LITHUANIA 🇱🇹 LORETA SUNGAILIENĖ
Loreta Sungailienė – ethnomusicologist, Doctor of Humanities, intangible cultural heritage specialist at the Lithuanian National Culture Centre, and host of the LRT television program “Duokim garo!” She gives lectures on the preservation and promotion of...
ROMANIA 🇷🇴 CATALIN GABRIEL OANCEA
Cătălin Gabriel Oancea is an internationally renowned Romanian choreographer, cultural manager, and folklore researcher whose work spans not only his native Romania but also dozens of countries worldwide. His connection with dance and the stage began early in...
SPAIN 🇪🇸 GABRIEL FRONTERA MESTRE
Gabriel Frontera Mestre, born in 1953 in Ariany, Mallorca, is one of the leading figures in the field of Spanish folklore. A graduate in Business Science from the University of the Balearic Islands, he has devoted his life to the research, teaching, and...
PORTUGAL 🇵🇹 MAFALDA PATRICIA DA SILVA REGO
Mafalda Silva Rego is a Portuguese educator, dance teacher trainer, and active promoter of folk traditions, whose life has been closely intertwined with culture and dance from a young age. She holds a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics and Teaching English...
LATVIA 🇱🇻 INDRA FILIPSONE
Indra Filipsone is a choreographer, educator, professional dancer, and one of Latvia’s most prominent figures in the field of folk culture. A graduate of the Latvian Academy of Music, she has created an impressive choreographic legacy: 98 original dance...
LITHUANIA 🇱🇹 DIANA MARTINAITIENĖ
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...
LITHUANIA 🇱🇹 / THE NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱 KRISTINA KUPRYTĖ
“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...
LITHUANIA 🇱🇹 DARIUS DAKNYS
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...