Beatbox Meets Piano Battle 2026

One night at Downtown Piano Lab (PC Europa, Vilnius) combining a concert by RIVER' and a new battle format where every beatboxer is accompanied live by pianist Vytautas Straižys. Lithuanian beatboxers first performed a three-minute solo showcase in qualification; the four best went on to head-to-head battles of two 90-second rounds each: two semi-finals, a third-place battle and the grand final, judged by an international panel of RIVER', Jan Elf and Gon. Before the battles, RIVER' gave a 45-minute workshop followed by a Q&A.