by dadmin.0000 | Jun 17, 2025 | Jury 2025
Diana Martinaitienė is an ethnomusicologist, expert-consultant for the Lithuanian National Centre for Culture in the Šiauliai region, and cultural event organizer at the Ginkūnai Cultural Centre. For many years, she taught ethnoculture and folklore...
by dadmin.0000 | Jun 17, 2025 | Jury 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...
by dadmin.0000 | Jun 17, 2025 | Jury 2025
Darius Daknys – leader of folklore and folk music ensembles, birbynė (Lithuanian traditional wind instrument) player, and expert-level teacher. He serves as a consultant-expert for song and dance ensembles at the Lithuanian National Centre for Culture, is a...
by dadmin.0000 | Jun 15, 2025 | News
We are excited to present this year’s festival programme! In 2025, Šiauliai will once again become a meeting place for cultures from around the world, as ensembles and performers from 12 countries arrive — from Azerbaijan to Portugal, from North Macedonia to...
by dadmin.0000 | Jun 12, 2025 | News, News
International Folk Contest-Festival “Saulės žiedas” every year becomes a place where the music, songs, dances, and traditions of different cultures meet. This year, for its 10th anniversary, Šiauliai will once again resonate with the diversity of folklore,...
