Julius Juzeliūnas
Julius Juzeliūnas (born February 20, 1916 on the Čepolė farm (now Bauska district , Latvia ) near Žeimelis (now Pakruojis Rajongemeinde ), Šiauliai district ; † June 15, 2001 in Vilnius ) was a Lithuanian composer and music teacher. He is considered the main representative of " Baltic minimalism". In the "intonation cells" he developed, he combined folkloric intonation with contemporary compositional techniques.
Life
Juzeliūnas graduated from the Julius Janonis Grammar School Šiauliai . From 1939 to 1944 he learned the organ at the Šiauliai music school (with Juozas Karosas ). Then Juzeliūnas studied composition with Juozas Gruodis at the Kaunas Conservatory and later at the Leningrad Conservatory in Russia .
Juzeliūnas taught composition from 1952 at the State Conservatory of Music, which later became the Lithuanian Music Academy in Vilnius . His students included u. a. Onutė Narbutaitė , Antanas Rekašius , Feliksas Bajoras , Justinas Bašinskas , Vytautas Laurušas , Jurgis Juozapaitis , Romuald Twardowski , Mindaugas Urbaitis , Rytis Mažulis, Šarūnas Nakas.
After his death, twenty of his students composed a homage à Julius Juzeliūnas for eighteen string instruments.
His grave is in the Saltoniškės Cemetery , Vilnius .
family
Julius Juzeliūnas was married. His son is Gediminas Juzeliūnas (* 1958), physicist (quantum optician), professor, director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Works
- 1st symphony , 1948
- 2nd symphony , 1951
- Sukileliai , opera, 1960
- Concerto for organ, violin and string orchestra, 1963
- 3rd Symphony ( Žmogaus lyra ) for baritone, choir and orchestra, 1965
- Zaidimas , Opera, 1968
- Melika for voice and organ, 1973
- 4th Symphony , 1974
- Cantus Magnificat , symphonic oratorio for soloist, two choirs, organ and orchestra, 1978–79
- 4th string quartet (1980)
- 5th Symphony ( Lygumų giesmės ) for female choir and string orchestra, 1982
- 2nd piano sonata (1986)
- 6th Symphony ( Patarlių simfonija ) for choir and orchestra, 1991
source
- Algirdas Jonas Ambrazas: Julius Juzeliūnas in: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , 2006, last update December 6, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Juzeliūnas, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Čepolė farm near Žeimelis |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 2001 |
| Place of death | Vilnius |