Pasaulio fortepijono žvaigždės sveikina M. K. Čiurlionį

September 21 6:00 p.m. Concert Hall of the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra

Concert of the Festival "World Piano Stars Welcome M.K. Čiurlionis"

Lucas Debargue (France)

Alexei Volodin (Spain)

From 2020, the Tytuvėnai Festival, the Lithuanian National Philharmonic and the M.K. Čiurlionis House in Vilnius organize Mikalojus Konstantinos Čiurlionis (1875–1911) birthday concerts. This is how a tradition is created to commemorate a unique Lithuanian artist while listening to famous Lithuanian and foreign pianists. Foreign performers, including Čiurlionis' works in their repertoire, glorify the culture of our country and, of course, the great creator. This kind of work made it possible to invite music lovers to one of the biggest piano music festivals in the Baltic countries in September 2025, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of M.K. Čiurlionis' birth. On every evening of the festival, M.K. Čiurlionis will be greeted by different, two global stars. For the first time, the birthday concerts of Čiurlionis come to the LVSO hall, where two world music celebrities Alexei Volodin (Spain) and superstar Lucas Debargue (France), coming to Lithuania for the first time, will invite you on a journey through M.K. Čiurlionis, E.Grieg, M.Ravel, F.Liszt and C.Frank's music.

Concert program:

Part I

Alexei Volodin

In the concert program - M.K.Čiurlionis, E.Grieg, F.Liszt

Alexei Volodin - a pianist already well known to the Lithuanian audience, who studied with a legendary piano teacher Eliso Virsaladze, who named her student as one of the most famous pianists of the young generation. The victory in the prestigious Geza Anda piano competition in Switzerland opened the door for the pianist to the great concert halls of the world. His solo concerts in recent years have been played at the Royal Festival hall and Wigmore hall in London, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Philharmonic in Paris, Auditoria Nacional de Musica in Madrid, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall in New York, and many others. With the world's most famous orchestras, Volodin has performed on all continents. He is one of the few pianists in the world who performed all five of S. Prokofiev's piano and orchestra concertos in one evening, as well as all of L. van Beethoven's piano concertos in one evening. Unlike many famous musicians, when Volodin sits down at the instrument, he knows how to find the golden middle between meaning and emotions, sensitive touch and impeccable technique. The pianist's repertoire ranges from Bach to Shchedrin. The Classical Source describes the pianist as a remarkable artist who "peels back layers of meaning and expression in everything he plays, engaging with fabulously discreet virtuosity."

Part II

Lucas Debargue

Concert program - M.K.Čiurlionis, M.Ravel, G.Faure

"Since Glen Gould's visit to Moscow and Van Cliburn Wins Tchaikovsky Competition At the height of the Cold War, no foreign pianist has sparked such success and audience frenzy as Lucas Debargue's performance at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition" - The Huffington Post.

After a sensational performance at the 2015 competition, Lucas Debargue soon became one of the world's most sought-after pianists. Concert halls of Berlin, Vienna, Paris Philharmonic, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul and many other music centers of the world. September 21, 2025 and Lithuanian listeners will be able to hear this unique music for the first time. Lucas Debargue collaborates with the world's greatest orchestras and his chamber music concerts are heard at Verbier, La Roque d'Anthéron and other major music festivals.

A performer of fierce integrity and dazzling communicative power, Lucas Debargue inspires his playing draws from literature, painting, cinema, jazz and creates a highly personal interpretation of a carefully selected repertoire. The basis of his career is the classical academic repertoire, but Lucas pays great attention to the wide presentation of lesser-known composers. In recent years, his world tour program has included works by Karol Szymanowski, Nikolaj Medtner and Milosz Magin.

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Doors open: ~18:00
Duration of the event: ~2:00
Breaks: yes
Language of the event: Lithuanian
Children admitted for free: no
Age limit: no
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