XVIII International folklore festival “Pokrov Bells”

XVIII INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL "POKROV BELLS" INVITES ITS VISITORS ONCE AGAIN

Wednesday November 8th
19:00
Lithuanian National Philharmonic (Aušros vartų str. 5)
FOLKLORE AND THE PRESENT. Festival Opening Concert

Part 1
International premiere of Mindaugas STUMBRAS World Music project "SPELL"
Based on Ukrainian traditional music
Artists:
Ukrainian folklore ensemble "SVIATO" (artistic director Arina Zakharova):
Tetiana SOPILKA (ethnic vocals, Ukraine)
Sergey OHRIMCHUK (violin, ethnic vocals, Ukraine)
Arina ZACHAROVA (ethnic vocals)
Nikolaj ZACHAROV (ethnic vocals)
Viktor ŽABROV (ethnic vocals)
Luka MEBONIA (ethnic vocals, Sakartvel)
Giorgi SHANAVA (ethnic vocals, Sakartvel)
Irena ROKICKA (ethnic vocals, Norway)

K.VARDELI STRING QUARTET (Sakartvelo):
Konstantine EROYAN (1st violin)
David AKOPIAN (2nd violin)
Ekaterine GARDAVADZE (viola)
Giorgi NADAREISHVILI (cello)

Julija LANKĖ (piano)
Jievaras JASINSKIS (trombone)
Gediminas STEPONAVIČIUS (double bass)
Laurynas LAPĖ (trumpet)
Karolis ŠARKUS (saxophone)
Domantas RAZMUS (percussion)
Andrius REKAŠIUS (percussion)
Mindaugas STUMBRAS (classical guitar, Arabic udas)
Conductor Levan JAGAEV (Sakartvelas)

Part 2
A LIVING TRADITION:
Performances by Lithuanian and foreign folklore groups

Tickets distributed by KAKAVA.LT

Thursday November 9th
10.00
Vilnius University, Room 238 (Universiteto str. 3)
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
Personality in folklore: collector, performer, master and researcher.
Traditional culture of ethnic communities - the living heritage of Vilnius

18.00
Vilnius University Theatre Hall (Universiteto str. 3)
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: the KARTVELIAN POLYPHONIC SINGING MASTERPIECES

19.00
Vilnius University Theatre Hall (Universiteto str. 3)
UNIQUE TRADITIONS. Concert of Lithuanian and foreign folklore ensembles

Beer House (Goštauto str. 8)
21.30
Folk Dance Evening: traditional dances, singing and meetings

Friday November 10th
10.00-15.00
Lithuanian Folklore and Ethnography Centre of National Minorities (Stiklių str. 6)
TRADITIONAL SINGING LABORATORY

18.00
St Catherine's Church (Vilniaus str. 30)
Concert of Ukrainian folklore ensemble "DREVO" (Kiev, Ukraine)
MUSIC FOR GOURMETS. Concert of Lithuanian and foreign folklore ensembles

Saturday November 11th
Vilnius Town Hall (Didžioji str. 31)
11.00-19.00
Fair of folk art and culinary heritage.
Creative workshops in traditional crafts for children and adults

14.00-18.00
ARTISTIC PORTRAITS OF THE FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS. Concert - marathon

18.00
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: the UKRAINIAN Cossack Songs. LITHUANIAN SUTARTINĖS