A Few Glimpses of Early Music Week, LMTA Erasmus+ BIP course, 19-23 March 2024
On 19-23 March 2024, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) together with partner institutions – The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria), the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (Poland), the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (Latvia), and the National Museum of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania – ran Early Music Week, Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) courses.
During the courses, LMTA students and their peers from abroad, all specialising in the Baroque vocal performance and Early Music instruments (the Baroque flute (the flute traversière), plucked string instruments), gathered in the masterclasses by acclaimed Early Music performers and teachers Dr. Flavio Ferri-Benedetti (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Switzerland), Lea Sobbe (Kunstuniversität Graz, Austria), and Ieva Baltmiškyte (Muziekacademie Schaarbeek J. H. Fiocco, Belgium) to advanced their knowledge of the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, and Early Music performance and technique.
Early Music Week also hosted lectures by musicologist Dr. Aleksandra Pister and musician Ieva Baltmiškytė, as well as a series of concerts and educational events. On 23 March 2024, the project culminated in the final concert on the stage of the National Museum of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania featuring the participants of the Erasmus+ BIP master classes.
The Early Music Week under Erasmus+ BIP saw cooperation of 12 students and 5 teachers from foreign music universities with their peers from the LMTA.
The project was organised by the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Project partners: The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria), the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (Poland), the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (Latvia), and the National Museum of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
Partner of the concert “Music in the Underground Gallery” – Vilnius TV Tower.
The final concert of the Early Music Week Erasmus+ BIP and the “Music in the Underground Gallery” concert are part of the 10th International Marco Scacchi Early Music Festival.
LMTA Students’ Union, LMTA Art Centre, LMTA Music Innovation Studies Centre have helped us to implement the project.
Photos by Marija Frolova.
Photos of the final concert of the Early Music Week Erasmus+ BIP at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and the concert “Music in the Underground Gallery” at the Vilnius TV Tower by Vytautas Abramauskas.
More photos: https://lmta.lt/lt/fotografiju-galerija/