Prof. Marina Bartoli Lecture and Master Class for Vocal Department Students, October 30

The course will examine the fundamental themes, both technical and interpretative, pertinent to the music from the Early Baroque to Classic periods of the various European schools. Furthermore, it will investigate diverse musical works, ranging from church music, chamber music, and operatic repertoire, representative of the 17th century until the first part of the 19th century.

The following key topics will serve as a foundation for the proposed work:

  • Theory of affects: technical and interpretive characteristics of ‘ancient’ singing and playing.
  • Specific skills: control of vibrato, agility of gorgia, trillo ribattuto [repeated trill], messa di voce.
  • From recitar cantando to recitativo: importance of dramatic narration.
  • The origins of monody and basso continuo. Philological approach to the performance practice of 17th, 18th and 19th century compositions.
  • Attention to good pronunciation and diction, i.e. good intelligibility of the sung text in the various European languages (Italian, English, French, German, Spanish music literature).

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK CONCERT on 21st of October at 6 p.m. at Music Academy

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Toms Ostrovskis October 22-23

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Marianna Shirinyan October 22-24

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Assoc. Prof. Šviesė Čepliauskaitė October 22-24

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Christopher Park October 22-24

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Donaldas Račys October 22-24

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Lecture “The Psychology of Stage Fright” Lecturer PhD Psychologist Dovilė Petronytė Kvedarauskienė

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK lecture “leopol Godowsky: His life, Art and Legacy” VMU lecturer Rimantas Vingras

The 30th Pažaislis Music Festival invites musicians of different specialities and fields to join the social concert project “Meetings in Music”

From 2021 onwards, the Pažaislis Music Festival is organising concerts for audiences who, for various physical, mental, emotional and other reasons, are unable to attend the main programme events. During these years, such concerts took place at the Panemunė Home for the Elderly, Kaunas St. Rokas School, the Korys Centre for Persons with Disabilities, the Arka Community in Kaunas and elsewhere.

In 2024-2025, in cooperation with UAB Baltisches Haus, we invite musicians of different specialties and fields to join the activities of the project “Meetings in Music”.

The project participants will get:

– Two training sessions by representatives of the Embrace Nederland Foundation (The Netherlands). The first part will take place in November 2024, via distance learning (on-line) and will last 4 hours. The second part of the training, a seminar and workshop, will be held live, scheduled for February 2025. The methodological material for the first part of the training will be available in Lithuanian and English, while the activities for the second part will be in English.

– Social concerts-meetings in various institutions in Kaunas and Kaunas district, organised by the public institution Pažaislis Music Festival. The dates of these events will be coordinated according to the availability of the project participants. Performers participating in the social concerts will receive fee for their performances.

If you wish to participate in the project, please register by phone +370 686 40 516 or email lina@pazaislis.lt before 30 October 2024.

The number of participants is limited. The project is funded by UAB Baltisches Haus.