20.06.2024 – 04.07.2024
ISCM World New Music Days in Faroe Islands 2024
Composer attendee, research and self-residency
Tórshavn, Rituvík, Sandoy, Gjógv, Fuglafjørður, Borðoy, Suðuroy, FO
Organised by: ISCM Faroese section and Sumartonar Festival
Funded by: RCS Athenaeum Award, Lithuanian Council for Culture
24.06.2024
Hightet
“Performa” by Twenty Fingers Duo – Lora Kmieliauskaitė (violin) and Arnas Kmieliauskas (violoncello) & Lauryna Narkevičiūtė (visuals), Kornelijus Jaroševičius (video projections), Rokas Valiauga (stage design), Julius Aglinskas (sound engineer)
SLA Art Space, New York
22.06.2024
Oracle of Many Winds (World Premiere)
2nd ensemble edition
Flytifólk: Daniel Rye (clarinet), Anna Hüdepohl (accordion), Torleik Mortensen (double bass), James Goodwin (percussion)
ISCM World New Music Days 2024 selection
Reinsaríið
Torshavn, FO
Funded by: Lithuanian Council for Culture, RCS Athenaeum Award
22.06.2024
Hightet
“Performa” by Twenty Fingers Duo – Lora Kmieliauskaitė (violin) and Arnas Kmieliauskas (violoncello) & Lauryna Narkevičiūtė (visuals), Kornelijus Jaroševičius (video projections), Rokas Valiauga (stage design), Julius Aglinskas (sound engineer)
15.06.2024
Cracks (World Premiere)
Lithuanian National Radio and TV, Arnas Kmieliauskas (violoncello, loop pedal)
Sapiegai Palace, LT
Written as Artist in Residency at Tyrone Guthrie Centre, IE
Funded by: Lithuanian Culture Council, commissioned by Arnas Kmieliauskas
03.06.2024
Gydomosios giesmės (Healing Chants, world premiere)
Joana Daunytė (harp)
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA)
Funded by: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
17-18.04.2024
Confessions
Spatial Opera Company
Produced by Operamanija
Pocket Hall of the Arts Printing House, LT
Funded by: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality
09.04.2024
Voice Cracks
Solo gig (violin, voice, loop pedal)
01-08.04.2024
Artist in Residency
09.03.2024
NANGA
Ensemble 360: Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Gemma Rosefield (cello), Tim Horton (piano)
Sounds of Now
Upper Chapel, Sheffield, UK
Commissioned by: Royal Philharmonic Society, Ensemble 360 and Music in the Round
07.03.2024
Artist Talk and Workshop
Interviewed by John Woolrich
Folkestone New Music
The Green Room at The Grand Hotel, UK
09.02.2024
Violin Ritzos (World Premiere)
Version for string quartet
Anamyktos Quartett (Deutshes Symphonic Orchester)
30.01.2024
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
(Carmen Barradas, Eliorah Goodman, James Weeks)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK
30.01.2024
Moteris ir jos gyvenimai (‘The Woman and her Lives’)
Music for animation
Dir. Rasa Joni, musicians Ensemble Classic+, poetry Indrė Valantinaitė
Baltic Mobile Recordings (Aleksandra and Vilius Kerai)
Producer Laura Almantaitė, UPĖ Media
Cinema Centre „Vingis”, LT
Funded by: Lietuvos kino centras (The Lithuanian Film Centre)
29.01.2024
Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM)
Honour
Royal Academy of Music, UK
15.01.2024
Preritzos (radio premiere)
Apartment House and Chordos String Quartet
Lithuanian National Radio (LRT Klasika)
Energy and Technology Museum, LT
Funded by: Lithuanian National Radio (LRT) and Muzikos Ruduo
11.01.2024
LRT (Lithuanian National Radio) ‘Garso ekspedicija’ (‘Sound expedition’)
featuring Robertas Beinaris talking about new release from Obojų Kvintetas LT’s (Oboe Quintet LT), including my piece Frosto
06.01.2024
Album release: Obojų Kvintetas LT
including my piece Frosto
Obojų Kvintetas LT (Oboe Quintet LT), Jekaterina Bieliauskienė (piano)
Partnered with: MAMA studios
20.12.2023
LRT (Lithuanian National Radio) ‘Be kaukių’ (‘Without Masks’)
talking to Gabija Narušytė
Featuring excerpts from my music
19.12.2023
Kantičkos
Agnė Dūkštaitė Malukienė (accordion)
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, LT
Funded by: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
13.11.2023
PA
Sadie Fields (violin) and Ken Gee (piano)
Guelph Musicfest 2024, First United Church, CA
12.11.2023
PA
Sadie Fields (violin) and Ken Gee (piano)
Guelph Musicfest 2024, Melrose United Church, CA
11.11.2023
PA
Sadie Fields (violin) and Ken Gee (piano)
Guelph Musicfest 2024, The Harmony Centre, CA
10.11.2023
PA
Sadie Fields (violin) and Ken Gee (piano)
Guelph Musicfest 2024, Geulph Youth Music Centre Recital Hall, CA
09.11.2023
PA (world premiere)
Sadie Fields (violin) and Ken Gee (piano)
Village by the Arboretum, CA
Guelph Musicfest 2024 is grateful for the continuing generous support of an Anonymous Donor as well as the contributions of many individual supporters
07.11.2023
Oracle of Many Winds
arrangement for Open Score
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club (workshop)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK
Originally commissioned by Modern Chants project, Funded by Creative Scotland, and PRS Foundation, in partnership with An Lantair, Book Week Scotland, and sound
30.10.2023
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
(Stephen Chase)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK
27.10.2023
The Storm
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, Hyeyoon Park, Benjamin Grosvenor
Released on ‘Many Voices: Ensemble’ Music Masters
NMC Records
Sponsored by: Composers Edition, Music Masters, NMC Records, SCOPS Arts Trust, The Delius Trust, Arts Council England
14.10.2023
Preritzos (world premiere)
Choros Quartet and Apartment House
“Muzikos ruduo” at Energetikos ir technikos muziejus, LT
Commissioned by: LRT (Lithuanian National Radio)
12.10.2023
LRT (Lithuanian National Radio) ‘Garso ekspedicija’ (‘Sound expedition’)
interview by Rasa Murauskaitė-Juškienė about upcoming premiere of Preritzos
11.10.2023
Hightet
“Performa” by Twenty Fingers Duo – Lora Kmieliauskaitė (violin) and Arnas Kmieliauskas (violoncello) & Lauryna Narkevičiūtė (visuals), Kornelijus Jaroševičius (video projections), Rokas Valiauga (stage design), Julius Aglinskas (sound engineer)
“Muzikos ruduo” at Energetikos ir technikos muziejus, LT
01.09.2023
Modern Chants shortlisted for Scotland Awards for New Music
The Award for New Music Project category.
Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer and producer), Dawn Wood (poet), Gemma McGregor, Emily Doolittle, Ellie Cherry (composers), Joanna Nicholson, Katherine Wren (performers), Chris Adams (sound and livestream)
Presented at CCA Glasgow, UK
Sponsored by: New Music Scotland, Steinberg, Dorico, Creative Scotland, Independent Society of Musicians, PRS for Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Musicians’ Union
14-17.07.2023
Contemporary Music for All 30th Anniversary Concert
Music Director, violinist
(Emily Doolittle’s Gardenscape)
St John’s Smith Square, UK
11.07.2023
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (German Broadcasting Culture Radio)
interview with Ramunė Kazlauskaitė
Featuring excerpts of my music
07-09.07.2023
Art-making in the Anthropocene Outdoor Art Residency
Upper Woodburn Cottages, UK
09.07.2023
Rotunda (world premiere)
Birmingham Flute Choir
Bournville Meeting House, UK
Commissioned by: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
22.06.2023
Byoyomi (world premiere)
arr. String quartet and bass clarinet
Scott Lygate (clarinet), Emma Lloyd (violin), Lisa Robertson (violin), Katherine Wren (viola), and Laura Sergeant (cello)
Scottish Music Centre, UK
Originally commissioned for CRAS ensemble and premiered in 2020, for the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima
21.06.2023
Sound Painting CoMA Glasgow Workshop Pop-up Performance
Led by Helen Ducasology, facilitator, musician
Kelvingrove Park, UK
19.05.2023
Prana CD release
Prana for piano solo on album of the same name
Joonatan Jürgenson
19.04.2023
Thumbjam Workshop with Clare Johnston
Manager
Drake Music Scotland and CoMA
CCA Glasgow, UK
02.04.2023
Oracle of Many Winds (arr. Open Score)
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Online
Originally written for Kathrine Wren (viola), and Commissioned by Modern Chants project, Funded by Creative Scotland, and PRS Foundation, in partnership with An Lantair, Book Week Scotland, and sound
21.03.2023
World Early Music Day at Royal Academy of Music
Discussion on current and future students and alumni
Royal Academy of Music, UK
17.03.2023
The Storm (world premiere)
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Wigmore Hall, UK
Commissioned by: Music Masters for Many Voices: Ensemble, with young musicians from Music Masters’ Schools Programme, 2022
16.03.2023
Talk at Clare College Cambridge, Composer Spotlight Event
Featuring performances of Prana and Rūta Čiūta
Daniel Liu (Piano), Hannah Dienes-Williams (Soprano), Jasper Schoff (Violin), Raphael, Herberg (Cello), Daniel Blaze (Horn), Gregory May (Piano)
Funded by: the Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies
06.03.2023
Collaboration with Dave Maric on electroacoustic improvisations
Blairgowrie, UK
05.03.2023
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
Performing an Egyptian Manuscript
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK
20.02.2023
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
(Barry Guy)
Centre for Contemporary Arts, UK
13.02.2023
Rūta Čiūta
Ensemble Classic+
‘Compose Me’ Album Release concert
Fortepijonų salonas ‘Organum’ (‘Organum Piano Salon’), LT
Funded by: the Lithuanian Culture Council, Vilnius City Municipality, Agata and Association Latga
06.02.2023
Broadcast recording of Gaida Festival concert on LRT
Violin Concerto, parts I and II
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Vilmantas Kaliunas (conductor)
LRT (Lithuanian National Radio) Gyvai
06.02.2023
‘Composers on Air’ Podcast
Talking to True Rosaschi
Featuring excerpts of my music
Lithuanian Music and Information Centre
01.02.2023
Presentation of my music at Composer’s Forum
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK
25.01.2023
LRT (Lithuanian National Radio) Garso ekspedicija (‘Sound Expedition’)
Talking to Rasa Murauskaitė-Juškienė
Featuring excerpt from Violin Concerto part 1
Lithuanian National Radio
17.01.2023
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
(Max Gibson)
Centre for Contemporary Arts, UK
19.12.2022
Buried Chants
Chiao-An Chiang (bass drum)
Digital release, recorded at Royal Academy of Music
Commissioned by: Royal Academy of Music, 2019
14.12.2022
Artist in Residence at Arvo Pärdi Keskus (Arvo Pärt Centre), EE
Meeting Arvo Pärt and composing Part III of Violin Concerto
10.12.2022
Oracle for Many Winds
The Black Page Orchestra
Kontaktas concert series
National Art Gallery, LT
Partially funded by: the Lithuanian Council of Culture and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
20.11.2022
Soundwalk with The Bard of the Birds
Created by Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Dawn Wood, Emily Doolittle, Gemma McGregor, Katherine Wren, Joanna Nicholson, Chris Adams
06.11.2022
Violin Concerto (Part I and II, world premiere)
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Vilmantas Kaliunas (conductor) Dalia Kuznecovaitė (violin)
Gaida Festival, Lithuanian National Philharmonic
Produced by: Lithuanian Composers’ Union, funded by Lithuanian Culture Council, supported by DAR residency (LT), AIR Artist in Residency Krems (AT), Arvo Part Centre (EE)
29.10.2022
Oracle for Many Winds & Muay Violin
Self-performed (violin solo with some percussion, loop pedal)
Aberdeen Maritime Museum, UK
Funded by: Sound Scotland, Lottery Funded, Aberdeen City Council, PRS Foundation, Talent Development Partner, PPL, Keychange, Fair Access, Green Arts Initiative
27.10.2022
Oracle for Many Winds & Muay Violin
Self-performed (violin solo with some percussion, loop pedal)
Aberdeen Maritime Museum, UK
Funded by: Sound Scotland, Lottery Funded, Aberdeen City Council, PRS Foundation, Talent Development Partner, PPL, Keychange, Fair Access, Green Arts Initiative
15.10.2022
Nordic Music Days in Iceland 2022
Scottish Delegate
Reykjavik, IS
Funded by: Creative Scotland
07.10.2022
Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Part time position, first day of teaching
06.10.2022
The Music Shell (Muzikinė Geldutė)
As part of European Capital of Culture Kaunas 2022
Chromatikon: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer, video), Aimee Birnbaum (artworks), Trio Sonorité: Ozlem Terkanli (clarinet), Daryl Giuliano (violoncello, Jelena Makarova (piano), also Michael Birnmbaum (voice), Kamilė Rupeikaitė (texts), Borisas Kirzneris (violin)
Vilnius Gaon Jewish History Museum (Vilniaus Gaono žydų istorijos muziejus), LT
Supported by: Lietuvos kultūros taryba (Lithuanian Council for Culture), Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022, Lithuanian Music Information Centre
01.10.2022
The Music Shell (Muzikinė Geldutė)
As part of European Capital of Culture Kaunas 2022
Chromatikon: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer, video), Aimee Birnbaum (artworks), Trio Sonorité: Ozlem Terkanli (clarinet), Daryl Giuliano (violoncello, Jelena Makarova (piano), also Michael Birnmbaum (voice), Kamilė Rupeikaitė (texts)
Nacionalinis M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejus (National M. K. Čiurlionis Art Museum), LT
Supported by: Lietuvos kultūros taryba (Lithuanian Council for Culture), Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022, Lithuanian Music Information Centre.
