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Special Program 1. “Synergium” 3D Video Project “Synergium” Introduces 23:00 - S Special program 1. “Synergium” 3D video project “Synergium” introduces 23:00 - S. Daukanto sq. 3, “Video architects” Interdisciplinary art www.videoarch.lt spectators to the style of parametricism. 02:00 Presidential Your visual perception of architecture Palace facade and will change forever as you observe the surrounding dancing geometrical forms and structures! area 2. The Reverberating Palace of the Grand Dukes invites you to 18:00 - Palace of the Lithuanian State Wind Music www.valdovurumai.lt Palace enjoy outstanding concerts. Connoisseurs 02:00 Grand Dukes, Orchestra “Trimitas”, of music will experience musical Cathedral Square Ms. Rostropovicius’ programme of 6 parts. Open your ears for Charity and Support the sounds of outstanding music! Fund, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union, New Ideas Chamber Orchestra NI&Co, Gospel Team “HARK!“, Palace of the Grand Dukes 3. Vilnius – Kaunas – Movement, sound and sight are combined 15:00 - Yard of the Lithuanian Sea Interdisciplinary art Klaipeda in this unique programme performed by 02:00 Presidential Museum, Public cultural organizations from three Palace, S. Institution “Klaipedos Lithuanian towns. Daukanto sq. 3 sventes” and Vytautas Magnus University Chamber Orchestra 4. The Bridge of Two riverbanks and two bridges. Bridges 23:00 - Neris “Optronika” Visual arts www.optronika.lt Lasers: meeting of two connect riverbanks but bridges 02:00 embankment bridges themselves remain distant and isolated. between King What would happen if one night these Mindaugas Bridge two bridges would get connected? Is it and the Green possible? Yes! Bridge 5. Lasers at Night. Lasers will illuminate the foot of 23:00 - At the foot of “Optronika” and Visual arts www.optronika.lt Composition L/03 Gediminas hill with neon light. 02:00 Gediminas hill Kristina Alijosiute Composition L/03 was inspired by geometry, sharp minimalist aesthetics, every day universe and the sounds of NDW music. 6. Family Space Creative workshops, concerts, 18:00 - Bernardinai Other performances, games and many other fun 00:00 Garden, Maironio activities for the little ones and their str. parents. 7. LRT OPUS Terrace Radio station “LRT Opus” has already 18:00 - Lithuanian Anatolijus Chudoba Music www.facebook.com/LR become a symbol of quality music. 02:00 Theatre, Music TOpus Welcome to “LRT Opus” terrace in the and Cinema cosy courtyard of Lithuanian Theatre, Museum Music and Cinema Museum. In the courtyard, programme you will hear and see live Vilniaus str. 41 performances of Beissoul&Einius, Colours of Bubbles, MC Mesijus, Solo Ensemble, Soul Moustache, “Neteisetai Padaryti” (“Illegally Made”) and the performance of the legendary “Keistuoliu Teatras” (“The Odd Man Theatre”)! 8. Black and White Live concerts of various duets in 21:00 - Lukiskes Square Lithuanian Music and Music www.lmta.lt Lukiskes Square will end at midnight 01:00 Theatre Academy with a performance of a special duet. Maestro Petras Geniusas together with saxophonist Liudas Mockunas will present the project “Sea in the Forrest” inspired by M. K. Ciurlionis. 9. GO GAGA’2014 This audiovisual project was started in 16:00 - Club “Soulbox” “Partyzanai” Interdisciplinary art www.gogagago.com 2005 and has been performed annually 02:00 terrace and bar www.partyzanai.com ever since. Live audio performance by area, Vilniaus str. DJs: Manomazasiskaras, 96WRLD, 33 / Palangos str. NRK1, Youwin, Mantas T. 4 (Partyzanai.com), Nostra (Partyzanai.com), SHN (Minimal.lt), Roads (K.U.B. Collective). Video art by Lukas Miceika, “Oro pagalves”, Laimonas Zakas, Suckmafinger, Gudas Fou, “Vyzdziai”. 10. Martynas Levickis The accordion music of Martynas 22:00 - Church of St. Public Institution Music – Extreme Splash of Levickis reveals the most famous 23:20 Catherine, “Kristupo festivalis” Classics classical music pieces and masterpieces Vilniaus str. 30 of contemporary music. 11. Summer CD Flash Creative students of Vilnius College of 18:00 - The White Bridge Vilnius College of Visual arts www.vtdko.lt Technologies and Design created a city 02:00 Technologies and arch of light - “Summer CD Flash”. The Design arch was made from 7000 CDs, 80 sq. meters net and with the energy and creativity of 20 young people. We hope that the sparkling arch will inspire you with joy and youthful energy! 12. Nature in the It is time to get rid of dull urban colours. 20:00 - Gelezinio Vilko “Made in Vilnius” Visual arts Streets With the help of reverse graffiti we will 00:00 Tunnel plant a street garden on the walls of Gelezinio Vilko Tunnel. 13. Cosmos+. Sounds Direcor Kirsten Dehlholm (“Hotel Pro 19:00 - Lithuanian Lithuanian National Interdisciplinary art www.teatras.lt and Sights. Forma”, Denmark) especially for the 20:00 National Drama Drama Theatre festival “Culture Night” has prepared a Theatre, music-visual interpretation of LNDT 21:00 - Gedimino av. 4 performance “Cosmos+“. 