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\u201eTrakai Fanfare Week\u201c<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Project description<\/span><\/b>: \u201eTrakai Fanfare Week\u201c (the music courses and the music festival ) \u2013 is an artistic educational project which next year will take place in Trakai for the 21st time. The numbers of participants and spectators keep on growing together with the positive feedback from Lithuania and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brief History
\nOn August 29\u201331, 2003<\/strong>, we organized the international wind orchestra festival \u201cWe Greet Trakai\u201d<\/em>, which brought together orchestras from Lithuania, Germany, and Slovakia. Although the event left wonderful impressions and received excellent feedback, we realized that there were already many similar festivals in Lithuania. We wanted something distinctive, with a long-term impact on the project participants.<\/p>\n

The idea was born to organize masterclasses alongside the festival for wind players, later for fanfare orchestra musicians, then for percussionists, and eventually professional development courses for specialists in the fields of education and culture. We found opportunities to attract top-level professionals: lecturers, soloists, and artistic ensembles. We explored various concert venues and expanded the diversity of genres. We decided to promote Lithuanian music by commissioning works from Lithuanian composers specifically for international fanfare orchestra. We extended the project\u2019s duration to 7\u20138 days. In 2005<\/strong>, \u201cTrakai Fanfare Week\u201d<\/em><\/strong>was launched in the form we had envisioned.<\/p>\n

Between 2005 and 2025, the project hosted 2,270 participants from Lithuania and abroad (Estonia, Latvia, Austria, the Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Colombia, Taiwan, France, Germany, Argentina, Norway, Belgium, Italy, and Japan). A total of 166 free concerts by professional performers and talented young musicians took place. The project engaged 135 lecturers \u2014 renowned specialists and performers in their fields, some of whom returned multiple times.<\/p>\n

Instrument exhibitions were held by the Austrian mouthpiece manufacturer Breslmair<\/em> and by Buffet Crampon<\/em>, the world-renowned manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments representing prestigious brands. A photo album titled \u201cWe Greet Trakai\u201d<\/em> was published. Approximately 59,000 audience members attended the concerts.<\/p>\n

