Sixth day: XXII Thomas Mann Festival

2018
July
19

22. Internationales Thomas-Mann-Festival
„... die demokratische Neue Welt mit guter Miene zu salutieren“

11:00 Neringa Viktoras Miliūnas Public Library
Meeting with the winners of essay contest for young people. Reading extracts of their works. Moderated by poet LAURYNAS KATKUS

4:00 p.m. Writer Thomas Mann Memorial Museum 
Spoken Programme
Meeting with Professor Dorothee Wierling The Beginning and End. Depression, Pathos, and Pragmatism among German Intellectuals in 1918

8:00 p.m. Nida Evangelic Lutheran Church
An Hour of the Lithuanian Music / Festival’s Debut
Music composed by Balakauskas, Kutavičius, and Bajoras
Festival’s Debut

  • Performed by Peyton Hall Magalhaes (cello), and
  • Onutė Gražinytė (piano)
  • Kaunas String Quartet
  • Chamber Choir Aidija

10:00 p.m. Cinema nights at Nida KTIC Agila 
“Tabu”director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Germany, 1931, 82 min. 

Live music during the movie performed by german musician and media artist Thomas Köner and Lithuanian percussionist Vladas Dieninis. 
Film is presented by Goethe-Institute-Vilnius