Folk ensemble "Arinushka"

6th November, Wednesday
Vilnius Congress Hall (Vilniaus St. 6)
19.00 FOLKLORE AND PRESENT. Festival Opening
Part 1: Composer Laimis VILKONČIUS “THE MASS OF THE STARLING” (premiere)
Participants:
LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, artistic director Sergej KRYLOV
Folk ensemble ARINUSHKA
HAND VOICES (group of percussionists)
Conductor Karolis VARIAKOJIS
Director Jurijus POPOVAS
Part 2: LIVING TRADITION
Participants: Folklore ensembles from BELARUS, ESTONIA, GEORGIA, ITALY, CORSICA,
LATVIA, LITHUANIA, NORWAY, POLAND, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SPAIN, UKRAINE

7th November, Thursday
Hotel Ecotel Vilnius Conference Hall (Slucko St. 8)
10.00 TRADITIONAL SINGING LABORATORY
The Museum of Applied Arts and Design (Arsenalo St. 3A)
18.00 UNIQUE TRADITIONS. Concert of folklore ensembles from Lithuania and abroad
The House of Ales (Alaus namai; Goštauto str. 8)
21.30 FOLK DANCE NIGHT

8th November, Friday
Vilnius University, Faculty of History (Universiteto str. 3)
10.00 Conference of Young Folklorists “MY FAMILY – MY ROOTS”
12.00 ROUND TABLE “Folklore in the modern world: issues of pedagogy, performance, the results of field research ”
St. Catherine's Church (Vilniaus str. 30)
19.00 Concert MUSIC FOR GOURMETS. Performance by the festival guests

9th November, Saturday
Vilnius City Hall (Didžioji str. 31)
11.00–18.00 CRAFTS FAIR
11.00–18.00 IX CHILDREN FOLK ASSEMBLY
TRADITIONAL LITHUANIAN CRAFTS FOR CHILDREN. Creative workshops
12.00 THE INHERITORS OF TRADITIONS
A Concert and awards for the laureates of the VIII Children and Youth Republican contest
14.00-20.00 ARTISTIC PORTRAYALS OF THE FESTIVAL’S PARTICIPANTS:
14.00 Lithuanian traditions of ethnic communities
15.30 Belarusian, Latvian, Polish, Ukrainian traditions
16.30 Lithuanian, Norwegian, Serbian traditions
17.30 Russian traditions
18.30 Georgian, Estonian, Spanish, Italian, Corsican traditions

10th November, Sunday
Church of the Blessed Mother of God (Maironio str. 12)
12.00 A CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC