Since 1989 Petras Vysniauskas is working intensively with german drummer Klaus Kugel. Together they played many concerts and festivals such as:
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, synt, perc), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
July-29-2011, Varna, Jazz Festival, Bulgaria
November-21-2010, Kleipeda, Music Theater, Lithuania
November-22-2010, Vilnius, Piano LT, Lithuania
November-24-2010, Jerusalem, Jazz Globus, Israel
November-26-2010, Tel Aviv, Teatron Givatayim, Israel
VYSNIAUSKAS-PETKEVICIUS-KUGEL : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Vidas Petkevicius (church organ), Klaus Kugel (dr)
November-20-2010, Vilnius, National Philharmony, Lithuania
November-20-2010, Vilnius, University St. Johns Church, Lithuania
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, synt, perc), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
November-12-2010, Münster, Cuba, Germany
November-13-2010, Taubenbach/Reut, Zoglau3, Germany
November-15-2010, Ulm, Stadthaus, Germany
November-17-2010, Ekaterinenburg, Cultural Center Ural, Russia
VYSNIAUSKAS / TOKAR / KUGEL : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
July-18-2009, Glauchau, Jazz Festival, Germany
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
April-21-2009, Marburg, Kulturladen KFZ, Germany
April-25-2009, Edmonton AB, Yardbird Suite, Canada
April-26-2009, Vancouver BC, Norman Rothstein Theatre, Canada
VYSNIAUSKAS / TOKAR / KUGEL : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
December-12-2008, Lviv, Festival JazzBezz @ Philharmony, Ukraine
WESELE : Natalka Polovynka & Ulyana Horbachevska (voc), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (perc)
November-06-2008, Greek Orthodox Parish Church of the Raising of the Cross of God, Wroclaw, Poland (org. by Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego)
KAN : Makiko Tominaga (butoh dance), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr, perc, sound objects)
November-01-2008, Koeln, Museum fuer Ostasiatische Kunst / Lange Nacht der Koelner Museen, Germany
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
June-20-2008, Bochum, 3. SilentArt Festival, Germany
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
April-23-2008, Zagreb, Jazz Festival, Croatia
VYSNIAUSKAS-TOKAR-KUGEL: Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
March-22-2008, Kharkov, Jazz Festival, Ukraine
March-23-2008, Zaporizhzhya, DK "Metalurgov", Ukraine
FIVE SPOT : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Yuri Yaremchuk (ts, cl, bcl), Roberta Piket (p), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
December-8-2007, Lviv, Jazz Festival BEZZ, Ukraine
December-9-2007, Sanok, Jazz Festival BEZZ, Poland
Free Jazz Festival Prague 2007 @ Csassa Gelmy, Czech Republic
POKSIS : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Juozas Milasius (g), Vladimir Volkov (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
VYSNIAUSKAS-TIBERIAN-TOKAR-KUGEL : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Mircea Tiberian (p), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
Ujbuda Jazz Festival 2007 @ A38, Budapest, Hungary
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn, perc), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
VILNIUS FESTIVALIS 2007 @ National Philharmonie, Lithuania (TV recording)
World premiere of Antoni Donchev's composition
"NOW AND NEVER - SKETCHES FOR JAZZ QUINTET AND ORCHESTRA" with
SANKT CHRISTOPHER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
conductor : Modestas Pitrenas
and
Petras Vysniauskas - soprano saxophone
Eric Vloeimans - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Antoni Donchev - piano
John Lindberg - double bass
Klaus Kugel - drums, percussion
VISION FESTIVAL XII 2007, NYC, USA
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
Jazznight Lüneburg 2007
BALTIC QUARTET : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Bobo Stenson (p), Vladimir Volkov (b, viola da gamba), Klaus Kugel (dr, perc)
SilentArt Festival Bochum 2007, Germany
KAN : Makiko Tominaga (butoh dance), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (perc, sound objects)
Tour in Germany and Poland April 2007 with
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
Jazz Festival 'JEDNIST' 2007, Kiev, Ukraine
VYSNIAUSKAS-TOKAR-KUGEL : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
December-29-2006, National Philharmonie Vilnius, Lithuania
PETRAS VYSNIAUSKAS (ss) - VIJAY IYER (p) - HILLIARD GREENE (b) - KLAUS KUGEL (dr)
EUROPHONICS 2006 - BALTIKUM & tour in Germany (WDR recording)
POKSIS : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Juozas Milasius (g), Vladimir Volkov (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
Litauische Kulturtage Hamburg 2005 / "Lieben Sie Litauen? @ Literaturhaus Hamburg, Germany
Duo: Petras Vysniauskas & Klaus Kugel
Peter-and-Paul International Jazz Festival, St. Petersburg 2005, Russia
- Vysniauskas/Volkov/Kugel
Greizer JazzWerk #6, 2005, Greiz, Germany
Festival Jazz Hope 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania, at Lithuanian National Philharmonie
- Ganelin Trio Priority
Kasseler Symposium zu Aktueller Musik 2005
- with Klaus Kugel, Robert Dick, Ursel Schlicht, a.o..
