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Photographer Antanas Sutkus: Recognized from Paris to Rio but slighted at home

January 1, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The internationally acclaimed Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus’ photographic signature in thousands of photo works is recognized in art galleries from Paris to Rio de Janeiro. Over the last 50 years, the artist has seen his distinguished photo works showcased in some of the world’s most prestigious art and culture centers, including the National Library of France in Paris, the International Center of Photography in New York, the Dresden Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Paris Museum of Photography, and many others. […]

Small Theatre of Vilnius: Mixing up rebellion and metaphysics

December 6, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

Theatre is only possible when there is a director with his own theatre vision. At the roots of the State Small Theatre of Vilnius (SSTV) stands its director Rimas Tuminas, long praised by theatre critics for a distinctive theatrical language and performances being exemplified for the “all-immersed” psychological acting, more distinctive poetical and lyrical elements and, sure, the buzz. […]

In memoriam of Romain Gary

November 29, 2014 Nadezda Kostigova 0

This year, Lithuania hosted several cultural events in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat and pilot of Lithuanian origin. […]

Scanorama: action and redundant special effects-free, but still gripping hearts

November 7, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The Scanorama Film Festival starting Thursday, 6 November, will be taking cinema lovers for a ride on the emotional rollercoaster through a spectacular array of movies able to shake up one with the quintessential issues of human existence until the final screenings on 23 November. […]

“Vilnius Jazz Festival 2014”: least commercial, superstar-less, groovy and funky

October 15, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The least commercial music festival, relatively star-less, but groovy and sometimes funky, “Vilnius Jazz Festival” drives its fans mad with the wacky jazz “perversions” it has come to be known for every autumn. […]

Jazz Federation head: “Lithuanian jazz needs better treatment”

October 11, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

Solveiga Rusytė, president of Lithuania’s Jazz Federation (LJF), could be deservedly called a jack of all trades, juggling all the gigs in event planning, TV appearances and the workload as the LJF head. […]

Juozas Miltinis: a picky foodie, dresser and extraordinary talent

September 21, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

Many art creators could be lined up for their indelible imprint for the Lithuanian culture history, but few lives have been more enshrouded in awe-inspiring rumors and legends than that of Juozas Miltinis, a Lithuanian theatre director and founder of the Panevėžys Drama Theatre. […]

Lithuania submits The Gambler for best foreign language feature Academy Award

September 19, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Début feature by Lithuanian filmmaker Ignas Jonynas ‘The Gambler’ was announced as Lithuania’s entry for the best foreign language film Academy Award. […]

Exhibition which includes works by Chagall and Soutine opens in Vilnius

September 11, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Art Museum is opening an exhibition which includes works by world-renown Belarusian artists of the Paris school. […]

Exhibition of Medieval and Renaissance tapestry to open in Vilnius

September 9, 2014 BNS 0

Thirty-four tapestries of the 1400-1500s, valued at nearly 25 million litas (EUR 7.4m), will be exhibited at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius. […]

Rūta Vanagaitė: Lithuania is still competing with the Holocaust

September 7, 2014 DELFI EN 3

Rūta Vanagaitė’s project “The Paneriai Lullaby”, which lets you interact with Jewish culture for a day, is one of the most successful projects financed by the European Commission (EC). […]

Deimantas Narkevičius presents solo exhibition Sounds Like the XX Century at Galerija Vartai

August 31, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Galerija Vartai in Vilnius is hosting Deimantas Narkevičius‘ solo exhibition Sounds Like the XX Century, which opens on 9 September. […]

New fonts help reinterpret canonical work by 300-year-old Lithuanian writer

August 17, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The nearly year-long commemoration of the 300th birth anniversary of Kristijonas Donelaitis pays tribute to the Prussian-Lithuanian pastor and poet whose magnitude of legacy in Lithuanian literature has been shaped up by the first classic Lithuanian language poem, The Seasons (Metai), in which he depicted everyday life of Lithuanian peasants, their struggle with serfdom, and the annual cycle of life. […]

Lithuanian theatre director Koršunovas to transfer his hit play about emigration to Poland

August 12, 2014 DELFI EN 0

When in winter 2012 Lithuanian theatre director Oskaras Koršunovas presented the production of “Expulsion” in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, he did not expect that the play by Marius Ivaškevičius would get so much attention not only at home, but in neighbouring countries as well. […]

Ethnology professor: How globalization and pop-culture takes a toll on national identity

August 10, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

Can centuries-old Lithuanian ethnic culture withstand sweeping globalization? Is it possible to retain national identity when Lithuanian countryside, the stronghold of traditions, is wilting away? And what should the authorities do in handing down the ancestral heritage to youth so that it keeps living? Libertas Klimka, a prominent Lithuanian ethnologist and professor at the Lithuanian University of Educology, talks to the Lithuania Tribune. […]

Lithuanian Tatar youth cherishes the past for the future

August 5, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The historic roots of the current 3200-member Tatar community in Lithuania date back to the 14th century, when the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania fostered trade with the Mongols’ powerful Golden Horde. The ensuing ages have swept away the Duchy and Horde, but for a tiny group of the merchants’ descendants Lithuania has become their Motherland. To find out more about the ethnical minority, the Lithuania Tribune spoke to Marija Meišutovič, the chairman of Lithuania’s Tatar Youth Community “Duslyk”. […]

Violinists gathered for “Čiurlionis and the world” conference in Druskininkai

August 1, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The twelfth year of the international arts‘ festival “Druskininkai summer with Mikalojos Konstantinas Čiurlionis“ is halfway over, but there’s plenty more ahead. More than 40 concerts, exhibitions, and contests will be held by the end of September. A conference called “Čiurlionis and the world” started last week and has attracted Lithuania’s most talented rising violinists to perform. […]

New Antanas Sutkus virtual exhibit available online

August 1, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

“He is an artist of the great style, and the indication of the great style is that it is not seen,” wrote Arvydas Šliogeris in a statement about photographer Antanas Sutkus’ new virtual exhibition “Antanas Sutkus. Without A Name.” Organised by the Art Department of The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, the exhibit marks the photographer’s 75th birthday. […]

“Jazz in Lithuania can no longer be second-rate music”

August 1, 2014 Linas Jegelevicius 0

Lithuania‘s exclusive resort Nida this weekend is embracing all jazz lovers. For three nights, the annual Nida Jazz Marathon 2014 will be echoing jazz accords to the vastness of the Baltic waters. […]

Palanga Summer festival opens in Lithuania’s Baltic coast resort

July 30, 2014 ELTA EN 0

On Tuesday, Lithuania’s most popular seaside resort opened the Palanga Summer festival, which will continue until 9 August. […]