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Aug
27
On the 3-6 September, 2009, an international exhibition „Made in India“ will open its doors for the first time in Lithuania. Various services suppliers and producers from all around India will present their goods and services. The participants of the exhibition assured to be interested not only for the business representatives but also for regular visitors of the exhibition who will be able to see the newest textile products meeting the requirements for color gamma and prognosis of autumn/winter season set by the International Color Institute. The visitors will also be surprised by Indian jewelers who will present a peculiar design jewelry. Apart from displayed textile, leather and jewelry products, the exhibition “Made in India” will also present representatives from India IT sector, India travel organizers as well as technique produced in India.
Exhibition venue: “Spotima” arena, Azuolyno g. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania
Exhibition date: 3-6 September, 2009
Exhibition working hours: 10.00 a.m. - 18.00 p.m.
Free entrance!
Aug
27
Aug
21
”Up To The Sky”- the new party cycle will invite to the musical heights!
Autumn begins, but the new party cycle invites all party lovers feel the Sun and dance with incredible DJ team all year round.
On 29th of August in the 31st floor of the „Europa“ building will be held the first „Up to the sky“ party, which promise to throw lightnings of music with professional DJ quartet: “Metal on Metal” trio, who can banish from the mind even madmen, Dj Mamania, a historical personality, Dj Vaiperis, who can extract unbelievable musical sounds and “Happyendless Dj Team” – recognized, beloved and deserved to be one of the most wanted.
All guests of the party, who will party at the “ceiling” of Vilnius, are obliged to spruce up in “Angels” theme. This theme gives a sense to this musical feast, which invites all to arise up to the sky.
The creators of the “Up to the sky” Party Cycles promise to organize these musical feasts upper and upper - at the most incredible places.
So lets make the wings!
Aug
18
Today a group of Irish journalists representing such publications as “Irish Independent“, „Evening Herald“, „Irish Examiner“ as well as popular RTE radio show “Drivetime” is coming to Lithuania. A cognitive tour lasting till the 20th of August will present Lithuanian tourism possibilities to Irish journalists.
The delegation will visit Vilnius and Trakai as well as will follow the programmes of Lithuanian Millennium and Vilnius the European Capital of Culture 2009.
This is a first such tour in Lithuania for Irish journalist. The tour is organized by the National Tourism Department and Lithuanian Tourism Information Centre (TIC) in London, UK, in cooperation with airlines company “Aer Lingus”. On the 10th September, 2009, the company “Aer Lingus” will start direct flights to/from London Gatwick and Vilnius. At he moment the flights from/to Dublin and Vilnius are scheduled.
According to the Director of the Lithuanian Tourism Department, Ms. Nijole Kliokiene, “This is already a 10th Lithuanian tour for journalist from the United Kingdom when the Lithuanian Tourism Department together with TIC in London is presenting Lithuanian tourism possibilities. This tour is special because Lithuanian tourism potential will be presented to Ireland for the first time. We are sure that forthcoming publications about Lithuania as well as direct flight possibilities will stimulate more and more Irish tourists to discover our country.”
In the last month a journalist delegation from the UK was visiting Lithuanian and particularly - Vilnius, Kaunas, Trakai and Kernave. However, a unique and biggest impression to the visitors was put by the Lithuanian Song and Dance Celebration.
In September a visit of one of the famous travel TV “Travel Channel” will be made in Lithuania. The group of delegates will create a 30 minutes movie on Lithuania – “Essential Lithuania”. The mentioned movie will be broadcasted for 3 years period on “Travel Chanel”
Information from the Lithuanian State Department of Tourism.
Aug
14
Europe du Nord - Lituanie
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Aug
14
Le méconnu Ciurlionis sous les projecteurs de l’Europe.
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LITUANIE. Vilnius, capitale européenne de la culture en 2009, expose le plus illustre des peintres et musiciens du pays, figure du symbolisme.
Vilnius, envoyé spécial.
Qui connaît Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911) ? Les amateurs du Musée d’Orsay se rappelleront, qui sait ? de la première rétrospective consacrée à un obscur peintre balte à la fin de l’année 2000. Mais rien n’est moins sûr.
