“FIVE INSPIRATIONS” | NICO ENSEMBLE AND GEDIMINAS GELGOTAS

NICO’s performances rarely leave audiences indifferent: concerts end with enthusiastic ovations, while tickets disappear almost as quickly as the first winter snow. Each performance is a show in which instrumental music blends organically with movement, vocals, stage effects and expressive lighting. Every detail is carefully considered, creating a lasting impression that lingers long after the stage lights have faded.

NICO has received standing ovations at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus and many other concert halls around the world. The ensemble has performed for Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama, as well as for presidents and other distinguished international guests.

In 2026, NICO dedicates its anniversary concerts to composers whose music has become an integral part of the ensemble’s artistic identity and repertoire – iconic figures of minimalism and post-minimalism Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Max Richter and Ludovico Einaudi, alongside the music of Gediminas Gelgotas himself.

The concert at the International M. K. Čiurlionis Music Festival, however, will be particularly special: in a single evening at Vilnius Town Hall, audiences will hear highlights from all five programmes dedicated to these composers.