2025 Internationalization Awards Celebrated at the LMTA Senate

On February 18, the Senate of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) hosted the 2025 Internationalization Awards. The ceremony honored 12 prominent members of the Academy’s community – professors, students, and staff – whose dedication has significantly strengthened the international standing of the LMTA.

Award Laureates:

• Prof. Valentinas Masalskis (Klaipėda Faculty, Department of Theatre) – for his consistent and dedicated work with students from Ukraine under the Erasmus+ KA171 mobility program and for the longest “green” travel journey.

• Prof. Aleksandra Žvirblytė (Music Faculty, Department of Piano and Organ) – for an Erasmus+ teaching visit to Taiwan and a performance with the Tainan Symphony Orchestra.

• Assoc. Prof. Giedrė Kirkilė (Theatre and Dance Faculty, Department of Dance and Movement) – for the top-rated dance improvisation seminars by international students within the Introduction to Lithuanian Culture module.

• Assoc. Prof. Laimonas Masevičius (Music Faculty, Department of Wind and Percussion Instruments) – for the successful implementation of the Erasmus+ BIP program CEAMTE.

• Assoc. Prof. Jarūnė Barkauskaitė (Music Faculty, Department of Piano and Organ) – for the successful coordination of the international Cantatas project in collaboration with partners in Dresden.

• Lector Francisco Roberto Becerra Bravo (Music Faculty, Department of Composition) – for organizing the Nordplus intensive courses LIVE SPACE.

• Jurga Gluskinienė (Coordinator at the National Film School (KIMO)) – for the diligent and sincere coordination of the Nordplus NordFilm network and the Nordplus Creative Camp.

• Vaiva Marozienė (Art Centre Concert Coordinator) – for the visual design and update of the English-language study programme catalogue.

• Airė Kulbickaitė (3rd-year Bachelor student, Music Performance – Jazz Bass Guitar) – for exceptional activity during her Erasmus+ studies.

• Simonas Miknius (4th-year Bachelor student, Music Performance – Piano) – for exceptional activity during his Erasmus+ studies.

• Dmitrijus Andriušanecas (2nd-year Master student, Art of Dance) – for meaningful participation in Erasmus+ short-term mobility projects.

• Klaudijus Zajančkauskas (2nd-year Master student, Music Performance – Singing) – for successful participation in Erasmus+ short-term mobility projects.

We extend our gratitude to the laureates for their contribution to the Academy’s global openness and hope that these achievements will inspire the entire LMTA community toward new international discoveries.

International Relations Office
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