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They became the cinematographer Jonas Vitoldas Tomaševičius, the writer Saulius Tomas Kondrotas, the actress Regina Šaltenytė, the artist Eglė Ridikaitė, the musicologist Rūta Stanevičiūtė, the architect Gintaras Balčytis.
The awards are given to JV Tomaševičius and ST Kondrotas for their lifetime contributions to culture and art. ST Kondrotas was awarded “beyond the borderless world in literature”, JV Tomaševičius – “beyond the heights of Lithuanian cinematographic poetics”.
Other laureates have been honored for their work over the past seven years.
R. Šaltenytė was praised for his constantly nurtured mastery of acting, R. Stanevičiūtė – for the vision of modernizing musical culture and openness to critical thinking, G. Balčytis – for architecture open to the city and the people, E. Ridikaitizing – for updating cultural heritage in contemporary painting.
Welcoming the winners of the national awards, Acting Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas noted that the awards are announced at a difficult time, when culture is going through a very difficult period, when artists face many challenges, when they do not suffer losses painful.
“But I think the bonuses are also a message of hope. It is a ray of hope that the cultural life in Lithuania does not stop, that the creativity, the strength of the cultural people and the creativity are able to overcome those difficult circumstances and continue go ahead, ”said Acting Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas during a press conference on Monday.
Audrius Stonys, chairman of the Lithuanian National Arts and Culture Awards Commission, stated that it was difficult to select the award winners also due to the fact that “culture and art are a very difficult substance to measure, weigh and compare. “.
“(…) and probably the only criterion of some kind is the light that the art people emit that does not turn off, obscures the ashes of history, time or the pandemic,” he said.
“I believe that this award is a show of respect and gratitude to those luminaries of our culture who share their light with all the people of Lithuania,” emphasized the head of the commission.
This year, a total of 45 developers were nominated for national awards.
The Lithuanian National Art and Culture Awards recognize the most important works of art and culture created by the creators of the Lithuanian and Lithuanian global community during the last seven years, as well as works created during their lifetime.
The annual award is 800 basic social benefits, this year it amounts to 31.2 thousand. euros.
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