Druskininkai summer with M. K. Čiurlionis | A. Liutkutė, V. Giknius and J. Barkauskaitė

Aušra Liutkutė (soprano)
Vytenis Giknius (flute)
Jarūnė Barkauskaitė (organ)

Jarūnė Barkauskaitė (organ) 1990 After graduating from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater majoring in piano and organ, she became a teacher at the newly founded Department of Organ and Harpsichord. 1993-1994 she studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm with prof. T. Tohren. J., improved in international organ music interpretation courses in Riga, Tallinn, Petersburg, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, France, Spain. Under the Erasmus mobility program, he interned at the conservatories of L'Aquila in Italy and Groningen in the Netherlands, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Higher Ecclesiastical Music School in Dresden, and the G. Palestrina Conservatory in Cagliari (Italy). J. Barkauskaitė, as a soloist and chamber music performer, has prepared various music programs, participates in international music events not only in Lithuania, but also abroad. The assistant professor teaches organ specialty disciplines, conducts pedagogical practice classes.

Aušra Liutkutė Povilaitienė (soprano) 1992 graduated from Klaipėda Stasios Šimkaus Conservatory, 1996. – Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, where he obtained a master's degree (2000), a bachelor of arts degree (2002). 2003-2005 interned at the NOBT opera studio with prof. Virgilijius Noreikas and conductor Vytautas Viržonis. in 2005 the singer was granted the status of Artist. in 2006 founded and together with the conductor E. Kavecks until 2012. led and sang in the vocal ensemble "Voices", which earned the title of laureate of several international competitions. 2010-2012 was a soloist of the vocal ensemble "Inmezzo". Since 2013 - head of the men's vocal ensemble "Avanti Vilnius".
A. Liutkutė prepared and performed the role of Amur in Ch. W. Glück in the opera "Orpheus and Eurydice", Juliet in Brook B. Britten's opera "Let's play the opera", the role of the nun Cherkatrice in the opera "Sister Angelica" by G. Puccini, the role of Rozina in the opera "The Barber of Seville" by Berta G. Rossini, sang Malvina and the Boy parts in the children's opera "Buratinas" by J. Gaižauskas, performed solo parts in cantatas and oratorios, a cappella songs from Vydūnas collections, which were recorded and released on CD. With the vocal ensemble "Inmezzo" (conductor Aušra Stasiūnaitė) released the CD "Faith, love and hope: let's rebuild Labanor church". Toured in USA, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, etc.

The well-known Lithuanian flautist Vytenis Giknius graduated from the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts and the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. He performs with various ensembles, orchestras, and works in the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra. He has been consistently studying the art of performing old music for ten years. He is the first performer in Lithuania to play the transverse baroque flute (he trained in the Czech Republic with professor Nancy Hadden), he was one of the first in Lithuania to start playing the so-called zinc (or cornet), he trained with Gustavo Gargiulos and Gebhard David, one of the few best zinc players in the world today. He also plays the baroque oboe, longitudinal flutes, has tried playing the tenor helm and the baroque bassoon. An informal early music school has been operating in Vilnius for several years, where V. Giknius shares his accumulated knowledge.

The event is free.
The event will be filmed, photographed and publicized.

Organizer: Druskininkai Cultural Center
Concert Patron: Druskininkai Pastor Vaidas Vaišvilas
Financed by: Lithuanian Culture Council and Druskininkai Municipality
Festival creator: Lithuanian Musician Support Fund