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Žibuoklė Martinaitytė

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (*1973) has studied composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music (1991–1993 with Prof. Bronius Kutavičius, 1993–1997 with Prof. Julius Juzeliūnas). She has attended many courses and has been instructed by many well-known composers: Bogusław Schaffer, Marek Chołoniewski, Horst Rickels, Michael Jarell, Jonathan Harvey, Ivan Fedele, Magnus Lindberg, Tristan Murail, Brian Ferneyhough etc. In 2010 she was awarded the prize for the best orchestral work (Thousand Doors to the World) at the composers’ competition organized by the Lithuanian Composers’ Union.

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė is mostly active in chamber genres and she favors unusual instrumentations. Her music is distinguished by theatrical character, concerto-type quality, evocatively spacious atmosphere. The composer often challenges technical limitations of the instruments, sprinkling her scores with virtuosic solo passages and achieving highly expressive, sometimes even aggressive sound.

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: “Though I never considered music merely as a game – I was always looking for the hidden meaning in sounds. For the meaning which is vibrating in every atom of this universe – but often unseen. I want to ask an existentially important question and to find the answer to it with every new composition. A composition is a very particular state of mind, which transforms the composer as well as the listeners.”

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Aaro Pertmann Age Juurikas Age Veeroos Aleksandr Žedeljov Alisson Kruusmaa Alvils Altmanis André de Sousa Vieira Andres Kaljuste Andris Dzenītis Anna Ķirse Anna-Margret Noorhani Antoine Beuger Arash Yazdani Ardo Ran Varres Art Leete  Arturas Bumšteinas Arvydas Malcys Beat Furrer Bronius Kutavičius Diana Čemerytė Eladio Barreto Aguilar Elis Hallik Elo Masing EMTA Sinfonietta Ensemble for New Music Tallinn Ensemble of the Estonian Electronic Music Society (EMA) Ensemble U: Eugene Birman Evelin Seppar Evija Skuķe Fie Schouten Georgs Pelēcis Gintaras Sodeika Gundega Šmite Helena Tulve Janika Oras Jievaras Jasinskis Jonathan Harvey Justina Repečkaitė Kadri-Ann Sumera Kaspar Mänd Kristiina Tambets Kristjan Kõrver Krists Auznieks Lauri Jõeleht Lepo Sumera Liina Sumera Liisa Hõbepappel Linda Leimane Madis Arukask Madli Marje Gildemann Mads Schang Olsen Maija Einfelde Malle Maltis Maria Faust Maria Kõrvits Mariliis Valkonen Märt-Matis Lill Mihhail Gerts  Mirjam Tally Mykolas Natalevičius Oliver Dubon Onutė Narbutaitė Paul Daniel Piano Quartet Quadra Platon Buravicky Rasmus Puur Régis Campo Riho Esko Maimets Riivo Kallasmaa Rita Mačiliūnaitė Santa Bušs Santa Ratniece Sinfonietta Rīga String Quartet Synaesthesis Taavi Kerikmäe Taivo Lints Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Talvi Hunt Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) Timo Steiner Tõnis Kaumann Twenty Fingers Duo Ülo Krigul Vytautas V. Jurgutis Yang Ren YXUS Ensemble Žibuoklė Martinaitytė