November 1st, 2024
The CD “ALETHEIA” with the Latvian Radio Choir is released on Ondine Records. Listen to it on Apple Music, Spotify, Youtube, Amazon and other platforms.
October 25th, 2024
EKAGGATA world premiere at the Gaida festival, Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius, Lithuania. Performed by Hugo Ticciati (violin) and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra.
October 12th, 2024
SALOS dance and music installation performance at the festival “Muzikos ruduo” in Vilnius. Šeiko Dance Theater and cellist Marius Sakavičius.
September 28th, 2024
SIELUNMAISEMA performance at the festival “Avanti”, in Kaunas, Lithuania. Performers: Mindaugas Bačkus (cello), VDU chamber orchestra with conductor Vytautas Lukočius
September 20th, 2024
“Zeitgeber” world premiere for 2 cellos. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.
September 6th, 2024
“Aletheia” performance by the Latvian Radio Choir at the Lausitz festival, Gorlitz.
August 25th, 2024
“Heights and Depths” performance by pianist Eglė Andrejevaitė at Paliesiaus dvaras, Lithuania.
August 9th, 2024
“As in the darkness of a tunnel” performance by pianist Marta Finkelštein at the Kintai Music Festival as a part of the program "As the sun will always rise”.
June 4th, 2024
World premiere of the vocal cycle “THREADS” at the Pažaislis Music Festival by Edgaras Montvidas (tenor) and Simon Lepper (piano, UK).
June 3rd, 2024
“Mono-no-aware” world premiere by Joana Daunytė (harp). Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, Vilnius.
May 30th, 2024
World premiere of the vocal cycle “THREADS” at the LVSO Summer Festival by Edgaras Montvidas (tenor) and Simon Lepper (piano, UK). LVSO Concert Hall in Vilnius
May 9th, 2024
“ENHEDUANA” was awarded at the “Best Lithuanian composers pieces 2023” by the Lithuanian Composers Union.
April 17th, 2024
“4 Forces” performance at the Klaipėda Music Spring Festival by the Lithuanian Symphonic Wind Orchestra, conductor Karolis Variakojis.
April 7th, 2024
“Heights and Depths” performance at the Closing Concert for Women’s History Month by pianist Amy Wurtz. Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago.
March 27th, 2024
“Flashes of Illumination” performance by Max Lifchitz at the Albany Performing Arts Center, NY.
February 12th, 2024
Žibuoklė is the recipient of the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, 2024 Music Awards by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
January 26th, 2024
“Unique Forms of Continuity in Space” performance by piano duo Rūta Rikterė and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas with percussion at the Klaipėda Concert Hall.
January 20th, 2024
“Ping Pong Concerto” Canadian premiere at the 21C Music Festival, The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Canada. Conductor Brian Current.
January 14th, 2024
“Millefleur” performance by the Klaipėda’s Opera Theater symphony orchestra, conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis at Žvejų rūmai Klaipėda Cultural Centre, Lithuania.
November 30th, 2023
“Millefleur” Canadian premiere by the ESPRIT Orchestra, conductor Alex Pauk. Koerner Hall, Toronto, Canada.
November 19th, 2023
“Hadal Zone” performance by the ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the Huddersfield Music festival.
November 14th, 2023
“Solastalgia” performance by the Thornton Edge new music ensemble at the California festival, USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, California.
November 11th, 2023
“Millefleur” performance by Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, conductor Karolis Variakojis at the Kaunas Philharmonic, Lithuania.
November 8th, 2023
“In Search of Lost Beauty” performance by the Trio Bohema at the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus, Denmark.
October 29th, 2023
“Enheduana” world premiere by mezzo-sporano Justina Gringytė and the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra at the festival “Gaida” in Vilnius, Lithuania.
October 25th, 2023
“Unique Forms of Continuity in Space” performance by piano duo Zbignevas Ibelhauptas and Rūta Rikterė and percussion. Gaida festival, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Vilnius.
October 21st, 2023
“Hadal Zone” performance by the ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the festival “Zemlika”, Durbe, Latvia.
October 17th, 2023
“In Search of Lost Beauty” performance by the Trio Bohema at the festival “Moravian Autumn” Brno Philharmonic, Czech Republic.
October 12th, 2023
“Polyphonies of Being” performance by pianist Andrius Žlabys at “Vilnius 700 Symposium”, Sudler Hall, Yale university, New Haven
October 6th, 2023
“Nunc fluens. Nunc stans” performance by Pavel Giunter (percussion) and Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, conductor Vykintas Baltakas. Festival “Music of Changes” in Klaipėda, Lithuania
September 23rd, 2023
“Spiral Spin” world premiere by the cellist Oliver Herbert at the Kronberg festival in Germany.
September 20th, 2023
“Hadal Zone” performance by the ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the festival “Music of Changes” in Klaipėda, Lithuania
September 15th, 2023
“Ululations” world premiere by the Latvian Radio Choir at the international IAMIC (International Association of Music Centers) conference in Riga, Latvia
August 16th, 2023
Žibuoklė is a guest on the New Music USA podcast “SoundLives” with host Frank J. Oteri. Listen or read full transcript here.
