Concert Series “Čiurlioniada: Evenings of Piano and Organ Music”

The concert series Čiurlioniada: Evenings of Piano and Organ Music will feature laureates of various years of the International M. K. Čiurlionis Organists and Pianists Competition, jury members, and invited guests.

Among the performers: one of the competition’s earliest laureates, Professor Dong-ill Sheen of Yonsei University (Seoul), recognized as one of South Korea’s leading organists; and Professor Johannes Ebenbauer of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, cantor of the Franciscan Church and a distinguished improviser known for performing on Vienna’s oldest organs.

Lithuania will be represented by prominent organists, including Professor Renata Marcinkutė-Lesieur (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre), and Karolina Juodelytė, a talented next-generation organist currently living and working in Berlin, among others.

The pianist lineup includes: Jinhyung Park, the latest Čiurlionis Competition laureate and prize winner of the prestigious Van Cliburn Competition (South Korea); Rūta Rikterė and Zbignevas Ibelgauptas, laureates of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize; and guests from Ukraine – Professor Yurii Kot (National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv) and Professor Iryna Aleksiychuk, pianist and composer. One of the highlights of the series will be a performance by Jan Krzysztof Broja, one of Poland’s most acclaimed pianists.

In addition to M. K. Čiurlionis’s original compositions for organ (preludes, fugues, and fughettas) and piano (preludes, nocturnes, etudes, and impromptus), the concerts will also feature:

❯ newly composed works inspired by Čiurlionis’s music

❯ specially prepared arrangements, including:

– a version of the cantata De profundis for mixed choir and organ

– a transcription of the symphonic poem In the Forest for two pianos (arr. J. Aleksa)

– a four-hand organ arrangement of the symphonic poem The Sea

– an organ arrangement of the Sonata in F major by Professor Andrzej Chorosiński, longtime rector of the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw

Specially commissioned works include:

– a piano duet by Zita Bružaitė, laureate of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize

– an organ piece by Jurgis Kubilius, a young-generation composer and student at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, known for his search for unconventional musical language and non-traditional performance solutions

The program will also include choral works: the Vilnius Sacred Music Choir “Adoramus” will present a concert program featuring all surviving sacred choral compositions by M. K. Čiurlionis.

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SUPPORTED BY

– Lithuanian Council for Culture

– Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania

– Vilnius City Municipality

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EVENT INFORMATION

Date and time: September 21, 2025

Venue: Vilnius Town Hall

Address: Didžioji St. 31, Vilnius

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ORGANISERS

International Projects for Music and Culture Centre

Contact: info@ipmc.lt / +370 699 31852

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“Čiurlioniada. Evenings of Piano and Organ Music” Piano Concert: Jinhyung Park and Simonas Poška

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