Musical performance "homo asfaltus"

Creative team: Composer – Dominykas Digimas Conductor – Egidijus Kaveckas Director – Giedrė Kriaučionytė-Vosylienė Script and libretto author – Lina Laura Švedaitė Costume designer – Izabelė Narečionytė Lighting designer – Pijus Vasiliauskas

Roles and performers:

State ensemble "lietuva" choir and orchestra

Pregnant woman – Smiltė Murencevaitė-Janušienė

Mom – Ingrida Raugaitė / Aušra Kiuraitė-Svilainienė

Old man – Saulius Vasiliauskis

Twin sister – Asta Balnionytė-Grajevskė

Runner – Domas Saulevičius / Modestas Karanda

Person – Gintarė Kulikauskytė / Justina Kaminskaitė

Woman – Viktorija Šedbaraitė

Museum employee – Daiva Čepulionienė

Yoga teacher – Jevgenijus Kovalčukas

Dad – Martynas Žukauskas

Neighbor – Kęstutis Papartis / Dainius Garuckas

Voice of news – Donatas Kaikaris

Man – Ignas Ščesnulevičius

City orchestra: Arvydas Jankus, Simas Miklovis, Viktoras Rimša, Tomas Matevičius, Lauryna Labutytė, Saulė Zadesenec, Gintarė Želvytė, Sonata Zavadskytė, Evelina Sulikaitė, Vincentas Daukšys

The ensemble "Lietuva" will be visiting the Kaunas State Philharmonic to present a musical performance to the audience with the intriguing title "Homo asfaltus". The program, as the performers promise, will surprise both long-time fans and those just discovering the ensemble with its highly unusual format.

"Homo asfaltus" is a musical performance about today's human, who has lost their connection to the earth and is searching for themselves in a global world. Inspired by the work of Jonas Mekas, Antanas Škėma, and other Lithuanian diaspora literature, the performance explores the urban person living in an environment of speed, information, anxiety, and illusions, yet feeling an increasing longing for nature and their roots. In the work, the reality of the 21st century is presented with a touch of intellectual irony, and the music of the performance brings together contemporary rhythms and the sound of national heritage: sutartinės, kanklės, and birbynė music will become a journey from the noise of the city back to an archaic world of sound.