Ensembles
live & collectiveBrave Noises
Cinematic modern jazz quintet formed in 2015, winners of the Vilnius Jazz Young Power Grand Prix that same year. A synthesis of jazz, free jazz, folk and alternative rock; the band has toured Germany, the UK, Latvia, Estonia and Poland — including Munich's legendary Unterfahrt club, where the daily taz singled their concert out as the best event in the city that evening.
“…the expansive, cinematic sound world of Brave Noises, whose virtuosic compositions captured the crowd.”
Kieran Macdonald-Brown — Clash (UK)
“A rare, concentrated musical expression, balanced between fragile calm and surging power — a fresh, unexpected concert experience with a jazz quintet that has its own style, character and drive.”
Bent Stenbakken — kulturem.nu (Denmark), on the opening concert of Supernova Jazz Blast
luvhurts
Experimental performative jazz trio known for provocative, brave performances — free improvisation colliding with song, theatre and post-Dada text. Grand Prix and Best Original Composition at Vilnius Jazz Young Power 2021.
“These three are a clan of predestined weirdos, buried deep in free improvisation… Pianist Mantvydas Pranulis breaks into an avant-chanson ditty, completely incongruously… They possess an extraordinary power, and a sense of genuine unpredictability. They colonise the stage.”
Martin Longley — Jazzwise (UK)
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Jazz ensemble — Jazz Talentai award at Klaipėda Jazz Festival, 2017.
