Kaunas

Country

Lithuania

Coordinates

54.9000, 23.9333

History

• Ковно (–1721)
• Ковно (1721–1918), Russian Empire
• Ковно (1918–1920), Lithuania
• Kaunas (1920–1939), Lithuania
• Kaunas (1939–1945)
• Kaunas (1945–1990), Soviet Union
• Kaunas (1990–), Lithuania

Composers

• Juozas Gruodis (1884–1948), died in Kaunas
• Jurgis Karnavičius (1884–1941), was born and died in Kaunas
• Stasys Šimkus (1887–1943), died in Kaunas
• Hermann Pál (1902–1944), died in Kaunas
• Vytautas Barkauskas (1931–2020), was born in Kaunas
• Giedrius Kuprevičius (1944–), was born in Kaunas
• Šarūnas Nakas (1962–), was born in Kaunas