LVSO

The program will feature songs by stage divas Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Annie Lennox, ABBA, Beyoncé, and other artists.

Ieva Prudnikovaitė, Ona Kolobovaitė, and Evelina Sašenko

Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius

During the festive week, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Gintaras Rinkevičius, invites you to listen to three shining vocal goddesses: Ieva Prudnikovaitė, Ona Kolobovaitė, and Evelina Sašenko. Some of Lithuania's most prominent singers, well-known to everyone, are preparing a special program for this evening together with the orchestra, featuring songs by legendary stage divas Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Annie Lennox, ABBA, Beyoncé, and others.

Ieva Prudnikovaitė is one of Lithuania's most famous mezzo-sopranos, who has also conquered the stages of foreign opera houses. In 2008, the singer completed her master's studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and became a laureate of the International Singing Competition in Cologne (Germany). From 2008 to 2014, I. Prudnikovaitė was a soloist at the Aalto Theatre in Essen (Germany). One of the singer's most notable roles is Carmen in G. Bizet's opera "Carmen" at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, for which she was awarded the "Opera Beacon" as Opera Soloist of the Year in 2009. In 2022, the singer's star shone on the Swiss stage – at the St. Gallen Opera Theatre, she created the lead role in Ástor Piazzolla's tango opera "María de Buenos Aires."

Her colleague on stage this evening is soprano Ona Kolobovaitė. In 2010, the soloist completed her classical singing studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre under Prof. Sigutė Stonytė. Back in 2009, O. Kolobovaitė became the winner of the golden voice competition "Triumfo arka," and later created roles at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, in Giedrius Kuprevičius's musical "The Hunt for Fire with Beaters," Laimis Vilkončius's rock opera "Eglė," and elsewhere.

One of Lithuania's most prominent vocalists, Evelina Sašenko, completed her jazz vocal studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. The singer has successfully participated in numerous various competitions, festivals, and projects, including "Love Stories by Edith Piaf," "Chopin Jazz Inn," and "All That Cabaret." Together with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra and maestro G. Rinkevičius, E. Sašenko prepared the program "With Love to Barbra," in which she performed the most famous songs by the legendary singer and songwriter Barbra Streisand, as well as other programs of the most famous love songs, films, and foreign and Lithuanian musical works.