August 8th, 2023
Interview with Žibuoklė about the CD “Hadal Zone” on the WRUU radio show “Contemporary Classics” with Dave Lake.
July 29th, 2023
“Hadal Zone” performance by ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the Kintai festival, Lithuania.
July 28th, 2023
“Hadal Zone” performance by ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the Kristupo festival in Vilnius, Lithuania.
July 16th, 2023
“Polyphonies of Being” Lithuanian premiere by pianist Andrius Žlabys at the Paliesiaus dvaras, Lithuania.
June 15th, 2023
“Chiaroscuro Trilogy” performance by pianist Laura Mikkola and St. Michel Strings, conducted by Okko Kamu, at the Iitti Music festival in Finland.
May 21st, 2023
“4 Forces” performance by the Lithuanian Symphonic Wind Orchestra (conductor Karolis Variakojis) at the festival “Druskomanija” in Vilnius, Lithuania.
May 20th, 2023
“Braiding” premiere by the violist Augusta Romaškevičiūtė in chamber music series “Music is a women” in Antazavės dvaras, Lithuania.
May 19th, 2023
“Braiding” premiere by the violist Augusta Romaškevičiūtė in chamber music series “Music is a women”. TonArt Studija, Vilnius, Lithuania.
May 14th, 2023
“Aletheia” performance by VOLTI, San Francisco, conductor Robert Geary, at the Kanbar Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, California.
May 13th, 2023
“Aletheia” performance by VOLTI, San Francisco, conductor Robert Geary, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Walnut Creek, California.
May 6th, 2023
“Hadal Zone” performance by the ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the Long Play Festival, Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn.
May 5th, 2023
The CD “Hadal Zone” is released on Cantaloupe Music. It is available on Bandcamp, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Youtube and other platforms.
May 3rd, 2023
“4 Forces” performance" by the Lithuanian Symphonic Wind Orchestra, conductor Karolis Variakojis at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius.
March 18th, 2023
“Saudade” performance by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Guntis Kuzma at the Festival Baltic Music Days, Cesis Concert Hall, Latvia.
March 3rd, 2023
“Saudade” performance by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Janne Nisonen at the festival “Musica Nova” in Helsinki, Finland.
February 25th, 2023
“Saudade”performance by the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (conductor Modestas Pitrėnas) at the National Philharmonic Hall in Vilnius, Lithuania.
February 3rd, 2023
“Summer” (from “Sielunmaisema”) performance by the Klaipėda’s Chamber Orchestra, conductor Alexis Soriano at the festival “Alborada Clasica” in Spain.
January 23, 2023
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2023 nomination for the CD “Ex Tenebris Lux”!
December 12th, 2022
Žibuoklė is announced to be the recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize for Arts and Culture!
December 12th, 2022
“Polyphony of Being” performance by pianist Andrius Žlabys at The Morgan Museum and Library in New York.
December 10th, 2022
“Densité de présence” premiere by the Melos New Vocal Music Collective and Cello Club. “Monochrome project”, music series “Contact” at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius, Lithuania.
December 4th, 2022
“Polyphony of Being” premiere at The Philips Collection in Washington DC. Performed by pianist Andrius Žlabys.
November 27th, 2022
“Aletheia” performance by the Latvian Radio Choir, conductor Kaspars Putnins at the “Baltic Sense”, Ars Musica festival in Brussels, Belgium.
November 19th, 2022
"Aletheia" (2022) premiere by the Latvian Radio Choir at the festival “Baltic Music Days/ Up Close” in Kaunas, Lithuania.
November 17th, 2022
"4 Forces" (2022) premiere by the Lithuanian Symphonic Wind Orchestra at the festival “Baltic Music Days/ Up Close” at the Kaunas State Philharmonic, Lithuania.
November 15th, 2022
“Hadal Zone” performance by the ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the festival “Baltic Music Days/ Up Close” at the Kaunas State Philharmonic, Lithuania.
November 12th, 2022
“Eliminations” (2022) premiere by the Apartment House ensemble at the Lithuanian Theater, Film and Music Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania.
November 8th, 2022
“Solastalgia” performance by the ensemble Synaesthesis at the Sacrum Profanum festival program “Interactions” in Krakow, Poland.
November 4th, 2022
“Solastalgia” performance by the ensemble Synaesthesis at the BALTIC SENSE program in Alytus City Theater, Lithuania.
October 31st, 2022
“Solastalgia” performance by the ensemble Synaesthesis at the BALTIC SENSE program in AFEKT festival ir Tartu, Estonia.
October 30th, 2022
“Solastalgia” performance by the ensemble Synaesthesis at the BALTIC SENSE program in AFEKT festival ir Tallin, Estonia.
October 20th, 2022
“Inhabited Silences” performance by the Apartment House ensemble at the Jewish Community Centre in London, UK.
October 15th, 2022
“Hadal Zone” is performed by the ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the festival “Muzikos ruduo”
in Vilnius, Lithuania.
September 18th, 2022
“Solastalgia” is performed by the ensemble “Synaesthesis” as a part of the concert “Rudens darbi.” in Ventspils Concert Hall, Latvia.
