Rusnė Mataitytė (violin)

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Rusnė Mataitytė, a graduate of the National M. K. Čiurlionis Art School and Moscow P. Tschaikovsky Conservatoire, studied with famous Russian teachers of violin: Viktor Radovich, Valery Klimov and Igor Bezrodny. With their guidance she won the Jaroslav Kotsian Competition and became a laureate of David Oistrakh and Ludwig Spohr International Violin Competitions. The violinist also remembers the 1992 concert of Antonin Dvořák’s chamber music in Wiener Konzerthaus where she performed together with the famous Czech violinist Josef Suk. Later R. Mataitytė participated in many significant events: Ost-West Musikfest (Austria), Bradva Festival (Yugoslavia), Cascades (Germany), Gaida, Spring of Klaipėda (Klaipėdos pavasaris) and Christopher Summer festivals.
The violinist has a traditional violin repertoire and studies the most recent music. CDs of opuses by Eastern European composers (Proudsound, United Kingdom) and music by Osvaldas Balakauskas (ASV, UK; BIS, Sweden) that she has recorded were internationally acclaimed by critics.
As a soloist R. Mataitytė has performed together with symphony and chamber orchestras in Lithuania, Russia, Germany, Austria and Yugoslavia. Composers O. Balakauskas and A. Martinaitis have dedicated their concertos for violin to her, which she performed together with the Lithuanian National Symphony and St. Christopher Chamber Orchestras. With the latter the violinist has recorded a concert for violin and chamber orchestra that the English composer Sadie Harrison has dedicated to her.
R. Mataitytė is committed also to chamber music; she is a member of Kaskados Piano Trio and Gaida ensemble. Together with her permanent partner Margrit Julia Zimmermann, the violinist organised the Kaskados festival in Kassel (Germany) in 1997 – 2000; now Lithuanian ensembles often give concerts during the festivals and also play music by Lithuanian composers.
Among recent significant R. Mataitytė’s appearances on stage are concerts during Oldbore and Newberry festivals in England, Sao Paulo festival and Carnegie Hall in New York (USA). In 2003 she performed in the famous St. John’s, Smith Square, London. In 2004, together with the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra she participated in the Europamusicale festival, Germany, and gave concerts in the most famous halls of Berlin, Munich and Leipzig.
The violinist’s recitals are often accompanied by exhibitions of her paintings.

Lithuanian Composers

Feliksas Bajoras

Concerto for violin and symphony orchestra

Osvaldas Balakauskas

Concerto Brio for violin and chamber orchestra (dedicated to R.Mataityte)

”Like the touch of the see wave” for violin and piano

Magiore-Minore for violin and piano

”Rain for Cracow” for violin and piano

Sonata for violin and piano

Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano

Vytautas Barkauskas

Partita for violin solo

Julius Gaidelis

Sonata for violin and piano

Vladas Jakubėnas

Melody-Legend for violin and piano

Arvydas Malcys

Variations for violin and piano

Algirdas Martinaitis

Concerto for violin and symphony orchestra “Eurassic park” (dedicated to R.Mataityte)

Concerto for violin, viola and chamber orchestra “Waiting for…”

”Seeing Friend F.Schubert off...” for violin and piano

”Waiting for F.Schubert” for violin and piano

Juozas Pakalnis

Piano trio

Raminta Šerkšnytė

Vortex for violin solo and ensemble

Chamber Works

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano trio in D major, op. 7 No. 5

Trio No. 10 in E flat major Op. 44

Piano Trio No.1 in E flat major, op.1 no.1

Trio in D major (after Symphony No. 2)

Trio No.2 in G major, op.1 no. 2

Trio No.3 in C minor, op. 1 no. 3

Trio No.4 in B flat major, op. 11 “ Gassenhauer”

Trio No.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 “Ghost”

