“Sea in the Forest” – a musical labyrinth where two wanderers – Liudas Mockūnas (saxophone) and Petras Geniušas (piano) – meet at the same exits leading into the sonic realms of M. K. Čiurlionis.

The project Sea in the Forest was born in 2011, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), Lithuania’s most celebrated composer and painter. That year saw a wave of attempts to reinterpret Čiurlionis’ work through new compositions, inter-genre experiments, and interdisciplinary formats. Among them, the duo of Geniušas and Mockūnas stood out for its exceptional musical sensitivity and original artistic vision, bringing Čiurlionis’ and other Lithuanian composers’ music to a new artistic dimension through unexpected and compelling recontextualizations.

For these two musicians – from different generations and musical backgrounds – Čiurlionis became a source of inspiration, a reason to dive deep into a "sea" of personal experiences and stylistic interpretations. “We are united by what’s hard to define – the so-called Vilnius school, marked by a mix of anarchy and discipline. And we also share the same teacher – Vladimir Chekasin,” says Geniušas, collaborating with Mockūnas for the first time.

The music they create defies stylistic categorization. In their virtuoso dialogue, one can hear traces of Romanticism, Impressionism, contemporary music, jazz, and free improvisation – from fleeting motifs and comments to expansive solo explorations, all bound together in a seamless flow of sound.

This is a sonic labyrinth where echoes of the 19th century, fragments of 20th-century works (Čiurlionis, Feliksas Bajoras, Julius Andrejevas), and 21st-century improvisations intertwine. Within it, both performers search for their own paths, discovering unexpected turns – and at each bend, they find not only new soundscapes, but also each other.

This is not music of searching.

It is music of discovery.

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EVENT INFORMATION

Date & Time: July 11, 2025, 8:00 PM

Venue: Palanga Kurhaus Concert Hall, Palanga

Address: Grafų Tiškevičių Ave. 1, Palanga

Duration: ~1.5 hours

Tickets: HERE

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ORGANIZERS

Public Institution “Klasika LT”

Contact: info@ciurlionisfestival.com / +370 650 63373