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Date: March 26-28
Location:Jaunimo str. 4, Birštonas resort.
More than 25 years last weekend in March (2010 26-27-28) in a cozy resort Birštonas will be the oldest traditional international jazz festival in Lithuania „Birštonas Jazz“. Since 1980, every two years Birštonas jazz festival has earned the name of Lithuanian jazz Mecca. Here from all over Lithuania, and not only from here, comes all jazz „pilgrims“. Town has 3,2 thousand inhabitants, every two years of jazz listening comes to almost as many people - 3,5 thousand! Jazz forum Birštonas eventually gave incentive for Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda people to organize similar events in their cities.
Birštonas Jazz festival is not only the oldest but also the most democratic forum of Lithuanian jazz, which presents a diverse range of Lithuanian jazz elements, genres, trends and the diversity of styles, from dixilandjazz to contemporary experimental and innovative explorations. The program is great - a real marathon of jazz, usually within 3 weekend days, presenting about 20 collectives. The largest program of the festival consists of Lithuanian jazz musicians, Birštonas Jazz festival like mirror reflects the face of Lithuanian jazz - here plays jazz scene debutants, and also who has already reached the international recognition of the musicians who once has became a springboard into major, international jazz scenes. Birštonas Jazz Festival stage is open not only to mature, award-winning jazz-country, but also debutants, young musicians.
Program:
March 26 (Friday) 7.00 pm.
Kaunas dixiland DIXXBAND, soilist Kristina Svolkinaitė
Arkadijus Gotesmanas Quintet
Atūras Anusauskas
Klaipėda BigBand, soilists Monika Liubinaitė and Steponas Januška
Šiauliai BigBand
Ticket price 40 Lt.
March 27 (Saturday) 12.00 am.
Liudas Mackūnas NuClear and LMTA BigBand
Arvydas Jofė
Joint Vilnius and Edinburgh (Scotland) college student project (led by Vladimir Chekasin)
Ticket price: 30 Lt.
4.00 pm.
Ballads project „You‘ ve Changed“ of Vita Rusaitytė and Skirmantas Sasnauskas
BRUS SEXTET (Sweden)
Tickets price: 40 Lt.
8.00 pm.
Kadri Voorand group (Estonia) and saxophonist Juusi Kaanaste (Finland)
Project ODESSA 5 of Stefanas Pasborgas (Denmark, Finland, Lithuania)
Dainius Pulauskas sextet
Tickets price: 50 Lt.
March 28 (Sunday) 1.00 pm.
Kaunas BigBand (led by Skirmantas Sasnauskas)
Remy Filipovitch Quartet (Germany)
Latvian jazz band “Mirage” (led by Lauris Amantovas), soilist Jolanta Gulbė
Tickets price: 40 Lt.
6.00 pm.
Nicko Svarco ir Aurelijus Ščiukas Quartet (UK, Lithuania)
Kęstutis Vaiginis Quartet (Lithuania, Turkey)
Herbie Kopf Quintet SWILIT (Switzerland, Lithuania)
Tickets price: 40 Lt.
Mar
10
Love story according Edith Piaf
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Date: March 18
Location: St. Catherine’s Church, Vilnius str. 30, Vilnius
Soilist EVELINA SAŠENKO
Accordion NERIJUS BAKULA
Piano PAULIUS ZDANAVIČIUS
Everyone knows the different love stories, perpetuated in novels pages, poems, which revives in movie screens and theater scenes. But when about the feelings are talking in the songs, from Edith Piaf lips, the heart fills with romantic and flavorful spirit of Paris. If not enough of the most beautiful words to express your feelings, use music,which will be flying the soul to the world of French novels.
Tickets price: 25, 30, 40, 50 Lt
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Mar
8
The Biggest Internet Conference in the Baltic States LOGIN 2010 Invites to Discuss about the Future
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Date: 18 of March
Location: “Siemens Arena” Vilnius
18 March Vilnius will host the biggest Internet Conference in the Baltic States LOGIN 2010. The conference will take place in “Siemens Arena”. The main idea of the conference will be to discuss the future tendencies and innovations. The total number of participants is going to be 1400; 25 speakers will share their ideas and forecasts. Speakers will represent well-known organizations and business companies.
Except from usual reports and presentations, conference organizers will offer the participants an absolutely new and still unknown for Lithuania part of the conference. For instance, during the “Ignite” session networkers, following special rules, will discuss the chosen themes. Moreover, a “MiniBarCamp” will be working where everybody will be able to check in and to present his/her ideas and business plans. The final list of reporters will be determined by LOGIN 2010 participants.
Besides, this year, LOGIN 2010 will invite to vote during the Internet rewards’ process. During these rewards the best Internet projects and initiatives will be chosen. It is planned to choose 10 applicants for nominations. The winners will be presented during the open voting.
Last year during the LOGIN 2009 conference more than 1300 people were participating; Among 25 speakers there were the representatives of “Google” and “Apple” shared their ideas. The founders of LOGIN are the conference of Lithuanian blogers 2007 and BLOGin 2008.
LOGIN 2010 Program http://www.login.lt/programa/
Mar
8
For Homeland - twentieth!
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Date: March 11, 2010 6.00 PM
Venue: Ūkio Bank Theatre Arena (Olimpiečių St. 3, Vilnius)
Anniversary concert FOR HOMELAND – TWENTIETH! Traditions we create ourselves – be free, white – be Lithuanian! Commemoration of Lithuanian Independence Day this year will take place in Ūkio Bank Theatre Arena.
Organizers VORAI MC 1% LIETUVA present exceptional programme. The most powerful patriotic bands of various rock music styles participate in the event. Aistė Smilgevičiūtė with band SKYLĖ will perform the newest collection of Lithuanian partisan songs and musical compositions that have already become hits. After one year break band DIKTATŪRA will strike as hammer. Band KATEDRA will play Lithuanian metal hits of Rebirth times and new patriotic songs. With pagan spirit OBTEST will hack from the shoulder, because it is time for Thunder! Old Lithuanian songs will revive in ŽALVARINIS show. On the Twentieth Anniversary of Re-establishment of Independence Lithuania will also be congratulated by band LION’S PRIDE, the Flanders striving for freedom of their own country.
Independent Lithuanian State was and will be! LITHUANIAN… FOR LITHUANIA!
Mar
8
Celebration of Lithuanian Independence
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The 11th of March 2010 marks the twentieth anniversary since the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas) of the Republic of Lithuania declared the Act on the Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania, which “decrees and solemnly proclaims that the execution of the sovereign powers of the State of Lithuania, abolished by foreign forces in 1940, is re-established, and henceforth Lithuania is again an independent state”.
The Act of Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania was signed on 11 March 1990. On this day, the victims of fights for Lithuanian independence are honoured, the ceremony of hoisting the state flag takes place in the Nepriklausomybės Square, and brass band parades, performances by various groups, and concerts are organized.
From 2010-03-08 to 2010-03-11
March 8, Monday
10.00 h.
Lecture - conference “The historical and juridical significance of March 11″ at Vilnius University Law Faculty.
March 10, Wednesday
9.00 h.
Flower handover ceremony at the Parlament of the Republic of Lithuania
March 11, Thursday
10.30–11.45 h.
Procession “The way of rebirth”. Start - Gedimino Ave. 1. End - Independence Square
12.00 h.
Flag-raising ceremony of three Baltic States at Independence Square
12.40–13.15 h.
Army parade. Start - Independence Square. End - Cathedral Square
13.30 h.
St. Mass at Vilnius Cathedral Basilica
13.30–18.00 h.
Open day at the Parlament of the Republic of Lithuania
15.00–16.30 h.
Concert of Lituanian, Estonian and Latvian armies orchestras and folk dance ensembles at Cathedral Square
21.00–23.00 h.
Celebratoty concert at Cathedral Square
Ticket prices: free admission
Mar
8
Lithuanian Rope. Let’s Know about Vilnius
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Date: 2010-03-08 18:00
Venue: Vilnius Teachers’ House (Vilniaus St. 39/6, Vilnius)
Ticket prices: free admission
Series of events for Lithuanian Independence 20-anniversary.
We invite you to meet with Lithuanian Act of Independence signatory Gediminas Ilgūnas.
Mar
7
“Blues duel” : Lithuania against USA”
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Date: 18 of March
Location: Vilnius, club “New York”
Blue corner of the ring - Lithuania represents a new project by the participants’ mentioned as the modern city orchestra “Groove LT”. It is the debut performance for this team. However, we could call it the sensocional because all blues standarts from World Gold Fund will be performed by the brightest Lithuanian jazz stars – Petras Vyšniauskas, Arkadijus Gotesmanas, Vladimiras Kaplanas and others.
Red corner of the ring - USA represents a singer Sharrie “The Princess of Rockin’ Gospel Blues” Williams with a group “The Wiseguys”. The greatest impact on the formation for Sharrie Williams music and singing style was KoKo Taylor, Etta James, Pattie Labelle, Aretha Franklin and Billie Holiday creativity. But at the same time, the singer’s style is completely individual, she makes the audience to survive this about what she is singing. She has a remarkable ability to force the listener to empathize and feel, each performed note can forced you dance, cry or laugh. Her voice can be described as emotional coctail. “I love what i am doing. I can sing for five people, and feel as i am doing it against 60000 people audience”. Her voice covers the whole spectrum of sounds - from a whisper to a screaming. In America she is called by “The Princess of the Rockin’ Gospel Blues” - and this is right description for her.
All blues fans are invited to support the “Blues duel: Lithuania - USA singers 18 of March in Vilnius, club “New York”.
Duel will be friendly - neither blood nor winners: everybody will be winners. So come to listen some professionals! Tickets to this event are available at all “Tiketa” offices.
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