Travelling cellos
Tuesday
Travelling Cellos
8 am “Kavos architektai” Coffee Shop
9 am Radisson Blu Hotel Klaipėda
9 am “10 tiltų” Café
12 pm Ieva Simonaitytė Public Library of the Klaipėda County
12 pm Meat Lover Restaurant
12.30 pm Lobby Bar of the Amberton Hotel Klaipėda
Wednesday
Travelling Cellos
9 am Radisson Blu Hotel Klaipėda
9.30 am Lobby Bar of the Amberton Hotel Klaipėda
12.00 pm “Jazzpilis” Music Club
8 am “Kavos architektai” Coffee Shop
3 pm Imanuelis Kantas Public Library of the Klaipėda City Municipality
Thursday
Travelling Cellos
8 am “Kavos architektai” Coffee Shop
9 am “10 tiltų” Café
12 am Radisson Blu Hotel Klaipėda
12 am “Friedricho pasažas”
12.30 pm Lobby Bar of the Amberton Hotel Kaipėda
Friday
Travelling Cellos
9.30 am Lobby Bar of the Amberton Hotel Klaipėda
12 pm Radisson Blu Hotel Klaipėda
12 pm “Friedricho pasažas”
12 pm Meat Lover Restaurant
3 pm Pempininkai branch of Imanuelis Kantas Public Library of the Klaipėda City Municipality
Seminars. Talks. Workshops. Discussions
Monday
A seminar–workshop for cello teachers by Joseph Hasten (Germany)
2 pm, Klaipėda Faculty of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
“Teaching Methods for the Cello and the Teacher-Student Pact”
* Presented in English; can be translated into Lithuanian by request.
Tuesday
“I raise a child with a disability and a love for the cello”
2 pm, Chapel of St Francis of Assisi
A seminar on the Suzuki method and the integration of children with disabilities by Valdas Povilaitis (Lithuania)
Wednesday
Get to know the cello
2 pm, Klaipėda Faculty of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
A workshop by instrument maker and expert Gerardas Rūkas (Lithuania)
Thursday
On the Origin of the Cello
2 pm–5 pm, Klaipėda Faculty of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
An exhibition, workshop and discussion presented by Charles Riché (luthier, France) and Bruno Cocset (cellist, France)
Friday
Playing Jazz and Bluegrass
2 pm, Klaipėda Faculty of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
A workshop by Rushad Eggleston (cellist, USA)* Presented in English; can be translated into Lithuanian by request.
Live Painting Sessions
Monday
Live painting session by artist Simas Žaltauskas
5 pm Euterpe Hotel
Tuesday
Live painting session by artist Simas Žaltauskas
7 pm Foyer of the Klaipėda Drama Theatre
Wednesday
Live painting session by artist Simas Žaltauskas
7 pm Ground Floor Foyer of the Klaipėda Concert Hall
Thursday
Live painting session by artist Simas Žaltauskas
5 pm Klaipėda Culture Communication Centre
Friday
Live painting session by artist Simas Žaltauskas
9.30 pm Švyturys BHouse
Saturday
Live painting session by artist Simas Žaltauskas
11 am The Old Market of Klaipėda
Saturday
Live painting exhibition by artist Simas Žaltauskas
7 pm Klaipėda Concert Hall
Films
Monday
Festival Cinema
7 pm Forum Cinemas Klaipėda
Tuesday
Festival Cinema
7 pm Forum Cinemas Klaipėda
Wednesday
Festival Cinema
6 pm CineClub 8 ½ of the Culture Factory
Festival Cinema
7 pm Forum Cinemas Klaipėda
Thursday
Festival Cinema
7 pm Forum Cinemas Klaipėda
Friday
Festival Cinema
7 pm Forum Cinemas Klaipėda
Saturday
Festival Cinema
7 pm Forum Cinemas Klaipėda
Community Outreach Projects and Family Concerts
Saturday
Here and Now
11 am, 11.30 am, 12 pm, The Old Market of Klaipėda
Live music and dance performance
With the participation of dancers from the Šeiko Dance Company, the Festival’s Cello Ensemble, senior citizens of Klaipėda
Idea and Concept: Agnija Šeiko, Mindaugas Bačkus
Raised by Love…
12 pm, Klaipėda Concert Hall
Family concert
Suzuki Cello Orchestra
Artistic Director Valdas Povilaitis
Programme: works for cello orchestra performed by kids and their parents
Afternoon Recitals
Monday
Tribute to composer Anatolijus Šenderovas
5 pm, Courtyard of the hotel “Euterpė“
Pages from the Forgotten Book
A keynote bymusicologist Kamilė Rupeikaitė
* Presented in Lithuanian.
