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Artist
Vytautas V. Jurgutis
12+ albums
contemporary classicalelectroacousticambientelectroniccomposer
about
Vytautas V. Jurgutis is truly an exponent of a new type of multi-faceted artists. A do-it-yourself musician, delving into the depths of sound, a mathematician, thinking in sophisticated routines of programming languages. A showman, presenting his works in multimedia settings, doing himself multiple real-time video projections, or, as in his most recent interdisciplinary dance performance Time Line (2006), generating a multidimensional artistic language which involves human body movements, kinetic scenography, ultra-precise laser projections, and digital visuals. Jurgutis is also a composer of solid academic background, employing vast modernist heritage of advanced instrumental writing. Vytautas V. Jurgutis (b.1976) completed his studies for a Master's degree in the class of composition under Prof. Osvaldas Balakauskas at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (2000). In 1996 he was honoured with the Tyla Prize, which is awarded for the best work of the year by young Lithuanian composer. In 1997-99 - the principal organizer of the Youth Chamber Music Days in Druskininkai. In 1998 participated with his multimedia work Spectrum RTM at the Baltic Biennial ArtGenda'98 in Stockholm. The same year attended New Music Courses in Darmstadt. Participated at the International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest (1999) and the 1st Young Artists Biennial BIG Torino 2000. In 2001 he was awarded the Young Composer Prize at the composers' competition organized by the Lithuanian Compos
