| bio | |||
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1961 | Born in Rokiškis, Lithuania | |
| education | |||
| 1968–1979 | Vilnius 22th, 7th secondary schools (graduated: gold medal), B.Dvarionas Music School. Laureate of the Republican Pupil Olympiads on Physics | ||
| 1979–1984 | Vilnius University, Faculty of Physics. Graduated cum laude | ||
| 2001–2005 | Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Department of Ethnomusicology; doctorant. PhD thesis defended in 2005 (see the summary) | ||
| affiliation | |||
| 1984–1992 | Lithuanian Academy of Science, Institute of Physics, Department of Laser Optoelectronics; junior research assistant | ||
| 1991–1994 | Vilnius Conservatory; lecturer | ||
| 1991–2000 | Lithuanian Folk Culture Center, Department of Folklore; senior specialist | ||
| 1994–2005 | Lithuanian Academy of Music, Institute of Musicology, Department of Ethnomusicology; research fellow |
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| 1994– | Lithuanian Academy of Music (currently Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre), Department of Ethnomusicology; lecturer; since 2006 – associate professor; since 2013 - professor | ||
| 2004– | B.Jonušas Music School; teacher | ||
| 2005– | Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Audiovisual Art Technologies (currently Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Research Group "Digital Culture, Communication, and Media"); lecturer; since 2008 – associate professor; since 2010 - professor | ||
| research interests | |||
| Ethnomusicology, musical and speech acoustics, psychology of music: Music (mainly traditional vocal) performance, stylistics, acoustics, perception, transcription, transmission, folklore in the modern world and World music; acoustic phonetics, prosody acoustics; cognitive psychology of music; mathematical methods in musicology and linguistics; computer-aided analysis of music and speech |
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| scientific publications and conferences | |||
| 5 monographs, over 80 papers in scientific editions, ca 200 entries in Lithuanian Encyclopaedia of Music. Over 120 conference papers. 19 survey and science dissemination papers, 14 editions of music repertoires and science dissemination | |||
| expert activities | |||
| 2002– | International scientific conferences (ICMPC, CIM, ESCOM, etc.); Review Committees; member | ||
| 2007 | Allan Vurma; dissertation "Voice quality and pitch in singing: Some aspects of
perception and production" (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre);
opponent Loreta Sungailienė; dissertation "Samogitian musical dialect: Intonational models and articulation" (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre); opponent |
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| 2007– | Reviewer for scientific editions | ||
| 2008– | Estonian Science Foundation; expert | ||
| 2009– | Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies; Advisory Board; member | ||
| 2010 | Laura Lukenskienė; dissertation "Lyrical monophonic songs of southwestern Lithuania. Problem of musical interdialect" (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre); opponent | ||
| 2011 | Research Council of Lithuania; expert | ||
| 2011– | Doctoral Committee for Art Research at Kaunas University of Technology; member | ||
| 2012– | European Commission; HERA – Humanities in the European Research Area, Review Panel; member | ||
| 2013– | Journal Вопросы этномузыкознания; Editorial Board; member Doctoral Committee for Art Research at Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre; member |
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| 2017– | Journal Проблеми етномузикознанiя; Editorial Board; member | ||
| 2019– | Journal Вісник Київського національного університету культури і мистецтв. Серія: Музичне мистецтво; Editorial Board; member | ||
| associations | |||
| 1990– | Society of Lithuanian Ethnic Culture | ||
| 1995–2000 | International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM); its Study Group on Computer Aided Research | ||
| 2002– | Society of Lithuanian Acousticians (member of Board) | ||
| 2003– | European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM) | ||
| 2009– | European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) | ||
| 2010– | Association LATGA (Lithuanian Association for Protection of Authors' Rights) | ||
| 2013– | Association AGATA (Lithuanian Association for Related Rights) | ||
| 2014– | Lithuanian Composers' Union | ||
| research visits | |||
| 1995 | Stockholm; Sweden Archive of Swedish folk songs (Svenskt visarkiv) Vienna; Austria Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
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| 1997 | Bergen; Norway Arne Bjørndal Collection (Arne Bjørndals samling), University of Bergen Trondheim; Norway Norwegian Council for Folk Music and Folk Dance (Rådet for folkemusikk og folkedans), University of Trondheim |
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| 2001 | Stockholm; Sweden Royal Institute of Technology (Kungl Tekniska Högskolan) |
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| 2003 | Tampere; Finland Tampere University |
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| 2008 | