9.08 – Saturday – 12:05 pm
/ the tower of the Main Town Hall /
Lithuanian Weekend – to Čiurlionis
Urtė Krutkevičiūtė
Ignas Vydeika
Vilius Aleinikovas
(Klaipeda /Lithuania)
Witold Maciak
Zuzanna Podolak
Artur Samul
Wojciech Kowal
Oskar Skorowski
(Poland)
Program:
Vilius Aleinikovas
Laurynas Vakaris Lopas (*1948)
Šauklys (Herold)
Urtė Krutkevičiūtė
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911)
Preludium h-moll VL 182(a) (opr. I. Vydeika)
Pieśni ludowe na chór (opr. U. Krutkevičiūtė):
Oi lekia, lekia (Tam leci stado łabędzi)
Oi giria, giria (O lesie, lesie)
Dainų dainelė (Piosenka nad piosenkami)
Ignas Vydeika
Beauštanti aušrelė (Nadchodzi świt, na podstawie chóralnego opracowania Čiurlionisa, opr. S. Zilevičius)
Artur Samul, Zuzanna Podolak
Improwizacja na temat obrazu Karalių pasaka (Opowieść o królach) – wersja na carillon Ratusza
https://ciurlionis.eu/content/karaliu-pasaka-35
Fuga g-moll
Witold Maciak
Agnė Mažulienė (*1991)
Tavo minčių šviesoje (W świetle twych myśli – premiera)
Oskar Skorowski
Nokturnas op. 6 nr 2
Improwizacja na temat obrazu Pavasario sonata (Sonata wiosenna)
https://ciurlionis.eu/en/gallery/painting/cycles/pavasario-sonata
Wojciech Kowal
Preludias vargonams (organowe) a-moll (XIV) (opr. G. Kuprevičius)
Improwizacja na temat obrazu Įvairūs piešiniai (Różne rysunki – twarze)
https://ciurlionis.eu/content/ivairus-piesiniai-cg-54-9
Urtė Krutkevičiūtė, Vilius Aleinikovas
Preludium F-dur (opr. V. Aleinikovas)
Vilius Aleinikovas
Loreta Narvilaitė (*1965)
Vėjas atneša varpų garsus (Wiatr przynosi dźwięk dzwonów, 2025)
URTĖ KRUTKEVIČIŪTĖ
born in 2007, Lithuania, Klaipėda. Her interest in music formed from an early age, varying from piano studies, vocal lessons in choir and ensemble classes to musical reviews and folklore music analysis. Urtė’s carillon journey started in 2022 Autum when the first session of “Atrask Karilioną” (Discover the carillon) program began, together with her mentor Monika Kazmierczak. For Urtė, this program is the perfect place to broaden her musical horizons, find new, exciting instruments and incorporate her other artistic interests while making arrangement pieces.
Urtė is confident that her path in life and further studies will still be tied to music. The carillon instrument is a tool that helps her keep and grow the love for music while also gaining musical theory and practical knowledge.
VILIUS ALEINIKOVAS
(b. 2006) began his musical studies at the age of five at the Eduardas Balsys Gymnasium of Arts in Klaipėda, later continuing at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts, where he studied choral and orchestral conducting with Ricardas Šumila and Professor Martynas Staškus. He is a laureate of several national conducting competitions and made his debut in 2023 with the school’s symphony orchestra at the Palanga Kurhaus. In 2025, he was admitted to the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre to continue his orchestral conducting studies. In addition to conducting, he has also received recognition as a pianist and singer, and maintains a strong interest in science, visual art, and musical instrument craftsmanship.
IGNAS VYDEIKA
is a third-year saxophone student at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater in Vilnius. He has been playing the carillon since 2019. He has also been a student at the Royal Carillon School “Jeff Denyn” since 2023. During this time, he has participated in many festivals, including last year’s Gdańsk Carillon Festival. He is currently studying carillon playing with Monika Kazmierczak and Eddy Mariën.
WITOLD MACIAK
harpsichordist, composer, student of State Music School in Warsaw and the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen (Belgium). He developed his carillon playing skills during lessons and courses in Poland and abroad (Eddy Mariën, Monika Kazmierczak, Rien Donkersloot, Boudewijn Zwart). Witold is interested in combining the worlds of old and new music, eagerly using electronic and historical instruments and exploring it in terms of microtonal phenomena.
ZUZANNA PODOLAK
a graduate of secondary music school in violin specialty and the Archdiocesan Institute of Sacred Music in Przemyśl.
She is currently studying psychology and church music.
