{"id":11821,"date":"2023-08-01T10:55:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T08:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiagofestival.it\/archivio\/national-m-k-ciurlionis-art-school-choir\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T11:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:33:43","slug":"national-m-k-ciurlionis-art-school-choir","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/asiagofestival.it\/en\/archivio\/national-m-k-ciurlionis-art-school-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"National M. K. \u010ciurlionis Art School Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-824869d8672675e3f\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-824869d8672675e3f uvc-5071  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-824869d8672675e3f h4'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h4 style=\"--font-weight:theme;margin-bottom:10px;\">National M. K. \u010ciurlionis Art School Choir<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-824869d8672675e3f .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:20px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:26px;\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;color:#000028;margin-bottom:25px;\"><strong><em>Romualdas Gra\u017einis<\/em><\/strong>, choir director<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Gitana Trimirkait\u0117<\/em><\/strong>, choir master<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sigita Gra\u017einien\u0117<\/em><\/strong>, choir pianist<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The &#8220;Mikalojus Konstantinas \u010ciurlionis National School of Arts&#8221; was founded in 1945. The Choir Department and Choir were established in October 1948; the first choir directors were Pranas Sli\u017eys and Benediktas Macik\u0117nas. From 1952 to 1971, both the Department and Choir were led by Antanas Joz\u0117nas. This period was notable for a number of significant developments, particularly within the teaching process: a system of educational principles was implemented in choral leadership, a circumstance that played a strategic role in the integration of different disciplines within the single domain of choral education. From 1971 to 1994 the choir was directed by Rimantas Zdanavi\u010dius. During this period the repertoire was enriched with modern compositions, in particular through the works of the founder of Lithuanian minimalism, Bronius Kutavi\u010dius, as well as works by Benjamin Britten, Veljo Tormis, Einojuhani Rautavaara, along with those of additional Lithuanian composers such as, Feliksas Bajoras, Osvaldas Balakauskas, Algimantas Bra\u017einskas, Algirdas Martinaitis, Jonas Tamulionis and others. The number of the choir&#8217;s touring and concert destinations has also expanded during the same period. Since 1994 the choir has been directed by Romualdas Gra\u017einis, a graduate of the &#8220;Lithuanian School of Art and Academy of Music and Theater \u010ciurlionis,&#8221; who, then, continued his studies in conducting and Gregorian chant in Paris. During this period of the choir&#8217;s activity, there were two tours to Scotland, Germany, performances in Paris, concerts in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Poland, Sweden, St. Petersburg, and Austria; the choir also took part in the &#8220;North American Lithuanian Song Festival&#8221; in Toronto. The proportion of Lithuanian repertoire has greatly increased, now including works by Onute Narbutaite , Vidmantas Bartulis, Ri\u010dardas Kabelis, Kristina Vasiliauskait\u0117 , Ar\u016bnas Navakas, Monika Sokait\u0117 , Donatas Zakaras, Zita Bru\u017eait\u0117 , Nijol\u0117 Sinkevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Eduardas Balsys, Vytautas Barkauskas, Giedrius Kuprevi\u010dius, Giedrius Puskunigis, Anatolijus \u0160enderovas, Gintaras Sansone. Of course, works by world classics still constitute a considerable part of the repertoire. A distinguishing feature of this young and constantly evolving choir is its openness to novelty and, at the same time, respect for traditions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He made his debut at the age of 12 with the Zerkalnyy Zal Chamber Orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[139,154,133],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-11821","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dt_portfolio_category-artists","dt_portfolio_category-artists-2023","dt_portfolio_category-participating-artists","dt_portfolio_category-139","dt_portfolio_category-154","dt_portfolio_category-133","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National M. 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