AVANTI Festival Opening Concert

September 24 VDU Grand Hall, 6 PM Festival opening concert Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra Artistic Director Mindaugas Bačkus Soloists: Tomas Cinelis (violin) Mindaugas Bačkus, Kornelija Kupšytė-Cinelė (cellos) Edvinas Kaziukaitis, Anna Luiza Aleksandrow Bertash, Auksė Kaziukaitienė, Ivan Bertash (violas) Program: Faustas Latėnas - "Pasadoble" for four violas and string orchestra Balys Dvarionas - "By the Little Lake" for violin and chamber orchestra Eduardas Balsys - "Habanera" for cello and chamber orchestra Bronius Kutavičius - "Dzūkian Variations" for chamber orchestra Teisutis Makačinas - "Concert Scherzo" for chamber orchestra Arvydas Malcys - "Concerto grosso" for two cellos and chamber orchestra Concert is FREE Festival organizer: VDU Chamber Orchestra Festival Director Rita Bieliauskaitė Communications Manager Miglė Oželytė Main sponsors: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Kaunas City Municipality