The 24th edition of the largest contemporary music festival in Lithuania will be held
October 24 – November 9, 2014, Vilnius

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The Festival’s programme, among others, includes works by these composers:
PHILIP GLASS (USA)
HEINER GOEBBELS (Germany)
GERARD GRISEY (France)
MICHAEL GORDON (USA)
OSVALDO GOLIJOV (Argentina)
STEFANO GERVASONI (Italy)
VINKO GLOBOKAR (Slovenia)
KAREL GOEYVAERTS (Belgium)
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (Russia-Germany)
UGNĖ GIEDRAITYTĖ (Lithuania)

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The Festival’s programme features six concerts of different orchestras:
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – October 25
LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA – October 28
ST. CHRISTOPHER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA – October 30
LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – October 31
Electronic music collective DIISSC ORCHESTRA – November 7
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – November 8

The following music personalities will take part in the Festival:
Philip Glass & The Philip Glass Ensemble (USA),
world-famous theatre director and composer Heiner Goebbels (Germany) who will present
one of his greatest theatre performances “Max Black” produced by Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland),
“Monolake” act’s leader Robert Henke (Germany) with his outstanding project “Lumière”,
the prominent percussion ensemble “Les Percussions de Strasbourg” (France),
one of the greatest cellists of our time Gavriel Lipkind (Israel),
the famous trumpetist Marco Blaauw (The Netherlands),
violin virtuoso Aisha Syed (Dominican Republic / USA / UK),
ensembles “Spectra” (Belgium), “Speak Percussion” (Australia),
the most talented Lithuanian soloists Martynas Levickis (accordion), Viktorija Miškūnaitė (soprano)
and many others.

• The Festival’s focus – Hanna Kulenty, Philip Glass, Heiner Goebbels
• The Festival’s highlights – world-famous soloists and the best Lithuanian performers
• The Festival’s programme includes 10 premieres of new works by Lithuanian composers