We invite you to the only Lithuanian modern music festival, dedicated to site-specific music, which explores the connection between people, space and the sound environment – “MUZIKA ERDVĖJE”. Starting August 21–September 22.
This year’s festival follows in the physical footsteps of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, which lead through Palanga, Kaunas, Plungė and Vilnius. Places on the map marked by Čiurlionis’ researchers- both concrete and abstract, intriguing or having changed their function entirely- allow for different contexts to bloom, and to create new narratives or think about existing myths from a different perspective.
“When we inevitably chose the theme of Čiurlionis, we decided to dedicate the festival to his journey and to the different abstract and intriguing locations distinguished by researchers, and the contexts surrounding them. Be it the path that Čiurlionis walked with Sofija, interpreted by the artists-partners duo’s ears and hearts, the festive Čiurlionis’ birthday DJ set, a performative sound installation in the railway hangar, the slowed-down echoing sound of Čiurlionis, or be it an experimental reading of a magazine article live on radio. You can find all this and more in this year’s “Muzika erdvėje” ver. 2.0,” explains one of the artistic directors Agnė Matuleviciūtė.
“Working with this topic, especially after the start of all the 150th anniversary celebration events, a lot of research about his life and art started to slowly come out, accompanied by the whispered alternative retellings of events. We got overtaken by this encompassing feeling that Čiurlionis can be simply found everywhere.”
This years’ festival has been inspired by a new voice because our team expanded with new people and new ideas, and from now on “Muzika erdvėje” takes on a new direction. A long-time colleague and friend Marta Finkelštein joins us as artistic director.
Our new artistic director Marta Finkelštein, who joined us this year, adds, “We will try to uncover this topic throughout the month by inviting you not only to listen to Čiurlionis but also to follow him, speak to him, to retell, to hallucinate, to talk about him, and, of course, to celebrate him.”
Our new artistic director duo Marta Finkelštein and Agnė Matulevičiūtė will open the festival by performing the premiere piece together. In Plungės Oginskis Palace, they will introduce their piece titled “Dear Mikalojus”, dedicated to Čiurlionis’ recompositions.
We invite you to explore the program of the festival:
Dear Mikalojus | Muzika erdvėje x Marta Finkelštein x Agnė Matulevičiūtė
2025-08-21
Location: Oginskis Palace PLUNGĖ
The opening concert “Dear Mikalojus” is the dedication from this year festival’s artistic directors to the epicenter that is Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. The artists will engage in an acoustic dialog about Čiurlonis – from very personal childhood associations to autobiographical facts that inspire their music, and even some subtle nods to other compositions present in the festival.
“Jūra jūrai” (“A Sea to the Sea”) | Muzika erdvėje x M. K. Čiurlionis
2025-08-24 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Location: PALANGA Pier
Listen to the newest recording of M. K. Čiurlionis’ symphonic poem “Jūra” while gazing at the Baltic Sea. Through the site-specific music perspective, the festival invites its attendees to experience the place visited by Čiurlionis himself.
hybrid #1 – ⥀18 | Muzika Erdvėje x Andreas Trobollowitsch
2025-08-27 19:00
Location: Railway museum Railway park VILNIUS
This is a performative sound installation in which mechanical objects work in tandem with live music and create an organically changing sound environment. The work of Austrian artist Andreas Trobollowitsch reveals the association with M. K. Čiurlionis not through direct references, but through sharing a vision towards artistic expression by combining sound and visuals and taking inspiration from the soundscapes of nature and space.
Meet the Artist: Andreas Trobollowitsch | Muzika erdvėje
2025-08-28 18:00
Location: Lithuanian Composers’ Union VILNIUS
The festival presents a creative workshop with the multidisciplinary Austrian composer Andreas Trobollowitsch, who creates conceptual compositions, performances and sound installations. Andreas possesses a special sensitivity for spatial context, which often becomes a part of his compositions, and his innovative expression formats are always fascinating. The workshop is for everyone who is interested in the art of sound, site-specific compositions, installations and original artists.
