concerts in Lithuania
concerts in Estonia
concerts in Poland


The Neeme Järvi’s Summer Academy, Estonia
Berman Master Classes, Lithuania
Kaunas Festival of Young Musicians Master Classes, Lithuania
Master Class of the Japanese traditional musicians, Lithuania


Remembering Lazar Berman
Contemporary Japanese music
New Music in Lithuania


March 29, Tuesday, 6 pm
Kaunas Philharmonic Society

Opening concert

Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
(Artistic director and conductor Pavel Berman)

Soloists:

Julija Daugėlaitė, piano (Lithuania)
Dace Zalite, cello (Latvia)
Kristine Balanas, violin (Latvia)
Žilvinas Brazauskas, clarinet (Lithuania)
Marina Kakuno, violin (Japan)
Cristian Ruscio, violin (Romania)
Gennady Shamin, bassoon (Russia)
Petras Geniušas, piano (Lithuania)

Programme: J.S.Bach, J.Haydn, F.Mendelssohn – Bartholdy, G.Rossini, F.Danzi, M.Ravel

Conductor Pavel Berman (Italy)



March 30, Wednesday, 6 pm
Kaunas Philharmonic Society

 Abigail Sin, piano (Singapore)
Cristian Ruscior, violin (Romania)
Mikhail Shatskiy, bassoon (Russia)
Dace Zalite, cello (Latvia)
Marina Kakuno, violin (Japan)
Lelde Mucenience, piano (Latvia)
Diana Rudokienė, piano (Lithuania)
Reiko Kakuno, piano (Japan)



March 31, Thursday, 6 pm
Kaunas Philharmonic Society

Teodora Morta Ajauskaitė, violin (Lithuania)
Roman Lopatynskyy, piano (Ukraine)
Rūta Skudraitė, piano (Lithuania)
Janina Ruh, cello (Germany)
Diana Rudokienė, piano (Lithuania)
Liliana Pitreikienė, piano (Lithuania)

Festival Trio “Kaunas – 2005”
Vytautas Giedraitis, clarinet (Lithuania)
Gennady Shamin, bassoon (Russia)
Paulius Rudokas, piano (Lithuania)



April 1, Friday, 6 pm
Kaunas Philharmonic Society

Concert of the guests of the Festival

Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

Soloists:

Anne-Karin Mikonaho, soprano (Sweden)
Vladimiras Prudnikovas, bass (Lithuania)

Conductor Stefan Lano (Switzerland)

Programme: B.Bartok , D.Shostakovich



April 2, Saturday, 12 am
Kaunas Philharmonic Society

Monika Buinevičiūtė, violin (Lithuania)
Kseniya Vokhmyanina, piano (Ukraine)
Svetlana Konovalova, violin (Russia)
Jun Sasaki, cello (Japan)
Virginija Mikailienė, piano (Lithuania)
Diana Rudokienė, piano (Lithuania)
Susumu Sasaki, piano (Japan)



April 2, Saturday, 6 pm
Kaunas Philharmonic Society

Tatevik Frangulyan, violin (Armenia)
Antonio Di Dedda, piano (Italy)
Kostas Tumosa, violin (Lithuania)
Barbora Cisarovska, piano (Czech Republic)
Kroatian Cello Quartet
Diana Rudokienė, piano (Lithuania)



April 3, Sunday, 5 pm
Kaunas Philharmonic Society

Closing concert

Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
(Artistic director and conductor Pavel Berman)

Soloists:

Abigail Sin, piano (Singapore)
Jun Sasaki, cello (Japan)
Svetlana Konovalova, violin (Russia)
Janina Ruh, cello (Germany)
Frida Fredrikke Waaler Wærvågen, cello (Norway)
Paulius Rudokas, piano (Lithuania)

Programme: D.Shostakovich, J.Haydn, H.Wieniawski, E.Elgar, S.Rachmaninov
Conductor Pavel Berman (Italy)



June 2, Thursday, 6 pm
Kaunas Philharmonic Society

CAMERATA KLAIPĖDA STRING ENSEMBLE 

Soloists:

VILHELMAS ČEPINSKIS (violin)

PETRAS GENIUŠAS (piano)

