6 Apr

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society – 24/25 Season Charming Virtuosity

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society (LNPS) is back to Asia with an extraordinary artistic offer for their 2024/2025 Season CHARMING VIRTUOSITY by Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (LCO) and Sergei Krylov (violin).  LNPS is building a concert tour in the Asian and Pacific regions and is currently seeking for partners to join the project.  

CHARMING VIRTUOSITY features a rich and diverse programme which includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Eine kleine nachtmusik, Pablo de Sarasate, Camille Saint Saëns virtuosic pieces for violin and strings, Nino Rota cinematografic concerto for strings to contemporary Lithuanian composers’ Faustas Latėnas and Jonas Tamulionis’ theatrical music.  

© Dmitrij Matvejev

Founded in 1960, LCO is one of the most outstanding and highly acclaimed Lithuanian ensembles in the world helmed by renowned violin virtuoso Sergej Krylov as its artistic director and conductor since 2008. 

As an ambassador of Lithuanian music culture, the LCO’s tour itineraries over the years have covered the length and breadth of Europe, and reached both Americas, the Republic of South Africa, Japan, China, Australia and Iceland.  

The LCO has graced the stages of Berliner Philharmonie, Vienna’s Musikverein, London’s Royal Festival Hall, Rome’s Santa Cecilia, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, Paris’ Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau and many more. The LCO has collaborated with Mstislav Rostropovich, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, David Geringas and other prominent musicians. The great musician and humanist Lord Yehudi Menuhin left a deep imprint on the Orchestra’s biography. 

The LCO performed with violinists Julian Rachlin, Vadim Repin and Sergej Krylov, viola players Maxim Rysanov and Hartmut Rohde, cellists David Geringas, Mischa Maisky and Aurelien Pascal, pianists Mūza Rubackytė, Andrius Žlabys, Lukas Geniušas, Dmitri Bashkirov and Alessandro Deljavan, flutist Denis Bouriakov, conductors Andreas Spering, Ronald Zollman and Modestas Pitrėnas, Giedrė Šlekytė and Martynas Stakionis as well as composer, pianist and conductor Ezio Bosso.  

LCO has produced numerous CD and LP recordings with compositions of renowned Baltic composers Arvo Pärt, Bronius Kutavičius, Peteris Vasks, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė among others. In recent years the LCO has given concerts in Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland, Slovenia, Poland, China, Italy, Costa Rica and Lebanon. 

View recordings from LNPS Digital Concert Hall here: www.nationalphilharmonic.tv 

© Dmitrij Matvejev

Contacts for booking: danas.skramtai@filharmonija.lt  
Webpage: www.nationalphilharmonic.eu

LNPS is also pleased to share with AAPPAC Members the programme of VILNIUS FESTIVAL 2023 which will take place in June 2023: https://www.filharmonija.lt/en/vilnius-festival_40474.html