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Jan
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Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, will also be the capital of culture for all of Europe in 2011. This will be the biggest cultural event in the history of Estonia. Something will be happening in Tallinn every day in 2011, since the year of capital of culture will be bringing some of the world’s biggest names to Estonia.
Tallinn 2011 and stories of the seashore
In 2011, Tallinn begins the largest storytelling event in its history. Writers, musicians, artists and actors will tell, paint, sing and act tales inspired by the sea, speaking of Estonia and its people. The stories will be short and long, modern and ancient, exciting and tragic; most importantly, they will all be genuinely Estonian-like.
Storytelling gives birth to meaning and understanding. Our stories help discover and preserve the image of a young Estonia as part of Europe. Stories give rise to Estonian history as they relate to Europe and the modern world, as well as the face and achievements of the Estonian people. More significant, however, is the fact that Tallinn’s position as the culture capital will allow these stories to be shared with visitors and those observing the year of cultural celebration from all around the world.
By this day, the tradition of the European Capital of Culture has given more than 40 cities an opportunity to present their distinct and diverse culture to millions of people from all over the world during one year.
Travel agency “Visit Lithuania” invites you to plunge in vibrant and active life of Tallinn and also visit other European capitals of culture: Vilnius - former European capital of culture 2009, Riga - future European capital of culture 2014!
Please contact us and get acquainted with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – three Baltic Sea shore countries!
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Sep
29
7-15 October
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL SIRENOS (SIRENS)
Sirenos presents provoking and challenging modern European theatre and new impressive projects of the Lithuanian stage. Performances are staged in various theatres of Vilnius and other locations.
For more information please visit www.sirenos.lt
October
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL VILNIUS JAZZ
Vilnius Jazz, the oldest festival, attracts the participation of the best Lithuanian jazz performers and prominent jazzmen from other countries. Vilnius Jazz is famous for creative and ambitious programmes and improvisations.
For more information please visit www.vilniusjazz.lt
20-30 October
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL GAIDA (THE TUNE)
This, the main and largest contemporary music festival in Lithuania, presents the newest music trends, fashions and creative processes in Lithuania and the world and attracts the participation of prominent original performers.
For more information please visit www.vilniusfestivals.lt
November
GRAND PARADE OF MUSICIANS
This is a unique event of Lithuanian performers, which has taken the shape of a concert-marathon lasting from nine to ten hours. Hundreds of performers take part in the event—from the most prominent country musicians and groups to young talents who have already won recognition in international contests.
November
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL VILNIUS MAMA JAZZ
The youngest jazz festival in Lithuania, open to all styles and trends of jazz music, has already taken its place among the most significant events both in Vilnius and all over Lithuania.
For more information please visit www.vilniuscityjazz.lt
Sep
24
To start the tour we offer Birstonas city – one of the oldest balneology resorts in Lithuania. Birstonas has been recorded from the Middle Ages. The most significant event in the history of the science of resorts was the initiation of mud application for healing purposes in Birstonas. The peat for the healing mud was brought from the Velniabliudis peatbog and the mud treatment centre decorated with the emblem of the Red Cross was built in 1927. It is not only the unique natural resourses but also the exclusive landscape of this terrain that attracts holidaymakers to visit Birstonas and its surroundings. There are many hotels and treatment venues for the rest and relaxing Spa procedures in Birstonas. To satiate your soul we offer visit folk artist’s Andrius Lik studio or walk along the beautiful riverside.
Continue your trip traveling to Alytus – the largest city of Southern Lithuania. Abundant with forests and verdurous hills Alytus is divided by a 16 km winding of the Nemunas River. The lands of Alytus are spread on the both banks of Nemunas River. Nowadays the town is proud of its traditions, culture, the impressive and unique landscape and its hospitable and sincere people. Beautiful Alytus Mound definitely will enriche your acquaintance with the city. The hundreds of years old Alytus Mound is the witness of the town foundation. . It is a historical and cultural monument and today there are a group of sculptures called Ancestors of Alytus Mound at the bottom of it. Later you should visit incredible Pivasiunai Church. Pivašiūnai, a small village in the picturesque lowlands of Dzukija, lies alongside Lake Ilgis and the immense Gineitiškiai forest, some 25 km east of Alytus. Pivašiūnai has long been known not only for its beautiful nature, but also – and even more so – for its church with a miraculous painting of the Mother of God and Child. In 1988, Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius adorned the famous image of Our Lady of Pivašiūnai with crowns blessed by Pope John Paul II and bestowed her with the title of “Comfort of the Afflicted”.