Programme: A.Vivaldi, O. Golijov, A. Piazzolla, F. Mendelssohn



June 5, Sunday, 4 pm
Mykolas Žilinskas Picture Gallery


KEVIN BOBO (marimba, USA)

SAULIUS ASTRAUSKAS (marimba)

Lina Krėpštaitė (piano)

Students of the Department of Percussion Instruments of Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater

Martynas Lukoševičius

Gediminas Mačiulskis

Giedrius Aušra 

Mikas Šliogeris

Mindaugas Juškevičius

Presenter: VIKTORAS GERULAITIS

Programme: Chi Chi Bu, M. Miki, M. Barrit, K.Bobo




July 9, Saturday, 4 pm
Church of the Holy Trinity (Seminary) 

ALGIRDAS VIZGIRDA (flute)

BALYS VAITKUS (organ)

Programme: J.S.Bach, C.Ph.E. Bach, W.A. Mozart, T. Ichiyanagi

Admission free




July 23, Saturday, 6 pm
St. George's Church of Franciscan Monastery

Première!
VIDMANTAS BARTULIS - Symphony The Garden
VLADAS ŠVEDAS - Symphony No.7 (Pažaislis)  

MARIUS BARANAUSKAS - Kalbėjimas (The Speaking)

KAUNAS STATE CHOIR

(Artistic director and chief conductor Petras Bingelis)

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

(Artistic director and chief conductor Juozas Domarkas)


Soloist: DAVID GERINGAS (cello, Germany)
Conductor JUOZAS DOMARKAS




July 26, Tuesday, 6 pm
Kaunas Choral Synagogue

In memoriam of the legendary pianist Lazar Berman (1930-2005)

PAVEL BERMAN (violin, Italy)
VILHELMAS ČEPINSKIS (violin)

Programme: J.M. Leclair, M. Rozsa, V. Bartulis, E. Ysaye

Admission free



August 7, Sunday, 6 pm
Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum Courtyard

TOMASZ ZAWIERUCHA (guitar, Poland)

Programme: F. Tarrega, A. Barrioso-Mangore, L. Berkeley, J. Rodrigo, M. Arnold, T. Takemitsu



August 9, Tuesday, 8 pm
Fireplace Hall of the Palanga Amber Museum (Lithuania)

Anna Kavalerova (piano, Russia)
Ieva Marija Eidukonytė (violin, Lithuania)
Svetlana Konovalova (violin, Russia)
Luigi Moscatello (piano, Italy)

Accompanists: Aušra Banaitytė (Lithuania), Daria Marshinina (Russia)

Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Ernest Chausson, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann


August 10, Wednesday, 8 pm
Fireplace Hall of the Palanga Amber Museum (Lithuania)

Gerūta Griniūtė (piano, Lithuania)
Marie Vermeulin (piano, France)
Sayumi Yamazaki (piano, Japan)
Monika Laukaitytė (piano, Lithuania)
Daria Marshinina (piano, Russia)
Giedrė Staškutė (violin, Lithuania)
Rasa Žukauskaitė (violin, Lithuania)
Accompanist Aušra Banaitytė (Lithuania)

Programme:
Frederic Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Franz Liszt, Manuel de Falla – Fritz Kreisler, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov


August 11, Thursday, 7 pm
Hall of the Klaipėda Eduardas Balsys Gymnasium of the Arts (Lithuania)

Daria Marshinina (piano, Russia)
Nadezda Palitsyna (violin, Russia)
Vaiva Mažulytė (piano, Lithuania)
Eglė Kižytė (piano, Lithuania)
Accompanist Aušra Banaitytė (Lithuania)

Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pablo de Sarasate, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt



August 12, Friday, 8 pm
Fireplace Hall of the Palanga Amber Museum (Lithuania)

Rutsuko Yamagishi (piano, Japan)
Kotryna Gurklytė (piano, Lithuania)
Justina Auškelytė (violin, Lithuania)
Nikolay Genchev (piano, Bulgaria)
Eglė Staškutė (piano, Lithuania)
Lina Marija Domarkaitė (violin, Lithuania)
Accompanist Aušra Banaitytė (Lithuania)

Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Pablo de Sarasate, Franz Liszt, Sergey Rachmaninov, Toru Takemitsu, Rodion Shchedrin


