Folk ensemble "Arinushka"

For the 19th time, the international folklore festival "Pokrovo Bells" will delight its loyal audience with exclusive concerts, programs, and performances. The events will take place from November 6 to 10 in such prestigious venues in Vilnius as St. Catherine’s Church, Vilnius University and Vilnius Town Hall. The festival will serve as a platform for cultural exchange, bringing together representatives of different countries and national minorities living in Lithuania. "Pokrovo Bells" is not only an outstanding cultural event but also an important source of cultural heritage for Lithuania and other countries. From November 6 to 10, the city of Vilnius will become an international center of traditional music, bringing together music lovers, folklore enthusiasts, and those, interested in the cultures of other nations. Having earned a strong reputation over the years, this festival is sure to offer many unforgettable moments and inspire further appreciation and development of traditional music.
The festival is named in honor of the Orthodox feast – Protection of the Holy Virgin. As you know, in old times, people completed all the farm work by the autumnal period and began celebrating village festivals, weddings; fairs were held, accompanied by singing, dancing and festivities. It is exactly on 14th October, 2004 the first festival was organized.

Wednesday November 8th
19:00
Lithuanian National Philharmonic (Aušros vartų str. 5)
FOLKLORE AND THE PRESENT. Festival Opening Concert
Part 1
International premiere of Mindaugas STUMBRAS World Music project "SPELL"
Based on Ukrainian traditional music
Artists:
Ukrainian folklore ensemble "SVIATO" (artistic director Arina Zakharova):
Tetiana SOPILKA (ethnic vocals, Ukraine)
Sergey OHRIMCHUK (violin, ethnic vocals, Ukraine)
Arina ZACHAROVA (ethnic vocals)
Nikolaj ZACHAROV (ethnic vocals)
Viktor ŽABROV (ethnic vocals)
Luka MEBONIA (ethnic vocals, Sakartvel)
Giorgi SHANAVA (ethnic vocals, Sakartvel)
Irena ROKICKA (ethnic vocals, Norway)
K.VARDELI STRING QUARTET (Sakartvelo):
Konstantine EROYAN (1st violin)
David AKOPIAN (2nd violin)
Ekaterine GARDAVADZE (viola)
Giorgi NADAREISHVILI (cello)
Julija LANKĖ (piano)
Jievaras JASINSKIS (trombone)
Gediminas STEPONAVIČIUS (double bass)
Laurynas LAPĖ (trumpet)
Karolis ŠARKUS (saxophone)
Domantas RAZMUS (percussion)
Andrius REKAŠIUS (percussion)
Mindaugas STUMBRAS (classical guitar, Arabic udas)
Conductor Levan JAGAEV (Sakartvelas)
Part 2
A LIVING TRADITION:
Performances by Lithuanian and foreign folklore groups
Tickets distributed by KAKAVA.LT

Thursday November 9th
10.00
Vilnius University, Room 238 (Universiteto str. 3)
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
Personality in folklore: collector, performer, master and researcher.
Traditional culture of ethnic communities - the living heritage of Vilnius
18.00
Vilnius University Theatre Hall (Universiteto str. 3)
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: the KARTVELIAN POLYPHONIC SINGING
MASTERPIECES
19.00
Vilnius University Theatre Hall (Universiteto str. 3)
UNIQUE TRADITIONS. Concert of Lithuanian and foreign folklore ensembles
Beer House (Goštauto str. 8)
21.30
Folk Dance Evening: traditional dances, singing and meetings

Friday November 10th
10.00-15.00
Lithuanian Folklore and Ethnography Centre of National Minorities (Stiklių str. 6)
TRADITIONAL SINGING LABORATORY
18.00
St Catherine's Church (Vilniaus str. 30)
Concert of Ukrainian folklore ensemble "DREVO" (Kiev, Ukraine)
MUSIC FOR GOURMETS. Concert of Lithuanian and foreign folklore ensembles
Tickets distributed by KAKAVA.LT

Saturday November 11th
Vilnius Town Hall (Didžioji str. 31)
11.00-19.00
Fair of folk art and culinary heritage.
Creative workshops in traditional crafts for children and adults
14.00-18.00
ARTISTIC PORTRAITS OF THE FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS. Concert - marathon
18.00
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: the UKRAINIAN Cossack Songs. LITHUANIAN
SUTARTINĖS

November 12th, Sunday
Vilnius historical sites, churches, museums, galleries
10.00
VILNIUS turns 700: tours of Vilnius for festival participants from abroad

XVII INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL “POKROV BELLS”
PROGRAMME
(Vilnius, Lithuania)

