Gediminas Gelgotas

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Gediminas Gelgotas (born June 12, 1986 in Vilnius ) is a Lithuanian composer and conductor .

Life

Gelgotas comes from a family of musicians. His mother leads three choirs at Vilnius University , his father is part of the LNSO and teaches at the Lithuanian Music and Theater Academy . His sister and brother are also musicians.

In 1993 Gelgotas began his musical training at the MK Čiurlionis Art School with a major in piano. He also learned trumpet and composition in a class from Nailia Galiamova. In 2004 he attended master classes with trumpeter Leif Bengson and pianist Prof. Mūza Rubackytė . From 2005 to 2011 he completed his studies at the Music and Theater Academy of Lithuania with Gintaras Rinkevičius .

Even while still at school, Gelgotas successfully took part in various competitions, festivals and other musical projects.

In 2003 he played as a soloist in the National Philharmonic of Lithuania , and in 2004 he made his debut as a composer and conductor of a choir at Vilnius University. At the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg he studied with the composer Peter Michael Hamel , as well as composition with Vytautas Barkauskas and conducting with Gintaras Rinkevičius at the LMTA .

Gelgotas is the founder and director of the “ New Ideas Chamber Orchestra ” (NI & Co), which implements his compositions and performative ideas. Gelgotas played with NICO in Riga, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, London, Essen, Duisburg, Kassel and other cities and won various prizes. In 2010 Gelgotas signed a contract with Peermusic Germany.

Work (selection)

  • Piece for two flutes Anonymous Calls (December 2003)
  • Piece for trumpet & piano Three Quarters (April 2004)
  • Piece for mixed choir Sodauto (January 2005)
  • String Quartet with oboe. Allegro - Largo - Presto - Andante (November 2005)
  • The song for soprano & piano Letters of the Night (November 2005)
  • Piano trio (for violin, violoncello & piano) (April 2006)
  • Piece for string orchestra Ex Uno (January 2007)
  • Piece for two solo violins, solo viola, voice and string orchestra Musicality of Life (September 2007)
  • The song for voice & piano or for voice solo To the Skies (January 2008)
  • Piece for five strings (4 violins and cello), voice and female choir Am I Exist (March 2008)
  • Septet for string Quartet, flute, oboe and clarinet (May 2008)
  • Piece for eight strings (5 vln, 2 vla, vc) and voice Body Language (August 2008)
  • Piece for voice solo (violin solo, cello solo, viola solo, trumpet solo, flute solo) To The Skies (January 2008)
  • Piece for eight strings An End Is A Beginning (May 2009)
  • Piece for six (or seven) strings Echoes For A Thousand Years (October 2009)
  • Piece for seven strings What's Unrobotizable (April 2010)
  • Piece for six strings, or for symphony orchestra X 21.3 (December 2010)
  • Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elke Tober-Vogt: As if the composer had overheard nature , Main Post , July 9, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Gelgotas, Gediminas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilnius