Event duration: 85 min.
Concert program:
Jean-Marie Leclair – Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 3 No. 6
Johann Sebastian Bach – Siciliana and Presto from Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (Performed by Dalia Simaška)
Vytautas Barkauskas – Partita for Solo Violin (performed by Julija Andersson)
Loreta Narvilaitė – Imitations for two violins
Alexey Igudesman – Peesh Moosh for two violins
intermission
Leo Delibes – Flower Duet from the opera Lakmé (arrangement for two violins)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Andante from Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 (performed by Julija Andersson)
Juozas Gruodis – composition based on the composer's songs for two violins
Alexey Igudesman – "La Cucaracha" for two violins
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Julija Andersson – one of the most prominent violinists and violists of the younger generation in Lithuania, performing in prestigious concert halls around the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Tonhalle in Zurich, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and St. Martin in the Fields in London. Julija is a soloist with the New Ideas Chamber Orchestra (NIKO), founder of the Alanta Music Festival, and lecturer at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. She performs with Duo Andersson at international festivals throughout Europe.
Dalia Simaška is a violinist and violist of the younger generation whose musical activities span both classical and contemporary repertoire. She has performed as a soloist with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (MDR), the Baltic Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Kristjan Järvi), the Magdeburg Philharmonic, the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, and the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra. Since 2007, Dalia has been a soloist with the New Ideas Chamber Orchestra (NIKO), with which she has performed in various cities around the world and collaborated with such performers as Kristjan Järvi, Avi Avital, Mari Samuelsen, Roman Patkolo, and David Geringas.
