Opening of the Kėdainiai City Festival
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- Kėdainiai’s city festival will open with awards for an honorary citizen of the region and the winner of the Czesław Miłosz Prize.
- The program includes a concert by an international string orchestra assembled for Lithuania’s 2026 Capital of Culture celebrations, joined by Lithuanian opera singers and the historical dance group Baltoji Pavana.
Kėdainiai’s city festival opens with honors for an honorary citizen of the region and the recipient of the Czesław Miłosz Prize.
The ceremony will be followed by “Uniting the City,” a concert performed by an international string orchestra assembled for Lithuania’s 2026 Capital of Culture program and Lithuanian opera singers.
The listed soloists are Ieva Prudnikovaitė, Tadas Girininkas and Rafailas Karpis. Martynas Staškus will conduct. The historical dance studio Baltoji Pavana, led by Jūratė Uselienė, will also take part.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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