Lithuanian Culture Institute

Lithuanian Culture Guide

  • G & G Sindikatas

    G & G Sindikatas

      If for some reason you find yourself in the middle of a sweaty crowd at a music festival in …

  • Donis

    Donis

      With a musical career spanning nearly two decades, Donatas Bielkauskas, best known under his stage name Donis but also …

  • Kęstutis Vaiginis

    Kęstutis Vaiginis

      Kęstutis Vaiginis (b. 1978) is a gifted, mature and exceptionally prolific jazz player, saxophonist and composer, and a leader …

  • Liudas Mockūnas

    Liudas Mockūnas

      Liudas Mockūnas (b. 1976) is an expressive and skilful multi-reeds player, a performer of jazz, improvisation and contemporary academic …

  • Juozas Milašius

    Juozas Milašius

      Juozas Milašius (b. 1968), a guitarist, composer and originator of various performances, is one of the most uncompromising personalities …

  • Brave Noises

    Brave Noises

      Brave Noises are a sextet of young jazz innovators with an ordinary composition: two saxophones (Kazimieras Jušinskas and Arminas …

  • Sheep Got Waxed

    Sheep Got Waxed

      In 2010, three talented young musicians who were still students at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, the …

  • Vladimir Tarasov

    Vladimir Tarasov

      Vladimir Tarasov (b. 1947) is an advocate of free jazz, a drummer, percussionist, composer and video artist, and a …

  • Vykintas Baltakas

    Vykintas Baltakas

      Vykintas Baltakas (b. 1972) is a composer and conductor who was born and bred in Vilnius. He studied composition …

  • CinAmono

    CinAmono

      The work by the band CinAmono is a musical journey from fiery New Orleans rhythms, soulful jazz ballads and …

  • Dmitrij Golovanov

    Dmitrij Golovanov

      Dmitrij Golovanov (born 1983) is one of the most captivating and prolific jazz pianists, composers and teachers in Lithuania. …

  • Giedrė & Jazz Miniatures

    Giedrė & Jazz Miniatures

      Having developed in 2011 from the project Nostalgic Bossanova (later Blue in Bossa), this quartet denote their musical direction …