Vytautas Barkauskas

Vytautas Barkauskas ( born March 25, 1931 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian composer.

Life

Barkauskas attended the music school in Kaunas and Vilnius studied at the conservatory. There he taught since 1961 as a professor of music theory. He became a professor at the Department of Composition 1989.

Barkauskas composed over one hundred works, including an opera, symphonies, an organ recital, orchestral pieces and chamber music. He was influenced by Krzysztof Penderecki and Witold Lutosławski, his compositions hold but always within the framework of tonality.

Barkauskas applies not only to Arvo Pärt and Peteris Vasks as the most important living composer in the Baltics. His works are part of the regular repertoire of European, American and Asian music festivals and competitions. They were listed at the Schleswig- Holstein Music Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, the Sibelius Festival and the Festival de musique de Toulon. He was awarded the Lithuanian National Award and 2002 the price of the competition composer Sinfonia Baltica.