Michael Gordon TRAVEL GUIDE TO NICARAGUA

Vilnius City Municipal Choir Young Music - One of the most prominent and powerful vocal
collectives in Lithuania. In 2025 the choir celebrates its 35th anniversary, so it is a unique opportunity to present an exclusive repertoire of choral music, featuring both classic pieces and new
compositions. This anniversary is a unique opportunity to pay attention to the importance of choral music in Lithuania
in the cultural, political, social and society's sovereignty.
December 4, 2025 St. The Catherine's Church will feature a special premiere - Travel Guide to Nicaragua, a cycle of American composer Michael Gordon, and the cello and choir. It is an hour -long concert autobiographical work for 24 votes and cello solo, telling about the journey of the Jewish refugee family from Poland to Nicaragua. The European premiere of the work will be performed by cellist Gleb Pyšniak, the choir young music and maestro Vaclovas Augustinas. www.jaunamuzika.lt

The piece depicts a long and complex journey of the composer's family himself from the town of Zietela (then Poland) to the United States through Cuba and Nicaragua. The musical drawing is constructed as the intersection of memory facts and experiences, creating a bold musical synthesis, where Gordon's rhythmic innovations connect with what The New Yorker describes as "punk rock rage, a nervous FREE Jazz shine and classical modernism." This piece is a musical tale of people's destinies, what ideology, individual individuals' decisions that are implemented from power positions, when other people become meaningless. The main theme of the concert is the people around the world, who are scattered around the world, who do not know and know their relatives, family members, who do not know the fates of their grandparents and parents. What is their relationship with the past, the present and their expectations for the future. And the main question we would like to answer - can we manage our lives or decisions to those who are in power? The work is created by the Carnegie Hall Hall and Penn Live Arts University of Pennsylvania. The premiere took place in 2022 Carnegie Hall in New York.
This autobiographical opus was created together with Laurie Ollerler, a painter and photographer of American multimedia, who will be visualized by the visualization of this work at the time of the work. Laurie Olinder is one of the founders of the New York Theater Ridge Theater, awarded the Obie (Off-Broadway) Award, New York Dance and Experior Bessie Award and Eliot Norton Award for exclusive theater design. Olinder has created projections for many contemporary composers and performers, including John Adams, Brooklyn youth choir, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Gavin Bryars, Bryce Dresner, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, Henryk Gorecki Julia Wolfe. Her works were shown in famous scenes such as Art, Bam, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Mass Moca. More information: https://laurieolininder.com/

At the age of 14, Gleb Pyšniak, as a soloist, made his debut with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (conductor Prof. Saulius Sondeckis) at the Lithuanian National Cost. Today, the legendary cellist Gutman, a student of Natalia, appears in the world's most famous halls, such as Vienna Musikverein, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, Solo with the Moscow Conservatory Symphonic, Lithuanian National Symphony, Christopher Chamber, Porto Symphony Orchestras, etc. The musician earned the highest ratings in significant national and international competitions. Since 2019 - lecturer at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater.

More information: www.glebpysniak.com

Performers:
Gleb pysniak/ cello
Choir young music
Artistic director and conductor Vaclovas Augustin
Michael Gordon Travel Guide to Nicaragua:

Go (After Gen 12: 1)
My Father's Father
The famous nicaraguan
Goldie
After My Father Was Left in Poland
In Interlude
Cuando Quiero llorar (from Rubén Darío "Canción de Otoño en Primavera")
The Story of Our Sister
I Remember

The project is organized by Vilnius City Municipality Choir Young Music, Pax Pax et Bonum. The project is funded by Vilnius City Municipality, Lithuanian Council of Culture, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania

Late to the event for 30 minutes. And more to the event are not allowed and money for tickets is not refundable.

The door is opened: ~ 6:00 pm
Event duration: ~ 1: 20
Breaks: No
Event Language: Lithuanian- English
Children are admitted free of charge: No
Age censorship: N7
Discounts: Not applicable
-15% for students, seniors and persons with disabilities for 1 ticket (for control to provide a discount proven document)
-15% by buying 5 tickets and more

You can apply for 10 or more tickets to vipklentai@bilietai.lt

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