9th November, 2022, Wednesday
19.00
St. Catherine's Church (Vilniaus St. 30)
MUSIC FOR GOURMETS
Part 1. UNESCO HERITAGE:
Georgian polyphonic singing.
Songs of the Ukrainian Cossacks of the Dnipropetrovsk region
Participants: GURJAANI (GEORGIA)
DREWNO
ZAČIKIEVIČIŲ ŠEIMYNINIS ANSAMBLIS (POLAND-UKRAINE)
Part 2. Performance of the festival guests from SERBIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA, BULGARIA, GERMANY, LITHUANIA
Tickets available KAKAVA.LT

10th November, 2022, Thursday
10.00
The Centre of Folklore and Ethnography of Ethnic Minorities in Lithuania (Stiklių str. 6)
LABORATORIES OF TRADITIONAL SINGING

19.00
Museum of Applied Arts and Design (Arsenalo St. 3A)
UNIQUE TRADITIONS. Concert of Lithuanian and foreign folklore groups
Free entry

11th November, 2022, Friday
10.00
Hotel "Panorama" conference hall (Sodų str. 14)
Round table "FACETS OF MODERN FOLKLORE"

19.00
Lithuanian National Philharmonic (Aušros atsarg str. 5)
WORLD MUSIC projects of the festival “Pokrov bells”
1 d. Linas RIMŠA, Gintautas VENISLOVAS, Jievaras JASINSKIS “THERE WAS A DAY”
Based on Karaite folklore
2 d. Jievaras JASINSKIS “ORERO” (world premiere)
Based on Saqartvelo folklore
Artists: LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
(artistic director Sergej Krylov)
Conductor Modestas PITRĖNAS (Lithuania)
Soloists:
Luka MEBONIA (vocals, percussion, Georgia)
Arina ZACHAROVA (vocals, Lithuania)
Dovilė KAZONAITĖ (soprano, Lithuania)
Regimantas GAPŠYS (baritone, Lithuania)
SHARA (Georgia)
ARINUSHKA (Lithuania)
Enrikas SLAVINSKIS (acoustic guitar, bouzouki)
K. VARDELI STRING QUARTET of Tbilisi Van Saradzhishvili
State Conservatoire (Georgia)
HAND VOICES (percussion, Lithuania)
Tickets available KAKAVA.LT


12th November, 2022, Saturday
11.00–18.00
Vilnius City Hall (Didžioji St. 31)
CRAFTS FAIR

XII CHILDREN FOLK ASSEMBLY:
11.00 V YOUNG FOLKLORE CONFERENCE "My Family - My Origins"
12.30 CHILDREN AND YOUTH REPUBLICAN CONTEST WINNER CONTEST

11.00-18.00 Creative workshops FOLK MASTERS - FOR CHILDREN

14.00–20.00
ARTISTIC PORTRAITS OF THE FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS
Сoncert-marathon
Free entry

From June 23 – 30, 2022 in Palanga will be the XXII International Folklore Camp - creative school "TRADITION".
The organizers are the Folklore and Ethnography Center of Lithuanian National Communities, the School of Slavic Traditional Music, the Vilnius Center for Russian Folklore.

13:00 LUKA MEBONIA (Tbilisi, Sakartvelo) - ethnomusicist, leader of the folklore ensemble “Lakada”
Topic: "Georgian polyphonic singing traditions"

13:30 RYTIS AMBRAZEVIČIUS (Vilnius, Lithuania) - Professor of the Department of Ethnomusicology of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, Professor of the Department of Audiovisual Art Technologies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Kaunas University of Technology, Doctor of Fine ArtsTopic: Topic: "Lithuanian singing tradition"

14:00 EVGENIJA REDKOVA (St. Petersburg, Russia) - Head of the Cabinet of Folk Music Creation,
Department of Ethnomusicology, St. Petersburg N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory associate professor. Doctor of Science
Topic: "Experience of mastering various genres of folklore in the practice of a folklore ensemble"

14:30 KIRILL KRYLOV (St. Petersburg, Russia) - A.M.Mekhnecov Folklore and Ethnography Center folklore specialist, lecturer of the Department of Ethnomusicology, graduate student of the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.
Topic: “Mastering the folklore of Simbirka village wedding traditions in Kizilskis district, Chelyabinsk region” (follow-up from summer school “Tradition” in Palanga)

15:00 ANDREJ KOTOV (Moscow, Russia) - conductor, singer, folklorist and choirmaster of the ancient Russian sacred music ensemble Sirin
Topic: The tradition of performing spiritual poems

15:30 TATJANA ZAČIKEVIČ (Ukraine) - ethnomusicist, teacher, leader of the folk ensemble "Dichka", member of the ensemble "Drevo"
JURI PASTUSHENKO (Ukraine) - ethnomusicist, teacher, leader of the folklore ensemble "More", member of the ensemble "Drevo"
Topic: Polyphonic features of song traditions in the Central Dnieper region

