19-20 October: Julius Juzeliūnas and the World
45th Baltic musicological conference
19 October, 5 p.m.
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Vilnius, J.Karosas Hall


JULIUS JUZELIŪNAS (1916–2001) - Melika (1973) for soprano and organ
Kviatkovskaja (sopr.), Milda Atminaitė (org.)

2016, 20 October, 6 p.m.
The Great Hall at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

HANNS EISLER (1898–1962)
14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben op. 70 (1941) for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano

JULIUS JUZELIŪNAS (1916–2001)
Ragamalika (1982) for flute, clarinet, oboe, horn and bassoon

JOHN CAGE (1912–1992)
Tossed as it is Untroubled (1943) for prepared piano

KEVIN VOLANS (g.1949)
Styginių kvartetas Nr. 2 Hunting: Gathering

VITALI GODZIATSKI (Виталий Годзяцкий, g. 1936) Разрывы плоскостей (1963) for piano

EDISON DENISOV (Эдисoн Денисов, 1929–1996) Chamber Symphony No. 1 (1982) for ensemble

LENsemble
Indrė Baikštytė, Rytis Mataitis (pno)
Giedrius Gelgotas (fl), Ugnius Dičiūnas (ob), Andrius Žiūra (cl) Andrius Puplauskis (fg), Paulius Lukauskas (horn), Ieva Sipaitytė , Vaida Paukštienė (vln), Robertas Bliškevičius (vla), Vita Šiugždinienė (vc), Laurynas Lapė (tp), Marius Balčytis (trne), Sigitas Gailius (perc)
VYKINTAS BALTAKAS, Conductor
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2016: Mauricio Kagel concert trail, Brugge (BE) / Vilnius (LT)
12.3.2016 Concertgebouw Brugge (BE)
9.4.2016 Energy ant Technology Museum Vilnius (LT)

Mauricio Kagel is known as a composer with a keen sense of humour, provocative ideas and the daring to turn conventions upside down with his music. Die Stücke der Windrose is no exception to this rule. Musical references to local colour, clichés and even downright kitschy elements are uninhibitedly combined with more ‘modern’ sounding material. This is music written with imagination and relativising humour. And it invites the listener to experience that same imagination and playfulness. The same is true of Kantrimiusik, more or less Kagel’s Pastoral, with a thunder storm, birdsong, galloping horses and folk music. But, as usual in Kagel’s work, such elements are never simply illustrative: the work explores, parodies and comments on the various aspects of the pastoral. Kagel even invents his own ‘traditional folk music’. An evening which will bring many a smile to your face. Just as Kagel intended!

20 years of bilateral collaboration between Belgium and Lithuania

Die Stücke der Windrose
Kantrimiusik
Mitternachtsstük

Performers
Het Collectief ensemble
LENsemble
Jauna Muzika Choir
Vykintas Baltakas, conductor
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2015: globaLT at the GAIDA Festival
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2015: Contemporary music from Ukraine
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2015: Lithuanian - Serbian music exchange, Belgrade / Vilnius
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2014: John Woolrich & Philip Cashian, Vilnius
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2014: Wolfgang Rihm & Matthias Pintscher, Vilnius
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2013: Retro-Flective (Lithuanian Music 1960–1990), Vilnius
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2013: Portrait of Luciano Berio, Vilnius
Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
in cooperation with the festival of electronic music "Jauna muzika"
4 April, 2013, Vilnius (LT)

Sequenza III for voice solo (1965)
Air for soprano and ensemble (1970)
Naturale for viola, percussion and electronics (1985)
El mar la mar for soprano, mezzo soprano and ensemble (1952/1969)

O King for mezzo and ensemble (1968)
Lied for clarinet solo (1983)
Différences for ensemble and electronics (1958 - 1959)
Altra voce for mezzo, flute and live electronics (1999)

Giedrius Gelgotas, fl., Andrius Žiūra, cl., Andrius Žiūra, cl., Karolis Kolakauskas, cl.
Rima Chačaturian, pno., Raimondas Sviackevičius, acc.
Tomas Kulikauskas, perc., Vilija Gencevičiūtė, harp
Ieva Sipaitytė, vno., Robertas Bliškevičius, vla., Vita Šiugždinienė, vc., Danielius Rubinas, cb.

Rita Balta, soprano
Rita Mačiliūnaitė, mezzo

Vykintas Baltakas, cond.

* photo: Universal Edition / Eric Marinitsch
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2013: CANTIO, chamber opera by Vykintas Baltakas, Festival “Ultraschall” Berlin
New production by Kulturkontakte e.V., in cooperation with the Ultraschall Festival and Konzerthaus Berlin.
January 17, 19 and 20, 2013

Sharon Lynn Joyce, libretto
Cornelia Heger, stage dir.
Vivian Lüdorf, speaker
Margret Giglinger, sopr.
Florian Feth, tenor
Tobias Hagge, bass

Lithuanian Ensemble Network
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.

work info
photo: Martin Christopher Welker
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2012: Portrait of Bronius Kutavičius, Vilnius
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2011: Portrait of Gerhard Stäbler, Vilnius
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2010: Hör·Sinne: Hörschule für Erwachsene, Duisburg (DE)
Freitag, 10. September 2010
Folkwang Universität der Künste (Duisburg) / The European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010

Edita Medekšaitė - Panchami
Kunsu Shim - relations
Vykintas Baltakas - b(ell tree)
Gong Bobae - Fading
Gerhard Stäbler - Nachtstueck II

Vykintas Baltakas - Pasaka
Kunsu Shim - before
Banh Huiyoun - Memory, oblivion...
Remigijus Merkelys - Mikonst
Gerhard Stäbler - Nachtstueck IV

Chordos Quartett:
Ieva Sipaitytė, Violine
Dainius Puožiukas, Violine
Robertas Bliškevičius, Viola
Rūta Bagurskienė, Cello
Daumantas Kirilauskas, Klavier

Vykintas Baltakas, Elektronik und Leitung
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2009: ENSEMBL[:E:]UROPA 19, concert series of WDR Köln (DE)
ensembl[:E:]uropa 19: Lithuanian Ensemble Network

2.11.2009, Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal

Osvaldas Balakauskas - Lietus Krokuvai/Rain for Cracow (1991)
Egidija Medekšaitė - Panchami (2006)
Loreta Narvilaitė - Your Eyelashes Touch the Lips of my Memories (2002)
Vykintas Baltakas - Ri (2007/2009)
Nomeda Valančiūtė - Narcizas/Narcissus (1986)
Sven-Ingo Koch - Cantus (2009), Premiere

Vykintas Baltakas - Pasaka/Ein Märchen (1995-97)
Bronius Kutavičius - Du paukščiai girių ūksmėj (1978) (Text: Rabindranath Tagore)

Rita Balta - Soprano
Lithuanian Ensemble Network
Ltg Vykintas Baltakas
Moderation: Patrick Hahn

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