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Robertas Šervenikas
Kaunas State Choir Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize Laureate, Professor Robertas Šervenikas is often praised for the intensive and diverse creative activities ranging from the first performances of large-scale symphonic compositions by Lithuanian composers to distinctive and mature interpretations of contemporary and classical repertoire. Maestro pays equal attention to opera, ballet and symphonic music, with a special emphasis on contemporary opuses.
Biography
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Šervenikas is the first performer of many works by Lithuanian composers, among which most memorable are a terrific production of Onut Narbutait’s opera Cornet presented with the LNOBT company, performance of such majestic opuses as Tres Dei Matris symphoniae, the oratorio Centones Meae Urbi, Melody in the Olive Garden with the ensemble of the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society. He has recorded several dozen albums of contemporary music, many of them issued by Naxos, Finlandia Records and other record companies.
Šervenikas’ international career was launched in 1997 at the Evian Festival. Šervenikas has been invited to conduct Israel Camerata, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovenian National Opera, the Russian State Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic (Great Britain) among other foreign orchestras. In addition, he regularly collaborates with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. Maestro has led various orchestras in almost all European countries, Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Oman, Israel and Russia. He has graced the podium in such halls as Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Auditorium de Nationale in Madrid, Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Cadogan Hall in London, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Festival Hall and Symphony Hall in Osaka, Tokyo Suntory Hall, Metropolitan Art Space, as well as the philharmonic halls of Cologne and Hamburg.
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