Address
12-1 Vienuolio St., LT-01104, Vilnius.
Tel. +370-5-2617422.
Mail:
info.grinceviciutes@vilniausmuziejai.lt
http://www.vilniausmuziejai.lt/beatrice/beatrice_en.htm
Information for visitors
Opening times
Monday to Thursday
1 p.m - 6 p.m., Friday 1 p. m. - 5
p. m.
Access:
the museum is partly fitted for visitors with visual impairments.
Services
Ordering excursions.
Collection
Museum's collection consist of the singer’s
B. Grinceviciute (1911-1988) books, records, pictures, furniture,
photographs.
Exposition
The memorial exposition is arranged in the
Museum.
Culture, education
Organizing concerts each month.
Organizing meetings with prominent persons.
Organizing evenings of poetry and music.
Organizing mentions of State Holidays’.
Beatrice
Grinceviciute (1911-1988)
B. Grinceviciute studied music in Warsaw
under her relative Emil Mlynarski, a composer and conductor, and continued
her studies at the Kaunas People’s Conservatory. She debuted at the
Lithuanian Radio in 1937. After the war, Grinceviciute worked at the
Vilnius Philharmonic for three years. Since 1946 she worked for the radio
as soloist. Her repertoire included over 300 songs of Lithuanian, Russian,
Polish and German composers. She had a high soprano.
Other news
The Museum was opened to honor the memory
of the blind singer Beatrice Grinceviciute and to popularize her songs.
The museum was established in 1993 in the post-war bloc house where the
singer lived until her death.
Museum’s Establisher - Vilnius Municipality.
