Mykolas Natalevičius (born 1985 in
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
,
Lithuania) is Lithuanian composer.
Biography
From 2005 to 2011 he studied composition with
Vytautas Barkauskas
Vytautas Barkauskas (25 March 1931 – 25 April 2020) was a Lithuanian composer and Professor of Composition of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Life and career
Barkauskas was born in Kaunas. He studied music at the Vilnius Con ...
and
Ričardas Kabelis) at the
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a state-supported conservatory that trains students in music, theatre, and multimedia arts.
History
Composer Juozas Naujalis founded a music school in 1919 in Kaunas. This ...
. In 2010 he studied at the Danish Institute of Electronic Music with Henrik Munch. He also attended singing class at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus with Ingrid Haking Raby. Mykolas Natalevičius is active as a composer, singer (bass), pianist and conductor. His work for musical theater, drama performances and films received numerous awards in competitions and festivals in Lithuania and abroad.
Style
Music of Mykolas Natalevičius could be divided into two parts: the music of ‘new spirituality’ and experimental electronics, which is often combined with various expressions of human voice. The first creative tendency springs from the straightforward and fundamental relation of the composer towards religion and is represented by choral works with Latin texts, homophonic texture and tonal harmony, sometimes resembling Palestrinian choral writing. Another side of Mykolas Natalevičius music is disclosed in, for example, short operas distinguished for their borderline sonic experiences, radically reduced musical material and expressive recitation of the soloists.
References
External links
"Young Lithuanian Composers" in Goethe.de
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Lithuanian composers
1985 births
Living people