Press
Quotations have been translated from Lithuanian.
“The music in the production is very bright – even when it tells of conflicts or trials, a sense of light always remains. The orchestra rehearses with joy, because the music is so varied, not monotonous, full of colours and moods. I think the audience will truly feel it.”
“a confrontation in a distorting mirror, a duel in which chains clanked and long unlit matches rained onto a drum. A little Fluxus, a little rock, a little ‘The Lord of the Rings’.”
“Children are not allowed to be bored for a single minute in this production.”
“we will perform ‘Baltic Games’, written especially for us by the Lithuanian composer Silvija Miliūnaitė, a composer of very rare talent. Her music is full of interesting rhythms, ideas and fantasies – it is very relevant for me to play it.”
“the works are innovative, in tune with the spirit of the times, interesting and masterfully written.”
“rising Lithuanian star composer Silvija Miliūnaitė that are included also in Glasperlenspiel’s programme”
“‘I see no point in writing music that only three people listen to,’ says composer Silvija Miliūnaitė”
“A composer with an individual, poetic, intimate creative gaze, she follows a minimalist, neo-romantic aesthetic; her music stands out for a wide emotional palette, combining contrasting dynamism with naturalness”
“She writes music whose performance I would like to follow with the score, and certainly from the balcony; I would take recordings of her works along on a long journey and listen to them speeding along by car or bicycle, and if I worked in the film industry, I would make sure her music is heard in a film. Not at the end or at a climax, but at the very beginning – for its special vitality and a hint of adventure”
“The music Silvija creates is distinctive for me in its emotional palette. Such music inspires one to dance and to create”
“Silvija Miliūnaitė is a composer of the younger generation who has chosen not the path of experiment but of continuing tradition”
“the composition is very atmospheric; the composer conveys the horror, sadness and desolation of the Chernobyl disaster superbly,”
“Silvija Miliūnaitė: when I compose music, I see dancing people before my eyes”