Arūnas Pečiulis

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Arūnas Pečiulis (born September 7, 1966 in Klaipėda , Lithuanian SSR ) is a Lithuanian conductor living in Austria .

Career

Arūnas Pečiulis completed his training as a conductor at the Stasys Šimkus Music School in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda and at the Vilnius Music Academy . In 1991 he began a second degree at the Mozarteum Salzburg (choir, opera and orchestral conducting), which he graduated with honors in 1994. In the same year Pečiulis also received the sponsorship award from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture . On October 22nd, 2012 he was awarded the Salzburg State Medal of Merit by the Salzburg State Government for his musical achievements and his commitment to the charity event “A b'sondere Zeit”. In 2013 he was honored for his meritorious work by the Salzburg Liedertafel with the "Michael Haydn Medal" in silver, which was awarded for the first time in 30 years.

In 1993 Pečiulis became the second choir director, and since October 18, 2004 he has been the artistic director of the Salzburg Liedertafel . He also works with other choirs and ensembles such as the Lainerhof Quartet Salzburg , the women's ensemble vocal orange and the Salzburger Volksliedsingkreis . He is artistic director and, since 2017, overall director of the Advent singing "A b'sondere Zeit", an event organized by the Salzburg State Aid. From 2001 to 2013 he was choirmaster for the city of Salzburg . In 2018 he conducted the Lithuanian song festival "Dainų šventė". Concert tours led u. a. to Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Croatia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia and many other European countries. In addition, he is repeatedly invited as a guest conductor to Lithuania and other European countries.

Pečiulis has already been a member or chairman of the jury at international choir and conductor competitions and teaches courses for young conductors in Lithuania. He is also the project manager and artistic director of “Music without Borders” (Austria, Italy, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia).

Because of his achievements, he is listed in the current edition of the Lithuanian encyclopedia Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija .

Competitions and Awards

  • 1984 Competition for young conductors in Klaipėda: 1st prize
  • 1985 Competition for young conductors in Šiauliai: 1st prize
  • 1985 Competition for young pianists in Klaipėda: 1st prize
  • 1990 J. Naujalis International Competition in Vilnius: Promotion Prize
  • 1994 Prize of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research
  • 1995 International choir competition in Salzburg with the “Singers Round of the Carinthian Landsmannschaft in Salzburg”: 2nd prize
  • 1995 International choir competition in Salzburg with the "Liedertafel Obertrum": 2nd prize
  • 1997 Austrian choir competition in Ungenach with the "Liedertafel Obertrum": 1st prize
  • 1999 4th Carinthian Choir Competition in Feldkirchen, Carinthia, with the "Singers' Round of the Carinthian Landsmannschaft in Salzburg": 1st prize
  • 1999 4th Carinthian Choir Competition in Feldkirchen, Carinthia with the “Quintet of the Carinthian Landsmannschaft in Salzburg”: 1st prize
  • 1999 International choir competition in Verona with the "Liedertafel Obertrum": 2nd prize
  • 2011 International Folklore Festival in Barcelona: Silver medal with the "Salzburger Volksliedsingkreis"
  • 2012 Award of the Merit Sign of the State of Salzburg
  • 2013 Award of the "Michael Haydn Medal" in silver
  • 2019 International choir competition in Salzburg with the women's ensemble "vocal orange": Gold in category A3 (women's choir with specifications), gold in category S (Musica Sacra), special prize as the best women's choir in category S (Musica Sacra)

Discography

  • 1995 “Sacred Works”, Obertrum Liedertafel
  • 1996 “Songs for Advent and Christmas Night”, Obertrum song board
  • 2001 “Look how still is time”, Lainerhof Quintet
  • 2002 “A B's special time”, anniversary CD
  • 2005 “coarse knit and fine spunna”, Lainerhof quintet
  • 2005 "A B's special time"
  • 2006 “und ois wire si and wire si”, Salzburger Volksliedsingkreis
  • 2006 “Unterwegs”, vocal ensemble EinKlang
  • 2007 "A B's special time"
  • 2012 “A B's special time”, anniversary CD
  • 2012 “It was a quiet night”, Lainerhof Quartet
  • 2016 “Christmas in Orange”, women's ensemble vocal orange

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report on the website of the Salzburg Choir Association, seen on June 25, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Pečiulis, Arūnas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian conductor, artistic director of the Salzburg Liedertafel, district choir director of the city of Salzburg
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Klaipėda , Lithuanian SSR