Young performers patronised by the Rostropovich Charity and Support Foundation ‘Help for Lithuanian Children’:
AURELIJA VANAGAITĖ
KLĖJA KAŠUBAITĖ
EMILIJA JOANA ŠORIŪTĖ
MEDA SILIŪTĖ
JORIS MIKUŽIS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS ČIURLIONIS (1875–1911)
Nocturne in F sharp minor, VL 178
AURELIJA VANAGAITĖ (piano)
VIDMANTAS BARTULIS (1954–2020)
Mists (based on a painting by M. K. Čiurlionis)
CÉCILE CHAMINADE (1857–1944)
Étude Pathétique, Op. 124
KLĖJA KAŠUBAITĖ (piano)
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Two parts from the piano cycle Miroirs, M. 43:
Oiseaux tristes
Une barque sur l'océan
EMILIJA JOANA ŠORIŪTĖ (piano)
FERENC LISZT (1811–1886)
Les cloches de Genève (The Bells of Geneva) from the piano cycle Années de Pelerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) Book 1: Switzerland, S. 160
MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS ČIURLIONIS
3 Preludes on a theme in B flat minor, Op. 20, VL 269
MEDA SILIŪTĖ (piano)
FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61
JORIS MIKUŽIS (piano)
The collaboration between Mūza Rubackytė, artistic director of the Vilnius Piano Festival, and young soloists under the auspices of the Rostropovich Charity and Support Foundation “Help for Lithuanian Children” has developed into a beautiful tradition. The young performers participated in the 1st Vilnius Piano Festival, as Professor Rubackytė has been fostering them since the foundation was established.
“We believe it is important to encourage and promote young musician at all stages of his/her development,” says Rubackytė. Although all of the young talents performing at this concert are winners of numerous national and international youth competitions, performances at a prestigious festival inspire the performers themselves, their teachers, and their parents, strengthen determination for and meaning of their dedicated work, and give the audience an opportunity to see and hear the future of Lithuanian music.
