2018
Song Celebration of the Lithuania’s Century “In the Name Of…”
The 2018 Song Celebration was dedicated to the centenary anniversary of the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania. “In the name of…” is a phrase taken from the state anthem, the National Chant as it is called in Lithuania.
2016
Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration “You Are the Only One”
The greatest Celebration’s events were the Ensembles’ Evening “What a Beautiful Your Name Is, My Homeland”, the Dance Day “Our Land”, the Song Day “You Are the Only One”.
2014
Lithuanian Song Celebration “Here is My Home”
The Song Celebration dedicated to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Song Celebrations tradition hosted over 37 thousand Lithuanian and 14 foreign states’ performers, which presented a programme of almost 170 original compositions, including 55 new creative works.
2012
Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration “Lithuania is Our Name”
224 of the best choirs of the State, 7983 singers, having mastered the repertoire in a rather short time, were invited to the Celebration. This was the smallest event in the Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration’s history.
2009
Song Celebration of Lithuania’s Millennium “Song of Centuries”
The Song Celebration held in 1-6 of July 2009 was dedicated to the millennial anniversary of the first mention of Lithuania’s name. The extraordinary occasion obliged the organisers to hold an extraordinary event, which drew a record number of participants, precisely, 42 thousand.
2007
World Lithuanians’ Song Celebration “In the Circle of Life”
An especially vast, multi-layered and rich Celebration’s programme was created by joint efforts of 100 of the most eminent Lithuanian composers, directors, choreographers and conductors.
2005
Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration „We Are the Children of Freedom”
Just as in the previous Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration the objective was to show as widely as possible the spectre of amateur art expressions.
2003
World Lithuanians’ Song Celebration “We”
For the first time artistic programmes of separate events of the Song Celebration were interconnected with a single topic, that time prompted by poet Justinas Marcinkevičius’ poem.
1998
World Lithuanians’ Song Celebration
Song Celebrations have become inseparable from the major anniversaries of the Statehood. The 1998 Celebration was commemorating the 80th anniversary of the restoration of the Lithuanian State.
1997
Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration
The fifth Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration was dedicated to the 600th anniversary of a Lithuanian school.
1994
World Lithuanians’ Song Celebration
For the first time in history the Celebration hosted so many World Lithuanians - over 1200 singers, dancers, musicians from the USA, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine, Russian Federation and Belarus.
1990
Lithuanian National Song Celebration
The first Celebration of Independent State pulsated with explosive spirits of free citizens, despite it was organised in very complicated conditions of economic blockade. The repertoire of the Song Day was composed exceptionally of music pieces by Lithuanian composers.
1987
Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
The Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration held after a ten-year break was not only the most numerous so long - drawing over 25 thousand performers, including dancers from kindergartens of Vilnius and a group of sportsmen.
1985
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
This year the Celebration reached a record number of participants – 38 800. The artistic director of the Song Day was Antanas Jozėnas.
1980
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
This Song Celebration kept the traditional structure, hosting 380 collectives (22 215 performers), featuring a procession-parade, concerts of guests, while the Celebration consisted of three events: the Ensembles’ Evening (3 concerts), the Song Day (1 concert) and the Dance Day (2 concerts).
1977
Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
For the first time the singers and dancers of professional and vocational schools were invited to take part at the Celebration – youth and girls choirs performed two songs each.
1975
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
For the first time in history the choirs were accompanied by the State Philharmonic Symphonic Orchestra, also the united string instruments’ orchestra performed.
1970
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
Preparing for the Celebration, the Kalnai Park stage had been reconstructed. The setting was planned to host the theatrical folk song and dance ensembles’ evening, which later on has become an integral part of consequent Song Celebrations.
1969
Schoolchildren’s Art and Sports Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
The preparation for the second Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration was very intense – the compulsory repertoire was mastered by 250 thousand performers, which took part in the first round of selection, 50 thousand took part in the second round.
1965
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
Two significant events took place in Vilnius during the preparation period for the Celebration, namely, the Men Choirs’ Rally on 29 of June 1963 and the Schoolchildren Song Celebration in 27-28 of June 1964.
1964
Schoolchildren’s Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
Since 1955 schoolchildren used to form the grand part of the Song Celebrations, but the common repertoire was often not interesting and proper for children.
1960
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
The Celebration held in 23-24 of July 1960 continued introducing novelties – a special open-air amphitheatre was constructed in the Vingis Park, the Celebration’s scenario was drafted, the symphonic amateur orchestras from Vilnius and Kaunas were introduced in the programme.
1955
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
The restriction on the number of participants – 30 thousand performers – had to be set at this Celebration.
1950
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
The Celebration, which lasted two days and took place at the Vilnius City Stadium, consisted of two separate events: the Song Day and the Dance Day.
1946
The Song Celebration of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania
The occupation did not terminate the tradition of Song Celebrations. The Celebration held on the 21st of July 1946 for the first time in history took place in Vilnius.
1930
The Song Day
The third Song Celebration dedicated to the 500th death anniversary of Vytautas Magnus was held on 20th of June 1930 in Kaunas.
1928
The Song Day
The second Celebration on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Lithuania’s independence was held in 1-2 of July 1928 at the Kaunas Žaliakalnis open-air stage.
1924
The Song Day
The first Song Celebration was titled the Song Day and was held in 23-24 of August 1924, in Kaunas, the Exhibition Square.
