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On Thursday, 12 June, 2014 the Brussels jazz club “The Music Village” will host “Kęstutis Vaiginis quartet”, led by one of the most talented and productive saxophonists of the young generation in Lithuania - Kęstutis Vaiginis. This concert he will perform together with his international colleagues Dmitrij Golovanov (piano), Ruben Lamon (bass), Jelle Van Jelle (drums).

Seats can be reserved online www.themusicvillage.com Prices range from 13 to15 euros.

Kęstutis Vaiginis, an initiator and leader of a number of international projects, revealed his compositional talent while still a student at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Prince Claus Conservatorium and Amsterdam School of the Arts (the Netherlands), as well as Manhattan School of Music in New York.

Since then, as a member of various collectives the saxophonist (and flutist) performed his compositions not only in Lithuania, but also the Netherlands, Spain, France, the USA, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Belarus. He appeared in many jazz festivals like North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam Jazz, Cape Town Jazz, Ottawa Jazz Hong Kong Jazz.

Winner of many national and international competitions and recipient of Grand Prix of Birštonas Jazz Festival (2010), he also takes part in projects of various other genres; appeared in contemporary music festival Gaida.

His discography amounts to three personal albums; his compositions were included in several Lithuanian music collections. Kęstutis stands out for his clear and controlled sound, lyricism and passion. “His vision is wide-ranging from the subtle to the provocative, rooted in an appreciation of tradition and yet looking forward”, said Steve Wilson, an illustrious American saxophonist, about Vaiginis’ Unexpected Choices recorded with acclaimed New Yorkers.