Trio No.6 in E flat major, op.70 no.2

Trio No.7 in B flat major, WoO.38

Trio No.8 in one movement in B flat major, WoO 39

Trio No.9 in E flat major WoO.38

Piano Trio No.11 in G major major, op.121a.” 10 Variations on Wenzel Muller’s song

Piano Trio in E flat major, op.38

Triosatz in E flat major

Johannes Brahms

Piano Trio in B major, Op.8

Piano Trio in C minor Op.101

Piano Quartet in C minor, op.60

Piano trio in C major, op. 87

Antonin Dvorak

Piano trio in C minor, op. 90 Dumki

Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.87

Gabriel Faure

Piano trio op. 120

Jean Francaix

Piano trio in D major

Sadie Harrison

“Geda’s Weaving” for string quartet

Joseph Haydn

Piano trio in G major a l’ Ongarese

Olivier Messiaen

“Quatour pour la fin du temps” for clarinet, violin, cello and piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano trio in G major, KV 564

Arvo Part

Mozart – Adagio ( in memoriam Oleg Kagan)

Maurice Ravel

Piano trio in A minor

Camille Saint-Saens

Piano trio in F major, op. 18

Dmitri Schostakovich

Piano trio op. 67

Franz Schubert

Piano trio in B flat Major, op. 99

Robert Schumann

Piano trio in F major, op. 80

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Piano trio in A minor, op. 50

Solo Works

Sadie Harrison

”Songs for Rusne”  for violin solo

Works for Violin and Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043

Violin and Oboe Concerto in C minor BWV 1060

Ludwig van Beethoven

Triple Concerto in C major op.56

Max Bruch

Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26

Aram Chaczaturian

Violin Concerto

Sadie Harrison

Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra “An unexpected Light“ (dedicated to R.Mataityte)

Joseph Haydn

Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in G major Hob.VIIa:4

Édouard Lalo

Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra in D minor, Op. 21

Felix Mendelssohn

Violin Concerto in E minor op.64

Concerto for piano, violin, and string orchestra in D minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Violin Concerto No.3 in G major K.216

Violin Concerto No.5 in A major K.219

Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in E flat major K.364

Franz Schubert

Rondo for Violin and String Orchestra

Jean Sibelius

Violin Concerto in D minor op.47

Igor Stravinsky

Violin Concerto in D major

Karol Szymanowski

Violin Concerto No.1 op.35

Giuseppe Tartini

Violin Concerto in D minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major op.35

Peteris Vasks

Violin Concerto “Distant Light”

Antonio Vivaldi

”The four Seasons”, Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E flat major Op.8/5, RV 253

Works for Violin and Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12/3

Sonata for violin & piano No. 4 in A minor op. 23

Sonata for violin & piano No.5 in F major op.24 ”Spring”

Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50

Johannes Brahms

Sonata No.3 in D minor op. 108

Ernest Causson

Poeme op.25

Claude Debussy

Sonata in G minor L.140

La plus que lente, waltz, L. 121

Antonin Dvorak

Romantic Pieces op.75

Manuel de Falla

Suite Populaire Espagnole

Gabriel Faure

Sonata in A major op.13

Cesar Franck

Sonata for violin & piano in A major, M. 8

Sadie Harrison

“An Angel reads my open book…” for violin and piano

“A hidden Light“ for violin and piano

Felix Mendelssohn

Sonata for violin & piano in F major

Sergei Prokofiev

Sonata No.1 F minor op.80

Sonata No.2 in D major op.94a

Five melodies op.35 bis

Maurice Ravel

Tzigane, rapsodie de concert, 1924

Sonata for Violin and Piano

Alfred Schnittke

Sonata No.1

Franz Schubert

“Grand Duo” for violin and piano in A major D 574

Sonata in A major, D 547

Robert Schumann

Sonata No.1 in A minor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Five Pieces for Violin and piano

Vytautas Germanavičius "Tonight My Shadow Sinks into the Wall"

Concert at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, 10 10 2014

FELIKSAS BAJORAS

Exodus II for orchestra;

Concerto for violin and orchestra, 1 & 2 mvts.;

