Mindaugas Piečaitis
Mindaugas Piečaitis is a Lithuanian composer and conductor who has worked with several major Lithuanian musical organizations. He gained international attention as the composer and conductor of a chamber orchestra piece featuring a performance by Nora, a cat who plays the piano.
On 5 June 2009, the chamber piece was performed publicly by the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra.
Biography
Born in Vilnius, Piečaitis graduated from its M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts in 1987. He received diplomas in Choir Conducting, Orchestra Conducting, and Symphony – Opera Conducting from the Lithuanian Academy of Music during the 1990s. Since then he has worked in staging and conducting performances at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Kaunas Music Theater, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, and the Klaipėda Musical Theater. He is currently the conductor of the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra.Piečaitis is notable for his innovative approach to classical music, and for supporting young musicians in their careers and including them in his performances.