The programme may be subject to change without prior notice.
Wednesday, December 3
LMTA Campus
Olandų g. 21A, Vilnius
Sapiega Palace
L. Sapiegos g. 13, Vilnius
| Time | Details |
| Sapiega Palace, The Great Hall | |
| 13.00 | Artistic Research Project Presentation Sarabanda. Searching for the Group Genius: the New Music Performer in Collaborative Situations Lora Kmieliauskaitė, Doctoral Candidate Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Dominykas Digimas, Composer Rimantas Ribačiauskas, Playwright |
| LMTA Campus, Foyer | |
| 14.30 | Registration and coffee |
| LMTA Campus, Theatre Hall | |
| 15.00 | Introduction and welcome Ramunė Balevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Vice Rector for Art and Science Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof., Head of Music Innovation Studies Centre Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre |
| Session 1 (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramunė Balevičiūtė) | |
| 15.15 | Keynote, Performance as Research Outcome From Immersive Practice to Curated Experience: Collaborative and Immersive Audio-Visual Design Bruno Pereira, Dr., Lecturer, Researcher ESMAE, i2ADS | Portugal |
| 16.30 | Research based teaching demonstration Approaching improvisation through movement experiments Corinna Eikmeier, Prof. Dr. Musikhochschule Lübeck |
| 17.30 | Coffee and snacks |
| 18.00 | Performance as research outcome Sound as Time, Rhythm as Flow: Rethinking Performance Practice Dominykas Snarskis, Doctoral Candidate Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre |
Thursday, December 4
LMTA Campus
Olandų g. 21A, Vilnius
| Time | Details |
| 9.30 | Registration |
| Session 2 (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Mantautas Krukauskas) | |
| LMTA Campus, Theatre Hall | |
| 10.00 | Paper presentation Improvisation and the Performance Space: Rethinking Interactions with the Audience Theodore Parker, Dr., Lecturer in Artistic Research Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre |
| 10.30 | Paper presentation Testing Words Through the Body: On the Bodily Dimension of Playwriting Jan Šotkovský, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Head of Doctoral Studies Janáček Academy of Performing Arts |
| 11.00 | Paper presentation Embodied Instability as a Creative Practice Darius Rabašauskas, Lecturer, Researcher, Doctoral Candidate Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre |
| 11.30 | Paper presentation Playing with Values across the Baltic Sea, a collaborative study of collab-creative processes in Nordic opera improvisation Mia Heikkinen, Researcher, Doctoral Candidate Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki Sara Charlotta Wilén, Dr., Lecturer in Improvisation Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University |
| 12.00 | Coffee and snacks |
| Session 3 (Chair: Dr. Theodore Parker) | |
| 13.00 | Keynote presentation Making music with the Steiger Butte Drum on the top of a Mountain in Oregon Michael Gordon, Composer Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director, Bang on a Can |
| 14.00 | Paper presentation Glitch in Site-Specific Performance Karolin Poska, Doctoral Candidate Estonian Academy of Arts |
| 14.30 | Lunch |
| 15.30 | Research based teaching demonstration Induction – an experimental system for collective improvised music Stefano Grasso, Independent Researcher, Lecturer FHNW Academy of Music, Basel |
| 16.30 | Paper presentation Director’s Performativity: A Creative Strategy for Dispersing Power in Performance-Making Monika Klimaitė-Daunienė, Lecturer, Doctoral Candidate Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre |
| 17.00 | Paper presentation Improvisation within Tradition: Dance and Music in Southern Italy Simona D’Agostino, Dr. University of Rome Tor Vergata |
| 17.30 | Coffee and snacks |
| 18.00 | Performance as research outcome Trio MiLA Mantautas Krukauskas (electronics, AI), Bruno Pereira (voice), Theodore Parker (electronics, synth) |
Friday, December 5
LMTA Central Building
Gedimino pr. 42, Vilnius
| Time | Details |
| Session 4 (Chair: Monika Klimaitė-Daunienė) | |
| LMTA Central Building, Juozas Karosas Chamber Hall | |
| 10.00 | Research based teaching demonstration (blended/online) Unbecoming the Character: Integrating Mental Health into Performance Education and the Creative Process Arnolda Noir Strigūnaitė Independent Researcher |
| 11.00 | Paper presentation (blended/online) From Viewpoints to Emplacement: Rethinking Improvisation Through Spatial and Technological Immersivity Massimo Roberto Beato, Dr., Researcher University of Tuscia |
| 11.30 | Paper presentation (blended/online) Crutch-Time: Disability, Improvisation, and the Sonic-Choreographic in Claire Cunningham’s The Way You Look (at me) Tonight Echo Lee Davidson, Doctoral Candidate University of Pittsburgh |
| 12.00 | Coffee and snacks |
| LMTA Central Building, Balcony Theatre | |
| Session 5 (Chair: Dr. Bruno Pereira) | |
| 13.00 | Research based teaching demonstration Freedom under Dictatorship: Musical Improvisation in Spain during the 1960s Juan Francisco de Dios, Dr., Head of Research Barce-Martin Foundation |
| 14.00 | Paper presentation Crip Noise: On Improvisation and Disabled Sonic World Making AO Roberts, Doctoral Candidate Toronto Metropolitan University |
| 14.30 | Lunch |
| 15.30 | Research based teaching demonstration Mindfulness in Actor Training Adam Mašura, Assist. Prof. Janáček Academy of Performing Arts |
| 16.30 | Paper presentation Improvisation as a Pedagogical Methodology Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, Lecturer Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus |
| 17.00 | Networking with coffee |
| 18.00 | Performance as research outcome Fabulae – Nature as Sound, Sound as Story. An Artistic-Musical Inquiry, Duo Doronzo | Minafra (Dario Savino Doronzo, trumpet/flugelhorn – Livio Minafra, piano) Dario Savino Doronzo, Prof. “G. Verdi” Conservatory of Music Milan Livio Minafra, Prof. “N. Piccinni” Conservatory of Music, Bari |
Saturday, December 6
LMTA Central Building
Gedimino pr. 42, Vilnius
| Time | Details |
| LMTA Central Building, Spatial Audio Sphere | |
| Session 6 (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Mantautas Krukauskas) | |
| 10.00 | Keynote presentation Survival of the friendliest – from transcultural comprovisation to sympoetic art practices Johannes Kretz, Prof., Head of Artistic Research Center (ARC) University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna |
| 11.00 | Paper presentation Uncertainty, Agency, Choice – Towards a Model of Improvisation Tom Blancarte, Lecturer in Artistic Research Danish National Academy of Music (Esbjerg/Odense) |
| 11.30 | Performance as research outcome (blended/online) Hysterical Chorus Live! Sharon Young, Dr., Lecturer Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London |
| 12.15 | Paper presentation and closing discussion Improvisation with AI: control and surrender Ramunė Balevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnė Jurgaitytė-Avižinienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof. Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre |
| 12.45 | Lunch and closing networking |
| 14.00 | Guided visit to the National Gallery of Art (cultural programme) 22 Konstitucijos Avenue, LT-08105, Vilnius |