January 27, 2018, 19.00 – 24:00
Conservatorium Maastricht – Bonnefantenstraat 15 Maastricht
Composition class of Vykintas Baltakas and Contemporary Music Ensemble – Conservatorium Maastricht.
Works by John Cage, Willie Arets, Iago Hermo, Bardiya Kheibari, Giannis Montesantos, Sachit Ajmani, Felipe Hoyos González and Kavour S. Christos
Category Archives: conducting
New festival for contemporary music: “New Music Challenges/018” in Vilnius
The Lithuanian Ensemble Network collaborates with the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre as ”ensemble in residence”. Together with the department of composition LEN starts a new festival for contemporary music “New Music Challenges/018“.
January 11, 2018, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius
18:00. John Cage – a portrait
19:30. Improvisation
21:00. Electroacoustic music
January 12, 2018, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius
18:00. Works of the composition students 1
19:30. Works of the composition students 2
January 13, 2018, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius
19:00. LENsemble & Centre Henri Pousseur
Works of Stéphane Orlando, Guillaume Auvray, Vykintas Baltakas, Ignas Krunglevičius, Monika Sokaitė and Albertas Navickas
21:00. Electroacoustic music
Ensemble of contemporary music of the LMTA, LENsemble, Centre Henri Pousseur
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
The portrait concert of Osvaldas Balakauskas at the Vilnius Festival
June 8th, at 7 pm, The Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius
Rusnė Mataitytė (vln), Raimondas Sviackevičius (acc), Chordos Quartet
LENsemble
The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Vykintas Baltakas , cond.
Night of contemporary music at the Maastricht Music Academy
June 1st 2017 17.30-20.30 Willem Hijstek Hall
Bonnefantenstraat 15, 6211 KL, Maastricht
17:30-18:15 – Hinhören
The Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the Conservatory Maastricht and the composition class of Robert H.P. Platz
18:30-19:15 – Hören
Lecture & Concert
Emeritus celebrations for prof. Robert HP Platz.
Kim Van den Brempt (piano), Centre Henri Pousseur Liège, Belgium
19:30-20:15 -Nach(t)hören
Closing event with performances by Aleksandra Djordjevic and works of the composition class of Vykintas Baltakas
The Ensemble of Contemporary Music of the Conservatory Maastricht, Vykintas Baltakas, conductor
Cairo Contemporary Music Days 2017 / Carte Blanche
April 27, 2017 at the Goethe Institute Cairo
Music of falling sounds (2015) for violin and electronics; Ieva Sipaitytė, vln
Also works by Justina Repečkaitė, Arturas Bumšteinas, Amr Okba, Bushra El-Turk, Gamal Abdel Rahim
April 30, 2017 at the Ewart Memorial Hall, Cairo
Works by Hassan Taha, Hikari Kiyama, Bushra El-Turk, Egidija Medekšaitė, Øyvind Torvund, Zad Moultaka
LENsemble and European – Egyptian Contemporary Music Society
Vykintas Baltakas, conducting
Contemporary music at the Conservatory of Maastricht
28 Jan 2017, Night of classical music
Conservatory of Maastricht (NL)
Works by Luciano Berio, Willie Arets, Joep van Leeuwen and Giannis Montesantos
Ensemble of contemporary music at the conservatory Maastricht
Vykintas Baltakas, conducting
LENsemble in Vilnius
2016, 20 October, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
45th Baltic musicological conference
Julius Juzeliūnas and the World
Works by Hanns Eisler, John Cage, Julius Juzeliūnas, Kevin Volans, Vitali Godziatski, Edison Denisov
LENsemble, Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
2016, 22 October, Contemporary Art Centre
26th Contemporary Music Festival GAIDA
Music in Image & Image in Music
Works by Stefan Prins, Vytautas V. Jurgutis (premiere), Tierry de Mey, Matthew Shlomowitz, Michael Beil, François Sarhan and Anatolijus Šenderovas (premiere)
Stéphane Ginsburgh (solo piano) Andrius Žiūra (solo clarinet), LENsemble
Conducting at the Gaudeamus music week 2016
10 Sept 2016 – Gaudeamus music week, TivolVredenburg Utrecht (NL)
Works by Bahaa Al Ansary, Z.Jabri, W.Bulsink, B. de Vrees, W.Jeths
Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
Portrait CD by KAIROS
1. (co)ro(na) for ensemble 10:24
2. Pasaka for piano solo 05:15
3. Sinfonia for ensemble 03:25
4. b(ell tree)for string quartet 11:35
5. Ri for soprano and electronics 09:21
6. Poussla for ensemble and orchestra 14:47
7. Pasaka for piano and tape 08:43
8. Saxordionphonics for solo saxophone, accordion and orchestra 12:36
Total Time: 79:47
Artist(s):
Tokyo Sinfonietta, Benjamin Kobler, LENsemble (Lithuanian Ensemble Network), Chordos Quartet, Rita Balta, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Marcus Weiss, Teodoro Anzellotti, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Yasuaki Itakura, Vykintas Baltakas, Johannes Kalitzke, Emilio Pomárico
KAIROS-MUSIC
Catalogue No.: 0015004KAI
EAN Code: 9120040735043
Mauricio Kagel concert trail in Vilnius
9.4.2016, 19:00 Energetikos ir technikos muziejus | Energy ant Technology Museum Vilnius (LT)
Kantrimiusik, 50′
Phantasiestück, 15′
Mitternachtsstük, 40′
Het Collectief ensemble
LENsemble (Lithuanian Ensemble Network)
Jauna Muzika choir
Oskaras Koršunovas, direction
Vykintas Baltakas, conductor
Full program book
Kagel concert trail at the Concertgebouw Brugge
12.3.2016, Concertgebouw Brugge (B)
19:30 Vykintas Baltakas “Smokey Arnold” (2015) for ensemble
20:00 Mauricio Kagel:
Die Stücke der Windrose for ensemble, 50′
Kantrimiusik (1973-75), 50′
Mitternachtsstük (1980-86), 40′
Het Collectief ensemble
LENsemble (Lithuanian Ensemble Network)
Jauna Muzika choir
Oskaras Koršunovas, direction
Vykintas Baltakas, conductor
CANTIO – chamber opera – first CD recording and distribution online
The recording of my chamber opera CANTIO from the festival Ultraschall in Berlin 2013 – is now available as CD and accessable via all major online distributors.
