Gintarė Skerytė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre where she studied piano and singing. Her singing repertoire is varied and broad: from old to contemporary music. G. Skerytė has been participating in all music festivals organised in Lithuania and abroad (Vilnius, St. Christopher, Gaida and Pažaislis). The singer has prepared and performed many solo programmes not only in Lithuania, but also in Latvia, Russia, Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Island and USA. She has been constantly performing with various Lithuanian and foreign orchestras, choirs and chamber ensembles.
G. Skerytė has performed many leading parts in international projects of baroque operas: H. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Dido), C. Monteverdi’s Orpheus and Eurydice (Eurydice), D. B. Pergolesi’s The Maid Mistress, F. Caccini’s La Liberazione di Riggiero dall' Isola d'Alcina (Alcina).
Selected international festivals in which the soloist has participated:
1993 Lucerne (Switzerland),
1995 Probaltica (Torun, Poland),
1995 Wroclaw (Poland),
1997 Warsaw Autumn (Poland),
1999 Music Festival in Germany,
2001 Tour of five concerts in USA,
2002 Concert in Bangkok (Thailand),
2003 Music festivals in Finland and Estonia,
2005 Kurressare opera festival (Estonia),
2006 Salzburg festival (Austria),
2006 Music festival in the Ukraine (Lvov).
In 1998 Lithuanian television produced a film about Gintarė Skerytė’s creative career. Since 1992, the singer has been transferring her experience to her students at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and the school of choir singing Liepaitės.
1. A. Vivaldi Allegro
2. D. Scarlati Gia il sole dal Ganga
3. G. Bononchini Aria from opera "Griselda"
4. A. Vivaldi Largo
5. H. Vila-Lobos Bachianas Brazileiras Air #5
6. G. Faure On the Border
7. A. Piazzolla Tango Contrabahendo
8. E.Granados El Majo Timido
9. E. Granados El Tra la la y el punteado
10. A. Piazzolla Tango Adios Nonino
11. J. Kosma Fallen Leaves
12. A. Kulikauskas Blessing
13. G. Bregovich Tango
14. P. Freire Sleep Blond
15. Z. Koreptos Conkers
16. N. Rota Amarkord
17. A. Deodato Piece
18. Neapolitan folk song Swallow
Soloists:
Gintarė Skerytė (soprano)
Andrius Kulikauskas (accordion)
QuinCelli
1. J. Naujalis Dream
2. A. Vivaldi Concerto (Allegro, Adagio, Allegro)
3. G. F. Handel Air
4. G. Giordani Caro Mio Ben
5. G. F. Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
6. W. A. Mozart Duet - Zerlina and Don Giovanni
7. M. K. Čiurlionis Prelude
8. M. Petrauskas In the Green Field
9. Lithuanian Folk Song
10. F. Muehlhausen Minu Ifamajetene
11. G. Bizet Intermezzo
12. M. Ravel Chanson Romanesque
13. Sh. Gounod Serenade
14. Italian Folk Song Parrot
15. D. Oliweri Song & Foxtrot
16. A. Piazzolla Tango “Scent of a Woman”
Soloists: Gintarė Skerytė (soprano)
Ignas Misiūra (bass)
Chamber Ensemble Intermezzo
1. J. Naujalis Dream
2. A. Vivaldi Symphony Olympiad (allegro, andante, allegro)
3. G. F. Handel Aria Serse from opera Serse
4. W. A. Mozart Allegro di Molto
5. W. A. Mozart Laudate Dominum
6. W. A. Mozart Aria Despina’s from opera The Magic Flute
7. W. A Mozart Aria Papageno from opera The Magic Flute
8. W. A. Mozart Duet - Zerlina and Don Giovanni
9. A. Part Cantus
10. Lithuanian folk song
11. G. Faure Au bord de l’eau
12. C. Franck Panis Angelicus
13. A. Piazzolla Tango Adios Nonino
14. M. Sandoval Heaven I’d give You
15. E. Granados El Majo Timido
16. E. Granados El Mirar de la Maja
17. E. Granados El Tra la la y el punteado
18. A. Romero Fuga di Pajarillo
Soloists: Gintarė Skerytė (soprano)
Ignas Misiūra (bass)
Chamber Ensemble Intermezzo
1. A. Vivaldi Symphony (Allegro, Andante, Allegro)
2. G .F. Handel Air
3. G. Giordani Caro Mio Ben
4. G F. Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
5. Fr. Schubert Bliss
6. Ch. Horn Cherry Ripe
7. A. Piazzolla Tango Contrabachende
8. C. A. Bixio Parla mi d’amore Mariu
9. C. A. Bixio Mama
10. A. Piazzolla Tango Adios Nonino
11. Sh. Gounod Serenade
12. C. Chiara Spain
13. G. Miller Moonlight Serenade
14. R. Hampton Ragtime
Soloists:
Gintarė Skerytė (soprano)
Virgilijus Noreika (tenor)
Chamber Ensemble Intermezzo