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Lithuanian Documentary at the Sheffield Doc/Fest Added 2011-06-07 11 June, 2011. Documentary by Simona Žemaitytė „Born in USSR“ (Lithuania, Turkey, 2010, producer Ieva Buzinskaitė) has been selected for the Sheffield Doc/Fest and will be screened on the 11 June, 1pm at the Odeon Cinema, Doc/EU strand. The film...
Czesław Miłosz: the Centenary Celebrations Added 2011-06-07 2011 is the centenary of the birth of Czeslaw Milosz, one of the world’s greatest poets and writers. Czeslaw Milosz was born on the 30th of June 1911 in the village of Šeteiniai (Szetejnie) in Lithuania and was of mixed Lithuanian-Polish ancestry....
Lithuanian music and musicians at Sounds New 2011 Added 2011-05-17 May 20-29, 2011. This year's "Sounds New" festival in Canterbury invites as a guest composers Arvo Pärt, a leading composer in the Baltic region. However, his music is only the tip of an iceberg in a region of incredible invention and energy....
“Baltic Music and Musicologies” – an International Conference in Canterbury Added 2011-05-17 26-28 May, 2011. The conference on the music of the Baltic Sea region, organised by the Department of Music at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) in association with the Institute of Musical Research (IMR), coincides with and augments the...
Lithuanian avant-garde theatre artist Benas Šarka will perform in London Added 2011-05-16 19, 21 May, 2011. Plough Studios introduce photography exhibition "No Limits, No Control" by the photographer Petra Valiskova, inspired by the Lithuanian avant-garde theatre artist Benas Šarka. This extraordinary artist will be present during the...
Marcelijus Martinaitis at Borderlands poetry event in London Added 2011-05-12 16 May, 2011. Poet in the City presents poetry event “Borderlands: Poetry from the Edges of Europe” at King’s Place, Hall One. One of the most distinguished guests of the event will be Marcelijus Martinaitis, Lithuania’s leading poet. He will...
Edgaras Montvidas returns to the Scottish Opera for a tour Added 2011-05-12 In May–June 2011 Lithuanian tenor Edgaras Montvidas returns to the Scottish Opera for a tour as the Duke in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto”. The production with Edgaras Montvidas will tour Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
Lilly Sigall: true friend of Lithuania Added 2011-05-09 Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania Dr. Oskaras Jusys, on behalf of the embassy, would like to express heartfelt condolences to family and friends on the loss of Lilly Sigall. True friend of Lithuania, in 2003 she was decorated with the Order...
A.Ažubalis to Belarusians: you can make experiments on a deserted land but not next to us Added 2011-05-02 DELFI.lt, 28 April 2011, Translated from Lithuanian Lithuania does not object to the plans of Belarus and the Kaliningrad region to develop nuclear energy, but disagrees with the fact that the nuclear power plants (NPP) are built close to densely...
Baltic Music to Mark Cathedral Reopening in Glasgow Added 2011-04-30 6 May, 2011. A series of events to celebrate the restoration of St Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow has been prepared as a Lentfest 2011 programme. It also includes Lithuanian pianist Evelina Puzaitė, who will give a recital of music by Schumann,...