Petras Kunca
Petras Kunca (born 1942) is a Lithuanian violinist, awarded the National Prize of Lithuania (1979) and the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas. For 31 years he performed with the Vilnius Quartet.
In 1965 Kunca graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory. He took further courses on violin and chamber music in Hungary (1968), Finland (1988), Spain (1992), Sweden (1998), Denmark (1999), Austria (2001).
Between 1964 and 1974, Kunca taught at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art and then became a lecturer at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Since 1996 he is Head of Chamber Music Department. More than 200 chamber music students have graduated from Prof. Petras Kunca class.
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Petras
Coordinates: 35°11′50″N 26°6′54″E / 35.19722°N 26.11500°E Petras (Greek: Πετράς) is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan town on northeastern Crete.
Geography
Petras is just east of the modern Cretan town, Siteia. The site is situated on top of a small plateau and overlooks the sea north of Crete.
Archaeology
Metaxia Tsipopoulou began excavations at Petras in 1985.
The main building, which was two stories when it stood, is 2800 square meters.
Petras has a drainage system, double staircases, dadoes, frescoes and cut slab pavements. Marks appear on the architecture of double axes, stars, branches, double triangles and Linear A signs. Petras has yielded 3 Linear A tablets from its archives, plus a few other short Linear A texts.
Hieroglyphic archive
A hieroglyphic archive inscribed in Cretan hieroglyphs was excavated starting in 1995. According to the excavator, Metaxia Tsipopoulou, the archive was still in use at the time of palace destruction. Definitive edition was published in 2010.
Petras (given name)
Petras is a masculine given name. It is a cognate of Peter, which is derived from the Greek word "petros" meaning "stone, rock". People with the give name Petras include:
