Lithuanian Composers & Publishers

Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre	Mickeviciaus 29 LT-600 Vilnius	Tel./Fax. +370 2 726986	W: www.nkm.lt/mipc/index2.html E: center@mipc.vno.osf.lt
	The Centre prepares, collects and distributes documentation on Lithuanian contemporary music composers and events, and maintains archives of sheet music and recordings. The Centre releases CDs on selected Lithuanian music. Site is still under construction for cd’s and scores. Composers index has good info about the composers listed. “Library sales” section appears to have a score perusal lending service. “Addresses” section has full list of the country’s arts organizations, ensembles, concert halls, cultural ministries, recording studios, newspapers, general festivals.
Lithuanian Composers' Union	Daiva Parulskiene, Chair Mickeviciaus 29 LT - 2600 Vilnius	T: +370 2 223611 F:+370 2 220939	W: www.mic.lt/lcu.htm E: daivap@nkm.lt
	Another good site and contact for information about Lithuanian composers and composing.
Edition J. Petronis	K. Donelai?io g. 6 LT-3000 Kaunas	T: +827 428784 Cell: 8-286-04847	W: www.petronis.freeservers.com/indexenglish.htm E: darikuci@kaunas.omnitel.net
	Publisher of Lithuanian music for over 50 years, Petronis published many of Ciurlionis' works including his choral pieces. Online catalogue available.
Other publishers outside of Lithuania	Arminde (France), Carus, Laurendale, and Santa Barbara Music Press.
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COMPOSERS
The composers section of the Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre website is a good place to find a list of and information on Lithuanian composers. Some composers who have written choral works are listed below.
Vaclovas Augustinas (b. 1959)	www.jaunamuzika.lt/conductor.html www.treble.org/azuoliukas3.html
	Director of the "Jauna Muzika" Municipal Choir of Vilnius, Augustinas is also a prolific choral composer. Some of his works are published by Alliance Music and by Laurendale.
Vytautas Barkauskas (b.1931)	www.mic.lt/c_barkauskas.htm
Mikalojus Ciurlionis (1875-1911)	www.lithuanian-american.org/v16/landsbergis.html neris.mii.lt/art/ciurlionis/ciurl2.html www.litnet.lt/ciurlionis/ciurlion.html
	Still largely unknown in America, it is said Ciurlionis, a composer and painter, embodies the soul of the Lithuanian people. His instrumental and choral works are much revered. He was only 35 when he died. See the online articles in Bridges on Ciurlionis: #1 and #2.
Bronius Kutavicius (b. 1932)	www.mic.lt/c_kutavicius.htm
Vytautas Landsbergis (b.1932)	www.lithuanian-american.org/v16/landsbergis.html
	A graduate of the Vilnius Conservatory of Music in 1955, Landsbergis was a professor of music until his election as President of the Supreme Council of Lithuania in 1990. Landsbergis was Lithuania's first Head of State as he presided over the former Soviet Republic's struggle to regain its independence as a nation. Today, he is Chairman of Parlaiment and still plays piano.
Algirdas Martinaitis (b.1950)	www.mic.lt/c_martinaitis.htm
Vytautas Miskinis (b.1954)	www.treble.org/azuoliukas3.html
	Director of the Azuoliukas Boys Choir, Prof. of Choral Conducting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, Director of the All-Lithuanian Song Festival. Published by Carus, Arminde, and Santa Barbara Music Press.
Kristina Vasiliauskaite (b. 1956)	Visit her bio and rep list on the Lithuanian Music Information Center - then click on composers, then scroll the menu to Vasiliauskaite. Another website bio on Vasiliauskaite can be found on the Santa Barbara website. See another webpage for information on scores (including scans and audio clips). A cd of her two masses is also available - click here.