September 3rd, 2022
“close the eyes of memory” premiere at the “Brandneu Festival” in Kassel, Germany at St. Martin’s. Performed by organist Wolfgang Kogert (Austria).
July 11th, 2022
“Saudade” performance by Weimar Staatskapelle orchestra, conductor Giedrė Šlekytė in Weimarhalle, Germany.
July 10th, 2022
“Saudade” performance by Weimar Staatskapelle orchestra, conductor Giedrė Šlekytė in Weimarhalle, Germany.
July 6th, 2022
Žibuoklė was awarded The Medal of Honor for her creative merits by the Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda. Video of the awards ceremony here.
June 21st, 2022
“Ex Tenebris Lux” at the “Pažaislis festival” in Kaunas Philharmonie, Lithuania.
Performerd by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Sergej Krylov.
June 19th, 2022
“Ex Tenebris Lux” performance and CD release party at the “Vilnius festival”,at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic. Performed by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Sergey Krylov.
June 3rd, 2022
CD of chamber orchestra works “Ex Tenebris Lux” is released on Ondine. It is available on Apple Music, Amazon, High Res Audio, Spotify and other platforms.
May 10th, 2022
“Flashes of Illumination” performance as a part of a program “Paths to Illumination” by the pianist Robert Fleitz in Kanepes Laikmetigas Kulturas centrs, Biedriba, Latvia.
May 4th, 2022
“Impulses” are presented by pianist Sandra Mogensen as a part of her larger project “The Music She Writes”. Watch youtube video.
April 20th, 2022
“Saudade” performance in Toronto, Canada by the Esprit Orchestra, conductor Alex Pauk. More info here.
March 13th, 2022
“…and under every deep a lower deep opens…” performance by Gabrielius Alekna (piano) and Caroline Stinson (cello). Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius at 16:00
March 11th, 2022
“Saudade” performance at the Benefit for Ukraine “Strong together”. The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater in Vilnius, Lithuania.
March 10th, 2022
EU premiere of “and under every deep a lower deep opens…” by Gabrielius Alekna (piano) and Caroline Stinson (cello). Klaipėda Concert Hall, at 18:30
March 9th, 2022
Music for dance project “SALOS” is nominated for the Golden Cross Awards in Lithuania.
(Auksiniai scenos kryžiai).
February 17, 18 and 19th, 2022
“SAUDADE” US premiere by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali at Lincoln Center, Rose Theater.
Janurary 22nd, 2022
World premiere of “…and under every deep a lower deep opens…” performed by Caroline Stinson (cello) and Gabrielius Alekna (piano). Baldwin Auditorium, Duke university, North Carolina. Concert will be live streamed here.
January 7th, 2022
“Saudade” performance by the Bruckner Orchester Linz, conductor Giedrė Šlekytė. The concert will be streamed at 19:30 CET (1:30 PM New York time, EST). Streaming here.
December 18th, 2021
“Heights and Depths of Love” performance by pianist Sarah Cahill at the seven-hour marathon The Future is Female, at the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California.
December 8th, 2021
CD “Saudade” is among NPR’s Top 10 Classical Albums of 2021!
December 7th, 2021
“SAUDADE” performance by the Bruckner Orchester Linz, conductor Giedrė Šlekytė at the Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
November 19th, 2021“HADAL ZONE” premiere at the Blaibach Konzerthaus, Germany. Performed by the ensemble “Synaesthesis”.
November 7th, 2021
“CATHARSIS” premiere at the GAIDA festival in Vilnius, Lithuania. Performed by the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robertas Šervenikas.
October 3rd, 2021
“Solastalgia” US premiere by the The Sound Ensemble as a part of the larger project “EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss” in The Royal Room, Seattle, WA.
October 2nd, 2021
“Solastalgia” US premiere by the The Sound Ensemble as a part of the larger project “EXTRACTION: Art on the Edge of the Abyss” in Trinity Church, Seattle, WA.
September 30th, 2021
“Spring” from “Sielunmaisema” is performed as a part of the dance project “Esamasis laikas” by Klaipėda’s Chamber Orchestra and cellist Mindaugas Bačkus in Kaunas, Lithuania.
September 28th, 2021
“Solastalgia” performance by the Synaesthesis ensemble at the Usedomer Festival 2021 in Germany.
September 25th, 2021
Chiaroscuro Trilogy” performance at the festival “Permainų muzika” in Klaipėda, Lithuania by Petras Geniušas (piano), Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, conductor Vilmantas Kaliūnas
September 6th, 2021
Žibuoklė is the very first guest on the podcast “Composers On Air” launched by the Lithuanian Music Information Centre and hosted by True Rosaschi. Listen on Spotify, Google Podcasts, PodBean and Amazon Music.
August 3rd, 2021
“Solastalgia” performance by the Ensemble Synaesthesis at the Sinfonia Varsovia in Warsaw, Poland
July 31st, 2021
“Abyssal Zone” is premiered live by bassist Robert Black at the Bang On A Can Loud Weekend at the Mass MoCa, Ma.
July 13th, 2021
“Solastalgia” performance by the Ensemble Synaesthesis at the Midsummer Festival 2021 in Vilnius, Lithuania at the Grand Duke Palace.
July 3-9, 2021
SALOS interdisciplinary project with Šeiko Dance Company for the “N-žemė” festival in Nida, Lithuania. Audiovisual installation at the Lighthouse, Urbo kalnas during the day and live performances in the evening (19:30 and 20:30)
June 2021
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra announced their 2021-2022 season. They will present the US premiere of “Saudade” on February 17-19, 2022 in New York conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
June 2021
Žibuoklė’s orchestral works are now represented by the Fennica-Gherman publishing house based in Finnland.
June 9th, 2021
“Ex Tenebris Lux. Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s Music Expanse” concert at the Vilnius Festival. World premiere of “Ex Tenebris Lux” and performances of “Nunc fluens. Nunc stans.”, “Chiaroscuro Trilogy”. Performed by Petras Geniušas (piano), Pavel Giunter (percussion), Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Karolis Variakojis at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall in Vilnius.
April 26th, 2021
“Solastalgia” performed by the ensemble “Synaesthesis” at the Baltic Music Days. Online stream is at 19:00 local time (12PM EST).
April 2nd, 2021
“Abyssal Zone” is performed by bassist Robert Black at the First Fridays. Live stream at 12PM, EST.
March 26th, 2021
“Solastalgia” was awarded at the Best Pieces of the Year 2020, Chamber Music category by the Lithuanian Composers Union.
April, 2021
CD “Saudade” is the Record of the Month, Editor’s Choice in April, 2021 of Stereophile Magazine.
March 20th, 2021
“Flashes of Illumination” is performed by Robert Fleitz at the recital “Illuminations”, Swan City Piano Festival.
February 5th, 2021
Gramophone magazine features the CD “Saudade” trailer as their video of the day!
February 5th, 2021
The CD of orchestral works “Saudade” is released on Ondine. It is available on Amazon, Spotify and Apple Music. Video Trailer here.
December 17th, 2020
Žibuoklė was a guest on the radio show/podcast “Garso ekspedicija” dedicated to her music.
December 5th, 2020
“Nunc fluens. Nunc stans” premiere at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius, Lithuania. Performed by Pavel Giunter (percussion) and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Vilmantas Kaliūnas. Concert is streamed at 12 PM EST through the Digital Hall of the National Philharmonic.
October 30th, 2020
“Flashes of Illuminations” premiere by the pianist Max Lifchitz as a part of a program “Women of Note!”. The concert will be streamed at 4PM EST here.
October 27th, 2020
“Chiaroscuro Trilogy” performance at the “Gaida” festival at the Lithuanian National Philharmonie. Performed by Petras Geniušas (piano) and Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Karolis Variakojis. POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 8th
October 17th, 2020
“Solastalgia” premiere at the fesitval “Muzikos ruduo” at the Energetikos ir technikos muziejus, Vilnius, Lithuania. Performed by the ensemble “Synaesthesis”, conductor Karolis Variakojis.
October 14th, 2020
“Driving Force” performance at the fesitval “Muzikos ruduo” at Energetikos ir technikos muziejus, Vilnius, Lithuania.
September 23rd, 2020
“In Search of Lost Beauty” is performed at the festival “Permainu Muzika” in Klaipėda by the ensemble FortVio.
July 18th, 2020
“Sielunmaisema”, Part I “Spring” is performed as a part of the program “Esamasis Laikas” for live musicians and dancers at the festival “Klaipėdos muzikos pavasaris” in Klaipėda, Lithuania. Performers: Mindaugas Bačkus (cello) and Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, choreography by Aušra Krasauskaitė.
July 11th, 2020
Žibuoklė participated in the online project “The Art of Virus” and composed a short piece “On the Threshold”. Listen to the performance by Canadian violinist Atis Bankas.
July 10th, 2020
“Heights and Depths of Love” is performed by pianist Sarah Cahill as a part of the online event “The Future is Female: In Conversation and Performance”.
June 14th, 2020
“Abyssal Zone” premiere by Bang On A Can All Stars with contrabassist Robert Black at the Bang On A Can Marathon. The Marathon is streamed live and “Abyssal Zone” will be performed between 4 PM to 5 PM EST.
May 31st, 2020
KALBA premiere for viola and electronics. Performed by Karen Bentley Pollick via live streaming event “New Works for Violin/Viola and Electronics” at Stanford University, CCRMA.
April 21st, 2020
“Sielunmaisema” was awarded as the best piece of 2019 in the orchestral category by the Lithuanian Composers Union.
April 9th, 2020
Žibuoklė was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2020 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation!
March 22nd, 2020
"Sort Sol” premiere of the string orchestra version by the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, conductor Chris Whittaker, at the Fort Washington Collegiate Church in Manhattan.
March 21st, 2020
“Sort Sol” premiere of the string orchestra version by the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, conductor Chris Whittaker, at the Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran in New York.
March 16th, 2020
“Flashes of Illumination” premiere by pianist Max Lifchitz as a part of his program “Women of Note” at the National Opera Center in New York.
