Čiurlioniada: Organ Music Evening | Interpretations of the M. K. Čiurlionis Paintings by Johannes Ebenbauer

Axis of this particular project is Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis and the comprehensiveness of his creative worlds, so the ex tempore music will be presented, inspired by his musical subjects, pieces, written impressions, lyrics, short novels and the paintings.

“Numerous marvellous artistic creations by M. K. Čiurlionis will constitute fundamental inspirations for developing organ improvisations in different musical idioms. E.g. using lyrics like "The Sea" or "The Psalm", paintings like "The Composition", or cycles like "The Creation of the World" or "The Sonata of the Serpent", not to mention subjects or rather motives from his compositions. As usual for such format, the final decisions concerning the improvisations have to be made local, as the sounds of the organ are fundamental for developing. The idea is to pour as watercolour different forms of artistic self-expression and to voice the written word, as well as present the paintings and to unite it all under the sounds of organ. On the whole, the audience will experience some multimedia-based organ improvisation project.” – the artist presents his vision.

 

This event is part of the concert series "Čiurlioniada. Piano and Organ Music Evenings". On this special occasion, the Center for International Cultural Projects has invited special guests and jury members, laureates of the various editions of the International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ and Piano Competition to the Lithuanian capital. In addition to the composer's own organ and piano works, the program of the cycle will also include premieres of the pieces inspired by Čiurlionis's legacy, explications of the fragments or just the themes left, improvisations, newly prepared and previously created arrangements, and the work of contemporaries.

 

Project is partly sponsored by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality. 

 

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PROGRAMME

 

❯ Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) / Johannes Ebenbauer (b. 1963)

Ex tempore Improvisations

 

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ARTIST

 

Johannes Ebenbauer (Austria) has been appointed professor of organ and improvisation at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna since 2013, and in 2020, he was commissioned to become the head of the Institute of Organ, Organ Research and Church Music.

 

He is performing as an artist and taking artistic responsibility of the Wöckherl-Orgel, an oldest (1642) and most important organ in Vienna, and is the titular of the Franziskanerkirche. J. Ebenbauerʼs artistic activities include organ concerts, masterclasses, performances of his own compositions and publications of CD records. In the 2022–2023 season, he has started to conduct regularly at the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle.

 

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EVENT INFORMATION

 

Date & Time: September 28, 2025, 6 PM

Venue: Church of St. Casimir 

Address: Didžioji st. 34, Vilnius

 

Admission is free!

 

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ORGANISER

 

Centre for International Cultural Projects Lithuania

 

Contact: info@ipmc.lt / +370 52 496 171

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