Culture and Arts

We believe that every once in a while it is good to step out of the daily routine and go to a memorable cultural event or an interactive art scene. Whether music, a play or a painting – artistic creation enables us to explore life from a different angle and LAWIN contributes to projects that share this experience with as many people as possible. LAWIN regularly supports a wide range of cultural institutions and single cultural and artistic initiatives that enrich the community and support creating dialogue and interaction with the public.

	Culture Award of Diena LAWIN is a long-time sponsor of the Culture Awards – a prestigious annual awards programme for artistic achievement awarded by Diena, the largest Latvian daily newspaper.
	Jonas Mekas Visual Art Center Jonas Mekas is an avant-garde arts center, opened by and named after the acclaimed Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, and curator who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema." His work has been exhibited in museums and festivals across Europe and America.
	Köler Prize The Köler Prize is a private capital based art prize initiated in 2011 by the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia. It is the only art prize in Estonia based on the nominees’ exhibition, where an international award panel selects the winner and the public chooses its favourite. In 2011, LAWIN, together with the Contemporary Art Gallery Temnikova & Kasela, sponsored the public’s favourite prize that was awarded to Tõnis Saadoja.
	Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra Kremerata Baltica is a Grammy Award winning chamber orchestra combining young talented musicians from the Baltic States. LAWIN supports the orchestra with pro bono legal services.
	Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre LAWIN supports the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre with pro bono legal services, and is proud of its long-term partnership.
	Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra is the largest internationally recognized symphony orchestra in the country. LAWIN has been providing pro bono legal services to the orchestra for over 10 years. A group of young musicians brought together by Gintaras Rinkevičius in 1988 gave its first concert on the 30th of January of 1989. The orchestra, which entered the country’s cultural stage which brought a vital energy, original programs and impressive performance, was granted the name of the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra. For its tenth anniversary on 30 January 1999 orchestra held its first concert in a new concert hall with a seating capacity of a thousand – the Vilnius Congress Concert Hall, which is the largest academic concert hall in the capital city.
	National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum Established in 1921, the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art is one of the oldest and largest art museums in Lithuania.
	Royal Palace Restoration Foundation Established in 2000 by a group of Lithuanian intellectuals, the Royal Palace Restoration Foundation raises financial resources for the rebuilding of the palace behind the Vilnius Cathedral. The palace, which formerly was a symbol of Lithuanian statehood, was neglected and completely destroyed after the Russian Empire occupied the Lithuanian Grand Duchy in 1795.
	St. Christopher orchestra Founded in 1994 under the initiative of Donatas Katkus, the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra serves as a representative par excellence of Vilnius’ musical culture. It is distinguished by a unique stylistic universalism. The ensemble plays baroque music in an authentic manner; in fact, it initiated the rebirth of the baroque musical style in Lithuania.
	Tallinn City Theatre The Tallinn City Theatre is a beloved repertory theatre founded in 1965 and located in a unique mediaeval building in the heart of Tallinn. In 2011, LAWIN was the main sponsor for the popular summer performance of „Scapin's Deceits“ by Molière, staged by a talented team including members from all three Baltic states.