Pažaislis Music Competition begins in Kaunas Tradition

In accordance with the organizers, 28 concert events are deliberate to be held through the three summer season months, 4 of which can happen within the nice courtyard of the Pažaislis Monastery.

This 12 months’s program contains premieres of operas not often carried out in Lithuania, an abundance of works by Lithuanian authors, two new historic areas, a efficiency by Nicole Zuraitis, a world jazz star with Lithuanian roots, and a recital by Nationwide Tradition and Artwork Prize laureate Edgars Montvid.

“At this 12 months’s pageant, the one-act opera “Teresė” by probably the most delicate French melodist Jules Massenet (Žiulio Masnė) is awaiting its premiere in Lithuania, and the closing live performance will function the premiere of the opera “The Creation of the World” by composer Laimutis Vilkončias, mentioned E. Montvidas, the creative director of the pageant.

The pageant program additionally pays lots of consideration to the works of Lithuanian authors – the premiere of Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s vocal sequence is deliberate, Diana Čemerytė’s musical fairy story “The Thriller of the Unicorn”, Vidmants Bartulis’ oratorio “Nelaimėlis Jobas”, and so forth.

One of many largest classical music festivals in Lithuania has been held since 1996.