Rafailas Karpis (tenor)
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus
Programme: Anatolijus Šenderovas, From the Forgotten Book…
Tuesday
Pablo Casals International Award Winners’ Concert
5 pm, Pranas Domšaitis Gallery
Johannes Gray (cello, USA), Carla Conangla Oliveras(cello, Spain), Jonė Punytė (piano)
Programme: Gaspar Cassadó, Enrique Granados, Claude Debussy, Pau Casals, Isaac Albéniz, Manuel de Falla
Wednesday
The one and only: Vivaldi
5 pm, Chapel of St Francis of Assisi
Bruno Cocset (cello, France), Roel Dieltiens (cello, Belgium), Richard Myron (double bass, France), Maude Gratton (harpsichord, France)
Programme : Antonio Vivaldi
Thursday
Ecce cello
5 pm, Klaipėda Culture Communication Centre
Music and multimedia performance
Music, video and idea by David Fernández (cello, Spain–Germany)
Friday
The Recital of Martti Rousi
5 pm, Concert Hall of the Klaipėda Faculty of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Martti Rousi (cello, Finland), Lelde Tirele (piano, Latvia)
Programme: Jean Sibelius, Manuel de Falla, Alisson Kruusmaa, Sergei Rachmaninov
Saturday
The one and only: Britten
5 pm, Prince Frederick Chamber (Postern) of the Klaipėda Castle Museum
Alexander Ramm (cello, Russia)
Programme: Benjamin Britten, Suites for solo cello
Evening Concerts
Monday
Opening Concert
7 pm, Klaipėda Concert Hall
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Director and Chief ConductorGintaras Rinkevičius
Soloists: David Geringas (cello, Lithuania / Germany), Natalie Clein (cello, United Kingdom), Hillel Zori (cello, Israel)
Conductor Gil Shohat (Israel)
Programme: Anatolijus Šenderovas, Ernest Bloch, Gil Shohat
Tuesday
Boléro–Extended
7 pm, Grand Hall of the Klaipėda Drama Theatre
Dance & live cello music performance
Based on Maurice Ravel’s Boléro
Choreographer Palle Granhøj (Denmark)
Šeiko Dance Company: Darius Berulis, Dovilė Binkauskaitė, Niels Claes, Mantas Černeckas, Marija Ivaškevičiūtė, Aušra Krasauskaitė, Marius Pinigis, Gintarė Marija Ščavinskaitė, Erikas Žilaitis
Klaipėda Cello Octet: Mindaugas Bačkus, Arnas Kmieliauskas, Marius Sakavičius, Karolis Vaičiulis, a. o.
Sound director Kastytis Narmontas
Lighting designer Stasys Jamantas
A co-production between Granhøj Dans (Denmark), Šeiko Dance Company, and International Klaipėda Cello Festival and Competition
In association with: Klaipėda Concert Hall
Wednesday
Raga for cello
7 pm, at the Klaipėda Concert Hall, Ground Floor Foyer
Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari (Pinky) (tabla, India), Matthew Barley (cello, United Kingdom)
Programme: improvisations for tabla and cello
Thursday
Kodály and Hungarian folk
7 pm, Klaipėda Concert Hall
Roel Dieltiens (cello, Belgium)
Muzsikás Folk Ensemble (Hungary)
Programme: Zoltán Kodály, Sonata for solo cello and Hungarian folk music
Friday
Award Ceremony and Winners’ Concert of the 2nd International Klaipėda Cello Competition
7 pm, Klaipėda Concert Hall
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus
Conductor Martynas Staškus
Programme: Joseph Haydn, Edward Elgar, Robert Schumann, Piotr Tchaikovsky, a. o.
Saturday
Closing Concert
7 pm, Klaipėda Concert Hall
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas
Soloists: Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello, Armenia), Vilhelmas Čepinskis (violin), Vytautas Sondeckis (cello, Lithuania / Germany), Petras Geniušas (piano)
Programme: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonín Dvořák
Night Concerts
Monday
World music programme
9.30 pm “Raketa” Club
BSM Trio: Mindaugas Bačkus (cello), Raimondas Sviackevičius (accordion), Vytautas Mikeliūnas (violin)
Programme: improvisations inspired by traditional music of Middle Eastern peoples
Tuesday
Piazzolla–An Authentic Story
9.30 pm, Klaipėda Concert Hall
ArgEnTango: Analia Selis (voice, Argentina), Mariano Castro (piano, Argentina), Omar Massa (bandoneon, Argentina), Răzvan Suma (cello, Romania), Rafael Butaru (violin, Romania)
Programme: music by Ástor Piazzolla in the arrangements of Mariano Castro
Wednesday
Predecessors of the Cello
9.30 pm, Chapel of St Francis of Assisi
Les Basses Réunies (France): Bruno Cocset (tenor and bass viols), Guido Balestracci (viols), Richard Myron (violone), Maude Gratton (organ and harpsichord)
Programme: Arcangelo Corelli, Domenico Gabrielli, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Diego Ortiz, Antonio De Cabezón
Thursday
Canto ostinato
9.30 pm, Eastern Curtain Wall Hall of the Klaipėda Castle Museum
International Klaipėda Cello Octet: Andrzej Bauer (Poland), Boris Andrianov (Russia), Răzvan Suma (Romania), Rustem Khamidullin (Russia), Thomas Collingwood (United Kingdom), Martti Rousi (Finland), Rimantas Armonas (Lithuania), Ivars Bezprozvanovs (Latvia)
Indrė Baikštytė (piano)
Programme: Simeon ten Holt, Canto ostinato (arr. for 8 cellos and piano by Rimantas Giedraitis)
Friday
Mikk Kaasik and C-JAM project
9.30 pm, Švyturys BHouse
Mikk Kaasik (voice, Estonia)
C-JAM (Estonia): Pärt Tarvas, Levi-Danel Mägila, Margus Uus, Tõnu Jõesaar (cellos)
Programme: arrangements of songs by the bands Apelsin, Muse, Judas Priest, U2, Queen and others, alongside the compositions by Mikk Kaasik
Saturday
Jazz Cocktail
9.30 pm, Grand Hall of the Klaipėda Drama Theatre
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus
Deep Strings (Germany): Anne-Christin Schwarz (voice, cello), Stephan Braun (cello, loop station)