The Yale Baltic Studies Program invites you to the Yale campus to celebrate with us M. K. Čiurlionis’s 150th anniversary and to explore the work of this complex early twentieth-century Baltic artist.

Gathering in this one-day symposium dedicated to the creations of the visionary and pathbreaking Lithuanian artist and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) are world-leading specialists in both Čiurlionis’s music and his painting. This symposium looks deeply at both the substance of the work of M. K. Čiurlionis and at the context in which his artistic production, largely unappreciated in his lifetime, was realized. We will go yet further, with practicing Lithuanian artists and musicians discussing the influence of Čiurlionis on their own work and on the arts generally in Lithuania. The symposium culminates with a concert of music by Čiurlionis and other composers influenced by him.

This event is in-person. Parts of it will be available on Zoom.