Text: Sharon Lynn Joyce
German Text: Erika Ria Otto
Stage dir.: Cornelia Heger
Vivian Lüdorf (narrator), Margret Giglinger (sopr.), Florian Feth (tn), Tobias Hagge (bs)
L’ENsemble (Lithuanian Ensemble Network)
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
Production of Kulturkontakte e.V., Konzerthaus Berlin and Ultraschall Festival / Deutschlandradio Kultur
© LEN media, 2015
iTunes
conducting swiss contemporary music in Cairo
Swiss Contemporary Composers portrait
12 Nov. 2014, Ewart Memorial Hall, Cairo (EG)
Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
conducting Rolf Wallin with HERMESensemble at the Happy New Festival
13/05/2014 Happy New Festival (Kortrijk, BE), 8pm
strange news
HERMESensemble
Arthur Kisenyi, solo
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
Lithuanian Ensemble Network
Double portrait Wolfgang Rihm & Matthias Pintscher
Febr. 27 2014, Vilnius (LT)
Franz Schubert: Symphony No.5
Wolfgang Rihm: Ländler, Erscheinung, Am Horizont, Nature Morte
Matthias Pintscher: Study I for Treatise on the Veil, Figura III, Svelto
Wolfgang Rihm: Vier Male
Lithuanian Ensemble Network
Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Vykintas Baltakas
Rolf Wallin with HERMESensemble
09/11/2013 Novermber Music Festival (NL), 18:45
13/11/2013 Antwerp deSingel (BE), 20:00
solve et coagula
age of wire and strings
strange news
HERMESensemble
Arthur Kisenyi, solo
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
New CD: Bram Van Camp
Portrait of Luciano Berio at the festival Jauna Muzika
Sequenza III (1965)
Air (aus Oper) (1969/1970)
Naturale (1985)
El mar la mar sopranui (1952/1969)
O King (1968)
Lied (1983)
Differences (1958-1959)
Altra voce (1999)
Rita Balta (sopr.)
Rita Mačiliūnaitė (mezzo)
Lithuanian Ensemble Network
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
CANTIO: new recording
new recording: an excerpt from the last production of CANTIO (music theater) at the Ultraschall festival Berlin 2013.
Lithuanian Ensemble Network
Vykintas Baltakas (cond.)
Production: Kulturkontakte e.V., Berlin, Ultraschall Festival and Konzerthaus Berlin.
Cantio on the Radio
Saturday, 2 February, 19:05 | Deutschlandradio Kultur
Vivian Lüdorf, speaker; Margret Giglinger, s; Florian Feth, t; Tobias Hagge, bar;
Lithuanian Ensemble Network, c. Vykintas Baltakas
Production: Kulturkontakte e.V., Konzerthaus Berlin, Festival Ultraschall 2013
conducting Het collectief
30 Jan. 2013, De Casino, Sint-Niklaas (BE)
Bram Van Camp: “Feesten van angst en pijn”
Liesbeth Devos, sopr.
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
New recordings
Recorded: october 2012
Premiere of CANTIO at the Ultraschall Festival
Further performances: 19 and 20, 2013, Konzerthaus Berlin
Cornelia Heger, stage dir.
Vivian Lüdorf, speaker
Margret Giglinger, sopr.
Florian Feth, tenor
Tobias Hagge, bass
Vykintas Baltakas, cond.
Production: Kulturkontakte e.V., Konzerthaus Berlin
conducting Hermes Ensemble in DeSingel Antwerp
William Russel, Lou Harrisson
Lithuanian Ensemble Network: Portrait of B.Kutavičius
September 12-14 2012, Vilnius (LT)
Pilna B.Kutavičiui skirtų renginių programa / complete program book