Meet our conductor and coaches. They are the best Dream Team in Lithuania!

Milda Švelnienė

Artistic Director & Conductor

Milda has been singing with Bel Canto Choir Vilnius since it was founded in 2009, and in 2015 she became the choir’s choirmaster and second conductor. In 2016, she received a master’s degree in choir conducting from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating with the highest honours.

Milda is also the choirmaster of the Vilnius State Choir, sang in the Vilnius Municipal choir Jauna Muzika for 13 years, and participates in a wide variety of other selected musical projects.

Povilas Vanžodis

Choirmaster

“Povilas graduated from the Bachelor’s degree program in Choral Conducting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2022. Currently, he is pursuing his Master’s degree in Choral Conducting.

From 2016 to 2019, Povilas worked in the Kaunas Mixed Youth Choir “Exaudi,” serving as a conductor and artistic director and leading the vocal ensemble GŠ. Since 2019, he has been leading the Vilnius Vocal Ensemble Duodeco. In 2020, he took on the role of conductor for the Šiauliai State Chamber Choir Polifonija, and in 2023, he became the artistic director of the Lithuanian National Youth Choir. During the same year, Povilas joined the Vilnius Garrison Officers’ Ramp Men’s Choir of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, where he currently holds the position of Artistic Director.

Povilas was a long-time singer with the Vilnius City Municipality Choir “Jauna Muzika” (2014-2022). Presently, he also sings at the Vilnius Early Music Ensemble “Canto Fiorito.”

Povilas Vanžodis

Raminta Gocentienė

Choirmaster & Concertmaster

Pianist Raminta Gocentienė has been a choirmaster at Bel Canto Choir Vilnius since it was founded in 2009. She is also a concertmaster at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and a choirmaster at Virgo, a girls’ choir in Vilnius.

Raminta regularly accompanies Lithuanian soloists and students at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in various competitions, festivals and concerts.

Eglė Stundžiaitė

Vocal Coach

Eglė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2019 with a master’s degree, studying under professor Irena Milkevičiūtė. In 2020 she completed an Erasmus traineeship at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory (Italy).

She collaborates with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and all other major orchestras in the country, performs solo concerts, and works in the musical projects of the Vilnius City Opera. Between 2020 and 2022, Eglė trained at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, and together with her husband Eimantas, they are the founders of E&E Vocal Studio.

Eimantas Bešėnas

Vocal Coach

Eimantas graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2019 with a master’s degree, studying under professors Algirdas Januta and Virgilijus Noreika. He works in various artistic projects in Lithuania and abroad, is active in concert activities and solo performances, collaborates with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and all other major orchestras in the country.

Eimantas has been working with the Vilnius City Opera since 2017, is a member of the best Lithuanian tenor ensemble Tenoriada and the artistic director of Dubingiai Music Festival. In 2023, he also took a soloist job at the Klaipėda State Music Theatre.