On November 7, Paliesius Manor hosts an exceptional concert bringing together the laureates of the “Music of the Century” international competition in Costa Rica.

The concept of the concert is to create an artistic dialogue between different cultures, geographical spaces, and musical traditions. European classical and contemporary music, along with the works of a Costa Rican composer, will resonate at Paliesius Manor.

A special highlight of the evening will be the piece “Tylos haiku” by Costa Rican composer Marvin Camacho, performed by Ala Bendoraitienė (piano), Augustas Vasiliauskas (saxophone), and Deividas Staponkus (baritone). 

The three young pianists are laureates of international competitions who perform actively in Lithuania and abroad. Sofia Jankauskaitė, a piano student at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art, has already won the Grand Prix at the “Music of the Century” international competition in Costa Rica. Rugilė Mielytė, who works at the Balys Dvarionas Ten-Year Music School, also won the Grand Prix in the same competition in 2023, while Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre student Augustė Pauliūtė is a laureate of the “Music Without Borders” and “Music of the Century” competitions, having performed in various European countries.

Pianist, accompanist, and educator Ala Bendoraitienė has held over 3,000 concerts in Europe, Asia, and Latin America over her creative career; she is the first performer of many contemporary pieces, a jury member for international competitions, and the initiator of the “Music of the Century” festival and competition. Young-generation saxophonist Augustas Vasiliauskas studies at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, is a laureate of numerous international competitions, and is a three-time recipient of the scholarship from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The concert will also feature Deividas Staponkus, a Lithuanian opera soloist, baritone, LMTA professor, and cultural manager who has performed on Lithuanian and foreign opera stages, leads vocal masterclasses, participates in international competition juries, and, from 2025, leads the State Choir “Vilnius”.

The program will feature music by F. Chopin, F. Liszt, B. Dvarionas, St. Vainiūnas, P. Vasks, E. Rautavaara, W. A. Mozart, and V. Bartulis.

“Tylos haiku. Music Between Distant Shores” is an artistic dialogue where different cultural experiences, musical traditions, and the individual worlds of the creator and performer converge. Here, music becomes a universal space that allows us to transcend geographical and cultural boundaries in search of a shared harmony.