Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, born in St. Petersburg, Russia to Lithuanian parents, grew up in Kaunas, Lithuania during its final years of Soviet incorporation and witnessed its declaration of independence.
Compositional Technique
Martinaitytė's compositions on this album exploit a wide range of sonorities from a single family of instruments, similar to Bernard Herrmann's score for 'Psycho' or Krzysztof Penderecki's 'Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Martinaitytė's music, inspired by the external natural world and internal psychological realms, is filtered through her desire to create music that is, first and foremost, beautiful.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Martinaitytė's 'Sielunmaisema' (a Finnish word meaning 'soul-landscape') is a sonic portrait of her internal responses to the four seasons, reflecting her experience of living in two different cultures.
Composition History
The work 'Ex Tenebris Lux', whose Latin title means 'from darkness comes light', was composed between November 2020 and March 2021 as a musical response to the current world health crisis.
Composition History
The piece 'Nunc fluens. Nunc stans.' was composed by Martinaitytė during the early months of the global pandemic (April-May 2020) as a direct artistic response to the precarious and uncertain times.
Performer Biography
Pavel Giunter, the percussionist on this album, is considered the most influential and recognized percussionist in Lithuania and founded Giunter Percussion, the first percussion ensemble of its kind in Lithuania, in 1995.
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