The International Kristupas Summer Festival which is awarded the 2004 Prize of Colleagues (initiated by the City of Vilnius Municipality) and acknowledged as the Best Musical Event of 2004, is entering into its eleventh summer. During the past decade hundreds of concerts featuring eminent performers from Vilnius, Lithuania, and abroad as well as different musical genres such as operas, oratorios, organ, jazz and chamber music took place; still, the festival continues to make further advances, to create new and original programmes, and to enjoy the attention of music lovers , both local and foreign. The focus of the International Kristupas Summer Festival, that is, the traditional cycles of 'Kristupas Keyboard'(artistic director-P. Geniušas), ' Kristupas Guitar' (artistic director-R. Evers) , Organ music (artistic director-L. Digrys) will remain the same but in addition the festival is keen to offer its audience new and spectacular encounters with the world renowned performers. Much attention will be devoted to individual projects, two of which are world premieres: the mythological epic "Neoforas" designed to mark the day of St Christopher, the patron saint of the City of Vilnius, and the four color performance oratorio "Machunas" which will close the festival. "Machunas"is a sensational project which will attempt to revive the movement of Fluxus in Vilnius. The oratorio (idea by Lucio Pozzi, music by F.J.Oteri) will give credit to Jurgis Mačiūnas, an artist of Lithuanian extraction, who launched Fluxus, the last movement of artistic avant-garde which is considered to have exerted considerable influence on the development of art. The plot of "Machunas"centres on the life and death of Jurgis Mačiūnas, an architect, artist, and public figure His name is misspelt on purpose, both due to phonetic considerations and the desire to separate this story from an accurate description of his life. The other premiere, the mythological rock epic "Neoforas" will introduce both the citizens and guests of Vilnius to the life story of St Christopher which will receive different interpretations in the light of Catholic and Orthodox approaches. So the first thing to intrigue the listeners will be the story... Other highlights of the festival include a cycle offered by the popular St Christopher Chamber Orchestra which will perform with eminent soloists; the festival will also host the Hong Kong Sinfonietta (first appearance in Lithuania) as well as Brandenburg Youth and Fan Faren Orchestras. A number of celebrated musicians such as Jean Ferrandis, Dominique de Williencourt, Robert Aitken, Verena Rein, Reinbert Evers, Eduardo Fernandes, Shin-ichi Fukuda, Elena Papandreou and others will give concerts within the framework of the festival. New and original projects and top level concerts of the International Kristupas Summer Festival will not only lend variety and colour to the summers of Vilnius but also testify to the fact that in 2009 Vilnius will be ready to serve as the Cultural Capital of Europe.