CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACADEMIC MEETING OF TUBISTS AND EUPHONISTS (CEAMTE 2)
September 29 – October 3, 2025
LMTA Central Building (Gedimino pr. 42, Vilnius)
CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACADEMIC MEETING OF TUBISTS AND EUPHONISTS (CEAMTE 2)
The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre invites you to the second international meeting of tubists and euphonists “CEAMTE 2”. This project is a continuation of an initiative first held in Krakow in 2022, which attracted enormous interest and brought together the most famous European tuba performers.
The festival in Vilnius promises a rich program: masterclasses, an exhibition, and four exceptional concerts. This intensive week will be dedicated to enthusiasts of rare instruments – the euphonium and tuba – as well as to the general public who want to hear new compositions, unexpected harmonies, and music in a lower register.
CEAMTE 2 will provide a unique opportunity for young Lithuanian performers to learn and play together with top-level teachers from all over Europe, and for the audience to experience the diversity of these instruments in concerts.
Programme:
MASTER CLASSES
September 29–30, October 2–3, 10 am – 4 pm
LMTA Central Building Grand Hall, Juozas Karosas Hall, Room 140
Every morning – warm-ups, individual lessons (open to listeners), joint rehearsals for the combined euphonium and tuba choir.
MELTON AND B&S TUBA EXHIBITION
Monday, September 29, 10 am – 5 pm
LMTA Central Building, 2nd floor, next to Juozas Karosas Hall.
The exhibition is presented by the music store Muzikos garsai.
CONCERTS
Monday, September 29, 2025, 6 pm
LMTA Grand Hall (Gedimino ave. 42, Vilnius)
INTERNATIONAL EUPHONIA AND TUBA FESTIVAL “CEAMTE 2”
Opening concert
Participants: Adas Kulbokas (tuba), Pranas Mackevičius (tuba), Eglė Liutkauskaitė (tuba), Jovita Kasperavičiūtė (euphonium), Linas Dužinskas (piano). Lithuanian tuba quartet: Bernardas Butkus, Patrikas Danielius Kišūnas, Giedrius Steponaitis, Laimonas Masevičius.
Program: J. B. de Boismortier, J. Stevens, Ph. Wilby, Ø. Baadsvik, A. Mollá, M. Forbes, R. Szentpáli, E. Crausaz, J. Naujalis
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 6 pm
LMTA Juozas Karosas Hall (Gedimino ave. 42, Vilnius)
INTERNATIONAL EUPHONIA AND TUBA FESTIVAL “CEAMTE 2”
Euphonium Evening
Participants: Mauro Martins (Portugal), Klemens Vetter (Germany), Bernardas Butkus (Lithuania). Pianist Asta Kvasytė.
Program: Ph. Sparke, E. Whitacre, P. Lovatt-Cooper, R. Szentpáli, P. Meechan, C. M. von Weber, T. Davoren, K. Day
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 6 pm
LMTA Juozas Karosas Hall (Gedimino ave. 42, Vilnius)
INTERNATIONAL EUPHONIUM AND TUBA FESTIVAL “CEAMTE 2”
Tuba Evening
Participants: Laimonas Masevičius, Michał Walczak (Poland), Mateusz Kurek (Poland), Pablo Fernández (Denmark/Spain), Wojciech Rolek (Poland), August Schieldrop (Norway). Pianists: Jonė Punytė-Svigarienė, Gintarė Rudaitytė.
Program: V. Monti, J. Koetsier, A. Arutiunian, J. Harmon, E. Ewazen, H. R. Haugland, and others.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 6 pm
LMTA Grand Hall (Gedimino ave. 42, Vilnius)
INTERNATIONAL EUPHONIA AND TUBA FESTIVAL “CEAMTE 2”
Final concert
Participants: Laimonas Masevičius (tuba, Lithuania), Jānis Retenais (tuba, Latvia), Mauro Martins (euphonium, Portugal), Klemens Vetter (euphonium, Germany), Wojciech Rolek (tuba, Poland), Michał Olearczyk (tuba, Poland), Mateuz Kurek (tuba, Poland), Pablo Fernández (tuba, Denmark/Spain).
Program: R. Di Giovanni, J. Fučík, G. Holst, Z. Wodecki, E. Whitacre, E. Nogueroles, M. Olearczyk
The courses are open to the public and the concerts are free of charge.
Organizers:
LMTA Department of Wind and Percussion Instruments
LMTA International Relations
LMTA Art Center