Concert Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Faustas Latėnas | Vilnius Shalom Festival 2026
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Faustas Latėnas, an eminent Lithuanian composer and recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts. On 30 September at 7:00 PM, the Vilnius Shalom Festival invites audiences to a special concert at Vilnius Town Hall, dedicated to honouring the maestro’s memory and his significant contribution to Lithuanian music and Litvak cultural heritage.
The programme will feature some of Latėnas’s most distinctive chamber works, revealing his unique musical language – emotional, theatrical and deeply moving. The works will be performed by Mettis Quartet, one of Lithuania’s leading string quartets, together with Lithuanian pianist Vytis Šakūras, who is based in Germany.
Performers:
Kostas Tumosa – violin
Bernardas Petrauskas – violin
Tomas Petrikis – viola
Rokas Vaitkevičius – cello
Vytis Šakūras – piano
Tickets are available through Bilietai.lt.
Vilnius Shalom Festival is the third international festival of Jewish music and culture held in Vilnius, a city historically known as the Jerusalem of the North. From 13 September to 7 October, the festival presents a programme of classical, jazz and klezmer music concerts, the March of the Shofars, and educational events.
The project is funded by: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Good Will Foundation, Vilnius City Municipality, Israel-Lithuania Chamber of Commerce, Embassy of Israel in Lithuania, Embassy of Germany in Lithuania, Polish Institute in Vilnius, Department of National Minorities under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, Knygos.lt, Wix.com, Park Inn by Radisson Vilnius Airport, LATGA Association, and private sponsors.
Project partners: Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community, Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History, Vilnius Jewish Public Library, Crescendo International.
Media partners: LRT Plius and Savaitė magazine.
Please note: Photography and filming may take place during the events. Photographs and video recordings may be used for festival publicity purposes, including publication in the media, on websites and on social media.