August 13, Saturday, 8 pm
Fireplace Hall of the Palanga Amber Museum (Lithuania)

Svetlana Konovalova (violin, Russia)
Rutsuko Yamagishi (piano, Japan)
Eglė Kižytė (piano, Lithuania)
Gabrielius Užameckis (violin, Lithuania)
Accompanist Aušra Banaitytė (Lithuania)

Programme:
Niccolo Paganini, Johannes Brahms, Sergey Rachmaninov, Sergey Prokofiev, Rodion Shchedrin, EugeneYsa?e, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Zita Bružaitė



August 13, Saturday, 6 pm
Lutheran Church

ANNA KOWALSKA (baroque lute,baroque guitar, Holland)
ANTON BIRULA (baroque lute, theorb, Poland)

Programme: Ennemond Gaultier, Marin Marais, Toyohiko Satoh, Joachim Bernhard Hagen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Allessandro Piccinini, Girolamo Kapsberger, Santiago de Murcia, Gaspar Sanz, Robert de Visee, Antoine Forqueray.



August 14, Sunday, 6 pm
Arts Faculty of Klaipėda University

In memoriam of the legendary pianist Lazar Berman (1930-2005)

KAUNAS CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

(Artistic director and conductor Pavel Berman)

Soloists: participants of the Master Classes by Valentina and Pavel Berman

Conductor PAVEL BERMAN (Italy)

Admission free




August 21, Sunday, 5 pm
St.John the Baptist's Church in Zapyškis

Première!

KAUNAS STRING QUARTET:
Karolina Beinarytė (I violin)

Dalia Terminaitė (II violin)

Dovilė Sauspreikšaitytė (viola)

Saulius Bartulis (cello)

With the participation of:

Vaida Raginskytė (mezzo-soprano)

Algimantas Treikauskas (fluta)

Antanas Taločka (clarinet)

Marius Balčytis (trombone)

Saulius Astrauskas (percussion)

Conductor GERHARD KARMMER (Austria)

Programme: Z. Bružaitė, D. Kairaitytė, G. Krammer, H.Kozakura, Composition by  Z.Bružaitė, P.Durko, M.Fagerudd, B.Jez, T.König, G.Krammer, I.Metallinos, E.Plahn, C.Stylianou, F.Zebinger G.Zen - "11"



August 27, Saturday, 5 pm

St. John the Baptist Church in Zapyškis

PETRAS VYŠNIAUSKAS (saxophone)
LINA ŠATKUTĖ (piano)

Programme D.Cimarosa, W.A.Mozart, R.Schumann, J.Brahms, F.Latėnas, R.Žigaitis, J.Linkola, J.B.Singelee, A.Martinatis

August 28, Sunday, 6 pm
Pažaislis Monastery


Kaunas State Choir (Lithuania)
Artistic director and chief conductor Petras Bingelis (Lithuania)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra (Lithuania)
Artistic director and conductor Pavel Berman (Italy)
Soloist Edgaras Montvidas (tenor, Lithuania)
Conductor Petras Bingelis

Programme:
Gioachino Rossini – Overture from the Opera The Thieving Magpie
Pietro Mascagni -Choir „Alleluja“ from Opera Cavalleria rusticana
Reveriano Soutullo and Juan Vert - „Bella enamorada“ from the Zarzuela El ultimo romantico
Pablo Sorozabal -„No puede ser“ from the Zarzuela La tabernera del puerto
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite for orchestra
Federico Moreno Torroba - „De este apacible rincon de Madrid“ the Zarzuela Luisa Fernanda
Jacinto Guerrero - „Flor roja“ from the Zarzuela Los gavilanes
Charles Gounod – Choir and Waltz from the Opera Faust
Augustin Lara – „Granada“




October 23, Sunday, 4 pm
Panevėžys Art Gallery

October 25, Tuesday, 6 pm
Kaunas Artists’ House

October 27, Thursday, 6 pm
Frenkel Mansion, Šiauliai

December 14, Wednesday, 6 pm
Congress Palace Amphitheatric Hall of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius

Kaunas String Quartet (Lithuania)
Karolina Beinarytė (violin)
Dalia Terminaitė (violin)
Dovilė Sauspreikšaitytė (viola)
Saulius Bartulis (cello)
Lina Krėpštaitė (piano, Lithuania)

