Tomas Kutavičius

Tomas Kutavičius (* 1964 ) is a Lithuanian jazz pianist and composer .

Live and act

Kutavičius, whose father is the composer Bronius Kutavičius, first received classical piano lessons; He was at the MK Čiurlionis Art School , then at the Conservatory of Vilnius and the Lithuanian Music Academy trained before he took composition lessons from his father. During his time at the conservatory in 1985, he began to gain experience as a jazz musician in the institution's big band. Then he worked with musicians such as Petras Vyšniauskas , Arkady Gotesman, Juozas Milašius, Dalius Naujokaitis, Vytautas Labutis, Vladimir Tarasov and Vladimir Chekasin , but also with Theo Jörgensmann , Kai Kanthak and Klaus Kugel . Since 1990 he has also led his own groups; he performed at international festivals and also toured North America and Central and Western Europe.

In addition to jazz pieces and ballet music, Kutavičius wrote the children's musicals Jeronimas' Tales (1997), The Horse and the River (1998) and the operas Mother's Eyes (1999), Carmen Songs (2003) and Longnose the Dwarf (based on the fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff , 2005 ). In 1997 he received the Grand Prix at the international theater festival in Grenoble for his incidental music for the play A Journey . In addition to his work as a musician and composer, he teaches at the Liepaites Choir School in Vilnius and teaches at the jazz chair of the music academy of the Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas in Kaunas .

Discographic notes

• Skirmantas Sasnauskas Quartet: Song for Children (with Eugenijus Kanevičius , Linas Būda, 1989)
• Petras Vyšniauskas, Tomas Kutavičius, Eugenijus Kanevičius: Symphonic Miniatures (1993)
• Sandbound Cemetery (solo, 1995)

Web links

• Web presence
• Portrait (Schloss Solitude)
• CV