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Gintaras Rinkevičius (born February 20, 1960) is a
Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe ** Lithuanian language ** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region ** L ...
conductor, who was awarded the
Lithuanian National Prize The Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts (), established in 1989, is an award granted for achievements in culture and the arts. It has been awarded annually in six categories since 2006 (between 1989 and 2006 there were nine categories). ...
for Culture and Arts in 1994. In 1989 he founded the
Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra ( or LVSO) is one of Lithuania's two national orchestras, founded in 1988. The other, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO, Lietuvos nacionalinis simfoninis orkestras) was founded in 1940.Jonath ...
.


Life and career

Rinkevičius graduated from Lithuania's
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, from the
Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory () (formerly known as the Petrograd Conservatory and Leningrad Conservatory) is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty member ...
in 1983, and from
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in 1986. In 1985 he won the
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Fund International Competition for Conductors in
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. Between 1996 and 2003, he served as the
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’s artistic director and chief conductor; he was also chief conductor at the
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from 2002 to 2005. Among the symphony orchestras he has conducted are the
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, the
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, the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra in
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, the
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, the
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, and the Russian State Symphony. He has conducted performances in
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, the
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in
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, and the
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Theatre in
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, as well as in
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and
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. He has been a featured conductor at the
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in Moscow since 2003. Rinkevičius continues to work in Lithuania, staging operas at the
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT) (), founded as Operos vaidykla, is an opera house and ballet theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania. History Operos vaidykla was founded in 1920 by the Society of Lithuanian Creators of Art in the ...
, serving as chief conductor and artistic director of the
Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra The Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra ( or LVSO) is one of Lithuania's two national orchestras, founded in 1988. The other, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO, Lietuvos nacionalinis simfoninis orkestras) was founded in 1940.Jonath ...
, and as a professor at the
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. He has used these opportunities to introduce a number of original compositions by Lithuanian composers, including ''A Letter to all the Congregation'' by
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and ''Agnus Dei'' by
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. Since September 2007 Gintaras Rinkevičius is also an artistic director and principal conductor of the
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.


Awards and prizes

* Winner, Fifth Confederate Conductors' Competition in Moscow (1983) * Laureate, international competition In Memoriam
János Ferencsik János Ferencsik (18 January 190712 June 1984) was a Hungarian conductor. Ferencsik was born in Budapest; he actively played music even as a very young boy. He took violin lessons and taught himself to play the organ. He studied at the Natio ...
in Budapest (1986) *
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas is the Lithuanian Presidential Award which was re-instituted to honour the citizens of Lithuania for outstanding performance in civil and public offices. Foreign nationals may also be awarded this O ...
, Fourth Class (1997) * Grand Latvian Music Award (1997 and 2000) * Latvian
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* Chevalier of the
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Norwegian: ''Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden'' (Bokmål) or ''Den Kongelege Norske Fortenesteordenen'' (Nynorsk)) was instituted by King Olav V in 1985. It is awarded to foreigners, Norwegian citizens livin ...
* commander of the Portuguese Order of Merit


References


External links



Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved September 7, 2007.

Vilnius - European Capital of Culture in 2009.
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania () is a governmental body of the Republic of Lithuania. Its mission is to formulate and implement state cultural policies supporting professional and amateur art, theatre, music, fine arts, cin ...
. Retrieved September 7, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rinkevicius, Gintaras Lithuanian conductors (music) Officer's Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas 1960 births Living people Academic staff of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Musicians from Vilnius 20th-century conductors (music) 21st-century conductors (music)