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Dainų Dainelė
Dainų dainelė () is a Lithuanian singing competition for children ages 3 to 19 established in 1974. The competition takes place every two years and is organized by the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art under the direction of the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science (prior to 1998, it was organized by the Ministry of Education and the Lithuanian National Radio and Television). It is a popular and well attended competition. By 2014, it was estimated that more than 200,000 children competed at Dainų dainelė. History The first competition was held in spring 1974. The idea of the competition was raised by Aldona Šimaitytė, an employee of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television, in 1972. The competition's name comes from a Lithuanian folk song that was popularized by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. The goal of the event was to provide more varied children's programing and to encourage and promote children's musical education. In 1974, the final concert wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Entin
Yuri Sergeyevich Entin (; born 21 August 1935) is a Russian and Soviet poet, playwright and lyricist who wrote screenplays and songs for various children's films including '' The Bremen Town Musicians'' (1969) and two sequels (with Vasily Livanov) and '' Blue Puppy'' (1976), among others. He also wrote music with Bulat Okudzhava for the 1975 film '' The Adventures of Buratino''.Марта Лаховец''Буратино нашли на катке, а Мальвину – в поезде.'' Brestskaya Gazeta. №26 (393) 25 июня – 1 июля 2010. Biography Entin was born in Moscow to a Jewish family. He was interested in literature and history during his school years. He graduated from the Faculty of History and worked as a teacher and librarian. In 1962 he was the Chief Editor of the children's section of the company "Melody". Since 1969 he has been a freelance artist. He has written songs for film, television, scripts, and books. Yuri is a member of the Union of Cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Events Established In 1974
Recurring means occurring repeatedly and can refer to several different things: Mathematics and finance *Recurring expense, an ongoing (continual) expenditure *Repeating decimal, or recurring decimal, a real number in the decimal numeral system in which a sequence of digits repeats infinitely *Curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP), a software design pattern Processes *Recursion, the process of repeating items in a self-similar way *Recurring dream, a dream that someone repeatedly experiences over an extended period Television *Recurring character, a character, usually on a television series, that appears from time to time and may grow into a larger role *Recurring status Recurring status is a class of actors that perform on U.S. soap operas. Recurring status performers consistently act in less than three episodes out of a five-day work week, and receive a certain sum for each episode in which they appear. This i ..., condition whereby a soap opera actor may be us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Establishments In Lithuania
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a Metapolitefsi, parliamentary republic and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visuotinė Lietuvių Enciklopedija
The ''Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija'' or VLE () is a 25-volume universal Lithuanian-language encyclopedia published by the Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute from 2001 to 2014. VLE is the first published universal encyclopedia in post-Soviet Lithuania (it replaces the former ''Lietuviškoji Tarybinė Enciklopedija'' which was published in thirteen volumes from 1976 to 1985). The last volume, XXV, was published in July 2014. An additional volume of updates, error corrections, and indexes was published in 2015. The encyclopedia's twenty-five volumes contain nearly 122,000 articles and about 25,000 illustrations. Since June 2017, VLE is published as an online encyclopedia being updated to present day. Description VLE is an encyclopedia published in Lithuanian; therefore, it focuses on Lithuania, Lithuanians and Lithuanian topics (Lithuanian personalities, organizations, language, culture, national activities). These articles make up about 20–25% of all articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loreta Sungailienė
Loreta may refer to: * Loreta, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the town of Bear Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States * Loreta (Prague), a pilgrimage destination in Hradčany, a district of Prague, Czech Republic * Loreta (actress), Iranian Armenian stage and film actress * Loreta (given name) Loreta is a feminine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other ..., a feminine given name See also * Loreto (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelina Sašenko
