Sfäärit (2025) in Musica Nova, Helsinki
Supported by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, Justina Repečkaitė has been commissioned by the Musica nova Helsinki festival to compose a new work for Sfäärit. Her composition for harpsichord, portative organ, and electronics (using transducers) will be performed by Marianna Henriksson and Petteri Pitko in a project that merges contemporary music with dance.
Initiated by harpsichordist Marianna Henriksson and choreographer Anna Mustonen, Sfäärit brings on the stage dance performers Anna Maria Häkkinen, Marlon Moilanen, and Mira Kautto. In addition to Repečkaitė’s work, the program includes a new composition by Finnish composer Lauri Supponen’s for portative organ and a compostion For Marianna (2020) for harpsichord solo by British-Iranian composer Shiva Fesharek.
Sfäärit on the Zodiac website.
Whispering Skin premiere by Eklekto
Justina Repečkaitė was commissioned by the Geneva Percussion Center Eklekto to write Whispering Skin for 4 percussion players and transducers. The piece premiered alongside music by Adrien Trybucki at the "Concert Création" at Les 6 Toits in Geneva on October 11, 2024, as part of a weekend dedicated to celebrating Eklekto's 50th anniversary.
Linos festival in Cologne
September 20th at Sancta Clara Keller, Cologne
Justina Repečkaitė’s composition Echo Chamber, commissioned by the Linos Festival, will be performed by the Linos Trio. In the same concert, titled Versus, another of Justina’s works, Unbenannt-2 (2016) for string quartet, will be performed by Quatuor Zaïde. The quartet previously played Unbenannt-2 earlier this year at the Cordes-sur-Ciel Festival.
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Composer in residence at Cordes-sur-Ciel
Justina Repečkaitė is a composer in residence at Festival Cordes-sur-Ciel 53rd edition, which took place from July 19-25, 2024. Previously, composers like Henri Dutilleux, Jonathan Harvey, Michael Levinas, Clara Iannotta were invited to the festival. Repečkaitė had 5 compositions played in the program of the festival, presented her music on several occasions, and gave an interview to the radio.
Premiere of “Brocade” (2023) by Duo Simile
Justina wrote the composition Brocade (2023) for violin & viola commissioned by the Duo Simile with the support of Lithuanian Council for Culture. Duo Simile, - Milda Kraujutaitytė and Silvija Čiuladytė will first perform Brocade in different Lithuanian cities.
Cries in a project 50/50
Justina Repeckaite’s composition Cries (2023) will be performed during the French tour of the project 50/50 by the Sequenza 9.3 vocal ensemble (cond. Catherine Simonpietri) and a harpist Sandrine Chatron (Trio Polycordes) alongside pieces by Carol Robinson (1956), Claude Barthelemy (1956) and Fabien Cali (1983).
Atelier contemporain and premiere
Justina Repeckaite is invited to present her music at Atelier contemporain of Suzanne Giraud at CRR of Paris on the 21st of November 14h30 – 17h30. The presentation, destined for composition class students, is also open to the public and will take place on the eve of the premiere of Justina’s composition Filage by ensemble Court-Circuit, conducted by Jean Deroyer.
Filage received a grant of Aide à l’écriture d’une œuvre musicale originale by the Ministry of Culture of France. Court-Circuit already premiered Justina’s music in 2015: Tapisserie was since played by 13 different ensembles all over the world.
New piece for Court-Circuit
Justina is currently writing a new piece, Filage, for Court-Circuit ensemble: flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello, and double-bass. The commission is a grant from the French Ministry of Culture. Filage will premiere on the 22th of November 2022 at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris alongside music by Philippe Hurel and Adrien Trybucki.
Garden triptych premiere
Justina's composition Garden triptych premiered on the 31st of March 2022 at the Conservatoire of Jean-Jacques Werner in Fresnes, France by the students of Florence Renaud-Goud's harp class. This educational piece was written for 3 concert harps and 3 lever harps. The ages of performers ranged from 12 to 17 years old. Each harp is heavily prepared and each harpist has a personal role.