The concert was part of the Čiurlionianada series, dedicated to the outstanding Lithuanian artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth.

We are deeply grateful to the concert organizers - the Lithuanian Center for International Cultural Projects, Mr. Eugenijus Butvydas, and Ms. Jolanta Kundrotaitė - for preserving and sharing these wonderful moments of our music-making for the lovely Vilnius audience in such a magnificent hall.

Here’s the YouTube playlist link with all the pieces we performed - including two encores!

We are especially glad that our repertoire has now been enriched with the incredibly beautiful piece “In the Forest” by Čiurlionis, which we’ll be happy to include in our future concerts.

I believe many of our piano duo colleagues will also find this work inspiring and worth exploring!

Concert program:

1. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, symphonic poem “In the Forest”, arranged for two pianos by Jonas Aleksa.

2. Iryna Aleksiychuk, Suite inspired by Gogol’s “Viy”, in six movements:

Introduction. The Seminarians

On the Road

The Maiden’s Death

Khoma Dances

In the Church

Epilogue

3. Iryna Aleksiychuk, Concert Fantasy “On Midsummer Night (Ivana Kupala)”

4. Iryna Aleksiychuk, Kolomyika No. 1 ("Oi, in the Field – oooh!") and Kolomyika No. 2 ("Oi, in the Forest – hop, hop!") - a music-dance composition for two pianos, two pianists, and some selected parts of their bodies))

Vadym Zhuravytskyi, Variations on a Theme by W.A. Mozart

You're warmly invited to listen!

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