She is a laureate of an M. K. Čiurlionis’s arrangement competition, which was held at the Academy of Music in Gdansk in November 2024. The arrangement selected in the competition, as well as other arrangements by her, are played on daily basis by the automatic carillon of the Main Town Hall in Gdansk.
ARTUR SAMUL
a graduate of Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk in composition, solo singing and harpsichord. During his harpsichord studies he also learned to play carillon, and during workshops and by his own he learned to compose and arrange pieces for the carillon.
He is the author of compositions and arrangements played by the automatic carillon of the Main Town Hall in Gdansk, including arrangements of works by M. K. Čiurlionis which were selected in a composition contest in 2024.
has been playing the accordion since the age of 6. Enthusiast of carillons, member of the Pulsanti accordion orchestra, graduate of the Master’s degree in accordion class and Bachelor’s degree in church music specialty at the S. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk. He also studied on scholarships at Hochschule für Künste in Bremen (Germany), Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito in
Parma (Italy) and did his graduate training at Conservatorio Superior de Mùsica de Aragón in Zaragoza (Spain). He gives concerts in Poland and abroad, including Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain and Lithuania.
born in 2001 in Gdansk and closely tied to his hometown and the musical traditions of the region. Student of church music and organ at the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk. He learns to play the carillon with Dr. Monika Kazmierczak and participates in numerous masterclasses for this instrument.
Photo by Romualdas Budriunas
“Loreta Narvilaitė is currently found among the most prolific women composers in Lithuania – one of those who managed not to lock themselves within the world of “fragile lyricism,” but rather escaped it to write compositions full of action and energy. She is very fast to express her thoughts, thus implementing numerous creative undertakings each year.” (Austė Nakienė)
Loreta Narvilaitė (b.1965) studied at the Klaipėda Stasys Šimkus Conservatoire, also taking lessons in composition. She continued her composition studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre under Prof. Julius Juzeliūnas, from which she graduated in 1989 and finished her assistantship period in 1996.
Since 1989 she works as lecturer at the Klaipėda Stasys Šimkus Conservatoire, where now she teaches composition, Lithuanian music history and contemporary music history.
She has been member of the Lithuanian Composers’ Union since 1992. She received a State scholarship in 1995, 1998, 2004, 2010 and 2020.
Loreta Narvilaitė has been active as a manager and promoter of contemporary music for many years. In 1994, she organised the first new music festival Dune in Klaipėda and remained as its artistic director for five subsequent years. She has also assisted the organisers of new music festival Claviers of the Sea in Klaipėda.
In 2004, she was the artistic director of the Music Returns festival, inaugurating the Klaipėda Concert Hall (KCH). Next year she was appointed Deputy director for culture and Artistic director of the festivals organised by the Klaipėda Concert Hall, including Music of Changes, Salve Musica, Klaipėda Music Spring and Klaipėda Carillon Festival. She worked at Klaipeda Concert Hall until January 2024.
In February of 2002 and June of 2003 and 2004 she was composer-in-residence at the Visby International Centre for Composers (Sweden), conducted seminars on her and Lithuanian music at the Gotland School of Music Composition. In November – December 2024 she is composer-in-residence at AIR – ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Niederösterreich (Austria).
L. Narvilaitė’s works have been performed at many festivals in Lithuania and abroad, including Pianissimo (Sofia, Bulgaria), Arsenals, the 12th International Contemporary Music Festival (Riga, Latvia) Youth Music Forum, Season Premieres (Kiev, Ukraine), Festival Alexandre Paley et ses amis (Moulin d’Andé, France), Gdansk Carillon Festival (Poland), The festival Glasperlenspiel (Tartu, Estonia), aswell in Lithuanian festivals: Sounds of Sweden, Vilnius Festival, Vilnius Piano Festival, Lithuanian Music Spring, Gaida, Young Music, 6th Drums and Percussion Festival, E.Grieg and M.K. Čiurlionis Music Festival, Pažaislis Music Festival, Kaunas Carillon Festival, Festival From up close, Klaipėda Festival, Klaipėda Music Spring, Dune, Music Returns, Music of Changes, Klaipėda Carillon Festival, Curonian Split Festival, Thomas Mann Festival, Youth Chamber Music Days / Druskomanija, Summer of Organ, Ukmergė Percussion and others.
Narvilaitė’s works have also been performed in concerts in Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Slovenia, Croatia, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Argentina and elsewhere.
A number of L. Narvilaitė’s compositions have been recorded and featured in various CD releases. Her scores have been published by the Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre. Her diverse activities also include writing articles for the Lithuanian press and various websites.