2015 07 07
19:30 - 21:30

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THE FLYING BRAZILIANS Benefit Concert, a unique, one-off show by two renowned Brazilian musicians, composer Ricardo de Castro Monteiro (São Paulo) and recorder virtuoso Rodrigo Calveyra (Porto Alegre/ Strasbourg), in Vilnius offers a great opportunity to enjoy the real sound, musical refinement, Latin-American temperament and the art of improvisation!
The concert will feature Alfredo Da Rocha Viana Filho, the Brazilian Louis Amstrong, aka Pixinguinha (1897-1973); the musical form of his works, choro, is best described in American terms as “the New Orleans jazz of Brazil.” Choro originated in cafes of Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century. Even though the word choro in Portuguese means “to cry”, the music, on the contrary, is characterised by joyous and energetic rhythms.
From the nostalgic Rio de Janeiro the audiences will be carried over to the cosmopolitan present by Ricardo de Castro Monteiro, a composer, music semiotics scholar and researcher in cultural identity, who has recently astonished the world with his acrobatic show playing the piano suspended in the air as a part of São Paol’s annual Virado Cultural festival. He will perform his latest compositions including Kaunas Suite, a work inspired by acquaintance with Lithuania. In the composer’s own words, it is like a talk of two different cultures in the attempt to understand each other.
The flying Brazilians will be accompanied by an amazing mezzo soprano of Renata Dubinskaitė, who will also be hosting the event.
All those wishing to continue the talk of distant yet momentarily merging cultures will be invited to enjoy a glass of wine and maybe Caipirinha too…
All funds raised from this event will go to the project “Mobilising the community and promotion of volunteering in response to gender-based violence” conducted by NGO Vilnius Women’s House together with Panevėžys Branch of SOS vaikai Children Support Agency and other partners. The project aims to ensure availability of timely and qualified support for victims of violence all over Lithuania. Every third woman in Lithuania is affected by violence. You can bring a change to the statistics by buying a ticket to this concert.
You can also support the activities of the project by sending an SMS at 1670, entering one of the keywords: REMIU1 (to donate 1.16 EUR), REMIU2 (to donate 2.03 EUR), REMIU3 (to donate 2.90 EUR).

Date: 7 July 2015
Time: 7.30 PM
Venue: M. K. Čiurlionis House
Savičiaus Str. 11, Vilnius
Duration: 2 hours
Ticket prices: 50 – 20 EUR
Event sponsor: M.K. Čiurlionis House