Composers On Air

The music of Dominykas Digimas is an overwhelmingly reliable source for transporting the inner state to a melancholic feeling of emotional simplicity. This is experienced as inexplicable comfort possibly making the listener feel like they are connecting with their true nature. A committed champion of the contemporary classical community, Digimas is a co-founder of the acclaimed ensemble Synaesthesis, a powerful force in the interna...

Rūta Vitkauskaitė’s work reflects a deep commitment and understanding of academic music combining her sincere interest in tribal and ethnic music. In addition to hearing her own solo violin performance, we learn about the complex and sometimes challenging aspects of her compositional process, her courage to fight for her creative space, the relationships she has formed with her collaborators a...

With the innovative courage of Modernism combined with a deeply focused ruthlessness of fine detail, Repečkaitė guides us through a musical journey ranging from her cultural roots of folk music, her musical beginnings, then sharing the most complex experiments and meticulous execution in electronic and computer-based music. Electro-acoustic projects with groundbreaking techniques and meaningful collaborations with instrumentalists ...

Vykintas Baltakas walks us through his creative process as a composer, conductor, ensemble organizer and educator. His approach to his compositions vary widely: they can be specific or metaphorical images, lyric poetry, formal models or particularly crafted energy patterns. In our conversation we discover the depth and richness of many of his multifaceted musical relationships in an exciting and meaningful creative life. Tracklist...

This dialogue investigates what at first seems to be a window into an ascetic and still landscape of sound, but we also experience carefully crafted complexity that is nurtured by space and breadth cleansed from chaos and demonstrating a clear musical message worthy of a special calm. We discuss aspects of early music, Gregorian chant, deep dives into the creative process and uncovering how intention and inspiration transforms into...

The music of Egidija Medekšaitė is a culmination of interdisciplinary studies and practice writing concert music, music for dance, film and even animation. Many of her compositions are in the creative focus of utilizing textile patterns that are transformed into music as well as influences of Indian Classical music. Her calculated structural patterns result in a hypnotic and magical flow of sound and we are easily lured into an enc...

In this conversation, we discuss the dimensions of compositional process and style. Vytautas V. Jurgutis is truly an exponent of a new type of multi-faceted artist. He is a do-it-yourself musician, delving into primordial depths of sound. A mathematician, thinking in sophisticated musical routines of programming languages, we discover a composer of solid academic background, employing a vast modernist heritage of advanced instrumen...

In this Deep Dive, we explore the intricacies and designs of speech analysis and innovative processes that characterise an unusually deep thinker. From the richly complex solo instrument of a Tam Tam to a full orchestra, we find an infinite set of possibilities of how to master the subtleties of timbre. ​Tracklist: Podcast intro: Bronius Kutavičius Anno cum tettigonia from Lithuanian Music in Context II. Landscapes of Minimalism (...

In this conversation, we take a deep-dive into the compositional process, the experience of rehearsals and the inner dimensions of cross-cultural perspectives on a deeply fascinating musical life. Working at a world-class level, Šerkšnytė shares her personal views on accessing a meaningful intention that spans a broad range of emotions from meditation to dramatic expression. Her main artistic inspiration is the universal rules of h...

Exploring the intuitive nature of the compositional process, Aglinskas takes us on a journey of inner dimensions exposing the complex layers of solitude, authentic, but honest melancholy and an unusual talent of relating to his listeners. The composer shows his true self with pieces composed in an introspective style reminiscent of Feldman, invoking an experience transporting the listener into a nostalgic auto-pilot. You may feel a...

This episode explores the music and creative process of Justė Janulytė. Her award-winning music is an inner journey and recognizable by long, slow expositions, gradual enrichment of textures as if being transported to a completely different time and place. These dimensions emerge from nowhere until you immersed in a special atmosphere while you experience an equally surprising disappearance. This virtual conversation between New Yo...

Lina Lapelytė is a multi-dimensional artist who captures her creative ideas in many forms. Although she is a composer, sound artist, music performer and performance artist, she explores various forms of performance and examines social issues such as displacement, otherness, aging and gender. In this podcast we discuss her current projects, her creative process, ideas around her cultural identity and how she challenges concepts of e...

In this episode we look into the creative life of San Francisco-based Lithuanian composer Albertas Navickas. Living a life of a scientist and composer, he is immersed in creative collaborations expressing many musical outpourings involving traditional instruments, voices and opera projects. The idiom, sound and aesthetics of his music remind of the forms of French culture (from Impressionism to authors heavily influenced by French ...

In this pilot episode, we discover the works of New York-based Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė which revolve around the subject of beauty which she calls both a guiding principle and an aesthetic measure for sonic quality. Her recent CD release Saudade of her orchestral works gained critical acclaim with reviews in The New York Times, Gramophone, BBC Music, and Stereophile magazines. She shares her experiences living a mu...