Mindaugas Piečaitis
1969 March 20th, born in Vilnius, Lithuania
1976-1987 M.K.Ciurlionis College of Art
1987-1995 Lithuanian Academy of Music
Principal teachers:
Prof. G.Rinkevicius – orchestra conducting
Prof. T.Sumskas – choir conducting
1993 Choir Conducting Diploma
1994 Orchestra Conducting Diploma
1995 Symphony – Opera Conducting Magistrate Diploma
Awards
1990 Special Diploma for Concertmaster at International J.Naujalis Young Choir Conductor Competition
1992 3rd prize at International Young Choir Conductor Competition in Tallinn, Estonia
2001 Certificate of distinctive quality of performance at the 47th Besancon International Conducting Competition
Concert appearances/Professional work
1989-1992 Concertmaster at Lithuanian Academy of Music ( prof. J. Aleksa class)
1992 Debut with symphony orchestra. Shostakovich Symphony No 1
1993 Participation at staging of Rossini's “Il Barbiere di Seviglia” at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT)
1994 Diploma works on graduating from the Music Academy: Dvorak Requiem (stage version), and Verdi La Traviata
Conductor assistant of the Lithuania State Symphony Orchestra (LSSO)
Participation in staging Minkus ballet, "Don Quixote", at LNOBT, premiere-1995 Oct. 21
1995 Staging Verdi’s La Traviata in Klaipėda Musical Theater, premiere – 21 October 1995
Since 1996 second conductor of LSSO
1996 CD records of popular classical music and new symphonic pieces of the American composer Kupferman
1997 Staging as the principal conductor of the Prokofjev ballet, “Cinderella”, at the Kaunas Music Theatre.
Participation in staging Puccini’s Tosca for the International Trakai Festival
1998 Participation in staging R. Strauss' Salome in the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Since 1998 has organized more than 15 special classical music concerts for children.
1999 Preparation of the orchestra for Puccini’s Turandot for the International Trakai Festival
2000 Concert with American pianist A. Paley, Stravinsky's “Petroushka”
Since 2001 Conducting of Adam's “Giselle” at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Lithuanian Composers
Feliksas Bajoras
Ženklas for Soprano, Strings and Percussion
Osvaldas Balakauskas
Opera strumentale
Vytautas Barkauskas
Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Zita Bružaitė
"Bagatelles" for Soprano and chamber ensemble (premiere)
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Symphony Poem "In the Forest"
Symphony Poem "The Sea"
Vytautas Germanavičius
"Affluente" (premiere)
Bronius Kutavičius
Clocks of the Past II
Vakaris Lopas
Sonatina for 2 Saxophone and Percussion (premiere)
Arvydas Malcys
Viola Concerto In perpetum memoriam (premiere)
Algirdas Martinaitis
Death and the Maiden (1997)
Remigijus Merkelys
"Cappella" (premiere)
Loreta Narvilaitė
City from a Distant Time for Soprano and Instrumental Ensemble
Antanas Rekašius
Traditum in mortem (premiere)
Gediminas Rimkus-Rimkevičius
"Energy.Streams and Directions" (premiere)
Eglė Sausanavičiūtė
Et stetit super marena maris (premiere)
Anatolijus Šenderovas
Der tiefe Brunnen (premiere)
Paratum cor meum
Concerto for Cello, Choir and Orchestra
Jonas Švedas
Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion Ensemble
Mindaugas Urbaitis
Schluβstück
Stasys Vainiūnas
Concerto for piano and orchestra No.2
Nomeda Valančiūtė
The Cell
Oratorios Cantatas Mass
Johannes Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45
Anton Bruckner
Te Deum
Edward Elgar
"The Dream of Gerontius"
Gabriel Faure
Pavane
Joseph Haydn
Schöpfung
Die Jahreszeit
Arthur Honegger
Jeanne d’Arc au bucher
Franz Liszt
Eine Faust Symphonie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana
Trionfo di Afrodite
Giocomo Puccini
Messa di Gloria
Igor Stravinsky
"Mass" for mixed chorus and double wind quintet
Giuseppe Verdi
Stabat Mater
Andrew Lloyd Weber
Requiem
Stage Works
Adolphe Adam
Giselle
Antonin Dvorak
Requiem
Aram Khachaturian
"Spartakus"
Ludwig Minkus
"Don Quixote"
Sergei Prokofjev
"Cinderella" / Zolushka op. 87
Giocomo Puccini
Tosca
Turandot
Richard Strauss
Salome
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
"Swan Lake"
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata
Richard Wagner
Der Fliegende Holländer
Other Works
Leroy Anderson
"Sleigh Ride", 1948
"Sandpaper Ballet"
"Plink, Plank, Plunk!", 1951, for string orchestra
"Jazz Pizzicato", 1938, for string orchestra
"Forgotten Dreams", 1954
"Fiddle - Faddle", 1947
"Bugler's Holiday"
"Blue Tango"
"Song of the Bells"
"The Typewriter", 1950
"The Waltzing Cat", 1950
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Minor , BWV 1052
Bach-Stokowsky
Fugue in G minor
Bela Bartok
