Martinaitytė commission

Žibuokle Martinaitytė‘s new work for violin and string orchestra entitled EKAGGATA will be performed by the three orchestras. The commission was initiated by violinist and conductor Hugo Ticciati and O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra in Sweden. The Lithuanian National Philharmonic will premiere the work in Vilnius, Lithuania on 25 October, during the Gaida festival, and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra will perform it in Kokkola, Finland on 7 March 2025.
The title of the work refers to the Pali Buddhist term meaning unification of the mind, a state of extreme stillness. According to the composer, unification is relevant not only to meditation practices, but to our world at large interpreted as an urgent need for a reconciliation.