Valentinas Gelgotas (Flute)
Valentinas Gelgotas was born on 31 July 1953. In 1960−71 he studied flute at Kaunas J. Naujalis Art School (with J. Keblikas); in 1971−76 he studied at the Vilnius Conservatoire (now Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre) with Prof. L. Survila; in 1978−81 he studied for practice-based PhD at Moscow Conservatoire (with Prof. Y. Yagudin).
In 1970 he won the 1st prize at the IV National Young Performers Competition. In 1979 he won the All-Union Flute Competition in Minsk. While still a student (from 1975) he joined the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (then it was the LSSR State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra) where he still works today. Since 1980 he has been the leader of the flute group of this orchestra and performing as the flute soloist. As a member of this orchestra he has given concerts in most prestigious venues in France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan and all former republics of the USSR.
Valentintas Gelgotas has been frequently performing as a soloist and with various chamber ensembles. He has performed with pianists Mūza Rubackytė, Povilas Stravinskas, Audronė Kisieliūtė, Andrius Vasiliauskas and Albina Šikšniūtė; with organists Živilė and Virginija Survilaitė, Gediminas Kviklys, Jūratė Landsbergytė and Jūratė Bundzaitė; with guitarists R. Evers (Germany) and A. Pauliukevičius; singers Asta Krikščiūnaitė and Sigutė Trimakaitė; with violinists Ingrida Armonaitė, Rusnė Mataitytė, Darius Dikšaitis and A. Peseckas; with violists Audronė Pšibilskienė, Girdutis Jakaitis, V. Raškevičiūtė and S. Kopelianskij (Israel); with Čiurlionis and Vilnius quartets, with the percussion ensemble Vilniaus mušamieji and the string ensemble of the National Symphony Orchestra.
He has been participating in chamber music projects. From 1975 to 1987 he was a member of the Lithuanian Composers Union Chamber Ensemble where he performed many opuses by contemporary Lithuanian composers and was the first performer of many newly composed opuses. Currently he is a member of the Gaida Ensemble Soloists.
V. Gelgotas is interested in music of all epochs and by composers of various nationalities; as a soloist he has been performing in theme concerts dedicated to work by composers of different periods.
During over 20 years of his creative career Gelgotas has given over 700 concerts organised just by the philharmonic. Around a 100 of these concerts were solo concerts with various orchestras: Lithuanian Chamber (artistic director Saulius Sondeckis), St. Christopher Chamber (artistic director Donatas Katkus), Šiauliai Chamber, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (leader Juozas Domarkas), Kaunas Musical Theatre Symphony Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra (Latvia) and others.
As a soloist he has performed in the Great Hall of Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, the Great Column Hall and M. Glinka Small Hall of St. Petersburg Philharmonic; also in Georgia, Byelorussia, The Ukraine, Latvia, Germany and Poland. He has participated in the following festivals: International Pažaislis Music Festival, international contemporary music festival Iš arti, Biržai Festival, International Drum and Percussion Festival, new music festival Marių klavyrai, International St. Christopher Festival, Dainava Music Festival, international contemporary music festival Gaida, Nakties serenados in Palanga, international Göteborg Art Sounds festival in Sweden, international Pan Music festival in South Korea and international contemporary music festival Melos-Ethos in Bratislava.
The flutist has published a solo record with pianist Mūza Rubackytė, several records with the Composers Union Chamber Ensemble, a CD of Mozart’s music for flute and orchestra (Mozarto muzika fleitai ir orkestrui) with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Saulius Sondeckis (the latter was published by Mazur Media). His performances have been published in CDs: June Music – opuses by Onutė Narbutaitė and Rudens riturnelė (Finlandia Records), opuses by Osvaldas Balakauskas, chamber opuses by Zigmas Virkšas, Asta Krikščiūnaitė and Giunter percussion CD (published by ZET Records).
Over 200 opuses have been recorded for the Lithuanian National Radio archives which are often broadcasted by various foreign radio programmes (BBC-Radio3, Deutschlandfunk, WDR 3, Radio Dresden and others).
Since 1984 Gelgotas has been teaching at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, associated professor since 1998.
Valentinas Gelgotas has arranged and adapted over ten of various opuses for flute ensembles that are not only included in study programmes but also performed during concerts. In 1998 the Music Society published a collection of plays by M. K. Čiurlionis, Humoresque and Nocturne, arranged by the flutist. In 2006 the Music Information and Publishing Centre published a collection of chamber ensembles for flutes, Flautando, including Improvisation and Scerzo by V. Bagdonas (edited), The Sea by J. Tamulionis (Jūra, arranged), J. Janulytė’s Quartet and E. Sausanavičiūtė’s Ritual (Ritualas, arranged). In 2006 MIC published Kapricio No 1 for Flute and Piano by J. Pakalnis (edited).
