Folk ensemble "Arinushka"

A great tradition of the Orthodox Christmas in Lithuania is the presentation of scholars and young talent from the Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation. This year, the festival organizers, together with the Foundation, will present a concert of young talents, winners of many competitions, students of the famous Moscow teacher, pianist Mira Marchenko - Valentin Malinin and Rodion Shakirov - to be held on December 4th at St. Catherine Church.The programme includes works by S. Rachmaninov, A. Skriabin, A. Borodin, S. Prokofiev, J. S. Bach-F. Busoni, Ž. Works by F. Ram, R. Schumann.

On December 10, 2019 the Church of St. Catherine will host a unique event: the great-granddaughter of the great Russian theater director V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko - a brilliant pianist, graduate of the Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory, visiting professor of the Paris and Toulouse Conservatory Ekaterina NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO (Germany) will be the guest of the festival “Orthodox Christmas in Lithuania”. She will perform in an ensemble in Vilnius with an excellent clarinet player, laureate of international competitions, a teacher at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music - Jevgenij Voravko (Russia). Together they will present the program "Composers of Paris".

Programme:
Claude Debussy: Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano;
Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau (Fountains);
Jean Françaix: Theme and Variations;
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano;
Igor Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet;
Joël Holmès. Molto lento;
S. Lansen: Antilles Mazurka;
Astor Piazzolla: 3 tangos from the suite “History of Tango”;
George Gershwin: Blues from the symphonic poem “An American in Paris”.