Vytautas Kernagis (19 May 1951 â 15 March 2008) was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter ("bard") actor, director, and television announcer. He is considered to be a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry.
Vytautas Kernagis was born to the family of actors and . In 1973 he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 1975 he enrolled in correspondence courses on stage directing at State Institute of Theatre Arts in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1980.
He was a member of the pioneering Lithuanian big beat bands AisÃÂiai (1966âÂÂ1968) and Rupà «s miltai (1969âÂÂ1972).
Kernagis recorded his first album of sung poetry in 1978. Kernagis also took part in the first Lithuanian rock opera Devil's Bride, first Lithuanian musical Fire Hunt with Beaters (1976), and first Lithuanian musical for a puppet theatre à  okantis ir dainuojantis mergaitÃÂs vieversÃÂlis.
Kernagis hosted the 1st season (2007) of à ½vaigà ¾dà ¾ià ³ duetai TV show.
Kernagis suffered from gastric cancer and died March 15, 2008. He was cremated and interred in the Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius.
A bench sculpture in Nida by .
A sculpture to his song in MarijampolÃÂ.
A sculpture bench with a guitar by Gediminas Avenue, Vilnius.
In 2022 the documentary film Kernagis by director Andrius LekaviÃÂius was released. The film is based, among other materials, on Kernagis's videotaping of his life himself for over 10 years.