I am a Lithuanian composer currently based in Bregenz, Austria. In the last years I've been exploring vocality and physicality of sound & developing work in the this direction, whether it be documentary music (speech, recordings), work with acoustic feedback systems, choral pieces incorporating formant analysis or music theatre works.

selected performances:
My work has been commissioned and premiered by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Apartment House and Les Métaboles choir among others; at the venues such as Deutsche Oper Berlin (as winner of competition Neue Szenen VI), Wigmore Hall (London) and Opéra national de Montpellier.

residencies and scholarships:
Most notable residencies include fellowship at the Junge Akademie der Akademie der Künste Berlin (25/26), Young Women Opera Makers residency at the Académie du Festival d’Aix, Akademie Musiktheater heute (AMH) der Deutsche Bank Stiftung, composer-in-residence with àktapha ensemble (Athens), Hållnäs Konstkoloni (Sweden) and Paroles & musique at the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier (France). In 2024 I received Austrian state scholarship for composition.

curation:
I have (co-)founded and curated various new music projects in Lithuania, including Melos New Vocal Music Collective, Muzika erdvėje festival for site-specific music and KONTAKTAS Vilnius New and Experimental Music Series.

education:
I have studied at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz (with Franck Bedrossian) and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Attended courses Voix Nouvelles Royaumont (FR), Darmstadt (DE), Synthetis (PL), Impuls (AT) and others.

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short resumé

EDUCATION
2020/2023 Graz University of Music and Performing Arts, Austria (Composition, MA, with distinction)
2021/2024 attended courses @ Graz University of Music and Performing Arts, Austria (Computer Music and Sound Art)
2018/2020 attended courses @ Vilnius Academy of the Arts, Lithuania (Art History and Theory)
2017 University of Melbourne, Australia (Interactive Composition | exchange)
2014/2018 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, United Kingdom (Composition, BA)
short courses: Synthetis'17 (PL), Cheltenham'18 (UK), Voix Nouvelles Royaumont'19 (FR), ReMusik'20 (RU), IMPULS'21 (AT), Darmstadt Summer Course'18,'22 (DE)

FELLOWSHIPS & selected SCHOLARSHIPS
2025/26 Fellowship Junge Akademie der Akademie der Künste Berlin (Germany)
2025 Collaborative composition residence with àktapha ensemble (Greece)
2024 Austria Ministry of Arts, Culture and Sports: State Composition Scholarship (AT)
2023/25 Die Akademie Musiktheater heute (AMH) der Deutsche Bank Stiftung (Germany)
2021/22 Young Women Opera Makers Residency | Académie Du Festival d'Aix en Provence (France)
2019 Residency at Hållnäs Konstkoloni (Sweden)
2020/21 Paroles & musique | Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier (France)
2018,'20,'22,'24 Lithuanian Arts Foundation Scholarship for Artists (LT)

SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2025 Schrei in 15 Szenen commissioned by cellist Anna Grenzner (financed by LATGA and Land Vorarlberg)
2024 still commissioned by Apartment House, Melos collective, Lithuanian Composers' Union
2024 MEOW MOUTH commissioned by Ensemble Plus and co-financed by Association LATGA
2023 Pantone 702c and some other tones commissioned by Donnaufestwochen Festival for Early Music (AT)
2022 Docuopera Physical Education commissioned by Deutsche Oper Berlin (as the winner of Neue Szenen composers competition)
2021 Harmonic Islands commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Apartment House (London)
2022 Lullaby (homage to William Byrd) commissioned by York National Early Music Center (UK) as winner of composers competition
2021 Winter commissioned by State Choir Polifonija (Lithuania)
2020 LOVE commissioned by Royaumont Foundation (France)
2019 MOM commissioned by Contemporary New Music Ensemble Synaesthesis