PROGRAMME The 4th of November, 2026Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society (Aušros Vartų Str. 5) 19:00 – FESTIVAL OPENING CONCERT “FOLKLORE AND THE PRESENT” Part I – LEON SOMOV WORLD MUSIC PROJECT “ECHO OF THE PAST” (World Premiere) Performers:Leon SOMOV (electronics) STRING QUARTET:David AKOPIAN (I violin, Georgia)Nika BARATELI (II violin, Georgia)Mintautas KRIŠČIŪNAS (viola)Gleb PYŠNIAK (cello) Serhii OKHRIMCHUK (folk violin, Ukraine)Julija LANKĖ (piano, hurdy-gurdy, eth

Regarding the 10th Children’s and Youth Conference“MY FAMILY – PART OF MULTINATIONAL LITHUANIA” Dear teachers and leaders of folklore ensembles, The Lithuanian Centre of Folk Culture and Ethnography of National Minorities, together with Vilnius Bronius Jonušas Music School, kindly invites you and your students to participate in the 10th Children’s and Youth Conference “My Family – Part of Multinational Lithuania”, dedicated to the Year of National Communities, commemorated in