21ST INTERNATIONAL MICHAŁ OGIŃSKI FESTIVAL

PROGRAMME

August 29 – September 26, 2026
Michał Ogiński Manor, Plungė

August 29 (Saturday)

4:00 PM – Official Opening Ceremony of the Festival
Featuring the Lithuanian Navy Brass Band

(Conductor Egidijus Miknius)

5:00 PM – Concert by the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
(Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas)
and the Vilnius State Choir
(Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Artūras Dambrauskas)

Programme: Compositions of the Lithuanian composers Mikas Petrauskas, Juozas Tallat-Kelpša, Vytautas Klova, Balys Dvarionas, Algirdas Martinaitis, Vytautas Kernagis, Donatas Zakaras, and excerpts from the Amilcare Ponchielli's opera The Lithuanians.

August 30 (Sunday)

10:00 AM – 16th Show Jumping Competition for the Michał Ogiński Festival Cup

September 6 (Sunday)

3:00 PM – Concert by the United String Orchestra of Samogitia's Music and Art Schools
Autumn Watercolour for M. K. Čiurlionis

Programme: Compositions of M. K. Ogiński, Johann Schrammel, Balys Dvarionas, Giedrius Kuprevičius, Johann Strauss, Dmitri Shostakovich, M. K. Čiurlionis, Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė, Pietro Mascagni, and Edward Elgar.

Conductor: Egidijus Kaveckas

September 12 (Saturday)

5:00 PM – Concert by the Toruń Symphony Orchestra (Poland)
Musical Bridges: Poland–Lithuania

Programme:

• K. Ogiński – Polonaise Farewell to the Homeland
• Grażyna Bacewicz – Overture for Orchestra
• Mieczysław Karłowicz – Lithuanian Rhapsody
• Karol Kurpiński – Overture to the opera Jadwiga, Queen of Poland
• Wojciech Kilar – Suite from the film Pan Tadeusz
• Stanisław Moniuszko – Mazurka from the opera The Haunted Manor

Managing Director of the Orchestra: Przemysław Kempiński
Conductor: Dainius Pavilionis

September 19 (Saturday)

5:00 PM – Concert by the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra
Pearls of Lithuanian Music

Artistic Director of the Orchestra: Mindaugas Bačkus
Soloist: Kostas Smoriginas

September 20 (Sunday)

5:00 PM – Piano Recital by Maxim Lando (USA)

Programme: Piano compositions of M. K. Čiurlionis and Frédéric Chopin

26 September (Saturday)

4:00 PM – Concert by the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra
(Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius)
and the Kaunas State Choir
(Artistic Director Robertas Šervenikas).

Programme: Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9

Soloists:

• Gabrielė Bukinė (soprano)
• Gabrielė Kupšytė (mezzo-soprano)
• Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone)
• Karolis Kašiuba (tenor)

Conductor: Gintaras Rinkevičius