In 2001 Gelgotas was a jury member for the IX J. Pakalnis Young Performers Competition;
In 2005 he was a jury member of the III International Young Performers Chamber and Jazz Music Festival-Competition Sąskambiai; In 2006 he was a member of the jury of the National Chamber Ensemble Competition at the M. K. Čiurlionis Art Gymnasium.
In 1987 for his contribution to Lithuanian music Valentinas Gelgotas was awarded the title of honorary artist of Lithuanian SSR; in 2003 the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania awarded him a letter of thanks “For a creative career with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra” and “For long-term and honest work in promoting Lithuanian music culture” in 2005.
Lithuanian Composers
Feliksas Bajoras
Music for Seven
Osvaldas Balakauskas
Impresonata (1974) for flute and piano
Rex re
Bachjahr, Simfonija Concertante
Albertiana for flute, cello violin and two pianos
Dance suite
Jūratė Baltramiejūnaitė
Divertimento for 6 instruments
Vytautas Barkauskas
Fife Sketch for mezzosoprano and 5 instruments
Vidmantas Bartulis
I Like H.Berlioz
Two Questions to the Wild Plum-tree
Two epitaph
Justinas Bašinskas
Two Dialogues for flute and piano
Borisas Borisovas
Masks, Quartet for flute, violin, cello and piano
Colours, Chamber Cantata
Julius Gaidelis
Quintet for winds
Jurgis Juozapaitis
Aphrodite. 5 Metamorphosen op. 86 (1978) for flute solo
Segles for flute solo
Jūratė and Kąstytis
Antanas Kučinskas
Loop in D minor
Algirdas Martinaitis
Gija-Gagaku for flute, piano and double-bass
Musical Offering (2005)
Remigijus Merkelys
MiKonst
Onutė Narbutaitė
Winterserenade (1997)
Mozartsommer
Interludium for flute, cello and organ
Juozas Pakalnis
Dream
Concerto Capriccio for flute and orchestra
Antanas Rekašius
Musica Faceta
Anatolijus Šenderovas
Sonata for flute and percussion
I am Nobody
Kristina Vasiliauskaitė
Lullaby
Zigmas Virkšas
Cantata „Iš tylos ir meilės”
Chamber Works
Jehan Alain
"Trois Mouvements" for flute and organ
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in E flat major for flute and organ, BWV 1031
Sonata in C major for flute and quitar BWV 1033
Henk Badings
Maria, 14 songs, solo vv, chbr chorus, fl, vc, 1947
Ludwig van Beethoven
Serenade in D major, op. 25, for flute, violin and viola
Trio
Hector Berlioz
Trio for two flutes and harp
Georges Bizet
”Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe”, V. Hugo
”La coccinelle”, V Hugo
Francois Borne
On themes from Bizet‘s Carmen
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Ernest Chausson
”La nuit”, Th. Banville
Le colibri (Leconte de Lisle), 1882, from Sept mélodies (1879–82), No. 7 op. 2
”Le temps des lilas”, M. Bouch, op. 19
Frederic Chopin
Variations, in E major, on ‘Non più mesta’ from Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata in E minor, op. 3 No. 7
Napoléon Coste
Les regrets, cantilène, for flute and guitar op.36
Consolazione, romance sans paroles, for flute and guitar op.25
Léo Delibes
”Peine d'amour”, A. Silvestre
”Chanson espagnole”, A. de Musset
Edison Denisov
Sonata for flute and quitar
Music for 11 Wind Instruments and Timpani, 1961
Luigi Denza
Meldy for soprano, flute and piano
François Devienne
Trio for flute, viola and cello
Franz Doppler
Fantasy pastorasle
Lars Edlund
Sonata, fl, pf, 1984
Gabriel Fauré
Le papillon et la fleur in C major, op. 1/1
Antônio Gomez
Streams for flute and percussion
George Frideric Handel
Trio sonata in G minor
Lou Harisson
First Concerto for flute and percussion
Joseph Haydn
Divertimento (Cassation)
Piers Hellawell
Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, fl, vc, 1988
Jacques Ibert
Entracte, fl/vn, hp/gui, 1935 (from Le médecin de son honneur)
André Jolivet
Suite for flute and percussion
Valery Kikta
Razboynich'ï balladï Zakarpat'ya / Robbers’ Ballads of the Trans-Carpathians (folklore), male chorus, end-blown fl, bells, 1976
Franz Lachner
"Elégie" for flute and organ
David Lang
Rhymes, fl, cl, pf, va, vc, 1972
Witold Lutoslawski
Three fragments for flute and harp
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet in D major
Serenade 1, KV 439b
Sonata in C major for flute and organ KV 14
Niccolò Paganini
Serenade for two flutes and harp
Astor Piazzolla
"Bordel 1900" for flute and guitar
"Cafe 1930" for flute and quitar
"Night club 1960" for flute and guitar
"Histoire du tango" for flute and guitar
Francis Poulenc
Rapsodie nègre, for voice, flute, clarinet, piano and string quartet
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata for flute and piano in D major
Maurice Ravel
”La flûte enchanté”, T. Klingsor
”Chanson espagnole”
Daphnis et Chloé
Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, 1907
Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarme
Max Reger
Serenade in G major, op. 141a (1905)
Gioachino Rossini
La regata veneziana, 3 canzonettas
Andante and varioations for flute and harp
Camille Saint-Saens
”Une flûte invisible” (V. Hugo)
Bolero
Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonata
Sergei Vasilenko
Vesnoy (In Spring), op.138, fl, small orch, 1954
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas brasileiras no.6, fl, bn, 1938
Oratorios Cantatas Mass
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Cantata Le berger fidèle
John Rutter
Birthday Madrigals, Shakespeare
Georg Philipp Telemann
Kanarienvogel-kantate
Solo Works
Claude Debussy
"Syrinx" for flute solo
Mati Kuulberg
Quasi (1989), for flute solo
Works for Flute and Piano
Rihards Dubra
The Magic with the Gold Light, for flute and piano
Gabriel Faure
Sicilienne, op. 78
Cesar Franck
Sonata in A major op. 8, 1886 (1886)
Tonu Korvits
The Songs from Thüle (2002) for flute and piano
Francis Poulenc
Sonata for flute and piano
Vocal Orchestral Works
Olivier Messiaen
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ (Bible, Missal, Aquinas), 100 vv, pf, vc, fl, cl, xylorimba, vib, mar, orch, 1965–9, I/48
Concertos
Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite for flute and string orchestra No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Branderbourg concerto for two flutes, violin and strings No. 4, in G major, BWV 1069
Branderbourg concerto in D major, BWV 1050, No.5
Ferdinando Carulli
Concerto for flute, guitar and orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313
Andante in C major for Flute and Orchestra, K. 315
Rondo for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Quatrième concert
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 2 ”La Notte”
W.A. Mozart, Andante in C major, K. 315
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Saulius Sondeckis, conductor
Valentinas Gelgotas, flute
Musica Romantica: Claude Bolling - Jazzy
Piano: Eliane Rodrigues
Flute: Valentinas Gelgotas
Double Basses: Arnoldas Gurinavičius
Percussion: Saulius Astrauskas
Concert at the Church of St. Catherine, Vilnius, November 2, 2009
O. Narbutaitė
"Cantio secundae novembris"
"Lapides, flores, nomina et sidera"
With the participation of Valentinas Gelgotas (flute), Domas Memėnas (trumpet), Rimantas Valančius (trombone), Zenonas Bagavičius (percussion).
Concert at St. Catherine's Church, Vilnius, November 2, 2008
O. Narbutaitė
"Cantio secundae novembris"
"Lapides, flores, nomina et sidera"
Choir Jauna Muzika
With the participation of Valentinas Gelgotas (flute), Domas Memėnas (trumpet), Rimantas Valančius (trombone), Zenonas Bagavičius (percussion)
Concert at the Fifth St. Christopher Summer Music Festival in Vilnius, 15 08 1999
St.Casimir's Church
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Sonata in E flat major for flute and organ, BWV 1031
Toccata, adagio ir fuga in C major, BWV 564
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) "Syrinx" for flute solo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Sonata in C major for flute and organ KV 14
Franz Lachner (1830 - 1890) "Elégie" for flute and organ
Jean Alain (1911 - 1940) "Trois Mouvements" for flute and organ
Jūratė Landsbergytė (organ)
Concert at the Fifth St. Christopher Summer Music Festival in Vilnius, 07 07 1999
Vilnius Picture Gallery Courtyard
CONCERT OF INSTRUMENTAL SERENADES
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Serenade 1, KV 439b
Max Reger (1873-1916) Serenade in G major, op. 141a (1905)
Onutė Narbutaitė (1956) Winterserenade (1997)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Serenade in D major, op. 25
Valentinas Gelgotas flute, Ingrida Armonaitė violin, Audronė Pšibilskienė viola
Concerts Cycle ”French Music in Lithuania”, 10-20 02 1993
J.S.Bach Sonata in A minor for flute solo
C.Franck Sonata in A major for flute and piano
F.Poulenc Sonata for flute and piano
A.Genin ”Venice Carnival”
RAMINTA VAINORAITĖ (piano)
Concert at Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall
Osvaldas Balakauskas (*1937) Impresonata (1974) for flute and piano
Vytautas Barkauskas (*1931) Veidrodis (Spiegel) op. 91 (1989, rev. 1994) for piano solo
Jurgis Juozapaitis (*1942) Aphrodite. 5 Metamorphosen op. 86 (1978) for flute solo
Janis Medinš (1890-1966) Two Songs for piano solo
Richard Dubra (*1964) The Magic with the Gold Light for flute and piano
Mati Kuulberg (1947-2001) Quasi (1989) for flute solo
Arvo Part (*1935) Partita op. 2 (1958) for piano solo
Tonu Korvits (*1969) Dainos. The Songs from Thüle (2002) for flute and piano
Povilas Stravinskas (piano)
