A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, The Nightingale, tells about an incredibly beautifully singing bird whose voice brought back to life a dying emperor. This story, a celebration of the healing power of music, true values and love, serves as a literary framework for the world-famous violinist Gidon Kremer’s plan to bring music to children, revealing the wonderful world of sound in a new concert programme dedicated to the young listeners.

In this concert, classical musical pieces are presented through fairy tales, depictions of the animal kingdom and its characteristic sounds in fragments of works by composers Camille Saint-Saëns, Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Paul Hindemith. 

Clara-Jumi Kang, violin

Madara Pētersone, violin

Dainius Peseckas, violin

Kristina Anusevičiūtė, viola  

Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, cello

Iurii Gavryliuk, double bass

Maria Fedotova, flute

Andrei Pushkarev, vibraphone

Narrator