| IN MEMORIAM – JONAS MEKAS
Jonas’ close friend percussionist Dalius Naujokaitis-Naujo, together with the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center, the Jono Meko Fondas, Menų Cechas and an international group of talented musicians invite everyone to participate in a series of week-long events with a thunderous and resounding thank you to the great Lithuanian artist, film poet Jonas Mekas, for his enormous contribution to our culture, our freedom and open view of the world.
All events are free and will take place in the Concert Hall at Vėjai, Vilniaus St. 22.
Event friends: BonusFX, Lightforms, Epson —————————————————————————————– PROGRAM
CINEMA ————————————————————————————– ••• JANUARY 20 ••• ————————————————————————————– ► 20:00 – Jonas Mekas. Lost Lost Lost, 1976. ————————————————————————————– ••• JANUARY 21 ••• ————————————————————————————– ► 20:00 – Jonas Mekas, Walden: Diaries, Notes and Sketches, 1969 ————————————————————————————– ••• JANUARY 22 ••• ————————————————————————————– ► 20:00 – Jonas Mekas, Out-Takes From the Life of a Happy Man, 2012
MUSIC ————————————————————————————– ••• JANUARY 23 ••• ————————————————————————————– ► 20:00 – Simonas Nekrošius – homemade electroacoustic instruments, objects, voice.
Naujo Orchestra and Chorus Conductor – Dalius Naujo. Naujo Orchestra and Chorus.
Naujo Orchestra: Dalius Naujo (NYC) – conducting, percussion Kenny Wollesen (NYC) – percussion, vibes Jonathon Haffner (NYC) – saxophone Aaron Keane (NYC) – bass Rasa Vaštakaitė – drums Kristupas Kmitas – drums, percussion Domantas Razmus – drums Dominykas Norkūnas – guitar Mindaugas Stumbras – guitar Pius Oras – electric bass Vytis Nivinskas – double bass Lukas Pivoriūnas – Sousaphone Simonas Kaupinis – tuba Nerijus Laukaitis – trombone Davydas Stalmokas – clarinet, baritone sax Haroldas Parulis – clarinet Nojus Jurkus – sax Arminas Bižys – sax Klaudijus Štuopinis – sax Simonas Šipavicius – sax Daniel Pancerov – sax Mindaugas Vadoklis – trumpet Mantvydas Pranulis – trumpet Dominykas Vyšniauskas – trumpet Salomėja Kalvelytė – flute Grigas Andrulis – violin (violin) Julius Klimavičius – bassoon Kastytis Zukauskas – sax Aurimas Keymono – keyboard Jokubas Andriulis – percussion
Chorus: Laura Budreckytė Milda Laužikaitė Lina Saveikytė Agota Zdanavičiūtė Kristė Kru Živilė Razinkovienė Aistė Jančiūtė Adelė Šuminskaitė Paulina Simutytė Monika Zenkevičiūtė Rūta Barisaitė Clotilde Solange Justina Mykolaitytė Vaiva Aglinskas Justina Kaminskaitė Laima Griciūtė – voice
► 21:00 – M.P.E Martynenko + Tiesulas
Marius Povilas Elijah Martynenko – poetry Kristupas Kmitas – drums, gadgets Pijus Oras – bass, effects Grigas Andrulis – synth, violin
► 22:00 – Electric Bed
Adas Gecevičius – drums, electronics Kenny Wollesen (NYC) – drums, percussion Jonathon Haffner (NYC) – sax, electronics Dalius Naujo (NYC) – drums, electronics ————————————————————————————– ••• JANUARY 24 ••• ————————————————————————————– ► 20:00 – Swan August Lake and Palmer
Guga – guitar, dance Kenny Wollesen (NYC) – vibes Jonathon Haffner (NYC) – sax Aurelijus Užameckis – bass Julius Klimavičius – bassoon Ugnius Dičiūnas – oboe Dalius Naujo (NYC) – drums
► 21:00 – Kaupinis/Razmus
Simonas Kaupinis – tuba Domantas Razmus – drums
► 22:00 ——————————————————————- Monika Zenkevičiūtė – vocals, electronics Ričardas Šileika – Jonas’ poetry reading Kenny Wollesen (NYC) – drums, percussion Jonathon Haffner (NYC) – sax, electronics Dalius Naujo (NYC) – drums, electronics Denisas Kolomyckis – dance
► 23:00 ——————————————————————- Aurelijus Užameckis – double bass Kenny Wollesen (NYC) – drums Daniel Pancerov – sax ————————————————————————————– ••• JANUARY 25 ••• ————————————————————————————– ► 20:00 – Juozas Milašius and Five Drummers
Kenny Wollesen Gintas Gascevičius Domantas Razmus Ignas Kasikauskas Dalius Naujo
► 21:00 – NICO (New Ideas Chamber Orchestra)
Gediminas Gelgotas – Artistic Director, composer Augusta Jusionytė – violin Dalia Simaškaitė – violin Julija Ivanovaitė – violin, viola David Dumčius – cello Ludvikas Sinickas – cello Vincas Bačius – double bass
► 22:00 Kenny Wollesen (NYC) – drums, percussion, vibes Jonathon Haffner (NYC) – sax Eugenijus Varkalis – sax, flute Dalius Naujo (NYC) – drums ŪTARA ancient multi-part folk song performers: Lilija Milašienė, Rūta Aladavičienė, Jolanta Vaišvilienė, Aušra Antanavičienė.
► 23:00 – Kanalizacija
Dominykas Norkūnas – guitar Ignas Kasikauskas – drums Simonas Kaupinis – tuba Danielius Pancerovas – baritone sax
► 00:00 – Honking Dudes + Vėjeliai + Friends
Honking Dudes: Davydas Stalmokas – leader, sax Mindaugas Vadoklis – trumpet Aurimas Rimeikis – trumpet Dominykas Vyšniauskas – trombone Domantas Razmus – snare drum Ignas Kasikauskas – bass drum Lukas Pivoriūnas – sousaphone Featuring: Kenny Wollesen (NYC) – drums, percussion, vibes Jonathon Haffner (NYC) – sax Dalius Naujo (NYC) – drums
Vėjeliai: David Stalmokas – sax Mindaugas Vadoklis – trumpet Dominykas Vyšniauskas – trumpet Aaron Keane – bass Dominykas Norkūnas – guitar Dalius Naujo (NYC) – drums, electronics Featuring: Kenny Wollesen (NYC) – drums, percussion, vibes Jonathon Haffner (NYC) – sax Laima Griciūtė – drum solo Friends |