March 9th, 2020
Žibuoklė receives the Lithuanian Government Award at the ceremony at the Palace of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania in Vilnius.
February 29th, 2020
“Chant des Voyelles” performance by Volti, conductor Robert Geary at the Hillside Club, Berkley, CA.
February 28th, 2020
“Chant des Voyelles” performance by Volti, conductor Robert Geary at the Noe Valley Ministry in San Francisco, CA.
January 2020
“Millefleur” for symphony orchestra was released on the CD “Zoom in 13” by the Lithuanian Music Information Center. The CD is available to listen online.
December 2019
“Driving Force” for accordion, trombone and tenor saxophone was selected by the Score Follower for their Youtube Channel.
December 2019
“Louder-Quieter” for brass trio was released on the CD “Louder-Quieter” by the Sonum Brass Trio. CD is available here.
November 22th, 2019
“Sielunmaisema” performed by cellist Mindaugas Bačkus and Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, conductor Normunds Šne at the festival “Iš Arti” in Kaunas, Lithuania.
November 18th, 2019
“Heights and Depths of Love” performance by pianist Sarah Cahill at the University of Iowa as a part of the program “The Future is Female”.
November 16th, 2019
“Heights and Depths of Love” performance by pianist Sarah Cahill at the Carolina Performing Arts in Chapel Hill, NC as a part of the program “The Future is Female”.
October 26th, 2019
US premiere of “In Search of Lost Beauty…” at the Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio in Oakland, California. Performers: Karen Bentley Pollick (violin), Monica Scott (violoncello), Marja Mutru (piano). Ticket info.
October 25th, 2019
US premiere of “In Search of Lost Beauty…” at the CCRMA Stage(Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics), Stanford University, California. Performers: Karen Bentley Pollick (violin), Monica Scott (violoncello), Marja Mutru (piano).
October 25th, 2019
“Incessant Confluences” performed by Laura Falzon (flute) and Nathan Buckner (piano) at the festival “Sound of Change” at the Churcill College, University Of Cambridge, UK.
October 19th, 2019
“SAUDADE” for symphony orchestra premiere at the festival “Gaida” in Vilnius, Lithuania. Performed by the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Karolis Variakojis.
September 20th, 2019
“Sielunmaisema” premiere at the festival “Permainų muzika” in Klaipėda, Lithuania. Performed by Mindaugas Bačkus (cello) and Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hartmut Rohde.
August 3rd, 2019
July 14th, 2019
“Heights and Depths of Love” performance by pianist Sarah Cahill at the “Flower Piano”, Botanical gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
June 21st, 2019
The CD “In Search of Lost Beauty…” was awarded 2 gold medals for Best Composer and Best Album at the “Global Music Awards”.
June 21th, 2019
“Heights and Depths of Love” performance by pianist Sarah Cahill at the “Garden of Memory”, Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, California
June 12th, 2019
Žibuoklė participates for 2 1/2 hours on the radio show “Lithuania Reprise” on “Classical Discoveries” with Marvin Rosen on WPRB, Priceton, NJ. Listen to the show here.
April 27th, 2019
“Millefleur” for symphony orchestra was awarded as one of the best pieces of 2018 by the Lithuanian Composers Union. The award had a poetic wording “for chiaroscuro in orchestral music”.
April 26th, 2019
The choral piece “The Blue of Distance” was released as a part of the VOLTI CD “the color of there seen from here” on the Innova label. It is available on all major platforms including Amazon, iTunes and Spotify.
April 27th, 2019
“Attention! High Tension” was performed by the 5th Wave Collective as a part of the concert “Shatter the Heavens: A Response to Gun Violence in Chicago” in Curtiss Hall, Chicago.
April 14th, 2019
Žibuoklė was interviewed by Sarah Cahill for the “Revolutions Per Minute” at KALW, San Francisco public radio.
April 12th, 2019
Žibuoklė was interviewed by John Schaefer for New Sounds at WNYC. #4225.
April 10th, 2019
“Louder-Quieter” was performed by Sonum Brass Trio in Klaipėda, Lithuania
April 2019
Žibuoklė was awarded a residency at the Aaron Copland House in NY.
March 25th, 2019
“Heights and Depths of Love” (1st movement) is performed by the pianist Sarah Cahill at Bowling Green State University, New Music Festival as a part of the program “The Future is Female”.
March 22, 2019
“Heights and Depths of Love” (1st movement) is performed by the pianist Sarah Cahill at the Detroit Institute of Arts as a part of the program “The Future is Female”.
March 18th, 2019
“Stay where you are”, a collaboration with the filmmaker Anna Pasztor will be premiered at the Experimental Intermedia in New York.
March 7th, 2019
The CD “In Search Of Lost Beauty…” release party at The Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in New York.
March 1st, 2019
The CD “In Search Of Lost Beauty…” has been released on Starkland Records. It is available on Amazon.
February, 2019
Žibuoklė was awarded a fellowship for the residency at the MacDowell Colony.
January, 2019
Starkland records announced the CD “In Search of Lost Beauty” release. Watch a video and pre-order CD here.