Promise for accordion and orchestra;

Oratorio The Bell Rising for soloists, choir and orchestra (lyrics by Jonas Strielkūnas); premiere of a work for symphony orchestra

Performers

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Soloists:

RUSNĖ MATAITYTĖ (violin)

RAIMONDAS SVIACKEVIČIUS (accordion)

ASTA KRIKŠČIŪNAITĖ (soprano)

NORA PETROČENKO (mezzo-soprano)

TOMAS PAVILIONIS (tenor)

TADAS GIRININKAS (bass)

With the participation of AIDIJA Choir and M. K. Čiurlionis National School of Arts choir

Conductor ROBERTAS ŠERVENIKAS

In Prokofjews fruher f-Moll-Sonate ließ die Violinistin ein wahres Feurwerk virtuoser Kunste abbrennen. Geschwindigkeits - oder grifftechnische Probleme existierten nicht, die Intonation blieb auch in rasenden Laufen kontrolliert. Der Reichtum an Klangfarben, der Rusne Mataityte zu gebote steht, machte dieses kompromißlos ausdrucksstarke Werk faszinierend vielgestaltig.

Michael Schafer, Mit viel Gefuhl und Leidenschaft, Gottinger Tageblatt, 05 10 1993

Dem hochst anspruchsvollen Solopart der Violine nahm sich dabei die aus Vilnius stammende Rusne Mataityte mit großem Ernst und technischer Brillanz an. Deutlich ist ihrem Ton der Schmelz der russischen Schule anzumerken, doch spielte sie ihren Vivaldi nicht auf pure Klangschonheit. Mit angezogenen Tempi in den schnellen Satzen und dem Drang zu weiten Bogen in den langsamen setzte sie auf eine Interpretationshaltung, der Extreme fremd sind, die aber in jedem Moment Aufmerksamkeit fur sich beanspruchen kann.

Michael Kube, Bunter Straub musikalischer Bonbons, Kieler nachrichten, 19 08 1998

Mit Temperament, Energie und Klangsinnentfaltete Rusne Mataityte auf ihrem Instrument einen klaren, strahlenden Ton von großer Fülle und Leuchtkraft, kraftvoll von der sonoren Tiefe bis zur glasklaren, fast stahlernen, nie aber scharfen Höhe.

Hingabe an den Klang und leidenschaftliches Ausschöpf, Hessische Niedersächsische Allgemeine – HNA, 24 09 1998

The big news here, at least for me was Osvaldas Balakauskas Like The Touch of a Sea Wave. (…) It‘s a finely chiselled offering that suggests light on glistening crystals, the sort of peace Manfred Eicher might cull for his ECM label although I doubt that even he could commission a better performance than the one recorded here, where the Lithuanian-born violinist Rusne Mataityte and Russian-German pianist Margrit-Julia Zimmermann serve to underline the score‘s many stylistic subtleties. (…) Barkauskas (…) playful unaccompanied violin Partita was popularized by Gidon Kremer, whose violinistic wit must have made real mischief of its many jokes and surprises. Not that Mataityte can be found wanting. Her tonal palette is both wide and accommodating and she makes great play with the syncopated ”Toccata” fourth movement. (…) the performances are extremely convincing.

Robert Cowan, Gramophone Reviews Galley 63, 05 01 1996

Die aus Litauen stammende Geigerin Rusne Mataityte, Konzertmeisterin der Göttinger Symphoniker und des Göttinger Kammerorchesters, und die russischdeutsche Pianistin Margrit Julia Zimmermann sind im Duo ebenbürtige Partnerinnen. Sie haben beide am Moskauer Konservatorium studiert. Die eigentümlich fließende und schwebende Geruhsamkeit geht ihnen so überzeugend von der Hand, daß die Atemzüge dieses Singens nirgends stereotyp wirken und die dynamischen Feinunterschiede den Anschein von Natürlichkeit vermitteln.

Georg Borchardt, Das Orchester, 1997/1