Piazzolla in paris

Performers: VILMANTĖ KAZIULYTĖ (flute) DOMAS JAKŠTAS (cello) KRISTINA IVANAUSKAITĖ (piano)

Program: PHILIPPE GAUBERT – "Three Watercolors" ("Trois aquarelles"): "On a Clear Morning" ("Par un clair matin") "Autumn Evening" ("Soir d’Automne") "Serenade" ("Sérénade") MAURICE RAVEL – Sonatina in F-sharp minor, M. 40 I. Modéré II. Menuet III. Animé ÁSTOR PIAZZOLLA – "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires": "Summer in Buenos Aires" ("Verano Porteño") "Autumn in Buenos Aires" ("Otoño Porteño") "Spring in Buenos Aires" ("Primavera Porteño") "Winter in Buenos Aires" ("Invierno Porteño")

What connects early 20th-century Paris and Buenos Aires tango? The answer lies in the chamber trio program "Piazzolla in Paris," where the subtlety of French music meets the temperament of Argentine tango.

Philippe Gaubert’s "Three Watercolors" and Maurice Ravel’s Sonatina in F-sharp minor open up the musical world of early 20th-century Paris – impressionistic colors, refined harmony, elegance, and a lively rhythmic pulse. The program will be crowned by Ástor Piazzolla’s "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires," in which European musical traditions merge with Argentine tango and grow into the distinctive language of tango nuevo (new tango).

Paris became a fateful place in A. Piazzolla’s creative journey: studies with the famous pedagogue Nadia Boulanger encouraged the composer to look back at his musical identity and search for an individual style, in which passionate tango so organically combines with the experience of European academic music.

During the concert, we invite you to hear not only three different musical worlds but also the unexpected threads connecting them – harmonic colors, rhythm, the pulse of dance, and the influence of Paris on A. Piazzolla’s work.

VILMANTĖ KAZIULYTĖ and KRISTINA IVANAUSKAITĖ have been performing in the ensemble "Duo FluPia" since 2013. The duo has prepared various thematic concert programs, released the CD "Duo FluPia" in 2017, the publication of M. K. Čiurlionis’s prelude arrangements "Nightingale" in 2021, and celebrated their tenth anniversary of creative activity in 2023 with the concert tour "Decade Mosaic." In this project, the duo is joined by cellist DOMAS JAKŠTAS – a laureate of international competitions and an actively performing chamber and contemporary music artist. He is the principal cellist of the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, a teacher at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art, and a lecturer at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. All members of the trio are graduates of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.