7th International Choir Festival of Lithuanian Music Patriarch Juozas Naujalis
Monday March 18th, 2024 12:33 PM
Important Event for lovers of choral music: the 7th Lithuanian Music Patriarch Juozas Naujalis International Choral Festival and Competition, 5-7 April, Kaunas
In April, Kaunas invites you to a spectacular celebration of choral music – the 7th Juozas Naujalis Choral Festival and Competition. This year’s event will bring together choirs from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, who will not only honour the memory of Naujalis by singing his works, but also perform works by composers from their own countries, reflecting different cultures. The festival events will take place in places closely associated with the name of Juozas Naujalis, such as Kaunas Cathedral, where he worked and taught, and the Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium. The festival programme includes three concerts of choral music and a choir competition.
Program:
5 d. FRIDAY
18:30 Opening concert
Hymns To The Nation
– Ensemble „Kadujo“
Kauno šv. apaštalų Petro ir Povilo arkikatedra bazilika (Vilniaus g. 1)
6 d. SATURDAY
11:00 Choir competition
16:00 Announcement of the results
Kauno Juozo Naujalio muzikos gimnazija (Kęstučio g. 85)
18:00 Choirs‘ concert
Kauno šv. Pranciškaus Ksavero (Jėzuitų) bažnyčia (Rotušės a. 8)
– Choir Res Musica (Gryfino, Poland)
Conductor Iwona Wiśniewska – Salamon
– Choir “Ave Vita” of VMU education academy (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Conductor Kastytis Barisas
– The women’s choir of the Valka region “Ziemeļstīga” (Valka, Latvia)
Conductor Karīna Pundzjus
– Virumaa Girls‘ Choir (Rakvere, Estonia)
Conductor Ly Ipsberg, Kaie Aja
7 d. SUNDAY
12.00 St. Mass
Kauno Švč. Mergelės Marijos Ėmimo į dangų (Vytauto Didžiojo) bažnyčia (Aleksoto g. 3)
– Cantate Domino Chamber Choir of the Assumption Church (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Conductor Rolandas Daugėla
– St. Caecilia’s Choir (Talinn, Estonia)
Conductor Ave Sopp, Katrin Tanvel