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A farewell ceremony will take place over two days, Sunday and Monday, with Professor Petras Bingelis, a leader and director of the Kaunas State Choir, who left us unexpectedly on December 6 last year.
The urn with the ashes of the deceased was fed in the concert hall of the Kaunas State Philharmonic, which had seen many moments of Maestro’s artistic triumph.
On Sunday, all those who wish to pay tribute to Mr. Bingel and express their condolences to his family are welcome at the Philharmonic from 10 am to 8 pm.
Maestro, who has been conducting the ensemble for more than 50 years, was honored by the Kaunas State Choir, singing the conductors. a cappella hymns and performing the magnificent Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who accompanied Bingel throughout his conducting career.
On Monday it will be possible to say goodbye to the Master from 9 am to 11 am, after which the funeral procession will go to Kaunas Street. the Basilica of the Archcathedral of the Apostles Peter and Paul, where at 12 noon. will be considered St. Mass.
At 1 pm, the funeral procession will move to the cemetery of the native village of P. Bingelis in Mardasavas (Varėna district). Here the funeral ceremony is scheduled for 3:30 pm Those who wish to honor the deceased should do so with a ring of white flowers.
“Most of the activities and life of P. Bingelis were related to the city of Kaunas. After graduating from the Lithuanian State Conservatory, he became artistic director and principal conductor of the Kaunas State Choir. This area of activity has always been a priority for him. In more than half a century, his ensemble has become a globally valued and recognized choir. Without P. Bingelis, the Lithuanian Song Festivals, Lithuania and the Lithuanian World, in which he not only conducted, they were unimaginable, he was more than once the president and artistic director of the National Commission of Lithuanian Song Festivals . Thanks to the teacher, the Pažaislis Music Festival has become one of the most prestigious Lithuanian music events in 25 years, and the music festival of composers Edvardas Griegs and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis under his auspices has become a solid event. ,
P. Bingelis’ creative career was marked by various activities: internships at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy High School, work in the Vilnius Wind Orchestra “Trimitas”, the men’s choir “Varpas” and the Kaunas State Musical Theater. The pedagogical activity was one of the main directions of the activity of P. Bingelis. After starting work at the Lithuanian State Conservatory, he became one of the initiators of the establishment of the Kaunas Faculty. Thanks to his efforts and those of his colleagues, a higher music school appeared in Kaunas, which later became the Vytautas Magnus University Music Academy. P. Bingelis was a professor in the Department of Music Theory and Pedagogy, led the department for a long time, served in the Senate of Vytautas Magnus University, and trained a group of talented choir conductors and conductors.
In addition, P. Bingelis was president of the MK Čiurlionis Society of Kaunas, long-time president of the E. Grieg Society, a member of the Lithuanian Musicians’ Union and a member of the Kaunas City Municipal Council. His merits were recognized by the Lithuanian National Prize for Art and Culture, the Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania grade Gediminas IV, the Grand Cross of the Commander of the Order of Merit for Lithuania, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Lithuania, S t. Order of the Grand Commander of the Cross of the Order of Lazarus, the most memorable of 2004. Title of artist of Kaunas, insignia of honor of Santaka of the first degree, name of honorary citizen of the city of Kaunas, Golden Krivule Knight award, insignia of honor of the Ministry of Culture “Bring your light and create”.
Kaunas Philharmonic conductor J. Krėpšta emphasizes that P. Bingelis has conducted the Lithuanian National Symphony, the Lithuanian State Symphony, the Lithuanian Chamber, the Kaunas City Symphony and many other orchestras during his career. creative that has lasted more than five decades. Under his direction, albums of works by Juozas Naujalis, Česlovas Sasnauskas, Stasys Šimkus, Aleksandras Kačanauskas, Balis Dvarionas, Julius Juzeliūnas, Algimantas Bražinskas, MK Čiurlionis, Juozas Gruodis and other Lithuanian composers were recorded.
“With Prof. Kaunas State Choir. P. Bingelis has prepared large-scale works by more than 260 foreign and Lithuanian composers, has donated many world premieres of the work to the audience, and the repertoire of choral songs performed reaches almost two thousand opuses. With the choir, Maestro performed in the most famous concert halls in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Finland, Norway, the Canary Islands, South America, Africa and China. The choir prepared by him was led by the most famous Lithuanian and foreign conductors, the most prominent soloists participated in the concerts ”, J. Krėpšta spoke warmly, with a sad voice about his friend, who had been the victim of a fight last winter . .
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė
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