29.09.2022
LRT (Lithuanian National Radio) Garso ekspedicija (‘Sound Expedition’), talking to Rasa Murauskaitė-Juškienė
Featuring excerpts of Muzikinėje geldutėje and other music
29.09.2022
The Music Shell (Muzikinė Geldutė)
As part of European Capital of Culture Kaunas 2022
Chromatikon: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer, video), Aimee Birnbaum (artworks), Trio Sonorité: Ozlem Terkanli (clarinet), Daryl Giuliano (violoncello, Jelena Makarova (piano), also Michael Birnmbaum (voice), Kamilė Rupeikaitė (texts)
Laiptų Galerija, (Staircase Gallery), LT
Supported by: Lietuvos kultūros taryba (Lithuanian Council for Culture), Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022, Lithuanian Music Information Centre.
28.09.2022
The Music Shell (Muzikinė Geldutė)
As part of European Capital of Culture Kaunas 2022
Chromatikon: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer, video), Aimee Birnbaum (artworks), Trio Sonorité: Ozlem Terkanli (clarinet), Daryl Giuliano (violoncello, Jelena Makarova (piano), also Michael Birnmbaum (voice), Kamilė Rupeikaitė (texts), Natanas Bairakas (keyboard)
LSMU Emmanuel Levinas Centre
Supported by: Lietuvos kultūros taryba (Lithuanian Council for Culture), Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022, Lithuanian Music Information Centre.
25.09.2022
The Music Shell (Muzikinė Geldutė)
As part of European Capital of Culture Kaunas 2022
Chromatikon: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer, video), Aimee Birnbaum (artworks), Trio Sonorité: Ozlem Terkanli (clarinet), Daryl Giuliano (violoncello, Jelena Makarova (piano), also Michael Birnmbaum (voice), Kamilė Rupeikaitė (texts)
Joniškis Raudonoji sinagoga, LT
Supported by: Lietuvos kultūros taryba (Lithuanian Council for Culture), Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022, Lithuanian Music Information Centre.