The event is open to everyone, mandatory registration here
Muzika erdvėje x Radio Vilnius x As a Journal (live)
2025-09-06 18:30
Location: Ober-Haus Vilnius Old Town office, Didžioji g. 20/Savičiaus g. 1 VILNIUS
During a radio broadcast artistic directors Marta Finkelštein and Agnė Matulevičiūtė will have a discussion with researchers, interpreters and fans of M. K. Čiurlionis, talking about him from different and surprising perspectives. Special attention will be dedicated to the Lithuanian Culture Institute magazine “As a Journal”, which, following the vision of Edvardas Šumila, revealed a new vision of Čiurlionis based on the perspectives of researchers and artists.
Throughout the broadcast “Muzikos erdvė” special guest and artists’ Goda Palekaitė’s writings will take on a new musical form.
A talk with Deimantė Bulbenkaitė will also await you about what it means to be an ICON.
The event is free, but a free ticket is mandatory. Tickets available here
“Laiškas Vaizdiniui” (“A Letter to the Scenery” / “A letter to an Image”) | Muzika Erdvėje x Mėta Pelegrimaitė-Kaupinė x Simonas Kaupinis
2025-09-14 a meeting with psychotherapist Brigita Kaleckaitė 18:00, concert starts at 19:00
Location: Rasu cemetery platform VILNIUS
This concert is dedicated to Čiurlionis and Sofija from an artists’ couple living today. The artists will try to stay close to the comforting atmosphere and the feeling of longing which they found present in Čiurlionis’ letters to Sofija, by recomposing and improvising using both electronic and acoustic tools, hinting to Čiurlionis’ compositions.
The evening will be accompanied by a meeting with gestalt psychotherapist Brigita Kaleckaitė.
The event is free, but a free ticket is mandatory. Tickets available here
Čiurlionis. Slowed and Reverb | Muzika Erdvėje x Audra x Dominykas Digimas x Synaesthesis
2025-09-19
Location: Lietuvos bankas lobby KAUNAS
“Muzika Erdvėje” together with festival “Audra” present a dedication of sound to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, from the ensemble “Synaesthesis” and composer Dominykas Digimas, called “Čiurlionis. Slowed and Reverb”. By employing the popular phenomenon “slowed and reverb”, when the sound is slowed and elongated, the iconic “Preliudas d-moll” becomes an ambient soundscape.
Tickets available soon.
Happy birthday, Mikalojus! | “Muzika erdvėje” x Jūra Elena Šedytė x Mindaugas Urbaitis
2025-09-22 19:00 excursion, 20:00 start of event
Location: Vileišis Palace VILNIUS
The last, eight, concert asks you: how would we celebrate Čiurlionis’ birthday today? During this anniversary we invite you to our evening program to listen to festive arrangements, which were created for this specific event, made for both vocals and electronics, and will be accompanied by well-wishes from the audience to their loved ones (composer and performer Jūra Elena Šedytė), followed by a DJ set created by Čiurlionis’ recomposition expert Mindaugas Urbaitis.
Before the performance we will invite you to tour through Vileišis Palace, where the first Lithuanian art exhibition took place in 1906 December 27. It was here that, for the first time, Vilnius saw more than 30 paintings and graphic works of M. K. Čiurlionis.
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Site-specific music festival
“MUZIKA ERDVĖJE”
2025 08 2–09 22
Plungė, Palanga, Vilnius, Kaunas
TEAM:
Organisers: culture agency “Meno genas”
Festival’s artistic directors: Marta Finkelštein x Agnė Matulevičiūtė
Festival’s producer: Liucina Mackialo
Designer: Jurgis Griškevičius
Communication coordinator: Viktorija Aprimaitė
Technical director: Ignas Juzokas
Lighting designers: Justas Bø and Karolis Paulikas
PARTNERS:
Funded by: Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality
Strategic partner: Lithuanian Composers’ Union
Location partners: Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Samogitian Art Museum, Ober-Haus Real Estate, Old Town office, Railway Museum
Other partners: AUDRA Festival, Radio Vilnius, As a Journal