Lithuanian professionals have recognized the project as a priority event within its genre, while international experts have described it as unique. In 2014, the website The Culture Trip<\/em>, which highlights the best cultural events worldwide, listed ten cultural events in Lithuania that foreign visitors should not miss during the summer. One of them was the international music festival \u201cTrakai Fanfare Week.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lecturers\/Soloists Who Have Participated in the Project
\n<\/strong>Conductors<\/span><\/b>: Bert Langeler (the Netherlands), Luc Vertommen (Belgium).
\n<\/span>Saxophones<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>\u202fLiudas Mock\u016bnas (Lithuania), Linda Arnoldus (the Netherlands), Johan van der Linden (the Netherlands)<\/span>,<\/span><\/b>\u202fJan Maksimovi\u010d (Lithuania), Vytautas Labutis (Lithuania), Liutauras Janu\u0161aitis(Lithuania), Rusn\u0117 Miki\u0161kait\u0117 (Lithuania), Liutauras Janu\u0161aitis (Lithuania), K\u0119stutis Vaiginis (Lithuania), Nathaniel Facey (Great Britain), Karolis \u0160arkus (Lithuania).
\n<\/span>Horns<\/span><\/b>: Jukka Harju (Finland), Annamia Larsson (Sweden),\u202f Martin\u202fSch\u00f6pfer (Austria),\u202f Manolo P\u00e9rez (Spain), Ren\u00e9 Pagen (Netherlands), Mikl\u00f3s Nagy (Hungary), Indr\u0117 Kule\u0161evi\u010dien\u0117 (Lithuania), Natalie Brooke Higgins (USA), Fr\u00f8ydis Ree Wekre (Norway), Stefano Berluti (Italy).
\n<\/span>Trumpets<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>\u202fTomas Gricius (Finland), Frits Damrow (the Netherlands), Aki V\u00e4lim\u00e4ki (Finland), James Stretton (Great Britain), Wim Van Hasselt (Belgium), Per Ivarsson (Sweden), Valerijus Ramo\u0161ka (Lithuania), Laurynas Lap\u0117 (Lithuania), Urban Agnas (Sweden), Tom Poulson (Great Britain), Max Sommerhalder (Switzerland), Carlos Benet\u00f3 (Spain),\u202fJuanjo Serna (Spain),\u202fKlaus Br\u00e4ker (Germany), Gabriele Cassone (Italy), Dominique Bodart (Belgium), T\u00e1mas Palfalvi (Hungary), Dovas Lietuvninkas (USA), Miroslav Petkov (Bulgaria), James Thompson (USA), Adam Rapa (USA), Jonas \u0160ilinskas (Lithuania), Jens Lindemann (Canada), Huw Morgan (Great Britain), Aretas Baranauskas (Lithuania), Uwe K\u00f6ller (Germany), Andre Schoch (Germany), Eric Aubier (France).
\n<\/span>Trombones<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>Marius Bal\u010dytis (Lithuania), Vygantas \u0160ilinskas (Lithuania), Tobias Schiessler\u202f(Germany), Lars Ragnar Karlin (Sweden), Jonas Bylund (Sweden), Frederic Belli (Germany),\u202fIndalecio Bonet (Spain), Brandt Attema (Netherlands), Niels-Ole Bo Johansen (Denmark, Sebastiaan Kemner (Netherlands) Attila Szt\u00e1n (Hungary), Peter Moore (Great Britain), Matyas Veer (Hungary), Ian Bousfield (Great Britain), Kris Garfitt (Great Britain), Miguel Garsia Casas (Spain), Uwe F\u00fcssel (Germany), Jievaras Jasinskis (Lithuania), Fritz Winter (Germany), S\u00e1ndor Szabo (Hungary).
\n<\/span>Euphonium<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>\u202fSteven Mead (Great Britain), Glenn Van Looy (Belgium), Bastien Baumet (France).
\n<\/span>Tubas<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>\u202fLaimonas Masevi\u010dius (Lithuania), Sami Al Fakir (Sweden), Sergio Finca (Spain), Roland Szentpali (Hungary), Giedrius Steponaitis (Lithuania), J\u00f3zsef Bazsinka Jr. (Hungary), Sergijus Kirsenka (Lithuania), Stefan Ambrosius (Germany), Andreas Martin Hofmeir (Germany).
\n<\/span>Percussions<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>Bo H\u00e5kanson (Sweden), Peter Vulperhorst (the Netherlands), Tomas Kulikauskas (Lithuania), Ar\u016bnas Banys (Lithuania), Mariusz Mocarski (Poland), Marijus Aleksa (Lithuania), Gediminas Ma\u010diulskis (Lithuania), Antti Ohenoja (Finland).
\n<\/span>jazz pianist<\/span><\/b>\u202fDmitrij Golovanov (Lithuania).
\n<\/span>bass guitar<\/span><\/b>\u202fDomas Aleksa (Lithuania).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The guests of the festival include such renowned ensembles as the Netherlands National Fanfare Youth Orchestra, Rivierenland Fanfare Orchestra (the Netherlands), \u201cKybartai\u201d Orchestra (Lithuania), \u201cBaroque Tallinn (Estonia), SoundInnBrass(Austria), Passborg \u2018 Odessa 4\u2018 (Denmark), \u201cJugendkapelle der Stadt Aalen\u201d (Germany), \u201eCamerata Klaip\u0117da\u201c, \u201eVilnius Brass\u201c, Sostin\u0117s Vario Quintet\u201c, \u201c\u010ciurlionis Quartet\u201d, \u201eProtuberus Brass\u201c, \u201dGiunter Percussion\u201d , \u201eTraffic Quartet\u201c, \u201cTrombone Unit Hanover\u201d(Germany), Liudas Mock\u016bnas and Petras Geniu\u0161as (Lithuania), \u201cStockholm Chamber Brass\u201d(Sweden), \u201cA4 Brass Quartet\u201d(Great Britain), \u201cMorganfreeman\u201d(Germany), \u201cMade in 234\u201d (Lithuania), \u201cSpanish Brass\u201d(Spain), \u201cBrasspalvos\u201d (Lithuania), \u201cAmber Brass\u201d(Lithuania), \u201cCinAmono\u201d(Lithuania), \u201eBrasspalvos\u201c (Lithuania), \u201ePurpura Pansa\u201c (Spain), \u201ePhilbrass\u201c (Lithuania), \u201eDuo AttemaHaring\u201c (Netherlands), \u201eOpera Brass\u201c (Lithuania), \u201eSeptura Brass\u201c (Great Britain), Budapest Festival Horn Quartet (Hungary), Miroslav Petkov and Bodurov trio (Bulgaria), Kestutis Vaiginis Quartet (Lithuania\/Latvia), \u201eBruckner Quartet\u201c (Netherlands), \u201eIn Medias Brass\u201c (Hungary), Karlsruhe Trombone Quartet (Germany), \u201eVilnius JJAZZ Ensemble\u201c, \u201eGerman Brass\u201c (Germany), Augustinas Ali\u0161auskas (Lithuania), WARD no.4 (Lithuania), Gergely Luk\u00e1cs (Hungary), G. Stepanavi\u010dius Jazz Quintet (Lithuania).<\/span><\/p>\n

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