Žibuoklė Martinaitytė
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė is a Lithuanian composer based in New York City. In 2022 she was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts. In 2020 Martinaitytė received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Lithuanian Government Prize for Culture and Arts for her creative achievements. Her work In Search of Lost Beauty.... received two gold medals at the Global Music Awards for "Best Composer" and Best Album.
Life
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė studied music from 1979 to 1991 at the Kaunas J. Naujalis Art school. From 1991 to 1997 she studied composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius under Professor Bronius Kutavičius and Julius Juzeliūnas. After graduating in 1997, she attended various summer courses for composers: Darmstädter Ferienkurse, the 6th International Academy for New Composition and Audio Art in Schwaz/Tirol, Austria with Bogusław Schaeffer and Marek Chołoniewski, Fondation Royaumont in France with Brian Ferneyhough, José Evangelista and Jean-Luc Herve, IRCAM/Centre Acanthes in France with Jonathan Harvey and Michael Jarrell and the Stavanger orchestral music course in Norway with Ole Lützow-Holm.When Vilnius became the European Capital of Culture in 2009, Lithuanian National Radio and Television commissioned A Thousand Doors To The World for performance by a symphony orchestra.
In 2022 Martinaitytė was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts. In 2020 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Lithuanian Government Award for her creative work.
Ms. Martinaitytė is married to sound designer True Rosaschi.
Selected works
Orchestral
A Thousand Doors To The World Horizons Millefleur Saudade- ''Catharsis''
Chamber orchestra or large ensemble
Completely Embraced By The Beauty Of Emptiness for 13 instrumentsSort Sol for string orchestraEx Tenebris Lux for string orchestraWind band
4 Forces for symphonic wind band orchestraSoloist and orchestra
Chiaroscuro Trilogy for piano and string orchestraSielunmaisema for cello and string orchestraNunc fluens. Nunc stans for percussion and string orchestraSmall ensemble
Attention! High Tension! for tuba and pianoOde to Joy for flute, viola and harpsichord Driving Force for trombone, tenor saxophone and accordionInhabited Silences for piano trioAmerican Hodgepodge for flute, bass clarinet, violin, violoncello and electronicsGridlock for clarinet, violoncello and pianoLouder-Quieter for 2 trombones and tubaIncessant Confluences for flute and pianoOSMOSIS for brass sextetIn Search Of Lost Beauty... for violin, cello, piano, electronics and videoUnique Forms of Continuity in Space for 2 pianos and percussionSolastalgia for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano... and under every deep a lower deep opens for cello and pianoHadal Zone for bass clarinet, tuba, violoncello, contrabass, piano and electronicsSolo instrument
Impulses for pianoForgotten Melodies for bassoonHeights and Depths of Love for pianoSerenity Diptychs for violin, electronics and videoAires De Ugnis for guitarFlashes of Illuminations for pianoGradations of Light for pianoBraiding for violaEphemeral for cello and electronicsKALBA for viola and electronicsAbyssal Zone for contrabassOn The Threshold for violinclose the eyes of memory for organLumen in Umbra for pianoPolyphonies of Being for pianoVocal
The Blue of Distance for a cappella choirChant des Voyelles for a cappella choirAletheia for a cappella choirDensité de présence for 8 female voices and 5 cellosDiscography
Solo CDs
Horizons In Search of Lost Beauty... Saudade Ex Tenebris Lux- ''Hadal Zone''
Group CDs
Zoom in 6: new music from Lithuania Zoom in 10: new music from Lithuania Anthology of Lithuanian Art Music in the 21st Century Zoom in 12: New Art Music from Lithuania Zoom in 13: New Art Music from Lithuania The Color of There Seen From Here- ''Monochrome''