Žibuoklė Martinaitytė

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė // (listen) (born May 4, 1973) is a Lithuanian composer based in New York City. In 2020 Martinaitytė was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts for her creative achievements. Her work In Search of Lost Beauty.... received two gold medals at the Global Music Awards for "Best Composer" and "Best Album".

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė
Born4 May, 1973
Leningrad
NationalityLithuanian
EducationLithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius
Occupationcomposer

Life

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė was born in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, Russia to Lithuanian parents. From 1979 to 1991 she studied music at the Kaunas J. Naujalis Art school. From 1991 to 1997 she studied composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius under Professor Bronius Kutavičius and Julius Juzeliūnas.[1] After graduating in 1997, she attended various summer courses for composers: Darmstädter Ferienkurse, the 6th International Academy for New Composition and Audio Art in Schwaz/Tirol, Austria with Bogusław Schaeffer and Marek Chołoniewski, Fondation Royaumont in France with Brian Ferneyhough, José Evangelista and Jean-Luc Herve, IRCAM/Centre Acanthes in France with Jonathan Harvey and Michael Jarrell and the Stavanger orchestral music course in Norway with Ole Lützow-Holm.[2]

When Vilnius became the European Capital of Culture in 2009, Lithuanian National Radio and Television commissioned A Thousand Doors To The World for performance by a symphony orchestra.[3]

In 2020 Martinaitytė was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts for her creative achievements.[4] Her work In Search of Lost Beauty.... received gold medals at the Global Music Awards.[5]

Ms. Martinaitytė is married to sound designer True Rosaschi.

Grants, fellowships and artists residencies

Selected works

Orchestral
  • A Thousand Doors To The World (2009)[3]
  • Horizons (2013)
  • Millefleur (2018)
  • Saudade (2019)

Chamber orchestra or large ensemble
  • Completely Embraced By The Beauty Of Emptiness (2006) for 13 instruments
  • Sort Sol (2019) for string orchestra

Soloist and orchestra
  • Chiaroscuro Trilogy (2017) for piano and string orchestra
  • Sielunmaisema (2019) for cello and string orchestra

Small ensemble
  • Attention! High Tension! (2001) for tuba and piano
  • Driving Force (2004) for trombone, tenor saxophone and accordion
  • Inhabited Silences (2010) for piano trio
  • In Search Of Lost Beauty...(2016) for violin, cello, piano, electronics and video[6]

Solo instrument
  • Impulses (2007-2008) for piano
  • Forgotten Melodies (2007) for bassoon
  • Heights and Depths of Love (2007-2008) for piano
  • Serenity Diptychs (2015) for violin, electronics and video
  • Aires De Ugnis (2015) for guitar

Vocal
  • The Blue of Distance (2010) for a cappella choir
  • Chant des Voyelles (2018) for a cappella choir

Discography

Solo CDs

Group CDs

References
  1. "Zibuokle Martinaityte". WQXR. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. "OLE LÜTZOW-HOLM". Nordic Music Days. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. "Zibuokle Martinaityte". New Music USA. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  4. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Žibuoklė Martinaitytė". Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  5. "Winners-Aug-2019". www.globalmusicawards.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  6. "Zibuokle Martinaityte: In Search of Lost Beauty..., by Žibuoklė Martinaitytė". Starkland. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
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