Bronius Kutavičius

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Bronius Kutavičius (born September 13, 1932 in Molainiai , Panevėžys Rajongemeinde ) is a Lithuanian composer and professor .

Life

Kutavičius studied composition at the Lithuanian State Conversation in Vilnius from 1959 to 1964 . During this decade he also began to incorporate methods of serial music , aleatoric , collage techniques , sonorism and new forms of notation into his compositions and to play with parameters such as timbre or spatial sound . In 1967 he joined the Lithuanian Composers Associationa. Minimalism has found its way into Kutavičius' works since the 1970s, as well as early forms from Lithuanian music history, the beginnings of which he deals in detail there. The works Pantheistic Oratorio (1970), The Last Heidnischen Riten (1978) and Vom Steine ​​der Jatwinger (1983), which made the composer known and can be considered representative of his musical oeuvre, also date from this period .

From 1974 to 1989 he was a member of the Executive Council of the Lithuanian Composers' Union. In 1982 Kutavičius was awarded the title “Honored Artist of the Lithuanian SSR ”, in 1984 and 1985 he received the Apple Prize (lit. Obuolio premija ) and in 1987 the Jatwinger Prize. From the 1990s onwards, he also thematized the musical culture of other countries such as Japan and Karelia in his compositions . 1991–95 Kutavičius worked on one of his major works, The Gates of Jerusalem , for which he received the Lithuanian National Prize in 1996. In 1993 he became Professor of Composition at the Music Academy of Lithuania, in 1999 he received the Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas fourth class and the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland , and later the Prize of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture . In 2000 he wrote his opera Lokys based on the libretto by Aušra Marija Sluckaitė-Jurašienė , based on the novel of the same name by Prosper Mérimée .

Works (selection)

  • Sonata for viola and piano (1969)
  • Panteistinė oratorija (Pantheistic Oratorio) for soprano , speaker, four male voices, flute , oboe , clarinet , bassoon , horn , percussion , piano, string quartet and double bass (1970)
  • Ant kranto (Am Ufer) for soprano and four violas (1972); based on a text by Jonas Mekas
  • Dzūkiškos variacijos (Dzuk Variations) for ten solo strings and tape (1974)
  • Praeities laikrodžiai I (Clocks of the Past I) for string quartet and guitar (1977)
  • Prutena. Užpustytas kaimas (Prutena. The Sand-Covered Village) for violin , organ and bells (1977)
  • Paskutinės pagonių apeigos (The Last Pagan Rites) for soprano, female choir , four horns and organ (1978)
  • Strazdas žalias paukštis (Green Bird Strazdas) for soprano, bass and tape, opera poem (1981); Libretto by Sigitas Geda
  • Iš jotvingių akmens (Vom Steins der Jatwinger) for soprano, alto , tenor and bass and 16 folk instruments (1983)
  • Pasaulio Medis (Tree of the World) for vocal ensemble , mixed choir , wind orchestra , percussion, piano, harpsichord , organ and folk musical instruments (1986)
  • Jeruzalės vartai (The Gates of Jerusalem) (1991–95)
  • Epitaphium temporum pereunti (Epitaph for the passing of time) for mixed choir and orchestra (1998)
  • Lokys (2000)

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personal data
SURNAME Kutavičius, Bronius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian composer and professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Molainiai