November 30th, 2018
Žibuoklė participates in the Composers Now Dialogues No. 4 with composers Courtney Bryan and Felipe Lara at the Steinway Hall, New York.
November 9th, 2018
Premiere of orchestral piece “Millefleur” at the festival “Iš arti” in Kaunas, Lithuania. Performers: Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martynas Staškus.
October 14th, 2018
Premiere of “Heights and Depths of Love” (1st movement) at the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks performed by pianist Sarah Cahill.
July 2018
2 video clips by filmmaker Mikas Žukauskas for the CD “Horizons” released by the Lithuanian Music Information Center. Read press release here. Watch interview with Žibuoklė and the official CD trailer.
July 3rd, 2018
“Serenity Diptychs” is performed by Karen Bentley Pollick at CINETic in Bucharest, Romania.
June 3rd, 2018
“Serenity Diptychs” is performed by violinist Karen Bentley Pollick at the Female Composers’ Festival at SPECTRUM, Brooklyn.
May 2018
“Chiaroscuro Trilogy” was released as a part of a promotional CD “Zoom 12: New Art Music from Lithuania”.
May 6th, 2018
Premiere of the “Chants des Voyelles” by VOLTI at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), CA.
May 4th, 2018
Premiere of the “Chants des Voyelles” by VOLTI at Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA
April 2018
Creative residency at the Willapa Bay Artist residency program in Washington State
February 24th, 2018
CD “Horizons” release presentation at the International Book Fair in Vilnius, Lithuania
February 24-25, 2018
“The Blue of Distance” is performed by the Inversion Ensemble as a part of a program “Colors Harmonic” in Georgetown and Austin, Texas
January 2018
My first solo CD “Horizons” is released by the Lithuanian Music Information Center. Read press release, more information about it and order here.
January 30th, 2018
The premiere of the collaborative project with Ami Yamasaki at the Composers Now Festival. The Jazz Gallery, New York City.
December 2017
“The Blue Of Distance” was awarded the Sylvia Goldstein Award by the Aaron Copland House.
October 21st, 2017
The premiere of “Chiaroscuro Trilogy” for piano and string orchestra at the “Gaida” festival at the National Philharmonic. Performed by pianist Gabrielius Alekna and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Robertas Šervenikas
October 16th- November 16th, 2017
The collaborative installation “Vanishing Lands (M-Islands)" was chosen by the Human Impacts Institute as a part of their Creative Climate Awards exhibition at the Taipei Economic and cultural Office in New York.
June 2017
“Serenity Diptychs” is released as a digital single and available for purchase or streaming on all major platforms including Amazon, Google play, Spotify, Tidal and iTunes.
May 19th, 2017
Premiere of “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space” for 2 pianists and 2 percussionists at the “Look+Listen” festival BRIC House, Brooklyn. Performed by "Yarn/Wire".
April 11th, 2017
“Serenity Ditpychs” is performed by violinist Karen Bentley Pollick as a part of a program “Visonuality” at CCRMA Stage, The Knoll, Stanford University.
April 2017
Creative residency at Djerassi Resident Artist Program in California.
March 4th, 2017
“The Blue of Distance” is performed by the choir VOLTI (San Francisco) as a part of their spellbinding program “Mantras, Miracles, Meditations” at St. Mark’s Lutheran, San Francisco California.
March 4th, 2017
“Serenity Diptychs” is performed by violinist Karen Bentley Pollick at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, Colorado.
March 3, 2017
“The Blue of Distance” is performed by the choir VOLTI (San Francisco) as a part of their spellbinding program “Mantras, Miracles, Meditations” at St. Mark’s Episcopal, Berkeley, California.
February 25th, 2017
“Anthology of Lithuanian Art Music in the 21st Century” presentation in Vilnius, Lithuania during the Vilnius Book Fair. This CD was curated by composer Frank J.Oteri. “The Blue of Distance” is a part of this anthology!
January 19th, 2017
The first showing of a collaborative project “Vanishing Lands” at Harvestworks, New York. “Vanishing Lands” is an immersive sound and video installation for 10 speakers and 2 video projections.
January 8th, 2017
“Impulses” is performed by pianist and radio host Marvin Rosen as a part of the concert “Contemporary Piano Miniatures By Women Composers” at the Bristol Chapel of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.
December 21th, 2016
“Serenity Diptychs” is performed by violinist Karen Bentley Pollick at Chapel Performance Space in Seattle, WA as a part of her intriguing program “Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity on Winter Solstice”.
November 25th, 2016
“Ode to Joy” is performed at the festival “Muzikos ruduo” in Vilnius, Lithuania by Vytautas Sriubikis (flute), Robertas Bliškevičius (viola) and Vaiva Eidukaitytė-Storastienė (harpsichord).
October 27th, 2016
Premiere of “Sort Sol” for 2 string quartets. Performed at the festival GAIDA in Vilnius, Lithuania by the Čiurlionis and ArtVio Quartets.
