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At the Kaunas State Philharmonic, it was possible to dismiss the deceased since Sunday. On Monday, the teacher was escorted on his last trip.
Along with the urn, with the ashes of P. Bingelis, honors were displayed in the hall, and those gathered on the slides were able to remember the famous Kaunas resident in several photos.
Culture Minister Simonas Kairys also came to say goodbye to the special person.
Judge, master!
Petras Bingelis has always stood out for his strong and dignified attitude, not only on stage with a trampoline, but also in everyday values and moral choices.
We will miss you very much, but we are grateful that you did not leave us alone, you are also leaving us a great musical legacy. We will surely appreciate and appreciate it. Thank you ”, thanked the minister with sensitivity.
P. Bingelis went to bed for eternal rest on Monday, July 5, in the cemetery of his native village of Mardasavas, located in the Varėna district.
As Justinas Krėpšta, director of the Kaunas State Philharmonic, confirmed to Delfi last year, the maestro was suffering from coronavirus.
According to him, the case of famous music was complicated: there was inflammation of the lungs and other complications. After contacting the family of the deceased, J. Krėpšta also provided the media with information about the planned funeral.
“Since the master’s two sons are abroad, the family decided to cremate the body and say goodbye in their homeland, Dzūkija, in the spring, when the situation will be over. However, he was a great man. We only have three musicians of this level in Lithuania. This is Saulius Sondeckis, who founded the Lithuanian Chamber Ensemble and brought our musical culture to the world, the leader of the national symphony orchestra Juozas Domarkas and Petras Bingelis, who created and brought the Kaunas choir and represented our choral culture to the highest level. level. I do not mean at the European level, but at the world level: Egypt, Chile and Argentina, the best festivals and the largest venues in the world “, – then J. Krėpšta commented on” Delfi “.
Petras bingelis
P. Bingelis was born in 1943 in the village of Mardasavas, in the present district of Varėna.
He graduated from the Lithuanian Conservatory in 1969 and then did an internship at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Higher School of Music in Leipzig.
Since 1969, P. Bingelis has been the artistic director and principal conductor of the Kaunas State Choir, and since 1980 he has been teaching at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater.
He has directed song festivals and other festivals in Lithuania for several years, was the main director and artistic director of the Lithuanian World Song Festival and, since 1996, has been the artistic director of the Pažaislis Music Festival.
The director has toured with the choir in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America.
P. Bingelis was awarded the Lithuanian National Award, the Officer Cross of the Order of Gediminas, the Grand Cross of the Commander of the Order of Merit for Lithuania, and this year he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Lithuania.
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