Programme of the concert:

Maurice Ravel, Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebrew Melodies) for tenor, violin, and piano

Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) for violin and piano

Gabriel Fauré, Apres un reve (After a Dream), lyrics by P. R. Bussine, for tenor and piano

Gabriel Fauré, Berceuse (Lullaby) for violin and piano, Op. 16

Gabriel Fauré, Mandoline, lyrics by P. Verlaine, for tenor and piano

Francis Poulenc, A sa guitare (To His Guitar), lyrics by P. de Ronsard, for tenor and piano

-Intermission-

Ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25, for violin and piano

George Enescu Three songs from the cycle Seven Songs of Clement Marot, Op. 15:

· Aux damoyselles paresseuses d'escrire à leurs amys ("To the young ladies who are too lazy to write to their lovers")

· Languir me fais ("You make me languish")

· Changeons propos, c'est trop chanté d'amours ("Let's change the subject, enough singing about love")

Claude Debussy Clair de lune ("Moonlight") for violin and piano

Camille Saint-Saëns Dance Macabre, Op. 40 for violin and piano

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Silvija Vaitkevičiūtė is a violinist who has been performing with the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra since 2015 and has been working as a violin teacher at Vilnius Algirdas Music School since 2016. She actively performs as a soloist and chamber ensemble musician, appearing at festivals in Lithuania, Germany, and the Netherlands. She has performed at the Kristupas Festivals in Vilnius, the “Voices of the World” Festival in Palanga, the Kaunas State Philharmonic, Klaipėda Concert Hall, Birštonas Kurhaus, Gelgaudiškis Manor, and other concert venues across Lithuania. Her repertoire most frequently features 19th–20th century music. Together with various partners, she has prepared concert programmes such as “Music of Old Paris,” “Night of World Songs III,” “A True Story,” and others.

Mindaugas Zimkus is a singer and has been a soloist at the Kaunas State Musical Theatre since 2006. He also performs at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Klaipėda State Musical Theatre. He has toured in various European countries. He has performed solo parts in large-scale vocal-symphonic works, vocal cycles by F. Schubert and R. Schumann, and chamber music programmes ranging from Baroque to contemporary Lithuanian and foreign composers. He is a Grand Prix laureate of the Stasys Baras Men’s Voice Competition (2001) and the “Beatričė” International Vocal Chamber Music Competition (2011). He has been nominated three times for the Golden Stage Cross and, in 2009, was признized as the best soloist of the Kaunas State Musical Theatre.

Paulė Gudinaitė is a pianist who received the Best Accompanist Diploma at the International Chamber Music Competition “Beatričė” (2011) and won First Prize at the National Accompanists’ Competition in Vilnius. She actively performs in concert halls in Lithuania and abroad and has participated in festivals such as “Druskininkai Summer with M. K. Čiurlionis,” the Nida Thomas Mann Festival, the Pažaislis Festival, “Užutrakis Evenings,” and the International Organ Music Festival in Rokiškis.*