On the occasion of the coming jubilee year of M. K. Ciurlionis and the year of Czech Music, The Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Czech Republic H.E. Mr. Rolandas KAČINSKAS organized a concert at the Czech Museum of Music in Prague.
Watch the speech of the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Czech Republic H.E. Mr. Rolandas KAČINSKAS
At the program – Vilnius University Chamber Orchestra, conductor Modestas Jankūnas. Compositions by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Leoš Janáček and Antonín Dvořák.
Next year marks an extraordinary anniversary – 150 years since the birth of Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis.
M.K. Ciurlionis is considered the most important Lithuanian artist of all time; his personality combines great talent, strong imagination, passion for knowledge, and, of course, Lithuanian melancholy.
In 2024, the Czech Republic is celebrating the year of Czech Music, so it is symbolic that they will be passing on the baton to the jubilee year of Ciurlionis.
The Vilnius University ( Lithuania) Chamber Orchestra has been bringing together young people studying at the university for 45 years and has performed more than 800 concerts in Lithuania and abroad during its existence. In 2017, it was World Orchestra Festival in Vienna and received a gold prize and a special honorary diploma.
Since 2019, the artistic director and conductor of the orchestra is Modestas Jankunas.
