The Orchestra is a regular participant of the Pažaislis Music Festival, International Festival of Young Musicians, International M. K. Čiurlionis Music Festival, Grieg International Festival, International Contemporary Music Festival “Iš arti”, Summer Festival of Classical and Jazz Music “Marijampolė Music Park”, and many others. It has also performed at the international music festivals “Fjord Cadenza” (Norway), “Murten Classics” (Switzerland), and “Settimana Mozartiana” (Italy).
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra performs not only in Lithuania but also abroad: Latvia, Estonia, Norway, Italy, Croatia, Germany, Findland, Switzerland, etc.
The Orchestra has performed with renowned conductors, opera soloists and instrumental musicians: Lithuanian conductors Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Giedrė Šlekytė, Adrija Čepaitė, maestro Juozas Domarkas, Modestas Pitrėnas, Martynas Staškus, Vytautas Lukočius, Vilmantas Kaliūnas, Martynas Staškaus, Modestas Barkauskas, Ričardas Šumila, foreign conductors David Gimenez, Rune Bergmann, Alain Pâris, Markus Huber, Kaspar Zehnder, Mārtiņš Ozoliņš, Neil Thomson, Franco Giacosa, Miran Vaupotić, June-Sung Park, soloists Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Lawrence Brownlee, Stephen Costello, John Osborn, José Carreras, Sarah Brightman, Asmik Grigorian, Veronika Dzhioeva, Elīna Garanča, Oksana Volkova, Stefano Secco, violinists Alexander Markov, Domenico Nordio, Mario Hossen, Philipe Graffi, Laurens Weinhold, cellists Aleksandr Kniazev, Davidas Geringas, Vytautas Sondeckis, accordionist Aydar Gaynullin, trumpeters Romain Leleu, Vladislav Lavrik, and others.
In 2025, the Orchestra celebrated anniversary of 20 years, during which many grand, significant, and memorable projects have been implemented. The Orchestra has had the privilege to play with the legendary pop, rock and jazz bands and artists, such as “The Scorpions”, “Electric Light Orchestra”, “Smokie”, Sarah Brightman, Bonnie Tyler, Gregory Porter, Chris Norman, Robert Wells, and Maggie Reilly.
Over the past seasons, the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra has made a remarkable series of global recordings and had the honor of performing together with world-famous soloists, who perform at the most important opera houses in the world (such as the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), Royal Ballet and Opera (London), La Scala (Milan), and Berlin Philharmonic (Berlin): baritones Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marco Caria, tenors Lawrence Brownlee, Charles Castronovo, Stephen Costello, John Osborn, José Carreras, Stefano Secco, bass Ildar Abdrazakov, sopranos Nadine Sierra, Ekaterina Siurina, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Oksana Dyka, Asmik Grigorian, Lynette Tapia, Barbara Frittoli, Veronika Dzhioeva, mezzo-sopranos Elīna Garanča, Oksana Volkova, and others.
The Orchestra‘s discography consists of more than thirty CDs that have been released in collaboration with the legendary classical record label “Delos”.
The recordings have been critically acclaimed and nominated for the prestigious classical music awards such as the Grammy Awards and the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).
The past few years have been incredibly successful, creative and full of global recognition for the Orchestra.
The Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra has implemented projects that have attracted great interest from the audience and resonated around the world – a concert with opera prima donna Renée Fleming at the Žalgiris Arena, the world premiere of composer Lera Auerbach’s symphony dedicated to Chiune Sugihara, in collaboration with Europe’s largest culture and art channel ARTE, and the filming of festive concerts at Cathedral-Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Kaunas. In 2023, the Orchestra and Kaunas State Choir held a special festive concert, featuring opera prima donna Kristine Opolais (Latvia) and tenor Liparit Avetisyan (Armenia), conducted by maestro Constantin Orbelian.
In 2025, the Orchestra also participated in this incredibly beautiful project (picture on the right). The concert featured the soprano Asmik Grigorian, who has been recognized as the best opera soloist in the world, internationally renowned Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov, cello virtuoso Kristina Reiko Cooper, and the Kaunas State Choir, conducted by maestro Constantin Orbelian. Recordings of these concerts are broadcast on the ARTE channel to a multimillion-strong audience in Europe and around the world, in a special festive concert program, which selects the most famous performers and the most impressive projects.
The Orchestra, led by Algimantas Treikauskas, was awarded the Golden Disc Award in 2022 for its high artistic level and intensive concert activity.
