Vilnius Festival. St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas, Martynas Levickis

Opening Concert of the 30th Vilnius FestivalPerformers:ST. GALLEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Switzerland)(Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas)Soloist MARTYNAS LEVICKIS (accordion)Conductor MODESTAS PITRĖNASProgramme:FABIAN KÜNZLI – “So klingt St. Gallen” (“That’s How St. Gallen Sounds”) for symphony orchestraDANIEL NELSON – “The Ghost Machine Treatise” for accordion and orchestraLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, “Fate”This year’s Vilnius Festival will open with Swiss sounds – three monumental compositions performed by the St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra, led since 2018 by the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas, who will pass on these duties to Italian conductor Pietro Rizzo from the 2026/27 season. The St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra comprises approximately 70 musicians from more than 20 countries around the world. The orchestra, renowned for its successful symphonic programme cycles, this year

Adresas: Lietuvos nacionalinė filharmonija