The Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO and the Lithuanian Jazz Union invite you to the now-traditional “Jazz Brunch,” organized this year in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark.

This year’s musical celebration will bring together three special occasions – International Jazz Day, the 35th anniversary of Lithuania’s accession to UNESCO, and 35 years of Lithuanian-Danish cooperation.

“Jazz Brunch” will take place on Thursday, April 30, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (3rd-floor atrium by the stained-glass window).

The program will feature a Lithuanian-Danish jazz duo – pianist and vocalist Fini Broadbery (Denmark) and saxophonist Donatas Petreikis (Lithuania).

“Jazz Brunch” is part of the “A Year with Denmark” programme of events.

The event is free and open to everyone. 

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More about the performers:

Fini Broadbery is known as a jazz pianist, but he began his musical journey as a singer in the Copenhagen Boys’ Choir. In this concert, he will bring these two forms of musical expression together, performing as both a pianist and a vocalist.

This talented artist interprets both well-known and lesser-heard songs from *The Great American Songbook*. His performances reveal a deep love for the jazz tradition and its history, yet his music is neither overly reverential nor focused solely on the past. He favours a rich, profound sound, avoids clichés, and interprets familiar works through the lens of his own personal experience.

Donatas Petreikis is a prominent saxophonist of the younger generation of jazz musicians. Since completing his studies, he has successfully pursued an international career. Living between Lithuania and Estonia and maintaining close ties with the Danish jazz scene, he composes and records music with some of Denmark’s leading jazz musicians, including Anders Mogensen and Carl Winther.

This year, Donatas’s album was nominated for the “Jazz of the Year” category at the M.A.M.A. Music Awards. In Lithuania, Donatas can be seen performing not only with his own quartet, but also with Estonian pianist Rahel Talts’s group, with whom he has performed in clubs across Europe as well as in Asia. He is also one of the co-founders of the Collaborative Jazz Septet, together with fellow saxophonist Karolis Šarkus.