2011 year

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Main hall of the festival - St.Andrew Church in Presteigne town

IMPRESSIONS FROM PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL: LITHUANIAN MUSIC IN TOWN OF HIPPIES 2011-09-02

Daiva Parulskienė

Actually, Lithuanian music brought some oddity and freshness into the rather conservative English programme of Presteigne Festival, and the impressive Sextet of Vytautas Barkauskas received the greatest applause and the most of "bravos". The opus was performed by Navarra String Quintet along with the Welsh pianist and composer Huw Watkins.

FAREWELL TO THE SUMMER ALONG WITH G.PUCCINI’S MUSIC IN PAŽAISLIS 2011-09-05

Justina Paltanavičiūtė

Although the premiere of the opera “La Rondine” closed Pažaislis Music Festival, one could not state that it generalised the entire festival of this year. All concerts were rather different, and this concert also differed a lot from others. Nonetheless, one may rejoice that the concert was very unexpected and interesting to serious music admirers by all aspects.

Illegally destroyed barracks of Šančiai in 2008

WHO WILL SAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF KAUNAS? 2011-09-12

Jolita Butkevičienė

A paradoxical but obvious fact must be noted: there are too many objects of defensive architecture in Kaunas because we failed to preserve them. Many citizens believe that Kaunas fortress, representing Russian Tsarist period, is alien to us. That is another flaw in the treatment of Lithuanian cultural heritage: history is sorted to acceptable and unacceptable periods. However, ignorance of history not only impoverishes our memory but also condemns repeating the forgotten mistakes.

J. Ohman, M. Johnston, M. Ryan. Photograph by A. Masiokaitė

MAKERS OF "THE INVISIBLE FRONT" AIM TO SHOW THE LITHUANIAN AFTERWAR HISTORY TO THE WORLD 2011-09-13

Austėja Masiokaitė

Film “The Invisible Front”, premièred in Kaunas “Romuva” cinema on the 4^th of September, was a possibility for Lithuanians to look at themselves from outside because the grievances of Lithuanian history were contemplated by foreigners here. It was a fair challenge to the creative team to speak about the problems of another country. Both directors are related to Lithuania very closely (Swede Jonas Ohman has been living here for almost a decade and Vincas Sruoginis is a Lithuanian American) but the latter admits he thought the film would be booed in Lithuania.

B. Želvys. Photo by J. Paltanavičiūtė

WAITING FOR A NEW SEASON OF KAUNAS STATE MUSICAL THEATRE 2011-09-30

Justina Paltanavičiūtė

Kaunas State Musical Theatre is preparing for a new season that will start on the 1st of October. The season will be opened with the opera Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti – an ambitious stage work, presented in the original language. In November the audience will be able to see another novelty – the opera Attila by G. Verdi that will be staged in Lithuania for the first time and also in Italian.