What happens when Lithuanian folk Christmas songs meet jazz improvisation?
The project "neYra" is born - an exclusive festive program in which Lithuanian folk and archaic Christmas songs are interpreted by jazz professionals for the first time. Singer Veronika ChiChi and pianist Dmitriy Golovanovs, two prominent creators of the Lithuanian jazz scene, invite us to look at this heritage not as a relic of the past, but as a living cultural phenomenon that is still being created today.
Lithuanian Christmas folk songs are one of the oldest and most sensitive layers of our culture, encoding the memory of the community, the human relationship with nature, the time of waiting, hope, and the longing for light.
The program is based on arrangements of Christmas folk songs created especially for this project, in which archaic melodies meet modern harmony, improvisation and spontaneous musical creation. Each piece becomes a living dialogue between the past and the present, between tradition and creative freedom.
Some works use the looping method, which allows for the creation of multi-layered vocal spaces in real time. A single voice becomes a choir, melodies layer and intertwine, creating the impression that voices from different generations are heard simultaneously. The viewer becomes not only a listener of the music, but also a witness to its birth.
"neYra" is an opportunity to reconnect with tradition and show that Lithuanian folk songs can speak to modern people as strongly as they did hundreds of years ago. During the Christmas season, when we naturally turn to our roots, loved ones, and values, these songs take on a special meaning.
The project also reflects what is constantly changing, but never disappears, what connects us regardless of time, generations, or an ever-changing world, how tradition remains alive and lives among us.
Dmitry Golovanov and Veronika ChiChi are a duo that perfectly feel each other, breathing in the same rhythm not only on stage, but also in life. This duo is a combination of the highest standard of professionalism, charm, elegance and charisma.
Their music is full of surprises and a variety of colors. The cozy and melodic timbre of Veronika's voice, enveloping the technical and expressive sound of Dmitry's piano, immediately turns into an irresistible apotheosis of the voice, like a river flow, which is supported not by sounds, but by pure energy, by Golovanov's piano.
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