"Concerto for Orchestra", Sz 116
"Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta", Sz 106, op. 19
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony in C major, No.1 op. 21
Symphony in D Major, Nr.2 Op.36
Symphony in C minor, Nr.5 Op.67
Symphony in A major, No.7 Op.92
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C major, Op.15 Nr.1
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C minor, No. 3 Op.37
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major , No. 4 Op.58
Overture Coriolan Op.62
Overture Egmont Op.84
Romanse for violin and orchestra in F Major Op.50
Turco March from Die Ruinen von Athen Op.113
Symphony in D minor No. 9
Missa Solemnis in D major Op. 123
Alban Berg
"Violin Concerto" op. 7
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique Op14
Overture Le Carnaval Romain Op.9
Leonard Bernstein
"Symphonic Dances" from "West Side Story"
Vadim Bibergan
Promenad suite for ten bassoons and orchestra
Georges Bizet
Suites No.1 and No.2 from Opera Carmen
Petite suite d'orchestre iš Jeux d'enfants
Giovanni Bottesini
Gran Duo concertante for violine, contrabass and orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Symphony in D major, No.2 Op.73
Symphony in F major, Op.90 No.3
Symphony in E minor, No4. Op.98
Tragic Overture in D minor, Op.81
Academic Festival Overture in C minor, op. 80
Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op.15
Concerto for piano and orchestra in D minor, No.1 Op.15
Concerto for piano and orchestra in B flat major, Op.83 No.2
Ein deutsches Requiem
Benjamin Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem Op.20
Lachrimae for Viola and Strings op. 48a
"War Requiem"
Max Bruch
Double concert for clarinet, viola and orchestra in E minor Op.88
George Bush
Symphony No.1
Elliott Carter
Elegy for string orchestra
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana
Joyese marche
Aaron Copland
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune
Paul Dukas
L’Apprenti Sorcier, symphonic scherzo after Goethe
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony in G major, Op.88 Nr.8, B 163
Symphony in E flat major, Op.63 Nr.9, B 178
Slavonic Dance in G minor Op.46 Nr.8
Serenade for string orchestra in E major, op. 44, B 77
Concerto for cello and orchestra in B Minor, op.104
Violin concerto in A minor, op. 53, B 96-108
Edward Elgar
Symphony in A flat major, Op.55 Nr.1
Symphony in E flat major, Op.63 Nr.9
Overture Froissart Op.19
Concerto for cello and orchestra in A minor, Op.85 Nr.2
March Pomp and Circumstance
Manuel de Falla
Danza ritual del fuego
Cesar Franck
Symphony in D minor
"Variations symphoniques" for piano and orchestra
Les Beatitudes
George Gershwin
"An American in Paris"
"Rhapsody in Blue"
"Porgy and Bess"
George Frideric Händel
Concerto for harp and orchestra in B major
Joseph Haydn
Concerto for horn and orchestra No.1
Die Jahreszeiten
Paul Hindemith
Trauermusik for viola and chamber orchestra Op.48
Manfred Hubler
Concerto for four horns and orchestra
Charles Ives
"Two Contemplations": “The Unanswered Question”, “Central Park in the Dark” No. 23
"In The Night" No. 22
Meyer Kupferman
"Symphonic Odyssey"
"Quasar Symphonie"
"Sound Phantoms"
Lars-Erik Larsson
Concertino for Trombone op. 45 No.7, 1955
Franz Lehar
Valse Gold und Silber
Gustav Mahler
Symphony in A minor No.6
Kindertotenlieder
Symphony No.8
Jules Massenet
Piano Concerto, 1903
Gaetano Monti
"Czardas"
Leopold Mozart
Infant symphony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture “The Magic Flute” / Die Zauberflöte, K 620
Overture La nozze di Figaro
Overture Don Giovanni, K 527
Concerto for piano and orchestra in B major, KV 595
Concerto for flute and orchestra in G major, KV 313
Concerto for flute and orchestra in C major, KV 314
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, KV 525
Motet Exsultate Jubilate, K 165
Adagio in E major for violine and orchestra KV 261
Jacques Offenbach
Overture Orphee aux enfers
Sergei Prokofjew
Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor op. 63
Classic symphony in D major, Op.25
Concerto for piano and orchestra in D flat major , Op.10 Nr.1
“Peter and the Wolf” / Petya I volk op. 67
Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody by theme Paganini Op.43
Symphony in E minor, Op.27 Nr.2
Symphonic Dances Op.45
Concerto for piano and orchestra in C minor, Op.18 Nr.2
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ma Mere l’Oye
La ValseBolero
Steve Reich
“Clapping music” (1972)
Nikolai Rimskij Korsakow
“The Golden Cockerel” Introduction and wedding March / Zolotoy petushok op. 54
Šecherezada, op.35
"Spanish capriccio" op. 34 / Kaprichchio na ispanskiye temi
Ney Rosauro
