Christmas with Čiurlionis Quartet and Tadas Motiečius

Performers:
ČIURLIONIS QUARTET
TADAS MOTIEČIUS (accordion)

Programme:
JOSEPH HAYDN – String quartet, Op. 33, No. 2 (The Joke)
JUHANI NUORVALA – Prelude and Toccata for solo accordion
GENE PRITSKER – Revisited Residue for accordion and string quartet
GIOVANNI SOLLIMA – Viaggio in Italia: No. 1 Federico II for string quartet
MIKOŁAJ MAJKUSIAK – Chamber Concerto for accordion and string quartet
ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA – Five Tango Sensations for accordion and string quartet

Čiurlionis Quartet, a recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize, regularly organises intriguing programmes with talented young performers. To celebrate the New Year, the ensemble has designed a cheerful programme with rising accordion star Tadas Motiečius, one of the most active accordionists performing in Lithuania and abroad. He has won more than 30 competitions in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Estonia, Italy, France, Croatia, China and elsewhere. Motiečius has given concerts in music academies of Tallinn, Riga, Gdansk and Copenhagen, appeared in concert halls in Finland, Latvia, Estonia, USA, Australia, Central America. He has participated in festivals-workshops in Switzerland, Italy, France, Estonia, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Finland, as well as in the project of a travelling international orchestra and in a concert tour of Europe. Motiečius is also active in innovative chamber, contemporary, jazz and vocal music projects.

The festive concert will showcase the talented musicians in a wide stylistic range – from Haydn’s joyful, impeccable string quartet to Piazzolla’s tango, radiating with hot temperament and passionately loved by the audience.