IN C | VLORK 90 (VILNIUS LAPTOP ORCHESTRA)

 

Terry Riley (1935) — composition by US composer and pioneer of minimalism: “In C” for any number of melodic instruments playing in turn (1964).

>>VLORK (Vilnius Laptop Orchestra), an electronic music ensemble of students of the LMTA Composition Department, which has been in existence for the third year. Ensemble members: Matīss Tomass Vikmanis, Paula Bagotyriūtė, Alon Lifshitz. The artistic director of the ensemble is doc. dr. Jonas Jurkūnas (Robotic Folk).

Duration: ~50 min.

>> Improvisation Artiom + Alon
Artiom Zalizko – saxophone player, multiple genres performer, producer and composer from Lithuania. Mostly known as a co-creator of a Lithuanian jazztronica band SynthEtika. In 2018 won a special award for best composition in a competition of one of the biggest Lithuanian Jazz Festivals “Vilnius Jazz”. Won II place in a prestige National Petras Vyšniauskas Saxophone Competition. In 2019 won III place with SynthEtika at a “Rumshk” competition – festival. Actively performing in different projects and collaborating with musicians of various genres, including improvisational music, folk, jazz, post-punk, hip hop, electronic, contemporary music, alternative music and pop.

 Alon Lifshitz – Guitarist, producer and composer from Israel. Composes and produces music in different genres – experimental, contemporary, electronic, pop, rock and folk. Composes music for short movies. Performed and recorded for many Israeli artists. Member of ‘Glass’ collective that releases and organize events of new concert music. Member of ‘Sedek’ (Crack) experimental improvisational group.