From 1990 to 1996, the choir won 15 first prizes in various categories and six Grand Prix in 16 international choral competitions around the world. In 1993 the choir was awarded the highest prize, the Grand Prix Europeo, in a competition organised by the
International Federation for Choral Music in
Varna, Bulgaria. In 1994
Jauna muzika became the Vilnius municipal choir and is currently one of the most active groups in Lithuania. Since 2006 the choir concert base is in St. Catherine's Church in Vilnius. Alongside a cappella works, the choir appears with Lithuanian and foreign chamber and symphony orchestras, including the
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra,
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and others in Germany, Israel, and Russia. The choir has performed with many known musicians, including cellist
Mark Drobinsky, singer
Robin Blaze, cantor
Joseph Malovany, and famous Lithuanian singers, such as
Virgilijus Noreika, and others. An important part of the activities of
Jauna muzika is representation of the Lithuanian choral art in foreign countries. Their concerts abroad have featured compositions by classical and contemporary composers. The choir has toured in Europe, China, Japan and Israel. Besides performances, the
Jauna Muzika has organized a number of projects in Lithuania. Every year since 1995, th choir” has held workshops on choir conducting and interpretation. In the autumn of 1998, on the initiative of the choir, an international festival
Eternal Jerusalem was held in the major concert halls of Vilnius - the
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, the
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, and the
Vilnius Town Hall. In 2000, together with the Vilnius Town Hall Festival,
Jauna muzika invited the lovers of baroque music to a concert series
English and French Baroque Music, in which The King's Consort from Great Britain and Il Seminario Musicale from France appeared, and, in 2001, to
The Days of German and Polish Baroque Music, which featured Musica Antiqua Köln from Germany and Capella Gedanensis from Poland. In 2002, the choir put on a series of five concerts, which was devoted to the rebuilding of the Vilnius Evangelical Lutheran Church. ==References==