Vytautas Kernagis
Vytautas Kernagis was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter actor, director, and television announcer. He is considered to be a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry.
Biography
Vytautas Kernagis was born to the family of actors and. In 1973 he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 1975 he enrolled in correspondence courses on stage directing at State Institute of Theatre Arts in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1980.He was a member of the pioneering Lithuanian big beat bands Aisčiai and Rupūs miltai.
Kernagis recorded his first album of sung poetry in 1978. Kernagis also took part in the first Lithuanian rock opera Devil's Bride, first Lithuanian musical Fire Hunt with Beaters, and first Lithuanian musical for a puppet theatre Šokantis ir dainuojantis mergaitės vieversėlis.
Kernagis hosted the 1st season of Žvaigždžių duetai TV show.
Kernagis suffered from gastric cancer and died March 15, 2008. He was cremated and interred in the Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius.
Filmography
Acting
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- ''Anastasija''
Singing
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- Devil's Bride, the first Soviet musical
- ''Fire Hunt with Beaters''
Discography
Akustinis Baltojo nieko dainelės Vytautas Kernagis Kabaretas „Tarp girnų" Vytautas Kernagis Čikagoje- Dainos teatras:
- * Žvilgsnis nuo kalno
- * Eik savo keliu
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- * Apie medžioklę Keistumas Dainos teatras – Abėcėlė Vaikai vanagai Kabaretas „Tarp girnų“ 1979–1994 Baltas paukštis Teisingos dainos Dainos teatras Klasika :
- * Akustinis
- * Baltojo nieko dainelės
- * Dainos teatras
- * ''Teisingos dainos''
Awards and remembrance
- 1995 – Antanas Šabaniauskas music award
- 2000 –
- 2002 – Officer's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- 2007 – Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts, for the professionalism in modern creativity and artistry.
A sculpture to his song in Marijampolė.
A sculpture bench with a guitar by Gediminas Avenue, Vilnius.
In 2022 the documentary film Kernagis by director Andrius Lekavičius was released. The film is based, among other materials, on Kernagis's videotaping of his life himself for over 10 years.