Folk ensemble "Arinushka"

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

This year, for the seventeenth time, from November 9th to 12th, the international festival “Pokrov Bells”
will open the doors of its hospitable home for all lovers of traditional folk art. Each day of the festival is full
of various performances by visitors and local groups.

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