Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė | Between the Staves

Composer Vaida Striaupaitė-Beinarienė’s evening Between the Staves asks how much of music lies beyond the written score. The notes, rhythms and harmonies carry memories of the people and places that inspired her, while each performer brings something of their own. Members of the composer’s family will join her for the evening.

The programme recalls the Grand Roman Theatre in Lyon and pays tribute to her teacher, Julius Juzeliūnas. Excerpts from larger works will be heard and shown on screen, including Laisvasis kalinys (The Free Prisoner), an oratorio honouring Blessed Teofilius Matulionis. It was performed at the opening of the 16th International St James Festival and received a prize for new choral music established by Laima Liucija Andrikienė.

Featuring Dovilė Kazonaitė (soprano), Sonata Alšauskaitė (piano), Robertas Beinaris (oboe), Brigita Beinarytė (flute) and Laurynas Beinaris (oboe). Musicologist Laimutė Ligeikaitė will speak with the composer and performers.

Striaupaitė-Beinarienė studied with Julius Juzeliūnas and Vytautas Barkauskas and continued her training at the Lyon Conservatoire. Her music has been performed at Gaida, the Pažaislis Music Festival and other festivals in Lithuania and abroad.

The evening is part of the club’s Lithuanian Composers series, organised with the Lithuanian Composers’ Union and funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Media partners are LRT Radijas and VilniusFM.lt.