22:00 14. The White In the darkest part of Sventaragis Valley 21:00 - Sventaragis Julija Ikamaite and Visual arts Labyrinth you will find a Labyrinth made of white 00:00 Valley Vejas Aliukas cloth, sound, text and light. Every visitor will have the chance to explore the imaginary space of Vilnius city. 15. Am I Don Street performance – march through 21:30 - From Ausros “Riteriu Ordinas” Theatre Quixote? Vilnius. Wandering through the streets 23:00 Vartu str. 14 with the young Don Quixote you will (Gate of Dawn) to witness his meetings with Vilnius city Etmonu str. 6 dwellers, observe impressive street fights, (Bar “Bix“) enter the “Bix” bar and attend a posh party. 16. Musical Club Musical Club “Sound Shapes” is an 22:00 - Old ice house Jonas Lekevicius, Other “Sound Shapes” interactive game that breaks the walls of 01:00 (“Rotonda”) Aiste Jakimaviciute communication and creativity. In this facing game no one is a winner or a looser. Sventaragio str. at Players join the game table freely and the foot of decide on the movements of glass figures. Gediminas hill Moving glass figures create a unnique live music performance. 17. Insomnia at “Arts Until midnight Siltadarzio lane will be 18:00 - “Arts Printing “Arts Printing House” Other www.menuspaustuve.lt Printing House” filled with music, dance, cinema and 00:00 House”, and “Rezidentai” theatre performances. You can be sure Siltadarzio str., 6 that your creative self will be awake with us! 18. Cinema Under the “Cinema Under the Stars” offers 22:30 - CAC court yard, Cinema Theatre Cinema www.kinopasaka.lt Stars screenings of good cinema outside. 00:00 Vokieciu str. 2 / “Pasaka” Screenings take place the whole summer Rudininku str. 1 from Thursday to Saturday in the courtyard of Contemporary Art Centre. On the “Culture Night” spectators will enjoy cinema for free under the starry summer sky on the screen as big as a house of two floors! Theatre 19. Performance “Him Chamber theatre performance based on 20:00 - The State Youth The State Youth Theatre www.jaunimoteatras.lt and Her” (dir. Birute the letters and works of writer J. Biliunas 21:00 Theatre of Theatre of Lithuania Mar) and his wife J. Janulaityte-Biliuniene. Lithuania, Hall Main roles are played by actors Aleksas “99”, Arkliu str. 5 Kazanavicius and Birute Mar. 20. The Puppet, Not Puppet theatre for adults, what is that 19:00 - Vilnius Theatre Vilnius Theatre “Lele” Theatre www.teatraslele.lt for Children about? You can find the answer to this 20:00 “Lele”, Big Hall, question in the evening programme of Arkliu str. 5 Vilnius Theatre “Lele”. In the programme: a passage from the new performance “Sand Man” and educational video presentation of contemporary puppet theatre for adults. 21. “Shopping and The performance “Shopping and 18:00 - OKT Studio, Oskaras Korsunovas Theatre www.okt.lt Fucking” by Oskaras Fucking“ has become cultic twice: the 23:00 Asmenos str. 8 Theatre Korsunovas. Between first time it was presented in 1999, just 1999 and 2012. when OKT was established, and when it was played for the last time in 2012. The screening of video records of both performances will take place in OKT Studio that already has become a lab for theatre experiments. 22. Musical This year Communication Theatre “Savi” 23:00 - Reformatai Park Communication Theatre www.tesavi.wordpress.c performance “Antidote and International Algirdas Fund present 01:00 Theatre “Savi”, om Against Tasteless musical performance “Antidote Against International Algirdas Life” Tasteless Life” according to A. De Saint- Fund, “Optronika” Exupery novel “The Citadel”. 23. Open rehearsal: This is a reconstruction of events about 20:00 - Lithuanian Lithuanian Russian Theatre www.rusudrama.lt „Hesitations About which we know too little. Vaisvilkas who 21:30 Russian Drama Drama Theatre Vaisvilkas, the Son of was baptized before his father established Theatre, Big Hall, King Mindaugas” (in the first monastery in Lithuania and J. Basanaviciaus Russian language) isolated himself in it from the world. str. 13 24. Performance This is a composition of three Ancient 20:00 - Theatre Hall, Societas Classica, Theatre www.klasikai.lt “Electra” Greek tragedies, connected by the myth 21:30 Vilnius Vilnius University of Electra. University, Philology Faculty, Universiteto str. 3 Societas Classica Theatre Group 25. Comedy for Adults Welcome to an eccentric and grotesque 23:00 - Officers’ Club of “Avilys Theatre“ Theatre www.teatrasavilys.lt according to S. comedy about human faults and 00:00 the Vilnius Mrozek’s “The weaknesses, secret dreams and how they Garrison, Serenade”. “Funeral of all of a sudden come true. Pamenkalnio str. the Rooster” 13 26. The Travelling Interactive musical performance by 18:00 - Siltadarzio str., Juste Kulakauskaite Theatre www.raudonosnosys.lt Clowns’ Orchestra Clowns Without Borders who work in all 19:30 Cathedral sq., biggest Lithuanian children hospitals. The Bernardinai performance will travel through the Garden busiest streets of Vilnius. Music 27. African Sanctus Musical journey stretching from 19:00 - Church of St. Vilnius City Municipal Music www.jaunamuzika.lt Mediterranean Sea to the Lake Victoria, 20:00 Catherine, Vilnius Choir “Jauna Muzika” from the mountains of Western Sudan to str.
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