Simona Smirnova ir Kauno bigbendas ČIURLIONIS in jazz: Džiazas. Kanklės. Balsas

What happens when Improvisation touches M. K. Čiurlionis' music?

When the freedom of jazz speaks with the sound of ancient kankles?
New musical worlds open - between silence and storm, between dream and reality.

Čiurlionis has repeatedly sounded with jazz elements, with the improvisation even further revealed the diversity of his musical texture and the versatility of the music language.
This time, the third worship of Čiurlionis, which will sound with Kaunas big band and a special guest from the US, a jazz martyr, singer and composer Simona Smirnova.
Born and raised in Lithuania, Simona has been living in the US for 13 years and is the Ambassador of Martyrs in the world, actively traveling and performing in clubs, communities and music festivals. She is the Ambassador of Martyrs in the world. With its unique voice and instrument, it enchants international scenes from New York to Tokyo, but presents kankles not as a relic of folklore, but as a modern, universally speaking instrument. After graduating from the Jazz vocal bachelor the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, the specialty of contemporary composition in Berklee College of Music, Boston, Ma. The artist has released four albums of her creative music, a book of Kankles in New York, and created a five -brightly colored kankles line "Kankle in New York", which are made by Lithuania and sold to the world's international musicians' community.
The 3rrrrise of Čiurlionis is under the patronage of the composer, thrombonist and arranger Jieras Jasinskis, whose creative group implements the idea with other jazz musicians and composers. Simona Smirnova will join the program of jazz composers and arrangers to join the program vocal and the passages of the martyrs. The jazz orchestra and soloist's alliance will enter the visuals of Čiurlionis, and the reflectors of harmony and melodies will recognize the symphonic poem "In the Forest", piano preludes, string quartet or harmonious Lithuanian folk songs.
Ciurlionis' worship is not just a concert. This is a living creative dialogue with our genius.
It is an attempt to get closer, hear, inspire and descend into the famous world in which M. K. Čiurlionis is still talking - this time in jazz language.
Come to worship Čiurlionis - otherwise. Boldly. Modern. With kankles, big band and music that invites you to listen to your heart.
Organizer - the project “Kauno Santaka”, funded by the Lithuanian Council of Culture

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