PROGRAMME

MARCH

March 5–9
Tampere Film Festival Focus on Lithuanian Cinema
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MAY

May 20–25
28th  Tampere Dance Current – Contemporary Dance Festival

“Lithuanian Culture in Tampere 2025”:

• May 21, 19:00
  Agnietė Lisičkinaitė „Hands Up!“
  Venue: Hällä STAGE
• May 22, 19:00
  Dovydas Strimaitis „HAIRY (excerpt)“
  Venue: Hällä STAGE
• May 24, 16:00-18:00
  Dance film programme “Dance Plus City”
  Venue: Arthouse Cinema Niagara

Films and participants:

• “Dance Plus City. Swimming pool, Saint-Quay-Portrieux commune, France”. Dir. Laure Delamotte-Legrand (FR), dancer Loreta Juodkaitė
• “Dance Plus City. Residential complex, Ivry-Sur-Seine commune, France”. Dir. Greta Grinevičiūtė (LT), dancer Dovydas Strimaitis
• “Dance Plus City. Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania”. Dir. Valērijs Oļehno (LV), dancer Darius Algis Stankevičius

JUNE

June 4–7 21st
Tampere Guitar Festival

“Lithuanian Culture in Tampere 2025”:

• June 6
  15:00
  Discussion “Why is a new classical guitar repertoire needed? Presentation of weekend themes”
  Participants: Pablo Márquez, Chris Ruebens, Rokas Jurkus
  16:00
  Concert: Guitar Duo Rokas Jurkus and Lovro Peretić
  17:15
  Lecture “Arrangements for guitar quartet and collaboration with composers in creating new works”
  Participants: “Baltic Guitar Quartet”
  18:00
  Lecture “The creative process of arrangements of Lithuanian composer M. K. Čiurlionis’ piano and chamber works for solo and duo guitar”
  Participant: Rokas Jurkus
  19:00
  Concert: Baltic Guitar Quartet (LTU)
  Venue: Tampere Conservatoire, F.E. Sillanpään katu 9
  21:00
  Club concert: Mindaugas Stumbras Quartet + Tuomas Paukku
  Venue: Restaurant Telakka, Tullikamarin aukio 3

AUGUST

August 4–10
Tampere Theatre Festival

“Lithuanian Culture in Tampere 2025”:

• August 9-10
  Immersive dance performance for infants aged 6-18 months “Unseen World” (Author of the idea and choreographer Birutė Banevičiūtė)
  Dance Theatre “Dansema”
  Venue: to be announced later

August 9 – September 7
Photo exhibition by Lithuanian photographers Tadas Kazakevičius and Ieva Maslinskaitė
Photographic Centre Nykyaika
Opening: August 8
Venue: Nykyaika Gallery, Kauppakatu 14