Lake Galve, one of nearly 200 in the Trakai district of south-eastern Lithuania, has the allure of a fairy-tale. Sapphire-coloured water surrounds 21 islands, one of which is home to a 14th-century ...
The Lithuanian Song Celebration brings together thousands of performers, from ensembles to conductors, often decked out in traditional dress. Monocle travels to the Baltic state for the centenary ...
Hydro 2 is water music, but it's not to be confused with the orchestral pieces composed by George Frideric Handel back in the early 18th century. Lithuanian saxophonist Liudas Mockūnas is headed even ...
The 23-year-old Lithuanian jazz pianist and composer has spent his early formative years on stage alongside prominent native jazz veterans. By the time he graduated high school, Domas was already a ...
In Vilnius, The Chronological Catalogue of the Music of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was published in English. https://www.bn.org.pl/en/news/5795-presentation ...
Of the petrolhead side of his persona, more later. Of the pianist, let’s start – well, not at the very beginning – but at the point when Maknickas was nine years old, and performing his first concerto ...
Musicians supported the protests in 2020. The band Litesound, which represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, performed at the Lithuanian talent show. The musicians performed one of the ...