Povilas Girdenis

He started writing songs being good student and almost always good behaving. Povilas Girdenis firstly walked on scene being the member of republican pioneers palace songs and dances folk ensemble „Pizzazz“, where sang in chorus, later – played hornpipe. While singing he admired stage music, later – that time the most horrible gerne – rock. As this music genre is related with guitar, so the hornpipe he changed to this instrument. After foundation of school poprock band „Stage“, started his way through various blue and rock‘n‘roll bands („Road Band“, „Rising Dust“, „Absolut Band“, „Blues Makers“).

In 2000 he left all collective activities,started to do everything alone and turned to singing poetry.  The main impulse to this style music born with V. Kernagis vinyl, some V. Stakėnas songs from show „Discotheque“, M. Tariverdijevo songs heard in E. Razianovo film „Likimo ironija arba po pirties“.

Personally P. Girdenis describes singing poetry in two ways: in proper, singing poetry „is the way of reading poetry. Poesy is not read, but sang with music instruments approvingly. I do not consider this „reading“ as anomaly, because from old days the symbol of poesy - lyre“. In a broad sence it is perceptible as „alternative vocal – instrumental music genre“.

P. Girdenis has created lot of songs by himself writen words, but he does not avoid as he says „to sing a poesy which is so pleasing, that It would be a sin not to spread it with others“. Those poetry authors mostly are Aidas Marčėnas, Rimas Burokas, Josifas Brodskis, Vandis Chamrovski – Nevanduo. Samogitian songs borns by father Aleksas Girdenis written words. Also he does not avoid the interpretations of various popular lithuanian and foreign songs.

He published his first album „Distant light“ in 2001. Now he actively concerts, participate in association „Club of bards“. Art director of annual concerts cycle „Bards move through Lithuania“.