The Arrow of Time. Twenty Fingers Duo

13 April 2026, 18:00 - Latvian Radio Studio 1

The concert is being created in collaboration with Latvian Radio 3 "Klasika" and will be broadcast on Latvian Radio 3 on April 13 at 18:00 

Participants: Twenty Fingers Duo (Lithuania):  
Lora Kmieliauskaitė - violin 
Arnas Kmieliauskas - cello   

The Arrow of Time denotes the direction in which everything seems to move—from past to future. Yet already in Ancient Greece, Zeno’s paradoxes exposed a fundamental contradiction: if movement consists of infinitely many motionless instants, is movement itself even possible? This concert focuses precisely on this tension between continuous flow and the stillness of the moment.

At the heart of the programme are three world premieres by emerging Baltic composers. Elo Masing (Estonia) explores the physicality of sound, process-based thinking, and subtle temporal displacements. Anna Fišere (Latvia) works with precise textures, repetition, and minute transformations that gradually reshape the listener’s perception of time. Liepa Vozgirdaitytė (Lithuania) investigates the relationship between repetition and transformation, shaping time as a spiral rather than a linear trajectory.

The programme also includes a work by Norwegian composer Tine Surel Lange, whose artistic practice lies between contemporary composition, sound art, and spatial thinking, often drawing inspiration from the slowness of natural processes and the fragility of perception.

20 Fingers Duo is an ensemble defined by strong physical presence, precise coordination, and close collaboration with composers. In their performances, time becomes visible—in movement, touch, and synchronisation—transforming the arrow of time into a direct, embodied listening experience.