Laureates
WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL STASYS ŠIMKUS CHOIR COMPETITION
1st Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (May 22, 1976)
Number of collectives: 14
President of Jury – Klemensas Griauzdė (Vilnius, Lietuva)
Laureates:
Klaipėda Teachers' House Choir, leader Lina Dumbliauskaitė (Lithuania)
Šilutė Education Workers Choir, leader V. Valužienė (Lithuania)
Šilutė MSMV Choir, leader Vytautas Jovaiša (Lithuania)
Plungė Central Hospital Choir, leader Danguolė Ažaneckienė (Lithuania)
Choir of the Tryškiai Cultural House of Telšiai district, leader A. Šulcas (Lithuania)
2nd Stasys Šimkus choir competition (January 1977)
Number of collectives: 20
President of Jury – Klemensas Griauzdė (Vilnius, Lietuva)
Laureates:
Klaipėda Meat Factory Mixed Choir, leader Juozas Kubilius (Lithuania)
Vilnius Medical Workers Club Women's Choir, leader Vytautas Urbonavičius (Lithuania)
Šiauliai Television Factory Men's Choir, leader Romanas Andriuškevičius (Lithuania)
Klaipėda Kristijonas Donelaitis Secondary School Choir, leader Ona Radzevičienė (Lithuania)
Klaipėda 12th Secondary School Mixed Choir, leader P. Budrienė (Lithuania)
Klaipėda 2nd Children's Music School Choir, leader D. Adomavičienė (Lithuania)
3rd Stasys Šimkus choir competition (May 1978)
Number of collectives: 31
President of Jury – Klemensas Griauzdė (Vilnius, Lietuva)
Laureates:
Panevėžys Education Workers Mixed Choir, leader Jonas Grubliauskas (Lithuania)
Kaunas Water Management Design Institute Women's choir, leader Zinaida Gerasina (Lithuania)
Klaipėda 10th Secondary School Youth Choir, leader T. Kundrotaitė (Lithuania)
Klaipėda 1st Secondary Boarding School Choir, leader Julija Lisauskienė (Lithuania)
Klaipėda Kristijonas Donelaitis Secondary School Mixed Choir, leader Stanislava Jareckaitė (Lithuania)
4th Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (May 12-13, 1979)
Number of collectives: 15
President of Jury – Klemensas Griauzdė (Vilnius, Lietuva)
First group laureates:
Vilnius Trade Technical School Girls' Choir, director D. Kundrotienė (Lithuania)
Šiauliai Television Factory Men's Choir, leader Romanas Andriuškevičius (Lithuania)
Klaipėda Teachers' Home Mixed Choir, leader Gediminas Purlys (Lithuania)
Second group laureates:
Lithuanian Ministry of Light Industry Women's Folk Choir "Aidas", leader Juozas Vanagas (Lithuania)
Kaunas Radio Factory Mixed Choir "Banga", director Zita Abromaitytė (Lithuania)
5th Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (May 16-17, 1981)
Number of collectives: 22
President of Jury – Klemensas Griauzdė (Vilnius, Lietuva)
First group laureates:
Vilnius Builders' Culture Palace Women's Choir "Eglė", leader Jonas Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)
Ministry of Internal Affairs Male choir "Sakalas", leader Leonidas Abaris (Lithuania)
Mixed choir of the Academy of Sciences, leader Vytautas Četkauskas (Lithuania)
Kretinga district Cooperative Union Mixed Choir "Gintaras", leader Gediminas Purlys (Lithuania)
Second and third group laureates:
Klaipėda "Trinyčiai" Cotton Production Association Women's Choir, leader Remigijus Songaila (Lithuania)
Vilnius City Men's Choir "Vilma", leader Adolfas Krogertas (Lithuania)
Kaunas Polytechnic Institute Mixed Choir, leader Algimantas Mišeikis (Lithuania)
Klaipėda 14th Secondary School Youth Mixed Choir, leader A. Arlauskas (Lithuania)
Vilnius 21st Secondary School Youth Mixed Choir, leader Jonas Kizelis (Lithuania)
Kaunas 13th Secondary School Youth Mixed Choir, director. P. Kedainis (Lithuania)
6th Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (April 14-15, 1984)
Number of collectives: 24
President of Jury – Antanas Jozėnas (Vilnius, Lietuva)
First group laureates:
VISI Mixed Choir "Gabija", leader Feliksas Viskantas (Lithuania)
Kaunas Cultural Workers' Union Mixed Choir "Leliumai", leader Albinas Petrauskas (Lithuania)
Vilnius Builders' Culture Palace Women's Choir "Eglė", leader Jonas Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)
First place winners of the second and third groups:
Klaipėda Medical Workers Mixed Choir, leader Robertas Varnas (Lithuania)
Women's choir of the House of Republican Education Workers, leader Jeronimas Žitkevičius (Lithuania)
Vilnius 22nd Secondary School Youth Choir, leader Vytautas Urbonavičius (Lithuania)
7th Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (April 25-26, 1987)
Number of collectives: 27
President of Jury – Antanas Jozėnas (Vilnius, Lietuva)
First group Laureates:
Klaipėda Teachers' Home Mixed Choir "Gilija", leader Remigijus Songaila (Lithuania)
Vilnius Builders' Culture Palace Women's Choir "Eglė", leader Jonas Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)
Vilnius Men's Choir "Vilma", director Tadas Šumskas (Lithuania)
Vilnius Teachers' House Mixed Choir, leader Laurynas Vakaris Lopas (Lithuania)
Antros, trečios ir ketvirtos grupių pirmųjų vietų laimėtojai:
Marijampolė Employees Of Public Institutions Mixed Choir, leader Juozas Jonikas (Lithuania)
Klaipėda Board Of Trade Women's Choir, leader Vydmantas Ruzgys (Lithuania)
Klaipėda House Construction Combine Men's Choir, leaders Vytautas Pečiulis and Alfonsas Vildžiūnas (Lithuania)
