Mindaugas Urbaitis
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Mindaugas Urbaitis (born June 1, 1952 in Kaunas ) is a Lithuanian composer.
Life
Urbaitis studied composition until 1975 at the State Lithuanian Conservatory in Vilnius with Julius Juzeliūnas afterwards continuing his postgraduate studies there until 1977. From 1991 to 1996 he was chairman of the Lithuanian Composers Union, and from 1991 to 1996 he organized the Gaida Baltic Music Festival in Vilnius. He is a teacher at the Music and Theater Academy of Lithuania.
Urbaitis is considered a significant Lithuanian representative of minimalism . His works have been performed at international music festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Bornholm Music Festival and the Vale of Glamorgan Festival. His ballet Acid City was awarded in 2002 by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture as the best work of the year.
Works
- Bach Variations I for Instrumental Quartet , 1988
- Lithuanian Folk Music for String Orchestra, 1991
- Lacrimosa for choir, 1994
- Celebrabo te, Domine , 1996, 2000
- Tre movimenti for mixed ensemble, 1997
- Recycling Tango for Mixed Ensemble, 1998
- Final piece for mixed ensemble, 1998
- Fanfare for the Vilnius Festival for Orchestra, 1999
- The case Wagner for mixed ensemble, 1999
- Stillness for string quartet, 2000
- Bach Variations II for instrumental sextet , 2000
- Hommage à JJ for 18 stringed instruments, 2001
- Tromba nostalgica for solo instrument and piano, 2002
- Three Liturgical Choirs: 1. Si sumpsero, 2nd Salvo Regina 3. Domine Jesu Christe , 2005
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