Jazz Welten Dresden 2005
- Vysniauskas-Volkov-Kugel
Festival "Die 3. Art" Wuppertal 2004
- Ganelin Trio Priority
Jazzmeile Thüringen 2004
- Ganelin Trio Priority
Pazaislis Music Festival Kaunas 2004
- Bartulis-Vysniauskas-Milasius-Kugel & Kaunas State Choir & Kaunas String Quartet
Jazz Night Lüneburg 2004
- Viocal
Eurojazz XXI Moscow 2004, Moscow International Performance Arts Center
- Ganelin Trio Priority
Nordischer Klang Greifswald 2004
- Baltic Quartet: Vysniauskas-Stenson-Volkov-Kugel
FABRIK, Hamburg, 2004
- Baltic Quartet: Vysniauskas-Stenson-Volkov-Kugel
Prezidento Rumu Festivalis Vilnius 2004
- Vysniauskas-Swell-Stenson-Spering-Kugel
Jazz Festival Leipzig 2003
- Vysniauskas-Stenson-Kugel
Jazz Festival Konstanz 2003
- Viocal
Vom Balkan bis zum Baltikum 2003, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
- Viocal
Jazz Festival Kaunas 2003
- Petras Vysniauskas, Bobo Stenson, Katrin Mickiewicz, Skirmantas Sasnauskas, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel
"Intersonanzen" / Brandenburgisches Fest Der Neuen Musik 2002
- Viocal
Leigo Järvemuusika 2002, Estland
- Petras Vysniauskas Project
Vilnius Festivalis 2002, at Lithuanian National Philharmonie
- Petras Vysniauskas - Reiner Winterschladen - John Law - Vladimir Volkov - Klaus Kugel
Jazz Line Munich 2002
- Viocal
NDR Jazz 2001
- Vysniauskas-Mariano-Jörgensmann-Berger-Carter-Kugel
Jazz Woche Hannover 2001
- Vysniauskas-Mariano-Jörgensmann-Berger-Carter-Kugel
Kölner Dom Woche 2000
- Viocal
Moscow Off Jazz 1999
- Vysniauskas-Volkov-Kugel
Jazz Festival Eldena 1999
- Petras Vysniauskas Quartet (Petras Vysniauskas, Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel)
European Music Festival Münsterland 1999
- Ganelin Trio Priority
Rheinisches Musikfest 1999 (WDR)
- Theo Jörgensmann Quartet & Petras Vysniauskas
JazzFest Berlin 1999 (SFB)
- Petras Vysniauskas Quartet & Sankt Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Mare Balticum 1999
Offene Welten Köln 99
- Petras Vysniauskas Quartet (Petras Vysniauskas, Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel)
WDR Jazz Meeting in Wuppertal 1998
Solo Virtuos Gelsenkirchen 1998
- Vysniauskas-Mariano-Jörgensmann-Berger-Carter-Kugel
Jazz Festival Chemnitz 1994
- Petras Vysniauskas Quintet
Jazz Festival Kaunas 1994
- Vysniauskas-Stanko-Volkov-Kugel, Vilnius-Cologne-Sextet
Jazz Festival Kaunas 1993
Petras Vysniauskas Quartet
Jazz Festival Ilmenau 1990
Musikfesttage Hoyerswerda 1990
International Festival "Grenzgänge" Wolfsburg 1990
Rheinisches Musikfest 1990 (WDR)
Jazz Festival Ilmenau 1990
- Vysniauskas-Ramond-Kugel
Jazz Festival Vilnius 1989 & tour in Lithuania
- Michel Pilz / Itaru Oki - Quartet & Petras Vysniauskas