BRASS FIESTA | KLAIPĖDA BRASS QUINTET

BRASS FIESTA | KLAIPĖDA BRASS QUINTET

Sigitas Petrulis (artistic director, trumpet)

Tadas Česnauskas (trumpet)

Monika Miliauskienė (horn)

Arvydas Stakvilevičius (trombone)

Vidmantas Liasis (tuba)

Program:

Allegro spiritoso. Ph. Hayes | Adagio K411. W. A. Mozart | Canzon No. 2. G. Gabrieli | Sonata for brass instruments | Aria. G. F. Handel, etc.

Founded in 1986 by LMTA professor Vilmantas Bružas, the Klaipėda Brass Quintet is a brass ensemble and the first professional artistic collective of its kind in Klaipėda. Since 2016, trumpeter Sigitas Petrulis has served as the quintet’s artistic director.

Belonging to the Klaipėda Concert Hall, the ensemble performs more than 30 concert programs annually on the most renowned stages in Lithuania and abroad. The Klaipėda Brass Quintet is acclaimed not only by Lithuanian but also by international music critics for the persuasiveness, versatility, and innovation of its performance technique.

The quintet regularly tours stages in Lithuania and abroad. Audiences in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Poland, and the Czech Republic have heard the Klaipėda Brass Quintet. Notable performances include the European Chamber Ensemble Competition in Alsace, France; the “Probaltika” Classical Music Festival in Toruń (Poland); the international “Philips Jones” Competition in Hungary; and others.

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Organizer: DKC | Festival Concept: Musicians’ Support Fund | Partners: MKČ Art School, Mineral SPA Draugystė | Information Partner: “Mano Druskininkai” | Patron: Vaidas Vaišvilas, Pastor of Druskininkai Church | The festival is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Druskininkai Municipality