November 18 (Tuesday) 6 p.m. 
Kaunas State Philharmonic

ECHO

“Melos” New Vocal Music Ensemble (Lithuania)
“New Babylon” Contemporary Music Ensemble (Germany)
“Vertixe” Sonora Contemporary Music Ensemble (Spain)

ECHO is a musical study that examines the relationship between sound, space, word and technology through the prism of contemporary music. The project aims to reflect contemporary social, political and technological processes related to instant information, “fake news” (disinformation) and “echo chamber” (sound chambers) phenomena.

PROGRAMME: three premieres – Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Ramón Sauto and Alexander F. Muller.

Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) supports festivals through the PICE programme, which is dedicated to promoting Spanish culture abroad

Tickets are sold at the Kaunas State Philharmonic box office and kakava.lt. Ticket prices start at 10 euros. Discounts apply to children, students and seniors.

November 19 (Wednesday) 6:00 p.m.
Kaunas Artists’ House (V. Putvinskio st. 56)

TOLERANCE DAY

Group “Luvhurts”

Mantvydas Leonas Pranulis (piano, vocals, percussion)
Dominykas Snarskis (drums, vocals)
Kornelijus Pukinskis (saxophone, vocals)

“Luvhurts” music is a synthesis of free and experimental music with performative elements, heavy and energetic rhymes, complemented by lyrical interludes. Differences, freedom and love will shine at the festival of tolerance.

PROGRAMME: music by composers Mantvydas Leonas Pranulis, Kornelijus Pukinskis, Dominykas Snarskis

Tickets are sold at the Kaunas State Philharmonic box office and kakava.lt. Ticket price: 10 euros+

November 20 (Thursday) 6 p.m.
Kaunas State Philharmonic, Small Hall

AMONG A THOUSAND MOONS

Marta Finkelštein (piano)

The musical piano miniatures featured in the program “Among a Thousand Moons” span more than a century – from 1905 to 2024. In the context of the festival “Iš Arti”, the program is complemented by new compositions created by composers Nomeda Valančiūtė and Giedrė Pauliukevičiūtė, revealing another point of view – from today’s perspective.

Tickets are on sale at the Kaunas State Philharmonic box office and at kakava.lt. Ticket prices start at 15 euros

November 21 (Friday) 6 p.m.
Ąžuolynas Library, Hall of Stars (Radastų g. 2)

Franceska Mann IN KAUNAS

Dedicated to the composer Anatolijus Šenderovas, recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts to commemorate his 80th birthday.

Arkadijus Gotesmanas (author of the idea, percussionist)
Stefanija Nosovaitė (dancer, choreographer)
Antanas Jasenkà (composer, electronics)

The group of artists will create an artistic project dedicated to Franceska Mann, a Polish dancer of Jewish origin who died in Auschwitz.

Tickets are on sale at the Kaunas State Philharmonic box office and kakava.lt. Ticket prices start at 15 euros.

November 22 (Saturday) 5:00 p.m.
Kaunas State Philharmonic

STELLA HERMETICA. SCHERZO

Gunta Gelgotė (soprano, Latvia-Lithuania)
Martynas Bialobžeskis (composer, electronics)
Jonas Jurkūnas (composer, electronics)
Titas Jurjonas (visual artist)
Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra (Artistic director Mindaugas Bačkus)

„Stella Hermetica“ is a four-part cycle created by Martynas Bialobžeskis and Jonas Jurkūnas since 2007, the third part of which, „Scherzo“, will be premiered to festival “Iš Arti“ audience this year.

Tickets are sold at the Kaunas State Philharmonic box office and at kakava.lt. Ticket prices start at 10 euros. Discounts are available for children, students and seniors