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Osvaldas Balakauskas

Lithuanian composer and diplomat

Lithuanian composer and diplomat

Osvaldas Jonas Balakauskas (born December 19, 1937, in Miliūnai) is a Lithuanian composer of classical music and diplomat.

Career

Balakauskas graduated from Vilnius Pedagogical University in 1961. After his mandatory service in the Soviet Army between 1961 and 1964, he studied composition with Boris Lyatoshinsky and Myroslav Skoryk at the Kiev Conservatory until 1969. In 1996 he was awarded with the Lithuanian National Award, the highest artistic and cultural distinction in Lithuania. He is currently head of the Composition Department of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. His output consists of symphonies, concertos, chamber and instrumental music.

Music

Important works include Sonata of the Mountains inspired by the paintings of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1975), Symphony No. 2 (1979), Opera Strumentale (1987) and Symphonies No. 4 (1998) and No. 5 (2001), the last two named works having been recently recorded by Naxos Records.

Selected works

;Stage

  • Komunarų gatvė (Street of Communards), chamber opera (1977)
  • Zodiakas (Zodiac), film-ballet (1984)
  • Makbetas (Macbeth), ballet (1988)
  • La Lointaine, chamber opera (2002)

;Orchestral

  • Symphony No. 1 (1973)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1979)
  • Symphony No. 3 "Ostrobothnian Symphony", for string orchestra (1989)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1998), recorded by Naxos (8.557605, 2005)
  • Symphony No. 5 (2001), recorded by Naxos (8.557605, 2005)
  • Opera Strumentale (1987)

;Concertante

  • Concertino for piano and string orchestra (1966)
  • Ludus Modorum for cello and chamber orchestra (1972)
  • Kalnų sonata (Sonata of the Mountains) for piano and orchestra (1975)
  • Passio Strumentale for string quartet and orchestra (1980)
  • Concerto for oboe, harpsichord and string orchestra (1981)
  • Sinfonia Concertante for violin, piano and orchestra (1982)
  • Concerto RK for violin and chamber orchestra (1997)
  • Concerto Brio for violin and orchestra (1999)
  • Capriccio for piano and orchestra (2004)
  • Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (2008)
  • Seasons for 2 pianos and string orchestra (2009)

;Chamber music

  • Sonatas for violin and piano (1969; No. 2, 2005; Februar Sonata, 2012)
  • Kaip marių bangos prisilietimas (Like the touch of a sea wave) for violin and piano (1975)
  • Medis ir paukštė (The Tree and the Bird) for viola and piano (1976)
  • Do nata for cello or viola and tape (1982)
  • Lietus Krokuvai (Rain for Cracow) for violin and piano (1991)
  • Maggiore-Minore for violin and piano (1994)
  • La Valse for solo violin (1997), after the concerto for oboe, harpsichord and string orchestra
  • Corrente for flute, viola and piano (2005)
  • Duo concertante for viola and piano (2007)
  • Trio concertante for flute, viola and piano (2008)

;Choral

  • Requiem in memoriam Stasys Lozoraitis (1995), recorded by Naxos (8.557604, 2004)

Footnotes

References

References

  1. "Osvaldas Balakauskas". Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre.
  2. "THE MUSIC OF OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS: A GENERAL APPRECIATION". [[Lituanus]].
  3. (2007). "Celebrating the 70th anniversary of composer OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS". [[Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society]].
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