26TH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 21–NOVEMBER 11
VILNIUS

PROGRAMME

October 21, 19:00 | National Philharmonic Hall
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Francesco Dillon (cello, IT)
Emanuele Torquati (piano, IT)
Liudas Mockūnas, saxophones (LT)
Conductor Jonathan Berman (UK)

Vykintas Baltakas. commentum for cello and orchestra (premiere)
Vytautas Germanavičius. Underwater Geometry for saxophones and orchestra (premiere)
Liza Lim. Pearl, Ochre, Hair String
György Kurtag. Double Concerto, op. 27 No. 2

October 22, 19:00 | Contemporary Art Centre
LITHUANIAN ENSEMBLE NETWORK
Stephane Ginsburgh (piano, BE)
Andrius Žiūra (clarinet)
Conductor Vykintas Baltakas

Stefan Prins. Piano Hero No. 1
Thierry De Mey. Silence Must Be!
Matthew Shlomowitz. Popular Contexts, Vol. 2
Vytautas V. Jurgutis. Telosferos (premiere)
Michael Beil. Karaoke Rebranng!
François Sarhan. Ô Piano
Anatolijus Šenderovas. ...after Chagall (premiere)

October 22, 21:00 | Contemporary Art Centre
CABARET VOLTAIRE RETOURNÉ
Commemoration of DADA 100th anniversary (1916–2016) 
BENAS ŠARKA
KĘSTUTIS ŠAPOKA
GINTARAS SODEIKA

October 23, 19:00 | Contemporary Art Centre
GOSKA ISPHORDING (harpsichord, NL/PL)
MACIEJ FRĄCKIEWICZ (accordion, PL) 

Michał Moc. MissA
Gérard Grisey. Passacaille
Simon Steen-Andersen. Next to Beside Besides No. 3
Pierre Jodlowski. Lessons of Anatomy – Book of Harpsichord
Pēteris Vasks. Kantāte
Justė Janulytė. Harp is a Chord

October 25, 19:00 | National Philharmonic Hall
PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD (piano, FR)

Part 1:
Pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach & György Kurtag
Part 2: 
Pieces by Claude Debussy (Etudes) & Pierre Boulez (Notations, Une page d’ephemeride) & Julian Anderson (Sensation)

October 26, 19:00 | Contemporary Art Centre
QUASARS ENSEMBLE (SK)

Ivan Buffa. Organismo
Luca Francesconi. Insieme
Liza Lim. The Heart‘s Ear
Jana Kmiťová. Kamea
György Kurtág. Signs, Games and Messages
Christopher Trebue Moore. Dementia Praecox

October 27, 19:00 | Contemporary Art Centre
QUARTETTISSIMO
ČIURLIONIS QUARTET
CHORDOS QUARTET
ARTVIO QUARTET
METTIS QUARTET
Soloists:
Joris Sodeika (piano)
Raimundas Sviackevičius (accordion)

Julius Juzeliūnas. Raga a quattro
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė. Sort Sol (premiere)
Ramūnas Motiekaitis. X Cycles (premiere)
Simon Steen-Andersen. Study for String Instrument No. 1
Pēteris Vasks. Viatore
Rūta Vitkauskaitė. Nušviesti lygumai (premiere)
Gintaras Sodeika. Tettigonia perdida

October 28, 19:00 | Contemporary Art Centre
STEVE REICH 80
Ensemble IN PROCESS (DE)

Steve Reich. Octet (Eight Lines)
Steve Reich. Music for Eighteen Musicians

October 28, 21:00 | Contemporary Art Centre
Contemporary Music Ensemble SYNAESTHESIS

Matthias Leboucher. Underwards II (premiere)
Simon Steen-Andersen. Amid
Michael Gordon. acdc
Michael Gordon. For Madeline
Gerard Grisey. Vortex Temporum I, II, III

October 29, 19:00 | Congress Concert Hall
LITHUANIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo (DE)
Zbignevas Ibelhauptas (piano)
Conductor Robertas Šervenikas

Philippe Manoury. Zones de turbulences for 2 pianos and orchestra
Luca Francesconi. Macchine in Echo for 2 pianos and orchestra
Zita Bružaitė. Shield for symphony orchestra (premiere)
Michael Gordon. The Unchanging Sea for piano and orchestra

November 6, 20:00 | Congress Concert Hall
KRONOS QUARTET (US) 

Garth Knox. Dimensions from Satellites
Sigur Rós. Flugufrelsarinn (The Fly Freer) (arr. Stephen Prutsman)
Geeshie Wiley. Last Kind Words (arr. Jacob Garchik)
Terry Riley. One Earth, One People, One Love from Sun Rings
Pete Townshend. Baba O’Riley (arr. Jacob Garchik)
Philip Glass. String Quartet No. 7
Michael Gordon. Clouded Yellow
Tanya Tagaq. Sivunittini (arr. Jacob Garchik)
Laurie Anderson. Flow (arr. Jacob Garchik)
Steve Reich. Triple Quartet

November 10, 20:00 | Congress Concert Hall
PHILIP GLASS (piano, US)
With participation of:
Maki Namekawa (piano, JP)
Petras Geniušas (piano)

Philip Glass. The Complete Piano Etudes

November 11, 20:00 | Contemporary Art Centre
AUTECHRE (UK)
With:
Russell Haswell [Diagonal Records / Editions Mego / Bocian Records]
DJ Andy Maddocks [Skam Records]