composer, musician, sound artist, lecturer
New priemiere next Tuesday: "A Vogn Shikh" for mixed choir and chamber orchestra
"A Vogn Shikh" for mixed choir and chamer orchestra. Based on a poem by a poet from Vilnius Ghetto Avram Sutzkever "A Vogn Shikch" ("A Wagon of Shoes"). Performers: Vilnius municipal choir "Jauna Muzika", St. Christopher chamber orchestra, conducted by Amaury du Closel. Special thanks to Rafailas Karpis for introducing me to the poetry of A. Sutzkever. Venue: church of st. Catherine, Vilnius, 7.00 pm. For more info on the event, press here.
Chez Jurkunas - where the music begins
photo by Mindaugas Mikulėnas
An article about Jurkunas music writing space. To read the article (in lithuanian) please press here.
"Littoral Hymns" (Pamario giesmės - lith.) - jazz oratorio
"Littoral Hymns" (Pamario giesmės - lith.) - jazz oratorio for jazz ensemble, mixed choir, children choir and symphony orchestra is about to be premiered open air on August the 1st 2017 in Klaipeda Theatre Square, at 10 pm.
Conductor: Vladimiras Konstantinovas
Performers: Kęstutis Vaiginis (s. t. sax), Mindaugas Vadoklis (tp), Motiejus Bazaras (keyb.), Mykolas Bazaras (bass), Benediktas Bazaras (dr); mixed choir "Brevis"; Kaunas Symphony Orchestra and others.
Silver Crane 2017 best music soundtrack nomination
My sountrack for "Emilija" is being nominated as the best sountrack for the Lithuanian Film Awards - Silver Crane 2017. This is my longest ever soundtrack for full feature, lasting for over 90'.
Together Forever - gets 9 Silver Crane 2017 nominations
My music supervision experience with the L. Lužytė's full feature "Together Forever" gets 9 Silver Crane 2017 nominations. The music mostly contained my own tracks including "Kopų balsai". Congrats!!!
"Panko. Waiting for Godot" - composed theatre/electroacoustic premiere
"Panko. Waiting for Godot" - composed theatre/electroacoustic premiere in the festival "jauna Muzika", Vilnius, Arts Printing House, April 19th, 2017.
"Black Box" is being premiered in Klaipeda Drama Theatre
Pavel Priazhko "Black Box" dir. D. Rabašauskas, is being premiered in Klaipeda Drama Theatre March 17th, 2017.
"Fall of the Wall" - flute, clarinet, piano and string orchestra premiere
"Fall of the Wall" - flute, clarinet, piano and string orchestra premiere, commisioned by "Trio Opus 88" and the M. Rostropovitch foundation, for the celebration of M. Rostropovitch 90th anniversary. Performed by "Trio Opus 88" (P. Gefenas - fl, V. Giedraitis - cl, S. Zajančiauskaite - pn) and St. Christopher String Orchestra (dir. D. Katkus).
"Self-made String of Tiny Amber Beads" Got Selected in the 21st Century Anthology
A piece for a mixed choir "Self-made String of Tiny Amber Beads Turned into (English) Numbers" got selected into the "Anthology of Lithuanian Compositional Music of 21st Century" currated by Frank J. Oteri and released by Music Information Centre Lithuania.
An anthology consists of 18 lithuanian authors' compositions in a double CD with PDF scores included.
Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker recorded a new CD
photo by Vaida Urbietytė-Urmonienė
Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker recorded a new CD including a new J. Jurkūnas piece for violin solo "Sentimental and Monotonic Variations on Non-Existent Theme".
New DVD release - "From This City"
"From This City" - a 7-part musical painting of the people of Vilnius for gospel singers, folk singers, folk instrumentalists and chamber orchestra. The piece includes remixes of the national songs associated with Vilnius city: Jewish, Polish, Ukranian, Russian, Belorussian, Karaite and Lithuanian. Premiered in a leading concert of folk festival "Pokrovskije Kolokola", in Vilnius National Philharmonic (2014).
The double DVD is released together with a recording of Linas Rimša "Women Songs" (2015).
Recording session: "Robots and Petals" for piano and orchestra
"Robots and Petals" for piano and orchestra are being recorded in Lithuanian National Philharmonic, performed by pianist Motiejus Bazaras and lithuanian national symphony orchestra conducted by Juozas Domarkas, recorded by Vilius Keras and Aleksandra Keriene from "Baltic Mobile Recordings".
"Flowers and Winds" in Vilnius streets
"Flowers and Winds" for two sopranos, two trumpets, two persuccionists and live electronics performed as part of the project "Music in Space", Vilnius 2016.
proto by Marius Morkevičius (morkfoto)
"The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey" is Premiered in Klaipeda, June 2016
"The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey" bu S. Mrozek, dir. D. Rabasauskas. Musically saturated theatre play - from live performances to audio spatial warping and psychoacoustics. Main "Anthem" theme is in the SoundCloud embedded frame below.
"Two Pigeons" performed by Lithuanian National Symphony orchsetra in Vilnius filharmonic hall
"Two Pigeons" performed by Lithuanian National Symphony orchsetra, folk group "OIntakas" and jazz vocal group "Jazz Island" in Vilnius filharmonic hall, condusted by Modestras Pitrenas. This was a part of the celebration of Lithuanian independence day - February the 16th.
from lef to right: A. Navakas, J. Jurkunas, A. Martinaitis, A. Klova, M. Pitrenas, R. Pruseviciene, R. Ambrazevicius, Z. Bruzaite, V. Umbrasas, R. Mazulis, G. Simulaitis, A. Novikas
"100 Springtimes" performed by trio Claviola in Klaipeda Drama Theatre opening ceremony
"100 Springtimes" performed by trio Claviola in Klaipeda Drama Theatre opening ceremony.
Music for Vilnius International Film Festival (Vilnius IFF) “Kino Pavasaris” new ident
Music for Vilnius International Film Festival (Vilnius IFF) “Kino Pavasaris” new ident.
photo by Monika Daužickaitė (www.kinas.info)
Vinjetės idėjos autoriai: Mantas Skrupskelis, Vytautas Volbekas, Eglė Šlipaitytė. Režisierius - Mantas Skrupskelis. Kompozitorius - Jonas Jurkūnas. Jubiliejinis „Kino pavasaris" vyks 2015 m. kovo 19-balandžio 2 d.
Complete Collection of Schoenberg's Tone Rows
140th aniversary of Arnold Schoenberg. "Complete Collection of Schoemberg's Tone Rows" - for choir, electric organ and tape. Joint creation with Antanas Kucinskas. First performance in Vilnius' V. Kasiulis art museum, 2014, October 16, as part of the international musicological conference “Modernisation in the Music of Eastern Europe (1900–1940): The Perspective of Paratactic Comparativism”.
C. Murillo "Dark Play, or Stories for Boys“ - premiere in Lithuanian State Youth Theatre
Dirrected by D. Rabašauskas. More info in the Facebook page.
