Koncertai Burmistrui is a growing musical and cultural platform in Merkinė, bringing together a summer concert cycle, international masterclasses and community-based creative projects. What began as intimate chamber-music evenings has developed into a space where international artists, young musicians, local audiences and Merkinė’s natural landscape meet through high-quality artistic work.

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The festival has welcomed performers such as Jan Talich, Romain Garioud, Jonė Kaliūnaitė, Simona Zajančauskaitė, Anaël Bonnet, Natalia Scheffler, members of the Talich Quartet and other Lithuanian and European artists, presenting both classical repertoire and contemporary music in the church, cultural centre and nature locations around Merkinė.

A key part of this initiative is the international masterclass programme BAM – Burmistro Akademija Merkinėje, where young musicians spend an intensive week learning from the festival’s invited artists, rehearsing chamber music and preparing performances that become part of the region’s cultural life.

 

Over the years, the platform has also supported youth projects that reflect its interest in nature and ecology, including Sengirės Slemas workshops for children and young people, and a local edition of the children’s opera KIRANA by Maltese composer Ruben Zahra – an interdisciplinary project in which children co-create the performance through their own rhythms, movements, images and stories.

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