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Letters To Sofija
''Letters to Sofija'' ( lt, Laiškai Sofijai) is a 2013 Lithuanian biographical film about the life of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Cast * Rokas Zubovas as Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis * Marija Korenkaitė as Sofija Kymantaitė * Saulius Balandis Saulius is a Lithuanian masculine given name. People named Saulius include: *Saulius Ambrulevičius (born 1992), Lithuanian figure skater * Saulius Atmanavičius (born 1970), Lithuanian footballer *Saulius Binevičius (born 1979), freestyle swimm ... as Prince Michal Oginski * as Orator References External links * 2013 biographical drama films 2013 films 2013 drama films Lithuanian drama films Films about composers {{Lithuania-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mullan
Robert Mullan (also Bob Mullan) is a British film director, writer and producer. He is also an author. He wrote and directed ''Letters to Sofija'', ''Gitel'' and ''We Will Sing''. He has produced over 40 documentaries, for the BBC, ITV Granada, Granada, Anglia Television, Channel4 and for broadcasters outside the UK. His latest film is ''Mad to Be Normal'', a biography of R. D. Laing with David Tennant in the lead role. Books * ''Mad to be Normal: Conversations with R.D. Laing'' (1995) as Bob Mullan * ''R.D.Laing: A Personal View'' (1999) as Bob Mullan * ''Therapists on Therapy'' (1996) Edited by Bob Mullan References External links * Amazon pageShort biography at Gizmo Films English film directors English writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokas Zubovas
Rokas Zubovas (born 31 July 1966) is a Lithuanian pianist. While still a student at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, Zubovas won the VI Inter-Republical Čiurlionis competition, ex-aequo with Moldovan pianist Ina Chatipova. He continued his studies in Switzerland and the USA, where he was a teacher at Chicago's Saint Xavier University's Department of Music starting from 1994, a position he combined with the first stages of his international concert career. Six years later he returned to his homeland, where he was appointed a teacher at the Lithuanian Academy of Music. He is known for his dedication to the music of Mikalojus K. Čiurlionis, who was his great-grandfather. In the biographical film ''Letters to Sofija ''Letters to Sofija'' ( lt, Laiškai Sofijai) is a 2013 Lithuanian biographical film about the life of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Cast * Rokas Zubovas as Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis * Marija Korenkaitė as Sofija Kymantaitė * Sa ...'', he played the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ( pl, Mikołaj Konstanty Czurlanis – ) was a Lithuanian painter, composer and writer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been considered one of the pioneers of abstract art in Europe. During his short life, he composed about 400 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings, as well as many literary works and poems. The majority of his paintings are housed in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. His works have had a profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture. Biography Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was born in Senoji Varėna, a town in southeastern Lithuania that at the time was in the Russian Empire. He was the oldest of nine children of his father, Konstantinas, and his mother, Adelė née Radmanaitė (Radmann), who was descended from a Lutheran family of Bavarian origin. Like many educated Lithuanians of the time, Čiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofija Kymantaitė
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