October 6th, 2016
Premiere of “In Search Of Lost Beauty…” for violin, cello, piano, electronics and video at the Piano.Lt concert hall in Vilnius, Lithuania. Performed by the ensemble “FortVio” - Indrė Baikštytė (piano), Ingrida Rupaitė-Petrikienė (smuikas) and Povilas Jacunskas (cello)
This 65-minute long project started in Paris, France during my residency at the“Citè des Arts” and took a year to realize.
Watch preview
September 28rd, 2016
“Serenity Diptychs” is performed by violinist Karen Bentley Pollick at SPECTRUM, New York as a part of her intriguing program “Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity 2016”.
September 22nd, 2016
“Serenity Diptychs” is performed by violinist Karen Bentley Pollick at the festival “Music of Changes” in Klaipėda, Lithuania
June 23rd, 2016
Premiere of “Gridlock” for clarinet, cello and piano commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University. Performed at the “DoubleBill Series: Lithuania/NYC” by TRANSIT ensemble at The Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, NY.May, 2016
“Flashes of Illumination” (2016) won the Piano Works competition organized by the Lithuanian Composers Union and Music Information Center.May 8th, 2016
Premiere of “When the blue hour…” for piano trio. Commissioned and performed by Armonų Trio at the Museum of Applied Art in Vilnius, Lithuania.
April 30th, 2016
“Driving Force” performance at the “Look + Listen” festival, BRIC House, Brooklyn. Performers Mike Lormand, Ryan Muncy and Art Bailey.
February 13rh, 2016
“Impulses” for piano solo were performed by Mary Jane Cope in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the concert “Women of Notes” to benefit NewMexicoWomen.org.
January, 2016
My collaborative project “Vanishing Lands” with True Rosaschi was a recipient of the New Works Program residency at Harvestworks, New York. The project will be realized in early 2017.
December, 2015
Video of “Serenity Diptychs” is available to watch here.
December 11th, 2015
Premiere of “Aires de Ugnis” for guitar in Museo Isaac Fernandez Blanco, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Performed by Esteban Colucci.
November 17th, 2015
“Horizons” performance by The University of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Conductor - Nicolas Waldvogel. The concert “Remember November: Orchestra Invasion!” takes place in The First Congregational Church of Berkeley, CA
Details of the concert can be found Here.
November 7th and 8th, 2015
“The Blue Of Distance” performances by “Volti”. November 7th at Piedmont Center for the Arts, Oakland, California. November 8th at St.Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco.
Details of the concert can be found at the Volti Website.
November 7th, 2015
“Horizons” performance in Fay Spanos Concert Hall, University of Pacific in Stockton, CA
Details of the concert can be found Here.
October, 2015
Creative residency at the Blue Mountain Center, NY
July-September 2015
Institute Français laureate for a creative residency at Cité Internationales des Arts in Paris, France
June 27th, 2015
“The Blue Of Distance” was selected among the winners in the 2015 ORTUS International New Music Competition. The concert will take place at Saint Anthony of Padua Church in the Soho neighborhood, Manhattan.
June 12th, 2015
Premiere of “Osmosis” for brass sextet. Commissioned and performed by the TILT Brass at University Settlement, Lower East Side, New York.
May 7th, 2015
Premiere of “Serenity Diptychs” for violin, electronics and video at Estonian Academy for Music and Theater in Tallinn, Estonia. Performed by violinist Karen Bentley Pollick.
October 2014
Creative residency at Wildacres, North CarolinaOctober 4th, 2014
Premiere of “Incessant” Confluences” at SMU Meadows School of the Arts. Performers: Corinna Nash-Wnuk, flute and Gabriel Sanchez, pianoMay 9th, 2014
Premiere of the piece “Louder-Quieter” at the festival “Druskomanija” (Lithuania) performed by the Brass Trio: Tomas Karka (alto trombone), Valentas Marozas (tenor trombone), Sergijus Kirsenka (tuba)
April 22nd, 2014
The piece “Horizons” received the Lithuanian Composers Union Award as Best Orchestral Performance for 2013.
October 18th, 2013
Premiere of my new orchestral piece "Horizons" at Gaida festival in Vilnius, Lithuania. Performed by The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Martins Ozolinš (Latvia)
October 17th, 2013
I was a part of a collective composition in dedication to the 100th birthday of John Cage. The exhibition of the scores and the premiere of "Cage100 Party Pieces Project" takes place at Miller Theater, New York performed by Either/Or ensemble, conductor Richard Carrick
May 10th, 2013
"Inhabited Silences" was performed by Ensemble Pi at APNM's concert at Tenri Cultural Institute, New York. featuring the winners of the 2013 Call for Scores Competition.
May 1st, 2013
"Ambiguities" was performed by Raimondas Sviackevičius at Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music, UK
February 2013
Boston Metro Opera 2013 International Composers Competition - The piece "7 Solitary Songs" received the BMO Merit Award which recognizes works that demonstrate unusual content and a unique voice. It will be performed as a part of BMO regular season.
October 2012
The piece "American Hodgepodge" received 3rd Prize - Lithuanian Composers Union Awards.
September 2012
Creative residency at Millay Colony For The Arts (NY)
August 2012
Barlow Endowment for Music Composition granted a commission to write a piece for The Harvard Trio.
