On Thursday evening at the National Gallery of Art, Vilnius Spring Festival 2025 concluded with an impressive musical finale. The festival’s closing concert brought together two powerful creative forces – the Dainius Pulauskas Trio, led by keyboardist and composer Dainius Pulauskas, and the Vilnius City Municipal Šv. Kristoforo kamerinis orkestras. It marked the premiere of a joint project created especially for the festival.

The concert featured new compositions by Dainius Pulauskas, blending elements of contemporary jazz, classical music, fusion, and improvisation. The composer is no stranger to building musical bridges between genres – his works have previously been performed with symphony and wind orchestras, as well as string quartets, and this time with a chamber orchestra. The St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Modestas Barkauskas, sensitively merged with the organic sound of the jazz trio – Dainius Pulauskas (piano), Arman Isojan (double bass), and Domantas Razmus (drums) – joined also by trumpeter Valerijus Ramoška.

“This concert is not only a musical synthesis but also an important creative experience in which music transcends genre boundaries. I believe that such encounters foster growth for both performers and audiences,” says the festival’s initiator Nerijus Masevičius.

The improvisations of the jazz ensemble combined with the precision of the chamber orchestra created a multilayered musical experience that left no one indifferent. It was not only the closing of the festival, but also an inspiring reminder that Vilnius remains open to musical experimentation and to vibrant encounters between genres, generations, and creators.

The festival organizers are delighted with the warm reception from the audience and hope that such syntheses will become a lasting part of Vilnius’s musical spring.