BALTIC WAVE II
The second stage of this project, called “Baltic Wave” took place on 12 March 2017. We performed various pieces composed by Veronica Krausas (USA), Kęstutis Daugirdas (USA), Brigita Lastauskaitė (Australia) and other Baltic composers.
This was a complex performance, as a rehearsal, before the grand finale which took take place in 2018 — 100th Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Participants in Lithuania
United Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian military band, conducted by mjr. Egidijus Ališauskas, plk. ltn. Peeter Saan, plk. ltn. Dainis Vuškans · String quartet “Art Vio” · Soloists Veronika Povilionienė, Petras Vyšniauskas and Aistė Bružaitė.
Participants from abroad
Atis Bankas and Gould String Quartet from the Toronto Symphony (Canada) · Nida Grigalavičiūtė and Lisa Kristina from the Chicago Symphony (USA) · Veronika Krausas from University South California (USA) · Kęstutis Daugirdas and his “Los Angelai” choir (USA) · Opera vocal quartet from Los Angeles (USA) · Isaac Harrison and Brigita Lastauskaitė from RMIT University (Australia).
Location
Residence of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Vilnius)