The 21st International Music Theory Conference
2021 November 17–19
LMTA Building 1 (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius)
On Zoom platform and LMTA TV
The 21st International Music Theory Conference PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC COMPOSING: PHENOMENON OF CREATIVITY
November 17, Wednesday
Juozas Karosas Hall
9.30 Registration of participants
9.50 Opening of the conference
FIRST SESSION: Theoretical, Aesthetical, and Philosophical Outlines of Creativity
Chair: Dr. Ramūnas Motiekaitis
10.00 Miloš Zatkalik “Artistic Creativity Between Freud, Deleuze and Thomas Nagel”
10.30 Martina Stratilkova “A musical composition as a result of the interplay between internalized and compositional redundancy”
11.00 Alastair White “Contingency Dialectics in Fashion-Opera”
11.30 Jurgita Valčikaitė-Šidlauskienė “The composing process as a strategic-combination model. From theory to practice”
12.00 Coffee break
SECOND SESSION: Ethnic and Nationalist Patterns as Creative Stimulus (commemorating the 110th anniversary of M.K. Čiurlionis‘s death)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Antanas Kučinskas
12.30 KEYNOTE. Darius Kučinskas “Phenomenon of Čiurlionis”
13.30 Rimantas Astrauskas “Several Strokes for the Portrait of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis’ Creativity”
14.00 Aare Tool “Neo-Mythologism in the Music of Veljo Tormis, Arvo Pärt, and Bronius Kutavičius”
14.30 Judita Žukienė, Gabrielius Simas Sapiega “Institutionalization of the School of Composition: The Case of Kaunas Music School”
15.00–18.00 Break
18.00 Great Hall – CONCERT “Unidentified Cycles of M. K. Čiurlionis”
Performed by Prof. Jurgis Karnavičius (piano) and his students: Jonas Benjaminas Balsys, Gabrielė Bekerytė, Kamilė Kaučikaitė, Bernardas Sokolovas, Lina Žutautaitė (piano)
November 18, Thursday
Juozas Karosas Hall
THIRD SESSION: Inside composer’s mind
Chairs: Prof. Miloš Zatkalik, Manos Panayiotakis
10.00 Arthur Kaptainis “Bruckner’s Third Symphony and the Creative Management of Influence”
10.30 Viltė Žakevičiūtė “Freedom of Choice In Music Composition As The Impulse for Creativity”
11.00 Božena Čiurlionienė “Creative Incorporation of Tritonal Symmetry into Compositional Models of the 20th Century”
11.30 Coffee break
12.00 KEYNOTE. Kai Young Chan “From Constraints to Creativity: Musical Inventions through the Cantonese Contour”
13.00 Jurgis Paliauka “Manifestations of Intrinsic Musical Form in Onutė Narbutaitė’s String Quartet (2018)”
13.30 Agnė Mažulienė “Inside composer‘s mind: figurate music composition as an ideology”
14.00–19.30 Break
19.30 St. Casimir Church (Didžioji 34, Vilnius) – CONCERT “FLM Premieres-dedications” (commemorating the 110th anniversary of M.K. Čiurlionis‘s death)
Performers: Karolina Juodelytė (organ), Jonas Jurkūnas (electronics, digital guitar), Vytautas Sriubikis (himalayan bowls), Valerija Vitkauskaitė (voice), Paulius Prasauskas (bass)
Works by: M. K. Čiurlionis, Marius Baranauskas, Rimantas Janeliauskas, Jonas Jurkūnas, Bronius Kutavičius, Artūras Mikoliūnas, Ramūnas Motiekaitis, Mykolas Natalevičius, Paulius Prasauskas
November 19, Friday
Juozas Karosas Hall
FROM THE CREATOR’S LIPS (PERFORMANCE-PRESENTATIONS)
Chair: Dr. Andrius Maslekovas
10.00 Roger Redgate & Kate Ryder “Improvisation as a Creative Impulse for Composition”
11.00 Vytis Nivinskas “Improvisation and Real-time Composition in Double Bass Solo Performance”
12.00 Coffee break
12.30 Manos Panayiotakis & Elena Perisynaki “From the genesis of an idea, to the interpretation of the performer: Creative principles and negotiation in collaborative composition”
13.30 Kalliopi Stiga & Ioannis Kourtis “From the “Imbabazi—The Pardon” to “À la recherche de l’harmonie perdue”: aquest through images, words and melodies…”
14.00 Discussions, closing remarks
Poster: Rimantas Janeliauskas “Compositional Binary Profiles of Čiurlionis’ Unidentified Cycles”
* Persons older than 6 years of age must wear a protective mask covering the nose and mouth. Only persons with the National Certificate (the Opportunity Passport) can participate in the events.