FORWARD TO THE PAST | Duos & Trio - Bidva, Kupšytė, Gedvilaitė
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DUET AND TRIO
M.K. Čiurlionis - Preludes
B. Kutavičius - Suite from madrigal to aleatoric
A. Pärt - Fratres
O. Respighi - Adagio con variazioni
R. Molinelli - Twin Legends
F. Schubert - TRIO No. 2 Es-dur op. 100
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About performer
Džeraldas Bidva, long-time concertmaster of the Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, performs in the world's most famous halls and festivals. He has worked on many programmes and spectacular projects with the renowned violinist Gidon Kremer, and frequently performs with various chamber ensembles.
The winner of the 2023 Švyturys Klaipėda Future Scholarship competition, prize winner of international competitions, Kornelia Kupšytė, a charismatic cellist of the younger generation from Klaipėda, makes no doubt about her promising future, either by a music enthusiasts or by a music professionals.
Guoda Gedvilaitė, one of the most prominent Lithuanian pianists, can often be heard performing on the stages of Lithuania and many foreign countries. Her partners on stage include not only famous orchestras and classical musicians, but also actors, dancers and jazz musicians.
The chamber group assembled for this concert, combining the past and the future, promises a spirited and unforgettable programme. The concert will feature works by Lithuanian composers M.K. Čiurlionis, B. Kutavičius, Italian composers O. Respighi and R. Molinelli, an opus by Estonian composer A. Pärts, who is celebrating his 80th anniversary this year, and the monumental Piano Trio in E flat major by Austrian classical composer F. Schubert.
Džeraldas Bidva, leader of the orchestra (without conductor), he has recorded more than 20 CDs with greatest reccomandations around the world. A number of prestigious awards include ICMA, GRAMMY, ECHO KLASSIK and, of particular note, the solo CD released by Odradek in 2018, where Bidva and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra recorded the violin concertos by Vasks, Šenderovas and Juzeliūnas. In 2021, Ondine released a solo album of music by E.Balsys, recorded with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of M.Pitrėnas.
A graduate of the M.K. Čiurlionis National School of Arts, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and the Paris Conservatoire, Mr. Bidva has been invited to perform as soloist and leader in various chamber ensembles at the prestigious festivals in Salzburg, Lokenhaus (Austria), Gstadt (Switzerland), the Risorgimento Chamber Music Festival (Norway), Kuhm (Finland), Kronberg (Germany), and many more. He has worked with distinguished performers and conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Christoph Eschenbach, Simon Rattle, Martha Argerich, Daniil Trifonov, Mario Brunello, Oleg Maisenberg and Sergei Krylov.
Alongside the cello, she also sings. The artist can be seen in the "White and Black" project, which has been running successfully for the second year now, and with which she travels through the biggest Lithuanian cities. From an early age she was accompanied by her cello teacher Mindaugas Bačkus. Later she studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 2020 in the class of Edmundas Kulikauskas. In 2022 she completed her Master studies at the Klaipėda Music Academy in the class of famous cellist Mindaugas Bačkaus.
Guoda Gedvilaitė, one of the most prominent Lithuanian pianists, has been performing in Lithuania and abroad for more than 30 years.
After studying at the M.K. Čiurlionis National School of Arts and at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in the class of Prof. Veronika Vitaitė, the young pianist from 1995 onwards has been developing her piano skills at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Frankfurt am Main, in the class of Prof. Lev Natochenny.
Winner of the 1995 International M. K. Čiurlionis Piano and Organ Competition in Vilnius, Guoda Gedviaitė has also won first prizes at other international competitions in Italy and Germany. She has given concerts in many European countries, at the Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York, in Japan and has participated in the Gstadt Summer Music Festival in Switzerland, the Meraner Wochen in Italy, the Guil Durance Piano and Chamber Music Festival in France, the Kremer Summer Festival in Lokenhaus, Austria, among others.
With her endless artistic ideas, the pianist is currently inspiring two international classical music festivals: the Druskininkai Summer with M.K.Čiurlionis Festival from 2024 and the Vilnius Town Hall Music Festival "The Play of Sparks", which she founded herself in 2023.
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