Jun
18
2010 June 19th. 18:00-06:00
Culture night “Let There Be Night!” invites you to spend a sleepless night from 19th to 20th of June. Over than 80 free events you will help visitors fight drowsiness. The same as every year there will classical and contemporary music concerts, movies, open air dance lessons, performances, arts workshops, museums and galleries will be open with special programs.
The walls of the old town will be filled with video projections accompanied by electronic music, halls and squares will be flooded with piano classics. Guitars, violins and Indian tablas will play in cosy museums and arts workshops. There will be 4 open air cinema spots with specially crafted programs. Those, who admire handcraftsmanship, will be able to craft themselves shirts, make their own latern or mix aromatic balsam according to traditional recipes. Public gardens will be filled with laughter and the cosy light of candles will help to tame the energy of Baltic amber.
The program you can find here:
http://www.kulturosnaktis.lt/en_program.html
Sep
11
Date: 30 September
Venue: Theatre Arena (Olimpiečių St. 3, Vilnius)
Director – Gintaras Varnas
Ticket prices: LTL 20, 30, 50
An original play based on one of the most famous plays of the late 20th century, “Merlin: Or, The Wasteland” by Tankred Dorst and Ursula Ehler. It is a drama mystery that links the Middle Ages and the contemporary era while chronicling the emergence and collapse of Utopia. This play, translated into Lithuanian by Antanas A. Jonynas, has been performed in many theatres worldwide. A parable of “The Wasteland“ today means a cracked and distorted world where, in the face of the economic and moral crisis of the 21st century, Utopia gains a new meaning. Director Gintaras Varnas, working together with a team of different generations of Lithuanian actors, try to present the play by Tankred Dorst through the eyes of a contemporary person who survives the finale of Utopia and experiences a deep longing for another. The director uses different techniques of artistic expression from different theatrical époques – from the shadow theatre of the East and doll forms of the Middle Ages to modern “new realism”.
The play “The Wasteland” was performed for the first time in 2004 on the derelict premises of a print-shop “Tiesa”, in cooperation with “Intercult” (Sweden) who initiated an international programme SEAS. The play was performed in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Gdansk (in a former shipyard which witnessed the emergence of the Solidarity movement). Tankred Dorst attended the performance in Vilnius and gave it a superior evaluation. “The Wasteland” in Independent Lithuania became the first continuous theatre project to travel across untraditional areas and demonstrate a new generation of actors’ approach to changing times.
The idea to create a new version of the play this year, when Vilnius becomes the European Capital of Culture, was inspired by the modern times and contemporary society as well as cultural situation in Lithuania. The new version of “The Wasteland – Vilnius” will represent an original artistic and public event in the face of the contemporary public and moral crisis.
Jul
24
On 20 July Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the winner of the quiz “Millennium of Lithuania. Culture and History”. The winner of the main prize is Masha Serebryanaya from Ukraine.
M.Serebryanaya has won a four-day trip to Lithuania for two people. In Lithuania she will visit Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, also Trakai and Kernavė, the ancient capital cities of Lithuania, the Baltic seaside and the Curonian Spit. She will have an opportunity to take part in the events of the programme “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture” and celebration of the millennium of Lithuania.
The winner has been chosen by a lucky draw out of 922 participants, who answered all questions of the quiz correctly. Over 2000 people from 51 states took part in the quiz. The participants could take part in the quiz from 29 May until 15 July.
Ten more winners of the quiz, who answered all questions correctly, have also been determined by the draw. Participants from Belarus, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain won photo albums “Unseen Lithuania” by Marius Jovaiša.
“We are glad that so many people have taken interest in the quiz and we have received so many correct answers. Questions were not very easy, therefore, foreign citizens had to think about them or search for information,” said the spokesperson of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rolandas Kačinskas.
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is grateful to all the participants of the quiz, who took interest in the Lithuanian history, culture and modern politics, and congratulates the winners.
The winners of the quiz will be contacted personally. The names of the winners are announced on the website: quiz.mfa.lt.
Jun
18
Culture Night – let there be night!
Date: 20-21 June 18.00-06.00
Venue: cultural and public spaces of Vilnius City
This is the shortest summer night awakening people from cultural sleep. City squares turn into dance schools under the stars and parks – into large cinemas on the grass, the river glimmers with installations and shining labyrinths, churches begin to speak in nocturnal concerts of classical, rock and organ music, narrow streets buzz with performances, balconies sing love songs, hand-made lanterns shine, poetry is read and lullabies are sung. Museums lure with musical performances and animation. Every fifth Vilnius resident wanders in the night celebrating culture.
