Vykintas Baltakas

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Vykintas Baltakas (b. 1972) studied at the Lithuanian Music Academy (composition under Vytautas Barkauskas, conducting under Lionginas Abarius) in 1990-93. In this period he established and led the vocal ensemble "Penki vėjai" and chamber choir "Aidija". In 1993-97 he studied at the Hoschschule für Musik Karlsruhe under Wolfgang Rihm (composition) and Andreas Weiss (conducting). In 1994-96 he participated in the Darmstadt summer courses (where he received an award for his Pasaka (Fairy Tale) for solo piano in 1996), in 1997 attended the composition courses by Emmanuel Nunes at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1994-97 he studied under the composer Peter Eötvös; from 1995 he was Eötvös' assistant at the Karlsruhe Music Academy. In 1999-2000 Vykintas Baltakas worked in IRCAM in Paris. He has received composer's grants from the Heinrich Strobel foundation, Herrenhaus Edenkoben and the Nadia and Lili Boulanger foundation. In 2001, the portrait concert of Vykintas Baltakas' compositions was held at the Gasteig in Munich. In 2002 the Kölner Philharmonie conducted by Sylvain Cambreling premiered Baltakas' work Poussla for orchestra. In 2003 Vykintas Baltakas was awarded the Claudio Abbado International Prize for composition; in the same year his works were performed at concerts in London, Berlin (MaerzMusik), Strasbourg (Ars musica), Paris; the world premiere of his work about to drink dense clouds, commissioned by Wiener Festwochen and Klangforum Wien, took place in Vienna (conducted by

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Vykintas Baltakas: Ouroboros

Vykintas Baltakas: B(ell tree)

Darmstadt Aural Documents, Box 4: Pianists

Ouroboros

b(ell tree)

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Vykintas Baltakas: Sandwritings

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Witten 2007 CD2

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Poussla

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Baltakas sampler 2008

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corona, pasaka, sinfonia, bell tree, ri, poussla, saxordionphonics (balta, weiss, anzellotti, kobler, chordos quartet, itakura, baltakas, kalitzke, pomàrico)

Darmstadt Aural Documents: Box 4

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