15 July (Saturday) 2023
7:00 p.m. Nida Lutheran Church
OPENING CONCERT
The Last Rites of the Pagans, oratorio by Bronius Kutavičius
Gintarė Skėrytė (soprano),
Renata Marcinkutė-Lesieur (organ),
Cara May Watson, Monika Miliauskienė, Mindaugas Paškauskas and Danielius Štrapenskas (French horns);
The Chamber Choir Aidija and the Choir of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts (Director Romualdas Gražinis)
Musicologist Vytautė Markeliūnienė
Ticket 15.00 EUR
16 July (Sunday) 2023
4:00 p.m. Thomas Mann Museum
Thomas Mann Friends Day
Conversation with the Researcher of Thomas Mann’s family correspondence Holger Pils (Germany).
Moderator Ruth Leiserowitz
6:00 p.m. Museum of the History of the Curonian Spit
Opening of the exhibition “Landscape Memory”
8:00 p.m. Nida Lutheran Church
RECITAL
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) Images, Book 1, L.110-II. Hommage à Rameau
Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951) Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, op. 19
Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–1970) Suite no. 3, op. 60
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) Métopes, op. 29 Calypso
Vytautas Bacevičius Poème Contemplation, op. 5
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, op. 24
Performed by:
Gabrielius Alekna (piano)
Musicologist Rima Povilionienė
Ticket 10.00 EUR
10:00 p.m. Cinema Nights in the Curonian Spit History Museum
17 July (Monday) 2023
4:00 p.m. Thomas Mann Museum
Conversation with the Author Kristina Sabaliauskaitė
Moderator Antanas Gailius
8:00 p.m. Nida Lutheran Church
AN HOUR OF THE LITHUANIAN MUSIC. BRONIUS KUTAVIČIUS AND THE NEW ROMANTICS
Works by Bronius Kutavičius, Vidmantas Bartulis, Mindaugas Urbaitis, Algirdas Martinaitis, and Onutė Narbutaitė
Permed by:
Paulius Gefenas (flute),
Morta Grigaliūnaitė (piano)
Musicologist Vytautė Markeliūnienė
Ticket 10.00 EUR
10:00 p.m. Cinema Nights in the Curonian Spit History Museum
18 July (Tuesday) 2023
10.00 a.m. start at Nida Evangelical Lutheran Church
EXCURSION “In search of the Wonderful Land”
Leader Aušra Feser
(pre-registration required: kulturanidoje@gmail.com)
Ticket price: 5 EUR
4:00 p.m. Thomas Mann Museum Conversation with the Historian and Diplomat Jan Tombinski (Poland)Moderator: Dr. Irena Vaišvilaitė
6:00 p.m. V. and K. Mizgiriai Gallery (Pamario str. 20, Nida).
Travelling exhibition of archaeology and photography “Object and Detail: the world of Stone Age aesthetics”
8:00 p.m. Nida Lutheran Church
NORDIC MUSIC
Works by Joseph Martin Kraus, Tor Aulin, Jean Sibelius, Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, and Niels Wilhelm Gade.
Performed by:
Anna Kuvaja (piano),
Annemarie Åström (violin, Finland)
Musicologist Rima Povilionienė
Ticket 10.00 EUR
10:00 p.m. Cinema Nights in the Curonian Spit History Museum
19 July (Wednesday) 2023
4:00 p.m. Thomas Mann Memorial Museum
“No to the regime, yes to the empire? Discourses of Russian emigration”
Conversation with the Journalist Nikolai Klimeniouk (Germany)
Moderator: Anna Maria Strauß
German with simultaneous translation into Lithuanian.
8:00 p.m. Nida Lutheran Church
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Andante favori WoO 57
Fantasia in G minor, op.77
Sonata no. 24 in F-sharp major, op. 78
Sonata no. 31 in A-flat major, op. 110
Performed by:
Daumantas Kirilauskas (piano)
Musicologist Vytautė Markeliūnienė
Ticket 10.00 EUR
10:00 p.m. Cinema Nights in the Curonian Spit History Museum
20 July (Thursday)
4:00 p.m. Thomas Mann Museum
Welcoming the book Our Irena. Recollections of Irena Veisaitė
Participants: Reda Pabarčienė, Antanas Gailius, Vitalija Teresa Jonušienė
Moderator: dr. Aurimas Švedas
11:00 a.m. Curonian Spit History Museum
Meeting with the winners of the essay competition. Readings from their creative works.
Moderator Laurynas Katkus
8:00 p.m. Nida Lutheran Church
Ernest Chausson (1855–1899) String Quartet in C minor, op. 35
Performed by:
Più Quartet:
Ingrida Rupaitė (1st violin),
Milda Kraujutaitytė (2nd violin),
Silvija Čiuladytė (viola),
Ignė Pikalavičiūtė (cello)
Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742–1811) Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 2
Performed by:
Ingrida Rupaitė (1st violin)
Ignė Pikalavičiūtė (cello)
Musicologist Rima Povilionienė
Ticket 10.00 EUR
10:00 p.m. Cinema Nights in the Curonian Spit History Museum
21 July (Friday) 2023
4:00 p.m. Thomas Mann Memorial Museum
Prof. dr. Anke Hilbrenner (Germany)
“Century of Strangers and Century of Emigration in East Europe Space, Starting from 1905 Revolution Until Nowadays Situation”Moderator: Dr. Darius Staliūnas
8:00 p.m. Nida Lutheran Church
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Piano Wuinter in F minor, op. 34
Performed by:
Daumantas Kirilauskas (piano)
and the Čiurlionis Quartet:
Jonas Tankevičius (1st violin),
Darius Dikšaitis (2nd violin),
Gediminas Dačinskas (viola),
Elena Daunytė (cello)
Jurgis Kubilius (*1998) Night on the Red Couch for string quartet
Premiere commissioned by the Festival
Performed by Čiurlionis Quartet
Musicologist Vytautė Markeliūnienė
Ticket 10.00 EUR
10:00 p.m. Cinema Nights in the Curonian Spit History Museum
22 July (Saturday) 2023
VAA Nida Art Colony (E. A. Jonušo str. 3, Neringa)
11:00 Guided tour of the exhibition “Obsession” with the curator Anastasia Sosunova
14:00 Artist talk with artist Felix Kalmenson
8:00 p.m. Nida Lutheran Church
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Duet for two violoncellos in D
Performed by:
Ignė Pikalavičiūtė (Cello)
Domas Jakštas (Cello)
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890) String Octet in F Major, op. 17
Performed by:
Jonas Tankevičius (Violin),
Ingrida Rupaitė (Violin),
Darius Dikšaitis (Violin),
Milda Kraujutaitytė (Violin),
Gediminas Dačinskas (Viola),
Silvija Čiuladytė (Viola),
Domas Jakštas (Cello),
Ignė Pikalavičiūtė (Cello)
Musicologist Vytautė Markeliūnienė
Ticket 15.00 EUR