Festival “World piano stars salute M. K. Čiurlionis”

On 21 September, for the first time ever, the M. K. Čiurlionis Birthday Concert will take place at the LVSO Concert Hall (the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra). Two of the world’s music celebrities will take you on a journey through the music of M. K. Čiurlionis, E. Grieg, M. Ravel, F. Liszt and C. Franck. Listeners will have a unique opportunity to hear Lucas Debargue, a superstar from France coming to Lithuania for the first time. “Since Glenn Gould’s visit to Moscow and Van Cliburn’s victory at the Tchaikovsky Competition in the heat of the Cold War, never has a foreign pianist provoked such frenzy as Lucas Debargue at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition,” wrote The Huffington Post. The evening will be opened by pianist Alexei Volodin (Spain), who, unlike many renowned musicians, knows how to find the golden mean between meaning and emotion, sensitive touch and impeccable technique when he sits down at the instrument. The Classical Source described the pianist as a magnificent artist who “peels back the layers of meaning and expression in everything he plays, captivating with a fabulously discreet virtuosity”. Audience is in for a harmonious yet frenzied performance. The performers, who complement each other perfectly, will leave no one indifferent.