Evelina Sašenko-Statulevičienė (; ; born 26 July 1987) is a Lithuanian jazz singer of Polish-Ukrainian descent who was born and lives in Lithuania. Biography Sašenko was born in Rūdiškės into a Polish-Ukrainian family from the Vilnius Region. She studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Sašenko started her music career as a child. She is a prize winner of Dainų dainelė, the national Lithuanian children music festival. In 2009, she participated in the LTV opera contest ''Triumfo arka'', gaining fame and recognition. She is also known for participating in various television projects. Eurovision In the 2010 Lithuanian Eurovision national final, Sašenko reached 3rd place. A year later, she won the national final. She represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "C'est ma vie". During her participation in the 2011 Eurovision, she wanted to participate under her Polish name, Ewelina Saszenko. She finished in 19th place in the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrius Rubežius
Audrius Rubežius (born 29 June 1966) is a Lithuanian tenor working with the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. He studied at Stasys Šimkus Conservatory in Klaipėda and Lithuanian Academy of Music in Vilnius. In 1996, he won the Beatričė Grincevičiūtė and Kazimieras Banaitis vocalists' contests. For performance of Belmonte's role in Mozart's ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail ' () (Köchel catalogue, K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's . The plot concer ...'' Rubežius received Kristoforas award from the Lithuanian Theatre and Cinema Association. References 1966 births Living people Lithuanian opera singers Operatic tenors Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni 20th-century Lithuanian male singers 21st-century Lithuanian male singers 20th-century male opera singers 21st-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donny Montell
Donatas Montvydas (born 22 October 1987), also known by his stage name Donny Montell, is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter who represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He represented Lithuania for a second time in 2016, when he represented his country in Stockholm, Sweden. Early life Donatas Montvydas was born on 22 October 1987 in Vilnius. His mother was a gymnast and his father, Algirdas Montvydas, was a drummer of the hard rock group ''Plackartas''. Montvydas' older sister is a professional dancer. His interest in music began at a young age. He started performing publicly at age six when his vocal teacher let him participate in the contest for young singers Dainų dainelė ("The song of the Songs"), singing "Aš kiškelis mažas" and he became a laureate. In 2008, he won his first big prize when becoming the Grand Prix winner of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus. Musical influences As a child, Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Liu
Monika Liubinaitė (; born 9 February 1988), known professionally as Monika Liu, is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song " Sentimentai". She was announced as one of the qualifiers and took 14th place at the Grand Final. Early life Liubinaitė was born in Klaipėda, in the family of a music teacher and a musician. She studied at Klaipėda Ąžuolynas Gymnasium, and attended ballet lessons when she was little. As a student, Liubinaitė moved to Boston and later to London. As of 2023, Liubinaitė lives in Vilnius. Career Liubinaitė began her musical career at the age of five when she started to play the violin. She discovered singing ten years later, and won the Dainų dainelė ("Song of Songs") competition in 2004. After graduating from high school, Liubinaitė studied jazz music and vocal studies at the Faculty of Music of Klaipėda University, and later went to the United States, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Linkytė
Monika Linkytė (; born 3 June 1992) is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. She Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Vaidas Baumila with the song "This Time (Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila song), This Time", placing 18th. She also represented Lithuania at the New Wave (competition), New Wave 2014 competition, receiving a prize from Alla Pugacheva and was a finalist in the second season of Lietuvos balsas, Lietuvos Balsas. She Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, represented Lithuania again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Stay (Monika Linkytė song), Stay", placing 11th. Linkytė has previously attempted to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest in Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, 2010, Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, 2011, Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, 2012, Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, 2013, Lithu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judita Leitaitė
Judita Leitaitė (born 27 December 1959) is a Lithuanian opera singer and mezzo-soprano. Biography In 1984 graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 2008 she participated in LNK TV show "''Žvaigždžių duetai''".http://www.zebra.lGriežtos „Žvaigždžių duetų“ komisijos nesušvelnino net naujokai/ref> In 2004 Judita Leitaitė received the National Lithuanian Order of Vytautas the Great for career merits. Discography * ''Judita Leitaitė.'' (1996) * ''Judita Leitaitė.'' (1996) * ''Mis canciones favoritas escandinavas'' (1998) * ''Le canto al amor.'' (2003) * ''Requiem in memoriam Stasys Lozoraitis'' (2003) * ''Skrendančios De Navidad.'' (2004) * ''Ave Maria. (2004) * ''Gueto banda sonora original.'' (2006) * ''Yo Canto Para Usted.'' (2006) * ''Judita Leitaitė. Sergei Krinicinas.'' (2006) * ''CD de oro de 2007'' (2007) * ''Yo elijo el amor..'' (2007) * ''Para Ti, mi Ángel.'' (2009) * ''Юдита Лейтайте. Сергей Мальце ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
