{"id":236364,"date":"2026-09-25T10:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T07:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/?post_type=event&p=236364"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T07:17:51","slug":"lt-did-ioji-muzik-vent-2026-en-the-grand-musicians-celebration-2026-ru-did-ioji-muzik-vent-2026","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/en\/event\/the-grand-musicians-celebration-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Musicians\u2019 Celebration 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 1 October, World Music Day, the Lithuanian National Philharmonic will bring together different generations of Lithuanian musicians \u2013 Golden Disc award winners, opera and jazz soloists, instrumentalists, choirs, chamber ensembles, orchestras and young performers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Grand Celebration of Musicians also marks two important anniversaries: the 90th anniversary of the Lithuanian Musicians\u2019 Union and the 95th anniversary of Muzikos barai, the Lithuanian magazine of music, arts and scholarship.
\nThe two-part concert will embrace organ, choral and chamber music, opera and jazz \u2013 from Antonio Vivaldi and George Frideric Handel to Verdi, John Coltrane and Miles Davis.<\/p>\n

2026 Golden Disc Award Winners<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of the celebration will be the presentation of the 2026 Golden Disc Awards.
\nThis year\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award will honour kankl\u0117s player and professor Lina Naikelien\u0117. The other 2026 laureates are organist Jurgita Kazakevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, opera singer Viktorija Mi\u0161k\u016bnait\u0117, jazz vocalist Veronika ChiChi, and the Garsas Wind Orchestra of Panev\u0117\u017eys Musical Theatre, conducted by Martynas Bra\u017eas.
\nThe concert will also feature Golden Disc laureates from previous years and special guests: opera soloists Justina Gringyt\u0117, Kristian Benedikt (Vaidas Vy\u0161niauskas), Viktorija Mi\u0161k\u016bnait\u0117 and Rita Petrauskait\u0117; organist Jurgita Kazakevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117; birbyn\u0117 players Egidijus Ali\u0161auskas and Vytautas Kiminius; pianists Daumantas Kirilauskas, Audron\u0117 Juozauskait\u0117 and Paulius Zdanavi\u010dius; and violinists R\u016bta Lipinaityt\u0117 and Dovydas \u010ciplys.<\/p>\n

The jazz programme will feature Veronika ChiChi, Dmitrijus Golovanovas, Janas Maksimovi\u010dius and Vytis Nivinskas.
\nAlso appearing on stage will be the \u0104\u017euoliukas Boys\u2019 and Youth Choir (artistic director Vytautas Mi\u0161kinis), the Musica humana ensemble (artistic director Robertas Beinaris), the Adoramus Vilnius Sacred Music Choir (artistic director Dr Imantas Jonas \u0160imkus), the Svajon\u0117 Symphony Orchestra of Alytus Music School, and the Garsas Wind Orchestra of Panev\u0117\u017eys Musical Theatre.
\nThe younger generation of musicians will be represented by the TOP Cello Ensemble of Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium (director Asta Kri\u0161taponien\u0117). They will be joined by a cello quintet featuring Ramut\u0117 Kaln\u0117nait\u0117, Marius Sakavi\u010dius, Kasparas \u0160erpytis, Vilt\u0117 Dobilait\u0117 and Julius Jonu\u0161as.<\/p>\n

From Organ Music to Opera and Jazz<\/p>\n

The celebration will open with organ music by Jean Langlais and excerpts from Antonio Vivaldi\u2019s Gloria. The programme will also feature a composition based on Lithuanian patriotic songs, chamber music and opera arias.
\nA special place in the programme is reserved for the cello. The audience will hear Mantas \u0160idlauskas\u2019 The Glass Planet and Verdiana, a work based on themes from Verdi\u2019s La traviata and arranged for five cellos at the initiative of David Geringas.
\nThe jazz musicians will perform works by Veronika \u010ci\u010dinskait\u0117-Golovanova, John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
\nVytautas Kiminius and Justina Gringyt\u0117 will perform with the Svajon\u0117 Symphony Orchestra of Alytus Music School, while Kristian Benedikt and Viktorija Mi\u0161k\u016bnait\u0117 will appear with the Garsas Wind Orchestra of Panev\u0117\u017eys Musical Theatre.<\/p>\n

A Finale Continuing a Thirty-Year Tradition<\/p>\n

The finale of the Grand Celebration of Musicians will feature George Frideric Handel\u2019s Hallelujah, continuing a tradition dating back to the first Grand Musicians\u2019 Parade in 1997. This year it will be performed by the Garsas Wind Orchestra of Panev\u0117\u017eys Musical Theatre and the Adoramus Vilnius Sacred Music Choir.
\nAnd then \u2013 Luigi Denza\u2019s Funicul\u00ec, Funicul\u00e0.
\nContinuing the tradition begun by the legendary Lithuanian tenor Virgilijus Noreika in 1997, performers on stage and the audience will once again sing it together.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":236365,"template":"","categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"ticket-vendor":[46],"class_list":["post-236364","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-koncertai","category-kaledos-sostineje","ticket-vendor-kakava-lt"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t