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In brief: The belief that scientific conferences may be attractive and useful only to a small circle of theoreticians does not always appear to be true. The content of the conference organised at the Art Institute of Vytautas Magnus University on October 26-27 could interest not only professional art critics and students but also other educated members of the society.
In brief: Music dedicated to sacral song and organ sounded at the monumental Kaunas Christ’s Resurrection Church last weekend. It is one more sign that the voice of professional music is getting stronger at churches.
In brief: As the Painting Studio of Kaunas Art Institute celebrated its tenth anniversary, the exhibition “10+1” was opened at the Picture Gallery in Kaunas. The participants are 15 artists who were conferred the Master’s degree at the Art Institute. Graduation works (since year 2002) are exhibited mostly in the exhibition; there are also some new artworks created after finishing the studies.
In brief: What are jubilee evenings otherwise called commemoration evenings usually like? They are interesting, sometimes boring, sometimes very long and sometimes (in very rare cases) – too short. The solemn jubilee evening for commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Lithuanian Musicians’ Union and the 75th anniversary of the magazine Muzikos Barai, which took place at Kaunas Juozas Gruodis Conservatory on November 14, was exceptional by its contrasts.
In brief: The earlier staging of the operetta by Emmerich (Imrer) Kalman “Count's Daughter Mariza” (Gräfin Mariza) of 1984 is still alive in the memory of Kaunas residents. It was a merry, colourful performance full of emotional and easily remembered music, in which the best operetta performers of that time participated. All these epithets may be said about the newest staging of “Count's Daughter Mariza”.
In brief: Flair and surprise are most probably the main features that determine the birth of watercolour paintings. Intuition becomes the main instrument presenting the joy of creating an artwork to a watercolourist. The sixth sense did not disillusion either the authors of the new international watercolour exhibition “Baltic Bridges” or its organisers (supervisor Virginija Vitkienė).
