AIST\u0116 BRU\u017dAIT\u0116 (kankl\u0117s, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre)
\n5 March @12.00-16.00 in A-103
\n6 March @12.00-15.00 in A-404
\n7 March @12.00-14.00 in D-511<\/p>\n
A professional kankl\u0117s music performer, Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117<\/strong> is a laureate of national and international competitions, performing both as a soloist and with ensembles. She has participated in numerous international festivals and has given concerts in Lithuania and abroad, in Latvia, Estonia, Russia, India, the USA, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, Germany, Turkey, Poland, and Austria, among others.<\/p>\n To unlock the potential of the kankl\u0117s, Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 eagerly participates in numerous projects that bring together both classical and national musical instruments and orchestras of various countries. Besides, she plays with several ensembles and is willing to face challenges and innovations.<\/p>\n Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 has played a lot of works by Lithuanian composers and it is thanks to her own initiative that these works have seen the world. She is the first performer of Aistmar\u0117s<\/em>, concerto for kankl\u0117s and chamber orchestra by Algirdas Martinaitis. The musician has also prepared several programmes and recorded compositions together with the Jauna Muzika Choir of the Vilnius City Municipality (artistic director and conductor Vaclovas Augustinas). Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 has performed solo with the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, the Lithuanian National Orchestra, the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella and Pskov Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n In addition to this, the musician has prepared and published a collection of the newest compositions for kankl\u0117s The 21st Century Music for Kankl\u0117s<\/em> and Kankl\u0117s Duo<\/em>. Together with Jolita Matkiene, Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 performs in a kankl\u0117s duo; she also gives concerts together with Dovile Kazonait\u0117 (soprano), Milda Baronait\u0117 (soprano), Egidijus Ali\u0161auskas (birbyn\u0117), and Loreta Sungailien\u0117 (vocal), among other acclaimed performers.<\/p>\n Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117\u2019s active engagement with different ensembles has yielded in as many as four CDs. Her first solo double CD Inspired by Kankl\u0117s featuring major works by Lithuanian composers performed by various orchestras and created exclusively for Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 appeared in 2021.<\/p>\n Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 has been an active organiser of national and international events, concerts, and workshops all over Lithuania. You can also see her as a frequent participant of national and international conferences and seminars. In 2016, together with the Art Vio String Quartet and the Folk Instrument Orchestra of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 organised and recorded a recital of at the radio concert studio of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television. The performance featured works by Lithuanian composers performed for the first time.<\/p>\n A year later, in 2017, Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 organised another recital named Playing the Kankl\u0117s<\/em> at Concert Performances. Music Today<\/em>. At the event, the audience could enjoy the newest compositions or those played for the first time by kankl\u0117s solo as well as pieces of chamber music played together with various classical music performers.<\/p>\n Aist\u0117 Bru\u017eait\u0117 also works as an expert teacher at Vilnius Balys Dvarionas Music School and chairs a methodological group of folk instruments.<\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"\n