Raminta Šerkšnytė
Raminta Šerkšnytė (born 1975, in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian composer, pianist and Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize laureate.
Life and career
Šerkšnytė was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. From 1982 to 1994, she studied music at Kaunas J. Naujalio high school and with her aunt, Rymantė Šerkšnytė. From 1994 to 2000, she studied composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music with Professor Balakauskas, Rimantas Janeliauskas and Valentina Maslski. From 1997 to 2007, she studied composition abroad.[1] After completing her studies, she worked as a pianist and composer. Her music has been performed internationally in Berlin, New York, Toronto, Moscow and at a number of international music festivals.[2]
Awards
- 1995 - Juozas Gruodis Composers Competition, first prize for the song Misterioso for two flutes and bass
- 2003 and 2006 - Lithuanian Composers' Union, twice awarded the prize for the best chamber work (2003 for Oriental Elegy for string quartet, 2006 for Almond Blossom for chamber ensemble)
- 2005 - Gold Cross of the Scene as the best theater composer
- 2005 - Lithuanian Ministry of Culture Prize for young artists
- 2005 - UNESCO 's International Rostrum of Composers for "Vortex" for solo violin and ensemble
- 2007 - Muses Mill Prize
- 2008 - Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize for classical music and modern forms
Works
Selected works include:
Orchestra
- De profundis, 1998
- Aisbergas, 2000
- Koncertas, 2002
- Kalnai migloje, 2005
- Mažojo princo pasaka, 2007
- Žara, 2008
Solo instrument
- Pasakalija, 1995
- Fantazija, 1997
- Adagio, 1999
- Adieu, 2002
- Miražas, 2003
- Trys ostinato preliudai, 2007
Chamber
- Styginių kvartetas, 1994
- Misterioso, 1994
- Trys koncertinės pjesės, 1995
- Vizijos, 1995
- Žvelgiant į pasąmonę (Looking at the Subconscious) for flute and viola (1997)
- Koncertas šešiems, 1999
- Basso ostinato, 2001
- Rytų elegija, 2002
- Idée fixe, 2002
- Nuojautos (Presentiments) for flute, viola and 1~4 prepared pianos (2002)
- Sūkurys, 2004
- Miražai, 2005
- Migdolų žydėjimas, 2006
Vocal
- Saula, 2004
- Sense Six, 2004
Choral
- Aurei Regina Caeli, 1996
- Saulėlydžio ir aušros giesmės, 2007
- Sakura, 2018
For children
- Supasi lapai nubudinti, 1995
- Andante, 1997
- Vakaro atspindžiai, 1997
- Mažasis preliudas, 1998
- Baladė, 1998
- Šaltinėlis, 1998
- Dvi invencijos, 2003
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Categories:
- 1975 births
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century classical pianists
- 21st-century classical composers
- 21st-century classical pianists
- Female classical composers
- Lithuanian classical composers
- Lithuanian classical pianists
- Lithuanian women pianists
- Living people
- Musicians from Kaunas
- Women classical pianists
- 20th-century women composers
- 21st-century women composers