Vytautas Kernagis
Vytautas Kernagis | |
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| Birth name | Vytautas Kernagis |
| Born | May 19, 1951 |
| Origin | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Died | March 15, 2008 (aged 56) |
| Genres | Sung poetry, pop, rock, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, actor, television presenter. |
| Years active | 1966–2007 |
Vytautas Kernagis (May 19, 1951 – March 15, 2008) was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter ("bard") actor, director, and television announcer. He is considered to be a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry.[1]
Career
[edit]Vytautas Kernagis was born to the family of actors Aleksandras Kernagis and Gražina Kernagienė. He attended M.K.Čiurlionis school (first 3 years) and Vilnius 23rd school. In 1973 he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. It i975 he enrolled in correspondence courses ion stage directing at GITIS (now the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts), Moscow, from which he graduated in 1980.
He was a member of the pioneering Lithuanian big beat bands Aisčiai (1966–1968) and Rupūs miltai (1969–1972).
Kernagis recorded his first album of sung poetry in 1978. Kernagis also took part in the first Lithuanian rock opera Devil's Bride, first Lithuanian musical Ugnies medžioklė su varovais (1976), and first Lithuanian musical for a puppet theatre Šokantis ir dainuojantis mergaitės vieversėlis.
Kernagis hosted the 1st season (2007) of Žvaigždžių duetai TV show.
Kernagis suffered from gastric cancer and died March 15, 2008. He was cremated and interred in the Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius.
Filmography
[edit]Acting
[edit]- lt:Kai aš mažas buvau (When I was little) (1968)
- lt:Maža išpažintis (Little confession) (1971)
- lt:Atsiprašau (I'm sorry) (1982)
- lt:Kažkas atsitiko (Something happened) (1986)
- Anastasija (Anastasia) (2006)
Singing
[edit]- lt:Kam girnos muzika (1972)
- Devil's Bride (1974), the first Soviet musical
- lt:Ugnies medžioklė su varovais
Discography
[edit]- Akustinis (1978 LP album, 1994 CD ir MC, 2006, Vilniaus plokštelių studija)
- Baltojo nieko dainelės (1979, Vilniaus plokštelių studija; 2000, „"Čiki Piki")
- Vytautas Kernagis (1979 LP, Melodia C60-10889-90)
- Kabaretas „Tarp girnų" (1982 small vinyl, 1984 LP, Vilniaus plokštelių studija)
- Vytautas Kernagis Čikagoje (1985, Cassettes studija)
- Dainos teatras:
- Žvilgsnis nuo kalno (1986, Vilniaus plokštelių studija)
- Eik savo keliu (1987, Vilniaus plokštelių studija)
- Povo link... (1989, Vilniaus plokštelių studija)
- Apie medžioklę (1990, Vilniaus plokštelių studija)
- Keistumas (1991 m., "Lituanus")
- Dainos teatras – Abėcėlė (1993, "Bomba")
- Vaikai vanagai (1994, "Bomba")
- Kabaretas „Tarp girnų“ 1979–1994 (1994 m., "Bomba")
- Baltas paukštis (1998, Vilniaus plokštelių studija)
- Teisingos dainos (2003, "Tigris")
- Dainos teatras (2006)
- Klasika (2007, 5 CD collection):
- Akustinis
- Baltojo nieko dainelės
- Dainos teatras
- Teisingos dainos
Awards and remembrance
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- 1995 – Antanas Šabaniauskas music award
- 2000 – "Bravo" music award
- 2002 – Officer's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas[2]
- 2007 – Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts, for the professionalism in modern creativity and artistry.[3]
A bench sculpture in Nida by Romualdas Kvintas[4]
A sculpture to his song in Marijampole.[5]
A sculpture bench with a guitar by Gediminas Avenue, Vilnius[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, IX t. Vilnius: Science and encyclopedias publishing institute, 2006. T.9: Juocevičius-Khiva. Page 759
- ^ "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS PREZIDENTAS DEKRETAS DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS IR UŽSIENIO VALSTYBIŲ PILIEČIŲ APDOVANOJIMO LIETUVOS VALSTYBĖS ORDINAIS IR MEDALIAIS VALSTYBĖS (LIETUVOS KARALIAUS MINDAUGO KARŪNAVIMO) DIENOS PROGA 2002 m. birželio 14 d. Nr. 1806".
- ^ www.bernardinai.lt: Įteiktos nacionalinės kultūros ir meno premijos[dead link]
- ^ http://visitneringa.com/en/what-to-see/sculptures-monuments/memorial-sculpture-to-vytautas-kernagis [dead link]
- ^ https://marijampoletic.lt/en/places-to-visit/architectural-values/sculpture-from-rock-for-the-song-by-vytautas-kernagis-kai-sirpsta-vysnios-suvalkijoj/ [dead link]
- ^ Скамейка с гитарой напомнит о Витаутасе Кярнагисе
External links
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| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
- Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery
- 1951 births
- 2008 deaths
- Deaths from stomach cancer in Lithuania
- Officer's Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- Lithuanian songwriters
- Lithuanian pop singers
- Lithuanian folk singers
- Lithuanian television presenters
- Musicians from Vilnius
- Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni
- 21st-century Lithuanian politicians
- 20th-century Lithuanian writers
- 20th-century Lithuanian male singers
- 21st-century Lithuanian writers
- 21st-century Lithuanian male singers