- Modestas Sedlevičius, Jūratė Švedaitė-Waller, Kaunas State Choir, Kristian Benedikt, Arunas Malikénas, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas, Tadas Girininkas
- Mikroorkéstra Chamber Ensemble, Modestas Pitrenas, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Martynas Levickis
Modestas Pitrenas
Biography
Conductor Modestas Pitrenas is a versatile figure who has been active in orchestral music, choral music, and opera. From 2006 until 2011, he was the chief conductor of the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, and from 2009 to 2014, he was the chief conductor of the Latvian National Opera. Pitrenas was named the chief conductor and artistic director of the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra in 2015 and continues to hold that position. He has also served since 2018 as the chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and Theater of St. Gallen, Switzerland. As an opera conductor, Pitrenas has led productions of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Puccini's Il Trittico, among others. Pitrenas conducted several releases in the Hyperion label's "Romantic Piano Concerto" series, including The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 87: Reinecke, Sauer in 2024.