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Name
  
Raminta Serksnyte

Role
  
Composer

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Raminta Šerkšnytė (born 1975, in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian composer, pianist and Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize laureate.

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Life and career

Šerkšnytė was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. From 1982 to 1994, she studied music at Kaunas J. Naujalio high school and with her aunt, Rymantė Šerkšnytė. From 1994 to 2000, she studied composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music with Professor Balakauskas, Rimantas Janeliauskas and Valentina Maslski. From 1997 to 2007, she studied composition abroad. After completing her studies, she worked as a pianist and composer. Her music has been performed internationally in Berlin, New York, Toronto, Moscow and at a number of international music festivals.

Awards

  • 1995 - Juozas Gruodis Composers Competition, first prize for the song Misterioso for two flutes and bass
  • 2003 and 2006 - Lithuanian Composers' Union, twice awarded the prize for the best chamber work (2003 for Oriental Elegy for string quartet, 2006 for Almond Blossom for chamber ensemble)
  • 2005 - Gold Cross of the Scene as the best theater composer
  • 2005 - Lithuanian Ministry of Culture Prize for young artists
  • 2005 - UNESCO 's International Rostrum of Composers for "Vortex" for solo violin and ensemble
  • 2007 - Muses Mill Prize
  • 2008 - Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize for classical music and modern forms

    • Works

    Selected works include:

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    References

    Raminta Šerkšnytė Wikipedia
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