Festival Closing Concert
Date: Friday, 7 August 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Vilnius Town Hall
Performers
The concert will feature 20 violinists and pianists from Lithuania, Ukraine, the United States, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, and other countries.
Programme
Lithuanian composers:
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Juozas Pakalnis
Balys Dvarionas
Vytautas Barkauskas
American composers:
John Williams
Amy Beach
Henry Cowell
George Gershwin
The programme will also include works, cycles, and rhapsodies by Claude Debussy and Franz Liszt.
Festival Closing Concert: “Bridges Across the Atlantic: Lithuania and America”
The festival’s ceremonial closing concert, “Bridges Across the Atlantic: Lithuania and America,” is dedicated to commemorating the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America. This special evening will symbolically unite the cultural heritage of the two countries and highlight the long-standing friendship between Lithuania and the United States, founded on shared values of democracy, creativity, and freedom.
The programme will bring together music by Lithuanian and American composers, ranging from the lyrical and colourful works of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Juozas Pakalnis, and Balys Dvarionas to the vibrant compositions of George Gershwin, Amy Beach, Henry Cowell, and John Williams.
The concert will also feature impressive works by Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, and other composers, revealing the influence of European musical traditions on the cultural dialogue between the two continents.
Twenty festival performers will take the stage, including emerging talents and professional musicians from countries around the world. Their joint performance will serve not only as the culmination of the festival but also as a vivid example of international artistic collaboration.
The concert will symbolically conclude a week filled with music, creativity, and cultural exchange, once again affirming the central mission of Vivace Vilnius: to create a space in which music becomes a bridge between nations, generations, and cultures from around the world.
Festival organisers: Vivace Vilnius and Vilnius Town Hall
Festival partners: DELFI, JCDecaux Lietuva, Imperial Hotel, AKVILĖ mineral water, and Go Vilnius