The Magic of Music Club will host an anniversary evening featuring an audiovisual music retrospective by composer Snieguolė Dikčiūtė, winner of the Government Prize for Culture and the Arts!
In Snieguolė Dikčiūtė’s work, a constructive approach blends with the language of vivid metaphors. Her compositions are characterized by unconventional instrumental combinations, the interplay of electronic and acoustic instruments, and the integration of actors’ performances into the overall work. The composer has collaborated with visual artists, theater professionals, video artists, and jazz musicians, and has recently been working extensively as an artist-researcher in the field of socially inclusive art.
The focus of this evening is on the composer’s most striking audiovisual works, created in collaboration with video director Gintaras Šeputis. Some of the works will be enriched with live performance segments. The evening will begin with the piece “Solitude” (1992) for solo flute, performed by Giedrius Gelgotas. This piece was created in collaboration with composer and flutist Robert Aitken (Toronto, Canada). The event will be hosted by musicologist Vita Gruodytė, with the participation of video director Gintaras Šeputis and film director Sudipto Acharyya (India).
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Snieguolė Dikčiūtė
During the evening, we will enjoy the following audiovisual works:
“Homonautika” (2015)
A piece from the authorial project “Skambantys kūnai” (Resonating Bodies), written for chamber orchestra, electric violin, a soundtrack of arteries and veins, and video projection. Performed live by Snieguolė Dikčiūtė and sound artist Valdas Narkevičius.
“Parafonija” (1992)
String quartet for three video projections and cello.
The cello part will be be performed live by Deivydas Dumčius.
“Aktas” (1987–2004)
Installation for three electric guitars and three projections based on a graphic score created by S. Dikčiūtė in 1987, performed by guitarist Juozas Milašius.
We will also see two films:
“Seven Bridges” (1993) – a video film by G. Šeputis based on S. Dikčiūtė’s “Seven Bridges” mystery for chamber orchestra, two organs, and a saxophone ensemble.
S. Dikčiūtė created a new version of the soundtrack for the film—for electronic and acoustic keyboard instruments, a saxophone ensemble, and female voices.
“The Geometry of Bodies” (2020) based on Snieguolė Dikčiūtė and Audronė Brazauskaitė’s geoOpera “Vitruvian Man” or “ Fi,” performed at the Paluknė airfield.
Based on sketches of body parts and bodily systems, as well as texts written using G. Aleksa’s biochemical formulas for bodily structure, a graphic musical score was created using wheelchairs for people with disabilities and human bodies as tools for action painting. Based on the prepared drawings, the graphic score (visualizations), painted “here and now” and projected onto the hangar wall, became a map for the musicians.
Director Sudipto Acharyya (India, Mumbai)
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Snieguolė Dikčiūtė ir vaizdo režisierius Gintaras Šeputis (POMPIDOU centras, Paryžius, 1993)