March 1st and 3rd, 2012
"The Blue Of Distance" for a cappella choir is performed in New York by C4, The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective. Thursday, March 1st at 8 PM at The Church of St Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street. Saturday, March 3rd at 8 PM at Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Ave.)
November 11th, 2011
Ping Pong Concerto for chamber orchestra and ping pong game was premiered in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Performers: St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Donatas Katkus, and ping pong players: composers Rytis Mažulis, Ričardas Kabelis, Mindaugas Urbaitis, Marius Salynas and soprano Sigutė Trimakaitė.
October 3rd, 2011
"Ab Initio" version for contrabassoon and tape was performed by Artūras Mykoliūnas at The Userdom Musik Festival, Germany
June 17th, 2011
Premiere of miniatures for piano solo "Impulses" (2007-2008) at Old First Church, San Francisco, CA performed by Lino Rivera.
June 5th, 2011
"The Blue of Distance" (2010) for choir a cappella is performed at The First International Contemporary Music Festival of Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki in Krakow, Poland. Performers: The Silesian Philharmonic Choir, conductor Jaroslaw Wolanin.
June 2011
"American Hodgepodge" (2011) for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello and tape is now available for listening at radiOM.org.
May 21th, 2011
"Driving Force" was awarded the "Look&Listen" Composers Competition Prize (NYC). It will be performed at Chelsea Art Museum, NYC.
April 29th, 2011
Premiere of a collaborative piece with composer True Rosaschi "1+1=∞" for 2 cellos, piano, live electronics, tape and audio cubes. Performed by Neringa Butkutė (piano), Duo Violoncellissimo (Olga Veselina & Vadim Larchikov, Ukraine), True Rosaschi (live electronics and Audio Cubes) and Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (live electronics) during "Jauna Muzika" festival in Vilnius, Lithuania.
March 2011
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė received the Other Minds Composer Fellowship. As a part of it, she premiered the piece "American Hodgepodge" on March 2nd at Meridian Gallery performed by Jill Heinke (flute), Jeffrey Anderle (bass clarinet), Elizabeth Choi (violin) and Hannah Addario-Berry (cello).
January - February 2011
Creative residency at MacDowell Colony for Artists in New Hampshire.
October 2010
The piece "A Thousand Doors To The World" received the Lithuanian Composers Union Award as Best Orchestral Performance for 2009.
June - August 2010
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė takes part in the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's new commissioning initiative: Project 440. Find more information and read comments on the WQXR website.
July 18th, 2010
Performance of "Inhabited
Silences" at the North Tahoe Music summer
series (California) by the New Pacific Trio (Sonia Leong, Nina Flyer,
Ann Miller)
June 2010
"Driving Force" for accordion, trombone and tenor saxophone is released on a new CD
"acCORPUS simulacrum" (Lithuanian new chamber music for accordion).
Watch this video of CD presentation.
June 13-20th, 2010
"Ambiguities" for solo accordion is one of the recommended pieces at the Val Tidone
International Music Competition
in Italy.
June 11th, 2010
The USA premiere of "Completely
Embraced by the Beauty of Emptiness" (2006) at the New Paths in Music festival
in New York City performed by The New
Paths Chamber Ensemble, conductor David Allan Miller.
7: 30 pm on Friday, June 11 in Elebash Recital Hall, Graduate Center,
City University of New York, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, Manhattan.
Preconcert talk starts at 6: 30 p.m.
March 23 – April 23, 2010
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė received an award for a creative residency at Aaron Copland house in Cortland Manor, NY. During the residency she worked on an upcoming new orchestral piece.
February 16th, 2010
Premiere of "Inhabited Silences" (2010) in Old First Church, San Francisco, CA by the New Pacific Trio (Sonia Leong, Nina Flyer, Ann Miller)
February 14th, 2010
Performance of "Continuity-Discontinuity (11:11-11:22)" (2008) in Trakai Castle, Lithuania by "Vilnius Bassoons" (Šarūnas Kačionas, Robertas Šidiškis, Arūnas Zujus, Artūras Mikoliūnas)
September 26th, 2009
Premiere of the orchestral piece "A Thousand Doors To The World" (2009) at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic by
The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Juozas Domarkas.
"A Thousand Doors To The World" was broadcast by the following radio stations:
Lithuanian
National Radio, Saarländischer Rundfunk (Germany), Spanish Radio RNE
(Radio Clasica, Sociedad Mercantil Estatal Radio Nacional de Espana),
Croatian Radio HRTR (Hrvatska Radiotelevizija – Radio) (Croatia),
Bulgarian Radio BNR (Balgarsko Nationalno Radio), Danish Radio
DR, Polish Radio PR (Polskie Radio), Romanian Radio ROR (Societatea
Romana de Radiodifuziune), Finnish Radio YLE 1, Swedish Radio SR
(Sveriges Radio), Latvian Radio LR (Latvijas Radio), Estonian Radio
(Eesti Raadio, Klaasikaraadio), Holland Radio NPO (Nederlandse Publieke
Omroep), German Radio Deutschlandradio Kultur APM (American
Public Media, SAINT PAUL, MN), ABC (Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, ABC Classic FM)