“Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – a distinctive voice. These choral works go beyond words… A powerfully compelling, stunningly sung hour of immersive listening to a distinctive and important musical voice.” This is how the BBC Music Magazine praised Martinaitytė’s new album ‘Aletheia‘ and chose it as the choral disc of the month. The New York Times chose…
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s Ululation (2023) for mixed choir developes entirely from the “ululating” gesture. Ululations can be taken as a ritualistic expression of mourning commenting on the turbulent times we live in, and the sorrow of women whose men are at war fighting and dying. The wordless text consists of combinations of vowels and consonants. This…
Osmosis for brass sextet (3trp-3trb) Osmosis (2015) is scored for three trumpets and three tenor trombones. The instruments of the 12-minute-work are in osmotic relationships: various degrees of assimilation happen through the subtle variances of rhythmic or melodic contours that often create unified textures where the entire brass ensemble is functioning as one huge organism,…
The works of New York -based Lithuanian composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (b. 1973) have been lauded as breathtaking and profoundly moving. Her stimulating music bristles with energy and tension and revolves often around the subject of beauty, which she calls both a guiding principle and an aesthetic measure for sonic quality. Aletheia (2022) for mixed choir…
This work by Žibuoklė Martinaitytė reflects the seasons of the year in four movements. The Finnish title stands for soul-landscape which for the composer is related to the question of cultural identity: "My physical home keeps changing and the only thing that remains is music." Buy now