Programme:
Zita Bružaitė - “Mosaic” for string quartet
Hideki Kozakura - String Quartet No. 4, Triangle Quartet (special version for the Kaunas String Quartet) (premi?re)
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57a



November 9, Wednesday, 6 pm
Kaunas Officers’ Club Hall

Vilnius municipality choir “Jauna muzika” (Lithuania)
Chief conductor Vaclovas Augustinas (Lithuania)

Soloists:
Petras Vyšniauskas (saxophone, Lithuania)
Tanel Ruben (percussion, Estonia)
Conductor Vaclovas Augustinas

Programme:
Vidmantas Bartulis – The Way



November 13, Sunday, 3 pm
Mykolas Žilinskas Picture Gallery, Kaunas

Ensemble of traditional Japanese instruments (Japan)
Chieko Mori (koto)
Kiku Day (shakuhachi)
Okuda Satoshi (shamisen)
Oliver Grimm (electronics, Austria)

Programme:
Sawai Tadao - “Tori no youni”
Okuda Satos - “Hyakki yagyaou”
Vytautas Germanavičius - “Tsuru no Mae”
Miyagi Michio - “Yugao”
Miyagi Michio - “Haruno umi”
Kiku Day - “Kurui-dake”
Chieko Mori, Oliver Grimm - “Roundelay”




November 13, Sunday, 5 pm
Kaunas Officers’ Club Hall

A concert by teachers and students of the Department of Percussion Instruments of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

Saulius Astrauskas (percussion, Lithuania)
Giedrius Aušra (percussion, Lithuania)
Gediminas Mačiulskis (percussion, Lithuania)
Valentinas Gelgotas (flute, Lithuania)
Presenter Viktoras Gerulaitis (musicologist, Lithuania)

Programme:
Vytautas Barkauskas - “Echoes” for solo percussion (premi?re)
Vladas Švedas - Sonata for alto flute and percussion (premi?re)
Loreta Narvilaitė - “In the Gardens of Sorrow” for solo percussion (premi?re)
Marius Baranauskas - “IT (beams...shadows...beyond...)” (premi?re)
Hideki Kozakura - “Schlagsahne” for solo percussion (premi?re)



November 24, Thursday, 6 pm
Kaunas Culture Centre

Eir Inderhaug (soprano, Norway)
Kjell Tore Innervik (percussion, quarter-tone marimba, Norway)
Joachim Kjelsaas Kwetzinsky (piano, Norway)
Ellen Ugelvik (piano, Norway)

Programme:
James Wood – „Elanga N‘Kake is singing to his craft“
Edward Grieg – From „Haugtussa“, Op. 67: „Cow Call“, „Kidling‘s dance“, „At the Brook“ and „Solveig‘s song“ from „Peer Gynt“, Op.23
Gaetano Donizetti – “O luca du quest’ anima” (from opera “Linda di Chamounix”)
George Crumb – From „Makrokosmos“ II: „Morning Music“, „Rain-Death Variations“, „Ghost Nocturne: for the Druids of Stonehenge“, „Gargoyles“, „Tora! Tora! Tora!“ (Cadenza Apocalittica), „A Prophecy of Nostradamus”
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata in G Major, BWV 916, 1st movement
Olav Anton Thommessen – „EingeBACHt“
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis – Fuga in B Minor, VL 345
Ramūnas Motiekaitis – “Calligraphy”
Rolf Wallin – „Stonewave“ (electro-acoustic version for one percussionist)
„INTRO MIX“ surprises – Virtuoso and entertaining pieces by Paul de Droit, Gaetano Donizetti, Ayuo Takahashi, Rolf Wallin



November 25 d., Friday, 6 pm
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra (Lithuania)

Artistic director and conductor Pavel Berman (Italy)
Soloists: students of the legendary pianist LAZAR BERMAN (1930-2005):
Antonio Formaro (piano, Argentina)
Marie Vermeulin (piano, France)
Giuliano Mazzoccante (piano, Italy)
Conductor Pavel Berman

Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 5, in E flat Major, Op. 73
Robert Schumann – Concerto for piano and orchestra in A Minor, Op. 54
Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Concerto for piano and orchestra in B minor, No. 1