07.08.2022
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
(Eliorah Goodman)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK
04.08.2022
Recording session at Inchindown Oil Tanks
VR Opera Resonance
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Asa Nordgren, Jens Hedman (creators), Chris Adams (lighting), Joanna Nicholson (clarinet), Katrina Lovie (bagpipes), Preston White (assistance)
Inchindown Oil Tanks, UK
Funded by: Kulturbryggan (SE)
03.08.2022
Rūta Čiūta (Compose Me)
Album Release
Ensemble Classic+
Recorded, mixed and mastered at various locations by Julius Aglinskas
Funded by: AGATA, Asociacija LATGA, Lietuvos kultūros taryba, Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė
28.07.2022
Recording session at Fingals Cave
VR Opera Resonance
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Asa Nordgren, Jens Hedman (creators)
Fingals Cave, Isle of Staffa, UK
Funded by Kulturbryggan (SE)
24.07.2022
Recording session at Hamilton Mausoleum
VR Opera Resonance, ‘Mourning Suzanne’
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Asa Nordgren, Jens Hedman (creators), Chris Adams (lighting), Andrew Murphy (percussion)
Hamilton Mausoleum, UK
Funded by Kulturbryggan (SE)
23.07.2022
Recording session at King’s Caves
VR Opera Resonance
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Asa Nordgren, Jens Hedman (creators)
Chris Adams (lighting)
King’s Caves, Isle of Arran, UK
Funded by Kulturbryggan (SE)
22.07.2022
Deep Ocean
Human Threads exhibition
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (violin, creator) Åsa Nordgen (soprano, creator) and Jens Hedman (electronics, creator)
Curated by Alison Stirling
Tramway, UK
Funded by Artlink Edinburgh & the Lothians
20.07.2022
Deep Listening Workshop through amplified floor
Human Threads exhibition
Ruta Vitkauskaite and Emily Doolittle (facilitators)
Curated by Alison Stirling
Tramway, UK
Funded by Artlink Edinburgh & the Lothians
19.07.2022
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
(James Weeks)
Centre for Contemporary Arts, UK
01.07.2022
Artist in Residence at DAR
Druskininkai boarding and recreation house, LT
Funded by: Lithuanian Composers’ Union
14.06.2022
Buried Chants
Joanne Chiang (bass drum)
The State51 Conservatoire, online
Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, 2019
More Info
09.06.2022
Buried Chants
Joanne Chiang (bass drum)
St Eanswythe’s Church, UK
Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, 2019
05.06.2022
CoMA Glasgow Workshop and Concert
Facilitator
(Emily Doolittle)
Tramway
Funded by: Artlink Edinburgh & the Lothians
25.05.2022
Buried Chants
Chiao-An Chiang (bass drum)
Dukes Hall, Royal Academy of Music, UK
Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, 2019
14.05.2022
Recording session at Sandviken
VR Opera Resonance
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Asa Nordgren, Jens Hedman (creators)
Sandviken, SE
Funded by: Kulturbryggan (SE)
24.04.2022
Confessions (5pm performance)
Spatial Opera in the Dark
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (violin, sound objects), Åsa Nordgren (soprano, sound objects), Jens Hedman (electronics, soundobjects)
Produced by Operomanija
Priekulė Cultural Centre, LT
Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
24.04.2022
Confessions (3pm performance)
Spatial Opera in the Dark
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (violin, sound objects), Åsa Nordgren (soprano, sound objects), Jens Hedman (electronics, soundobjects)
Produced by Operomanija
Priekulė Cultural Centre, LT
Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
16.04.2022
Hightet
‘’Performa’’ by Twenty Fingers Duo – Lora Kmieliauskaitė (violin) and Arnas Kmieliauskas (violoncello) & Lauryna Narkevičiūtė (visuals), Kornelijus Jaroševičius (video projections), Rokas Valiauga (stage design), Julius Aglinskas (sound engineer)
Šiaulių kultūros centras, LT
Funded by: the municipality of Šiauliai, Šiauliai Culture Center (partner).
Etaplius, Miestos nauskienos (informational partners)
25.03.2022
Lithuanian Art Music Showcase II: Rūta Vitkauskaitė
Curated by Rasa Murauskaitė
With excerpts from Byoyomi and Hightet
CRAS Ensemble, Twenty Fingers duo
Online
Funded by: the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
Organised by: the Lithuanian Culture Institute & Music Information Centre Lithuania
06.03.2022
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club Festival Edition
Facilitator
(Emily Doolittle, Hannah Havrydec, Simon Knighton and Héloïse Werner)
Online
Funded by CoMA
27.02.2022
Soundwalk with The Bard of the Birds
Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Dawn Wood, Emily Doolittle, Gemma McGregor, Katherine Wren, Joanna Nicholson, Chris Adams (creators)
Online, Sound Scotland
Funded by Creative Scotland, and PRS Foundation, in partnership with An Lantair, Book Week Scotland, and Sound Scotland as part of the Modern Chants project
