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Jazz Federation head: “Lithuanian jazz needs better treatment”
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. […]
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Juozas Miltinis: a picky foodie, dresser and extraordinary talent
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. […]
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Lithuania submits The Gambler for best foreign language feature Academy Award
Début feature by Lithuanian filmmaker Ignas Jonynas ‘The Gambler’ was announced as Lithuania’s entry for the best foreign language film Academy Award. […]
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Exhibition which includes works by Chagall and Soutine opens in Vilnius
The Lithuanian Art Museum is opening an exhibition which includes works by world-renown Belarusian artists of the Paris school. […]
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Exhibition of Medieval and Renaissance tapestry to open in Vilnius
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. […]
Society
Rūta Vanagaitė: Lithuania is still competing with the Holocaust
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). […]
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Deimantas Narkevičius presents solo exhibition Sounds Like the XX Century at Galerija Vartai
Galerija Vartai in Vilnius is hosting Deimantas Narkevičius‘ solo exhibition Sounds Like the XX Century, which opens on 9 September. […]
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New fonts help reinterpret canonical work by 300-year-old Lithuanian writer
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. […]
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Lithuanian theatre director Koršunovas to transfer his hit play about emigration to Poland
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. […]
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Ethnology professor: How globalization and pop-culture takes a toll on national identity
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. […]
Society
Lithuanian Tatar youth cherishes the past for the future
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”. […]
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Violinists gathered for “Čiurlionis and the world” conference in Druskininkai
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. […]
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New Antanas Sutkus virtual exhibit available online
“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. […]
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“Jazz in Lithuania can no longer be second-rate music”
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. […]
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Palanga Summer festival opens in Lithuania’s Baltic coast resort
On Tuesday, Lithuania’s most popular seaside resort opened the Palanga Summer festival, which will continue until 9 August. […]
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Čiurlionis, magnetic Lithuanian great, over-researched but under-appreciated
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is one of the biggest greats that Lithuania has ever had. A distinguished composer, mystic painter and a rebellious man is just a terse textbook-like description of the artist. Darius Kučinskas, an art researcher and professor of Kaunas University of Technology, has devoted 25 years scrutinizing the magnetic artist and his distinctive legacy. […]
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Klaipėda opens 55th Sea Festival
On Wednesday, an exhibition entitled “Wind in the Sailyards” is opening in Klaipėda, featuring works by graphic artist, book illustrator Šarūnas Leonavičius from the collection of the Lithuanian Sea Museum and the personal collection of the artist. […]