by dadmin.0000 | May 26, 2025 | Contest participantas 2025
The Folk Ensemble “Viešia” was founded in 1998 at the Neveronys Culture Centre in Kaunas District. The ensemble is named after the river that flows through Neveronys. It is a gathering of families who cherish ancient traditions and folk creativity. Parents,...
by dadmin.0000 | May 25, 2025 | Festival participants 2025
“The playing of the kanklės, a unique Lithuanian folk stringed instrument, by Kristina Kuprytė is a culmination of what has been achieved in the development of the whole culture related to the kanklės.” Prof. Dr. Algirdas Vyžintas, from a review of the CD “Colours...
by dadmin.0000 | May 25, 2025 | Festival participants 2025, Festival participants 2025
Damilė and Lukas Bagdonavičiai — a family of folklore enthusiasts who found each other at the Vilnius University Folk Ensemble “Ratilio”, combining the roots of Damilė from Šiauliai and Lukas from Vilnius. Lukas is a physics teacher and deputy principal...
by dadmin.0000 | May 25, 2025 | Festival participants 2025
Alvaidas Bernotas – birbynė player, educator, performer. In 2003, he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, earning a bachelor’s degree in music (birbynė specialization, class of Associate Professor K. Mikiška), and in 2005, he...
by dadmin.0000 | May 25, 2025 | Festival participants 2025
Darius Daknys – leader of folklore and folk music ensembles, birbynė player, expert-level teacher, participant and organizer of various folklore and folk music events and musical projects. He has performed with the Šiauliai City Kanklės Trio “Aušrinė”, the...
