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Dominykas Žernys

Vytautas Skudas

Dominykas Vyšniauskas

Vytautas Mikeliūnas

Umka

Born: April 19, 1861

The True Story Of My Life Written By Myself In Bad English I was born as Anna Gerasimova in Moscow, 19 April 1961, a week after Gagarin's flight; the heroes of my childhood were Gagarin, Fidel Castro, The Three Musketeers and Winnie the Pooh. I loved books and dreamed to become a great writer. I loved singing, too, and attended a children's choir. Playing piano was not my strongest point; several years of training caused a severe allergy for classical music. At the age of 13 I got my first guitar, the cheapest acoustic monster made in USSR, and taught myself some chords. To be honest, my skill hasn't improved a lot since then

Dmitrij Golovanov

Born: March 31, 1983

Dmitrij Golovanov is one of the most demanded jazz pianists in Lithuania. He is the winner of several international jazz piano competitions as well as the semifinalist of Montreux Jazz Solo Piano Competition in 2012 and a finalist of European Jazz Competition in Rotterdam in 2013. For the last decade he is an active participant of Lithuanian jazz scene collaborating with most prominent musicians. He graduated Lithuanian Academy for Music and studied in F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Music Conservatoire in Leipzig (Germany) with Richie Beirach. Dmitrij performs various music styles ranging from traditional, modern - creative, free jazz to classic/jazz crossover and experimental electronic music

Kęstutis Vaiginis

Born: September 6, 1978

Kęstutis Vaiginis, an initiator and leader of a number of international projects, revealed his compositional talent while still a student at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Prince Claus Conservatorium and Amsterdam School of the Arts (the Netherlands), as well as Manhattan School of Music in New York. Since then, as a member of various collectives the saxophonist (and flutist) performed his compositions not only in Lithuania, but also the Netherlands, Spain, France, the USA, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Belarus. During his study years Vaiginis started composing for big bands as well

Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova

Veronika is a jazz singer and composer of a young jazz generation in Lithuania. Since 2008 she is an active member of Lithuanian Jazz scene. 2013 Veronika graduated Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre where she finished music performance (vocals) and music pedagogy master studies. She also studied in F. Liszt High Music School in Weimar, Germany (with Jeff Cascaro and Michael Schiefel). She attended numerous master classes including workshops with Bobby McFerrin, David Berkman, Victor Wooten, Alex Sipiagin. Veronika is known both for her nice and flexible voice and ability to improvise on a high level

Vytautas Narkevičius

Rūta Švipaitė