Le peintre et compositeur lituanien Ciurlionis reste encore très méconnu en dehors des frontières de son pays où il est considéré comme un « héros », un « génie » ou bien encore un « trésor national ». « Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis devrait être une figure de légende. S’il n’était né dans une Lituanie opprimée par l’occupation russe, puis soviétique, si la quasi-totalité de son oeuvre n’était conservée par le musée des Beaux- Arts de Kaunas – d’où elle n’est guère sortie jusqu’à l’indépendance de son pays natal –, il occuperait dans l’histoire du symbolisme européen la place qui lui revient : celle du possédé foudroyé », affirmait en novembre 2000 le critique d’art Philippe Dagen.
Désignée capitale européenne de la culture pour l’année 2009, Vilnius a décidé de braquer cet été les projecteurs européens sur son artiste le plus illustre. Celui qui influencera des peintres comme Kandinsky, qu’il croisera à Saint- Pétersbourg en 1908, est la figure centrale de l’exposition « Dialogue des couleurs et des sons » dans la toute nouvelle galerie nationale des Beaux- Arts de Vilnius, inaugurée pour l’occasion. Né en 1875 à Varéna, il intègre l’École des beaux-arts de Varsovie en 1904. Installé à Vilnius en 1906, il organise la première exposition d’artistes lituaniens. Il se rend à Saint-Pétersbourg où ses toiles seront exposées ainsi qu’à Moscou. Travaillant jusqu’à l’épuisement, il est lâché par ses nerfs. Envoyé en 1910 au sanatorium de Pustelnik, près de Varsovie, pour y soigner une dépression nerveuse, il y meurt un an plus tard d’une pneumonie.
Au total, Ciurlionis a peint près de 300 tableaux, essentiellement entre 1903 et 1909. Il a également composé près de 300 oeuvres musicales. Pour lui, ces deux arts ne faisaient qu’un. Les titres de ses peintures sont évocateurs : Sonate du soleil, Sonate des étoiles, Prélude et Fugue… Son travail le plus connu en Lituanie, Sonate de la mer, est composé de trois tableaux intitulés Allegro, Andante et Finale. Ciurlionis y dépeint une mer agitée, puis calme, et enfin complètement déchaînée. Dans Finale, une immense vague dont l’écume forme les initiales du peintre lituanien est sur le point d’engloutir des embarcations en forme d’ailerons de requins.
À mi-chemin entre le symbolisme et l’abstraction, Ciurlionis est difficilement classable. Les surréalistes n’auraient pas renié certaines de ses toiles. Les amateurs de fantasy apprécieront ses cités futuristes et sa série Contes de fées (les Rois, le Château et la Forteresse). Chez Ciurlionis, qui admirait la brume, la nature revêt des formes humaines inquiétantes. « Je voudrais faire une symphonie du bruissement des vagues, des paroles mystérieuses de la forêt séculaire, du clignotement des étoiles, de nos chansons populaires et de ma langueur infinie », écrit-il en 1908 à sa fiancée Sofija. Ceux qui rateront l’exposition, qui s’achève à la fin du mois, pourront visiter le musée Ciurlionis de Kaunas, deuxième ville du pays, où l’on trouve plus de cent tableaux de ce « prophète en son pays ».
Damien Roustel
Aug
14
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL „VISAGINO COUNTRY“
The author of these words had this idea for a long time. First try of him was more show-concert than festival in „Once Upon a Time on Easter“ (Kaunas, 1990). Then Sigitas Morkūnas, an employed of Ministry of Culture offered a place – National park of Aukštaitija. Edmundas Žalpys had his own thoughts and „idea transfered into body“: the town named Sniečkus, was chosen. It was a citadel of especially precious nature, sincere people and cultural province. The author of those lines has written an entire note-book of possible titles of festival, till he close one – Visaginas name. It is the title of lake, on which shore the town has spread. Here was built a new stadium – an arena for future festival. Many gray hairs appeared on a head of Vytautas „Kugelis“ Stauga, the Director of „Alternetyva“ – technical organizer of first festival till first chords of festival sounded. It is not ridiculous when one week is left to the beginning of festival, an orginizing car is riding at full speed, and the festival is being stopped. The reason – putsch in Moscow. Fortunately madmen defeated. Fortunately no one lost the will. And the festival was held.
