Already today, on October 19, with an impressive concert in the capital's St. The jubilee fifteenth festival of sung poetry "Tai - aš" opens in the St. Catherine's Church. Organized by the Culture and Education Center "Vilnius Mokytoių Namai". event will try to bring together different peoples and generations through music and will invite performers from different countries. The festival will start with the already traditional concert "Music from the Roots", which allows you to touch the ethnic culture. Songwriters and performers who draw fodder for their creativity from their own and other nations' ethnic culture will take the stage.
One of the biggest stars of the evening is singer-songwriter Lilly Drumeva from Bulgaria, whose work is full of unique sound bluegrass, called one of country branches of music style and elements of Bulgarian folk music. Country the style of music, as well as Irish folklore, had a great influence on the work of the next evening's guest - Brendan Monaghan from Northern Ireland, whose melodies are very sensitive and just perfectly accompany autumn.
Lithuania will be represented at the memorable concert by one of the sisters of the duo "Laiminguos" - Agota Zdanavičiūtė. The evening will be hosted by composer and performer Algirdas Klova with the instrumental group "Vydraga", Daiva Steponavičienė (Rugiaveidė) with her family, author and performer Ričardas Mikalajūnas and performer of Russian singing poetry and folk songs Jevgenijus Kirjackis. Listeners are invited to the opening a concert come a little earlier and have a nice time in the circle of like-minded people - starting at 18 p.m., the festival's sponsors Caffeine Roasters will treat all music lovers to delicious coffee.
To enjoy an unforgettable multicultural sound already this Friday, October 20, invite and concert "From the whole heart, from the wide world." A whole bunch of performers from different countries St. The sound of music in St. Catherine's Church promises to touch the feelings and thoughts of the listeners. Evelyne Gallet from France, Wim Segers and Ellen Steegen from Belgium - these talented creators visiting the festival "This is me", together with the bright and young Lithuanian stars Aiste Lasyte, Bjelle III, "Kamanius šilelius", Vygantas Kazlauskas with his group, Gyčius Ambrazevičiusi and the group will join forces for one evening and present a program with an international flavor, speaking to the listener in different languages.
Bright autumn moments, "Tai - I" will not forget the smallest ones - the bard's music will creatively appeal not only to parents, but also to children. On Saturday, the 21st, in the afternoon of the concert "Bardai vaikams. Everyone sings!" During the event, the charismatic Jurgis Did (aka. Jurgis Didžiulis) will guarantee a great mood for everyone, who will make even the most serious people smile, while Veronika Povilionienė and her daughter Rima Povilionyte will create coziness. This time, the hearts of the little ones and their parents will be spoken not only in Lithuanian, but also in foreign languages: children's songs, partly translated into our language, will be sung by all the foreign guests of the "It's me" festival, including those from France, Russia, Belgium, etc. country performers and songwriters.
The brightest stars of the Lithuanian singing poetry scene with their family members were entrusted to close the festival with an impressive concert "This is us", which will take place this Saturday, the 21st. Charismatic stage legend Aidas Giniotis will take the stage with his son Ignas, Saulius and Jokūbas Bareikia will present a unique musical meeting of a large family together with Jokūb's wife Dominyka and daughters Barbora and Severija. The artistic Gediminas and Ainis Storpirščiai will delight the audience with their musical discoveries, a sensitive and warm performance of original songs will be organized by the family trio - Teresė and Milda with their father Gintaras Andrijauskas.
This year, the International Singing Poetry Festival will visit not only the capital, but also Skapiškis, Gargždas and Riga, and the stage of its pre-opening, like every year, this Tuesday, was given to budding music and poetry creators at the singing poetry evening of the M. Mažvydas library "Acoustic Matters - Text Forms". The international educational creative workshop "This is us" will also take place during the festival. The workshop, intended for schoolchildren and students of grades 8-12, aims to bring together writing and creative members of various national communities, establish an intercultural dialogue and encourage joint creative action, develop the genre of singing poetry.
The international singing poetry festival "Tai - aš" has been held since 2003. created its own legend: cozy evenings, meaningful lyrics of the artists' songs, inventive musical compositions and sincere sympathies of the listeners attract a large flock of fans of this festival every year. The festival is partially supported by the Lithuanian Culture Council, LR The Ministry of Culture.