16.02.2022
Ear to the Ground podcast
talking to Aileen Sweeney and Ben Eames
Featuring excerpts of my music
06.02.2022
Collaborative Burn’s night concert
Result of An Lanntair residency on Lewis
Performer, composer, violinist
With James Mackenzie (bagpipes and flute) and Katie Mackenzie (harp and voice)
Grinneabhat, UK
Funded by Creative Scotland
31.01.2022
Women’s Radio Station
Interview with Sefania Passamonte
Featuring ‘The Bard of the Birds’ from Modern Chants and other music
Online
29.01.2022
Buried Chants
Chiao-An Chiang (bass drum)
Duke’s Hall, UK
Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, 2019
19.01.2022
Buried Chants
Chiao-An Chiang (bass drum)
Nonclassical Battle of the Bands 2022
MOTH Club, UK
Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, 2019
22.01.2022 – 04.02.2022
Artist in Residence
An Lanntair Residency in Bragar, Isle of Lewis, UK
Modern Chants project
Funded by Creative Scotland, in partnership with An Lantair
22.01.2022
Opera Skylė (repeat broadcast)
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė (librettist), Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer and video projections), Marija Simona Šimulynaitė (director), Milda Lembertaitė (set designer), Gabrielė Šaulytė (costume designer), Agnė Sabulytė (mezzo-soprano), Rita Mačiliūnaitė (mezzo-soprano, percussion), Jonas Sakalauskas (baritone, electric guitar), Marija Kalvelytė (metallophone, percussion, voice), Albertas Navickas (metallophone, percussion, voice), Marija Grikevičiūtė (double bass, percussion, voice), Mihai Sorohan (trumpet, percussion, voice), Justinas Machys (flute, percussion, voice)
Produced by Operomanija
Rasa Radio, presented by Veronika Janatjeva and Ana Ablamonova (producer of Operomanija)
“Skylė” was released in June 2009 (sound director Vytautas Kederys), together with other short operas of NOA on a triple compact disc. Recorded at MAMA Studios. It was part of the “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” (VEKS) project “Music Laboratory Network “Procesas: Sound Recording Laboratory”, produced by Operomanija.
18.01.2022
Open Score Club
Facilitator
(Heloise Werner)
Online, CoMA Glasgow
Commissioned by CoMA for CoMA Festival 2022
16.01.2022
Opera Skylė (repeat broadcast)
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė (librettist), Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer and video projections), Marija Simona Šimulynaitė (director), Milda Lembertaitė (set designer), Gabrielė Šaulytė (costume designer), Agnė Sabulytė (mezzo-soprano), Rita Mačiliūnaitė (mezzo-soprano, percussion), Jonas Sakalauskas (baritone, electric guitar), Marija Kalvelytė (metallophone, percussion, voice), Albertas Navickas (metallophone, percussion, voice), Marija Grikevičiūtė (double bass, percussion, voice), Mihai Sorohan (trumpet, percussion, voice), Justinas Machys (flute, percussion, voice)
Produced by Operomanija
Rasa Radio, presented by Veronika Janatjeva and Ana Ablamonova (producer of Operomanija)
“Skylė” was released in June 2009 (sound director Vytautas Kederys), together with other short operas of NOA on a triple compact disc. Recorded at MAMA Studios. It was part of the “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” (VEKS) project “Music Laboratory Network “Procesas: Sound Recording Laboratory”, produced by Operomanija.
15.01.2022
Opera Skylė (broadcast)
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė (librettist), Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer and video projections), Marija Simona Šimulynaitė (director), Milda Lembertaitė (set designer), Gabrielė Šaulytė (costume designer), Agnė Sabulytė (mezzo-soprano), Rita Mačiliūnaitė (mezzo-soprano, percussion), Jonas Sakalauskas (baritone, electric guitar), Marija Kalvelytė (metallophone, percussion, voice), Albertas Navickas (metallophone, percussion, voice), Marija Grikevičiūtė (double bass, percussion, voice), Mihai Sorohan (trumpet, percussion, voice), Justinas Machys (flute, percussion, voice)
Produced by Operomanija
Rasa Radio, presented by Veronika Janatjeva and Ana Ablamonova (producer of Operomanija)
“Skylė” was released in June 2009 (sound director Vytautas Kederys), together with other short operas of NOA on a triple compact disc. Recorded at MAMA Studios. It was part of the “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” (VEKS) project “Music Laboratory Network “Procesas: Sound Recording Laboratory”, produced by Operomanija.
21.12.2021
‘Open Xmas Club’
Online Musical Christmas Celebration
CoMA Glasgow
Facilitator
Online
06.12.2021
Women’s Radio Station ‘Future Classic Women Awards’ Programme
Interviewed by Stefania Passamonte
Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer), Jelena Makarova, Özlem Çelik and Daryl Giuliano (musicians), Aimee Birnbaum (visual artist)
Talking about the creative partnership forged during lockdown in London.
