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The State Chamber Choir Polifonija is one of the best known Lithuanian professional choirs. The date of establishment of the collective was the 31st of December 1974. This was the first concert of the ancient music ensemble which turned into a beautiful tradition annually organised New Years concerts. A gifted conductor and a great enthusiast Sigitas Vaičiulionis founded a vocal ensemble of ancient music which was the only one in Lithuania at that time singing pieces by composers of the Renaissance and Baroque epochs.
In 1979, the collective was awarded the title of a national collective and the choir was named Polifonija. In 1986, Polifonija was awarded the status of professionals and the ensemble became the state chamber choir. Since January 2006, Šiauliai University Assoc. Prof. Gediminas Ramanauskas is the leader of Polifonija.
During the period of more than thirty years of choirs existence, some 2,000 concerts were held, tours in Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, the Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Brazil were arranged. Laureate awards were won at international contests in Poland, Italy, Brazil. A part was taken in numerous international festivals, a number of lectures-concerts entitled Lithuanian Choral Music were worked out and performed at international seminars in Latvia, Italy, Brazil. In many foreign press articles, activities of Polifonija are attributed to the brightest examples of collectives of European art.
