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2021-09-10LITHUANIAN KANKLĖS PLAYERS OPENED THE SEASON OF THE LARGEST MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN MUNICH
On Thursday, 9 September, the sound of kanklės, a Lithuanian plucked string instrument (chordophone) echoed through the spaces of the …
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2021-09-06THE AUTUMN OF LITHUANIAN MUSIC, CONTEMPORARY ART AND LITERATURE BEGINS IN BAVARIA
Performances by artists Lina Lapelytė, Arturas Bumšteinas, duo Eye Gymnastics and Andrej Polukord at one of the most influential Bavarian …
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2021-09-04VILNIUS BOOK FAIR INVITES TO MEET AS IT MISSES ITS VISITORS
For the first time, the largest Lithuanian cultural event, Vilnius Book Fair, set up a tent for young readers at …
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2021-07-27From Lithuania to the world: a new cultural magazine titled * as a Journal is launched
The Lithuanian Culture Institute presents a new journal, * as a Journal, for readers around the world interested in culture. …
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2021-07-11LATVIAN AND ESTONIAN PUBLISHERS VISIT VILNIUS: LET’S READ EACH OTHER’S LITERATURE!
Latvian and Estonian publishers and other visiting guests at Vilnius University. Photo by Rūta Statulevičiūtė-Kaučikienė On 7-9 July, after the …
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2021-07-07LITHUANIAN CULTURAL SEASON IN BAVARIA: CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROM THE BALTIC COUNTRIES FLOODED MUNICH
Lithuanian Culture Season in Bavaria Without Distance continues with the music programme: on 4 July, the contemporary music ensemble der …
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2021-06-30THE PREMIERE OF JUSTĖ JANULYTĖ’S PIECE APNEA RECEIVES POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM THE GERMAN MEDIA
The world premiere of Justė Janulytė’s piece Apnea on 16-17 June received positive reviews by music critics in the German …
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2021-06-22Kaunas 2022 memory program will build bridges between different cultures, religions and languages
In 2022, the Kaunas 2022 program “Memory Office” will invite the audience to a year-long cultural research of Kaunas DNA. …
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2021-06-20WORLD PREMIERE OF A PIECE BY COMPOSER JUSTĖ JANULYTĖ CONTINUES LITHUANIAN CULTURAL SEASON IN BAVARIA
On 16-17 June, Apnea, a new piece by composer Justė Janulytė that was born during the pandemic, inspired by the …
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2021-05-25New books by Lithuanian authors will reach even the most far-flung countries of the world
The Lithuanian Culture Institute has allocated grants for as many as 36 translations of works by Lithuanian authors into 19 …
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2021-05-25RESULTS OF THE TRANSLATION GRANT PROGRAMME 2021 (PART I)
Grants allocated to translations of the books: Antanas Škėma “Balta drobulė” | translators Yu Xi, Indrė Balčikonytė-Huang, publisher “Post Wave Publishing” …
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2021-04-29Jewish Vilnius in the Works of Artist Eglė Ridikaitė
Lithuanian Culture Institute and Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius present a short film “Jewish Vilnius in the works of artist …