16:00 ZUZANNA МОRAVECKA-PASTUŠENKO (Poland) - philologist, ethnomusicist, leader of the ensemble "More"
Topic: Mastering the song tradition of re-emigrants in Dolnego Śląska (Lower Silesia)

16:30 SERGEJ STAROSTIN (Moscow, Russia) - ethnographer, multi-instrumentalist, TV presenter
Topic: "Own" folk song

10th November, Wednesday
Vilnius University, Faculty of History (Universiteto str. 3)
15.00 CONFERENCE OF YOUNG FOLKLORISTS “MY FAMILY – MY ROOTS”

11th November, Thursday
Lithuanian National Philharmonic (Aušros Vartų st. 5)
19.00 FOLKLORE AND PRESENT. Festival Opening
I part: Leonas SOMOVAS. Premiere world music piece
ČIURLIONIS QUARTET
Dalia DEDINSKAITE (violin)
Folk ensemble ARINUSHKA(artistic director Irena and Nikolay Zakharov)
Džiugas DAUGIRDA (percussionist)
II part: LIVING TRADITION: Performances of Lithuanian and foreign folklore groups

12th November, Friday
Hotel Panorama Conference Hall „Aquarius-Terra“ (Sodu st. 14)
10.00 ROUND TABLE "The Impact of Globalization on the Continuity of Folklore Traditions"
Hotel Panorama Vilnius Conference Hall (Sodu st. 14)
10.00-15.00 TRADITIONAL SINGING LABORATORY
St. Catherine's Church (Vilniaus st. 30)
19.00 Concert MUSIC FOR GOURMETS. Performance of the festival guests

13th November, Saturday
Vilnius City Hall (Didžioji st. 31)
11.00–18.00 FOLK ART FAIR
11.00–18.00 X 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 Children and Youth Republican contest
14.00-19.00 ARTISTIC PORTRAITS OF FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS

14th November, Sunday
Vilnius Cathedral of the Assumption of the Mother of God (Maironio st. 12)
12.00 A CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC

15th International Folk Festival POKROVSKIJE KOLOKOLA
PROGRAMME

11th November, Wednesday
Lithuanian National Philharmonic (Aušros Vartų st. 5)
19.00 FOLKLORE AND PRESENT. Festival Opening
Linas RIMŠA, Gintautas VENISLOVAS, Jievaras JASINSKIS
“THERE WAS A DAY” (premiere)
Based on Simonas Firkovičius' poetry and Karaite folklore
“RETROSPECTIVE”
Pokrovskie Kolokola Festival 2009–2020 fragments of world music works
Performers:
LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, artistic director Sergej KRYLOV
Conductor Modestas PITRĖNAS
Soloists:
Dovilė KAZONAITĖ (soprano)
Stein SKJERVOLD (baritone, Norway)
Arina ZACHAROVA (vocal)
Luka MEBONIA (vocal, percussion, Georgian)
Julija MOROZOVA (piano, organ, celesta)
Sergej STAROSTIN (multi - instrumentalist, Russia)
Tomas VARNAGIRIS (guitar)
Folk ensemble ARINUSHKA(artistic director Irena and Nikolai Zakharov)
HAND VOICES (group of percussionists, artistic director Tomas Kulikauskas)

12th November, Thursday
The Museum of Applied Arts and Design (Arsenalo st. 3A)
18.00 UNIQUE TRADITIONS. Concert of folklore ensembles from Lithuania and abroad

13th November, Friday
Hotel Ecotel Vilnius Conference Hall „Aquarius-Terra“ (Sodu st. 14)
10.00 Conference of Young Folklorists “MY FAMILY – MY ROOTS”
12.00 ROUND TABLE
„SUSTAINABLE CANNOT BE CHANGED: The Impact of Globalization on the Continuity of Folk Traditions“
St. Catherine's Church (Vilniaus st. 30)
19.00 Concert MUSIC FOR GOURMETS. Performance of the festival guests

14th November, Saturday
Vilnius City Hall (Didžioji st. 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
14.00-18.00 ARTISTIC PORTRAYALS OF THE FESTIVAL’S PARTICIPANTS

15th November, Sunday
Church of the Blessed Mother of God (Maironio st. 12)
12.00 A CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC

From June 25 to July 2, 2020, the XX international summer creative camp-school TRADITION, which is also a seminar for teachers on traditional folk culture, will be held in Palanga. Organizers - The Folklore and Ethnography Centre of Ethnic Minorities in Lithuania, School of Slavic Traditional Music, Vilnius Center of Russian Folklore.