6th (1984)

THE SIXTH

The sixth Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition took place on April 14–15, 1984, and featured 24 choirs from the cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, and Alytus.

In the first group, the laureates were: the mixed choir Gabija of VISI (conductor Feliksas Viskantas), the mixed choir Leliumai of the Kaunas Cultural Workers’ Trade Union (conductor Albinas Petrauskas), and the women’s choir Eglė of the Vilnius Builders’ Palace of Culture (conductor Jonas Kavaliauskas). The prize for the best performance of a work from the repertoire of the 1985 National Song Festival was awarded to the women’s choir Eglė of the Vilnius Builders’ Palace of Culture; the prize for the best performance of a Stasys Šimkus song went to the women’s choir Volungė of the Panevėžys Trade Administration (conductor Gražina Viržonienė); and the prize for the best performance of a contemporary composer’s song was awarded to the men’s choir Tauras of the Šiauliai Television Factory (conductor Kornelija Užemeckienė).

In the second and third groups, first places were won by the mixed choir of Klaipėda Medical Workers (conductor Robertas Varnas), the women’s choir of the Republican House of Education Workers (conductor Jeronimas Žitkevičius), and the youth choir of Vilnius Secondary School No. 22 (conductor Vytautas Urbonavičius). Special prizes were awarded to the girls’ choir of the Panevėžys J. Švedas Pedagogical Music School (conductor A. Pyragytė), the mixed choir of the Šiauliai Nuklonas Factory (conductor Marija Žibūdienė), and the women’s choir of the Republican House of Education Workers (conductor Jeronimas Žitkevičius).

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