The Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra grew from the Kaunas Chamber Orchestra, which was founded in 1988 and since 2000 has been managed by Algimantas Treikauskas. From 1997 to 2005, the orchestra was conducted by the violinist Pavel Berman (Italy), and in 2006 Modestas Pitrėnas took over as principal conductor.
The Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra gives concerts at home and abroad, including Latvia, Estonia, Norway and Italy, appears regularly at various international festivals, presents concert projects and gives thematic concerts. Many famous Lithuanian and foreign soloists and conductors have collaborated with the orchestra.
“The cultural life of Kaunas cannot be imagined without the Symphony Orchestra. Its professional development provides lovers of music of this genre with much pleasure, gives Kaunas composers an inspiration for new works, and makes it possible to run a wide variety of diverse and interesting projects involving the world’s leading musicians.”
(Eugenija Žakienė, Nemunas, 2006)
“… marking its second anniversary, the orchestra increasingly proves to be a western-type ensemble focusing mainly on the sense of proportion and the wholeness of the music being performed.”
(Alina Ramanauskienė, Kauno Diena, 2007)
