Justė Janulytė (b.
1982/Vilnius)
studied composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre,
Milan
“Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory and in the masterclasses under prof. B.
Kutavičius, O. Balakauskas, H. Tulve, L. Francesconi, A. Solbiati and
others.
Janulytė's music
was performed in
Europe, USA and Canada, by Lithuanian National Symphony, Orchestra
del
Teatro la Fenice (Venice), Gothenburg Opera
Orchestra, Orchestre de Flûtes Français (Paris),
Sinfonietta Rīga, Lithuanian Chamber and St. Christopher Chamber
orchestras,
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Ensemble Bit20 (Bergen),
Estonian
Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Danish
Radio´s chamber choir, Quasar (Montreal) and Xasax
(Paris)
saxophone quartets, cellists Anton Lukoszevieze (UK), Francesco Dillon
(IT) and others. She has participated in various festivals, such
as “World
New Music Days” (Sweden, 2009), “Musikprotokoll im steirischem Herbst”
(2009,
Graz) “La Biennale di Venezia” (2008), Huddersfield Contemporary Music
Festival
(2008), “Gaida”
(2005-2007), “Jauna muzika” (2007, 2009) and
others.
White music for 15
strings (2004) and Textile for orchestra (2008) were awarded as
the best
chamber and symphonic pieces of the year by the Lithuanian Composers'
Union. In
2009 Aquarelle won the 1st
prize (in the category of composers under
30) at the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris. Since 2006
Juste Janulyte has been teaching a course on contemporary music
language at the
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. The composer has also
written
critics and articles on music. She lives and works in Vilnius and Milan.
Majority of the
works by the author, written for 'monochromatic'
ensembles (e.g. 24 flutes or 4 saxophones, string orchestra, 2 pianos,
etc.),
represent slow metamorphoses of textural, dynamic, timbral and
ornamental
gestures. While balancing between the aesthetics of minimalism and
sonorism,
Justė Janulytė composes acoustic metaphors of optic ideas (Silence of
the Falling Snow, 2006; Textile, 2008; Aquarelle, 2007; Elongation
of
Nights;2009 etc) and researches the visual nature of
musical
phenomena in the
works where sound and image are fused together (Breathing
Music for string
quartet, electronics and kinetic sculptures, 2007; Eclipses for
violin, viola, cello, double
bass, live electronics and soundproof glass installation, 2007, Sandglasses for
4 cellos, live electronics and multimedia, 2010).
