An improvisational performance by contemporary dance dancers and one of Lithuania's most renowned percussionists Arkadij Gotesman, dedicated to the year of M. K. Čiurlionis, combines the artist's work with contemporary dance choreography, movement, nature, music, and sounds.

In Čiurlionis' aesthetics, nature and the spiritual worlds are intertwined, and in this improvisation, dancers and the musician bring to life what Čiurlionis conveyed through music and canvas – the dynamic flow of nature and the inner harmony. It is like Čiurlionis' living paintings in the forest. Music, dance, nature and image merge into a living, multi-layered work that invites the viewer on a journey, revealing man's relationship with nature and contemporary art.

The Lithuanian percussion landscape is unimaginable without A. Gotesman, associate professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, one of the most creative and prolific representatives of the jazz scene. Gotesman's inclination often takes him to the theatre, modern dance, poetry, or cinema. He is interested in shadows, theatre buildings, new percussive sounds, inaudible to man but perceptible in other ways. The music is full of voices, texts, magic, poetry, new combinations of instruments.

Gotesman usually performs solo, specifically virtuosic and theatrical parts of his works. In collaboration with musicians and artists of various disciplines, the compositions are characterised by a polyphony of collectivity and improvisation. The music is full of unusual charms, hand movements, humour, eccentricity, and the primordiality of African drum music.

One of the most distinctive percussionists of the Lithuanian jazz and improvised music scenes, Gotesman is an inventive artist with a broad musical articulation, for whom it is not difficult to speak the language of swing or bebop jazz, but whose uniqueness is best revealed in his improvisations.

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EVENT INFORMATION

Date & Time: 2025, August 15, 10 PM.

Venue: Švendubrė Community House

Address: Švendubrės st. 34, Švendubrė, Druskininkai municipality

More: HERE

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Druskininkai Cultural Centre

Contact: info@druskininkukc.lt / +370 313 53122

"Druskininkai Summer with M. K. Čiurlionis" concert: "Evening Impression in Švendubrė"

"Druskininkai Summer with M. K. Čiurlionis" concert: "Evening Impression in Švendubrė"

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