Aired 6 – 20th December, 10am and 10pm
18.12.2021
LRT (Lithuanian National Radio) ‘Garso ekspedicija’ (‘Sound expedition’)
Interview with Rasa Murauskaitė
Live broadcast of ‘Prayer for an Extinct Language’ premiere
Florentin Ginot (Double bass)
‘Prayer for an Extinct Language’ commissioned by KONTAKTAS
16.12.2021
Prayer for an Extinct Language (premiere)
Florentin Ginot (Double bass)
Kontaktas Concert ‘Contrabasse’
National Art Gallery, LT
Broadcast by LRT
Commissioned by KONTAKTAS, project funded by Lietuvos kultūros taryba
05.12.2021
Creative Residency with Operomanija
Rūta Vitkauskaitė, Åsa Nordgren, Jens Hedman, Ana Ablamonova (creators)
Opera Genomas creative project development in partnership with Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Vilnius, LT
26.11.2021
Confessions
Spatial opera in the dark
Spatial Opera Company: Rūta Vitkauskaitė (violin, soundobjects), Åsa Nordgren (soprano, soundobjects), Jens Hedman (electronics, soundobjects)
Producer: Operomanija
Arts Printing House, LT
Funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
21.11.2021
Modern Chants (world premiere)
Rūta Vitkauskaitė (composer, creator), Dawn Wood (author), Emily Doolittle (composer), Gemma McGregor (composer), Joanna Nicholson (clarinet), Katherine Wren (viola), Chris Adams (sound and audio), Ellie Cherry (electronics)
Including work premieres of Oracle of Many Winds and Canntaireachd
Book Week Scotland 2021
Funded by Creative Scotland, PRS Foundation (‘The Open Fund’), Alba Chrutyhachail
Partners: Book Week Scotland, Sound Scotland, An Lanntair
13.11.2021
‘Alizava’ film release
Including excerpts of The Gate, commissioned by Multistory and performed by
Rosanna Ter-Berg (flute), Matt Maguire (viola), Hannah Morgan
(clarinet), Jude Carlton (percussion)
Forum Cinema Vingis, LT
22.10.2021
NANGA (world premiere)
Ensemble 360: Gemma Rosefield – cello, Benjamin Nabarro – violin, Tim Horton – piano
Crucible Studio Theatre, UK
Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society for
Music in the Round and Ensemble 360
19.10.2021
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
(Marsha Burke)
Sound Festival 2021, Lemon Tree
Funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh
20.10.2021
Azykhantropean Tunes (world premiere)
Ensemble edition for Ensemble Thing: Alex South (clarinet), Djordje Gajic (accordion), Emily De Simone (violoncello), Thomas Butler (conductor)
Online
16.10.2021
CoMA Glasgow concert for World Singing Day 2021
StorySpace devised by Janet Oate, Created by CoMA Glasgow: Pratyay Raha, Sonja Mes, Marsha Burke, Gemma McGregor, De Zen Teh, Alison Beattie, Ruta Vitkauskaite, Suzanne Briggs, Sheena Phillips, and Janet Oates
Chains of Connection devised by Sheena Philips, Created by CoMA Glasgow: Sheena Phillips, Suzanne Briggs, Janet Oates, Simon Hellewell, Gemma McGregor, De Zen Teh, Pratyay Raha, Sonja Mes, Ruta Vitkauskaite, Alison Beattie
Online
Facilitated by CoMA Glasgow
07.10.2021
The Music Shell
Preview Performance
10th Litvak Days in London
Ruta Vitkauskaite (composer), Aimee Birnbaum (artist), Trio Sonorite: Özlem Çelik (clarinet), Daryl Giuliano (violoncello), Jelena Makarova (piano), featuring Michael Birnbaum (voice)
Embassy of Lithuania, UK
25.09.2021
For Many Thousands
Martynas Levickis, accordion
Usedomer Musikfestival, St. John’s Church, Rankwitz (DE)
23.09.2021
Edge of Time (online premiere)
Ruta Vitkauskaite (composer), Aimee Birnbaum (artist), Trio Sonorite: Özlem Çelik (clarinet), Daryl Giuliano (violoncello), Jelena Makarova (piano), and John Naulls (video producer)
Online, recorded at Royal Academy of Music, UK
Funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture
21.09.2021
CoMA Glasgow Open Score Club
Facilitator
(Gabriel Jackson, Stephen Montague)
CoMA Glasgow
Online