Valstybinis choras "Polifonija"

Siauliai State Chamber Choir "Polifonija"

Art director and conductor - Linas Balandis

In the concert program, music by Lithuanian composers

A chorus, like a person, has its stages of life. When the age of the choir is approaching 50 years, it is possible to mark the main stages of its age.

1974. – early childhood, when the Old Music Ensemble, formed by choirmasters Danutė and Sigitas Vaičiulioni, in Šiauliai, on December 31. performed its first concert, which featured music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

Later, the ensemble's activities expanded, the number of concerts increased, and after only 5 years, the ensemble was given the name of the "Polifonija" choir and the status of a folk ensemble.

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The choir's performance culture, repertoire and abundance of concerts led "Polifonija" to new creative achievements. in 1986 the choir outgrows its teenage amateur t-shirts and becomes a professional team - the Šiauliai Chamber Mixed Choir of the Lithuanian State Philharmonic.

In 1998. the choir separates from the Lithuanian National Philharmonic and becomes the mature state chamber choir of Šiauliai "Polifonija". Since then, the status of the choir has not changed, only the repertoire has changed, the repertoire based on the works of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, which have become the tradition of "Poliphony", is supplemented with works by composers of various eras and countries, paying great attention to the dissemination of Lithuanian choral music in Lithuania and the world.

Choir "Polifonija" regularly performs in various countries of the world. In the biography of concert tours - Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, France conducted by excellent domestic and foreign conductors, such as Saulius Sondeckis, Juozas Domarkas, Gintaras Rinkevičius, Vytautas Miškinis, Vaclov Augustinas, Modest Pitrėnas, Robert Šervenik, Ravil Martynov (Russia), Vladimir Begletsov (Russia), Karmina Šilec (Slovenia), Georg Mais (Germany), Mats Nilsson Sindenius (Sweden), Magnus Wassenius (Sweden), Ingo Ernst Reihl ( Germany), Anthony Trecek-King (USA), Richard Bjella (USA), Ferdinando Sulla (Italy), etc.

The choir actively performs with Lithuanian and foreign professionals: orchestras, ensembles, instrumentalists and soloists.

Every year, the choir participates in various music festivals in Lithuania and abroad, thus spreading the charm of Lithuanian choral music.

The most recent deserved recognition – in 2021, it won 1st place in the International Orthodox Sacred Music Competition "Hajnowka", participating in the category of professional choirs.

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