Vilnius 21st Secondary School Mixed Choir, leader Jonas Kizelis (Lithuania)
Klaipėda Stasys Šimkus Higher School Mixed Choir, director Audronė Purlienė (Lithuania)
Vilnius Juozas Tallat-Kelpša High School Mixed Choir, leader Juozas Talžūnas (Lithuania)
8th Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (November 11-12, 1989)
Number of collectives: 16
President of Jury – Lionginas Abarius (Vilnius, Lietuva)
Laureates:
Klaipėda Mixed Choir "Gilija", leader Remigijus Songaila (Lithuania)
Kaunas Chamber Women's Choir, leader Viktoras Masevičius (Lithuania)
Vilnius Men's Choir "Vytis", leader Tadas Šumskas (Lithuania)
9th Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 24-25, 1992)
Number of collectives: 16
President of Jury – Uno Jarvela (Estonia)
Laureates:
Vilnius women's choir "Liepos", leader Alma Gudelytė (Lithuania)
Tallinn Chamber Choir "Mainor", leader Olari Eits (Estonia)
Vilnius Juozas Tallat-Kelpša High School mixed choir, leader Juozas Talžūnas (Lithuania)
10th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 14-15, 1995)
Number of collectives: 14
President of Jury – Venno Laul (Estonia)
Best choir of the festival and the winner of the LITTLE AMBER prize
Kaunas St. Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Chamber Choir, leader Rolandas Daugėla (Lithuania)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Klaipėda choir "Aukuras", leaders Vladimiras Konstantinovas and Alfonsas Vildžiūnas (Lithuania)
11th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 18-19, 1997)
Number of collectives: 18
President of Jury – Venno Laul (Estonia)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Kaunas St. Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Chamber Choir, leader Rolandas Daugėla
12th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 1-3, 1999)
Number of collectives: 22
President of Jury – Venno Laul (Estonia)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Limburg Men's Choir "Cantabile Limburg", leader Jurgen Faßbender (Germany)
13th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 5-7, 2001)
Number of collectives: 12
President of Jury – Vaclovas Augustinas (Vilnius, Lietuva)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Klaipėda Eduardas Balsys Arts Gymnasium Girls Choir, leader Zita Kariniauskienė (Lithuania)
14th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 17-19, 2003)
Number of collectives: 18
President of Jury – Ants Sőőt (Estonia)
LITTLE AMBER Prize Winner
Liepaja Emilis Melngailis Girls' Choir, leader Andris Kontauts (Latvia)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
J.B. Foerster Chamber Women's Choir, conductor Lukáš Vasilek (Czech Republic)
15th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 21-23, 2005)
Number of collectives: 15
President of Jury – Janis Lindenbergs (Latvia)
LITTLE AMBER Prize Winner
Kaunas Aleksandras Kačanauskas Music School Choir "Perpetuum mobile", leader Beata Kijauskienė (Lithuania)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Men's chamber choir "Revalia", leader Hirvo Surva (Estonia)
16th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 18-21, 2007)
Number of collectives: 24
President of Jury – Jean Claude Wilkens (Belgium)
LITTLE AMBER Prize Winner
Vecumnieki Girls' Choir "Via Stella", leaders Liene Batna and Česlav Batna (Latvia)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Ogre girls' vocal ensemble "Anima Solla", leader Mārīte Puriņa (Latvia)
17th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (October 15-18, 2009)
Number of collectives: 15
President of Jury – Dolf Rabus (Germany)
LITTLE AMBER Prize Winner
Klaipėda Vydūnas High School Children's Choir, leader Arvydas Girdzijauskas (Lithuania)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Vocal ensemble "Balsai", leader Egidijus Kaveckas (Lithuania)
18th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (November 25-27, 2011)
Number of collectives: 15
President of Jury – Gábor Hollerung (Hungary)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Mixed Choir "Juventus" of the University of Latvia, leader Janis Petrovskis (Latvia)
19th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (November 22-24, 2013)
Number of collectives: 10
President of Jury – Ralf Eisenbeiß (Germany)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Liepaja mixed choir "Laiks", leader Ilze Balode (Latvia)
20th International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (May 13-15, 2016)
Number of collectives: 17
President of Jury – Eugeniusz Kus (Poland)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Carnikavas Chamber Choir "Vēja balss", leader Jurgis Cabulis (Latvia)
21st International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (May 10-13, 2018)
Number of collectives: 16
President of Jury – John Galea (Malta)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Kaunas Culture Center Tautos namai Mixed Choir "Kamertonas", leader Kęstutis Jakeliūnas (Lithuania)
22nd International Stasys Šimkus Choir Competition (May 12-15, 2022)
Number of collectives: 23 (due to the war in Ukraine, another 8 collectives did not come)
President of Jury – Jürgen Budday (Germany)
GRAND PRIX Prize Winner
Brigham Young University Singers, leader Andrew Crane (USA)