Concerto for marimba and percussion instruments
Gioachino Rossini
Oveture Il barbiere di Seviglia
Overture La gazza ladra
Overture L’italiana in Algeri
Overture Wilhelm Tell
Kaija Saariaho
“Nymphea Reflection” for string orchestra (2001)
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No.3 op. 78, "Organ"
Concerto for piano and orchestra in G minor, Op.22 Nr.2
Concerto for cello and orchestra in A minor, Op.33 Nr.1
Introduction et Rondo capriccioso in A minor op. 28
Le carnaval des animaux for Two Pianos and Orchestra, op. 75
Aulis Sallinen
“Chamber Music III. The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote” (1986) for cello and string orchestra
Pablo de Sarasate
Romany Melodies for violino and orchestra
Navarra for two violinos and orchestra
Zigeunerweisen op. 20
Erik Satie
Gymnopedies No.1 and No.2
Arnold Schönberg
Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5
Dmitry Schostakowitsch
Symphony in F minor, Op.10 Nr.1
Symphony No.9, in E flat major, Op.70
Symphony No.15, in A major, op. 4
Violin Concerto No.1, in A minor, op. 77
Franz Schubert
Symphony No.8 (“Unfinished”) in b flat minor, D 759
Robert Schumann
Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, Op.54 Nr.1
Concerto for cello and orchestra in A minor, Op.129
Jean Sibelius
Symphony in E minor, Op.39 Nr.1
Symphony in D major, Op.43 Nr.2
Finlandia Op.26
Valse triste op.41
The Swan of Tuonela from Four Legends op. 22 from the Kalevala
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony in C major, No.2 Op.29
Bedřich Smetana
Overture “The bartered Bride” T 93
Johann Strauss (1)
Radetzky Marsch op.228
Johann Strauss (2)
Overture Die Fledermaus
Valse Frühlingstimmen Op.410
Valse Geschichte aus dem Wiener Wald op.325
Kaiser Walzer op.437
Valse Rosen aus dem Süden op.338
Valse An der schönen blauen Donau, op.314
Valse Wiener Blut, op.354
Annen Polka op.117
Trisch-Trasch Polka op.214
Pizzicato Polka op.214
Auf der Jagd Polka
Leichtes Blut Polka op.319
Unter Donner und Blitz Polka op.324
Perpetum mobile Polka
Vergnügungszug - Polka Op.281
Persischer Marsch Op.289
Johann Strauss (3)
Valse Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb’und Lust op.263
Ohne Sorgen – Polka Op.271
Feuerfest - Polka Op.269
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben Op.40
Don Quixote Op.35
Duett Concertino
Igor Stravinsky
Petrouscka / Petrushka
Suite L’oiseau de feu / Zhar’-ptitsa
Le sacre du printemps / Vesna svyashchennaya
Franz von Suppe
Overture Die Leichtes Kavallerie
Sergei Tanejew
Johann Damaskin
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony in F minor, Op.36 Nr.4
Symphony in B minor, Op.74 Nr.6
Suite for orchestra in G Major, Op.55 Nr.3
Symphony No.4
Symphony no.6
Suite for orchestra in G major, Op.55 No.3
Symphony in E minor, Op .64 Nr.5
Suite from the ballet Nutcraker
Overture-Fantasy Romeo at Juliette in B minor
Celebratory Overture in E flat Major, Op.49
Variations on the theme Rococo in A major Op.33
Giuseppe Verdi
Overture Nabucco
Overture La forza del destino
Antonio Vivaldi
The Seasons
Richard Wagner
Overture Die Meistersinger von Nünberg
Overture Der Fliegende Holländer
Tristan und Isolde, Introduction
Lohengrin, Introductions of the 1 and 3 parties
Sygfried-Idyll
Émile Waldteufel
Valse Les Patineurs
Valse Estudiana
William Walton
Viola Concerto
Carl Maria von Weber
Overture Freischütz
Overture Oberon
Xenakis A l'île de Gorée (1)
Schloss Gottesaue, Genuit-Saal, Karlsruhe
Olga Zheltikova (Cembalo)
Ensemble der Musikhochschule Karlsruhe
Xenakis A l'île de Gorée (2)
Schloss Gottesaue, Genuit-Saal, Karlsruhe
Olga Zheltikova (Cembalo)
Concert at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, December 27, 2009
Musical performance
The Carnival of the Animals
after CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Stage director and designer GINTARĖ RADVILAVIČIŪTĖ
KLAIPĖDA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Artistic director Mindaugas Bačkus
Soloists: SONATA and ROKAS ZUBOVAS (piano duo)
Conductor MINDAUGAS PIEČAITIS
Actors of the KLAIPĖDA PUPPET THEATRE
Concert in the Festival “Music of Changes”, 18th of September, 2009
“Nocturnal dances”
PETERIS VASKS “Book for Cello” for cello solo (1978)
STEAVE REICH “Clapping music” (1972)
KAIJA SAARIAHO “Nymphea Reflection” for string orchestra (2001)
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ALGIRDAS MARTINAITIS Death and the Maiden (1997)
AULIS SALLINEN “Chamber Music III. The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote” (1986) for cello and string orchestra
Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director and soloist – Mindaugas Bačkus (cello)
Conductor – Mindaugas Piečaitis
