10th October, Wednesday
Lithuanian National Philharmonic (Aušros Vartų str. 5)
19.00 FOLKLORE AND PRESENT. Festival Opening
Part 1: Composer Anatolijus ŠENDEROVAS “DEDICATION” (premiere)
Participants:
ČIURLIONIS QUARTET
Folk ensemble ARINUSHKA, leaders Irena and Nikolay ZAKHAROVAI
Folk ensemble BEDINERA, leader Murtaz TSIMINTIA (Georgia)
Arkadij GOTESMAN (percussion)
Petras VYŠNIAUSKAS (saxophone)
Conductor Aleksey VASILJEV (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Part 2: LIVING TRADITION
Participants: Folklore ensembles from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia,
Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine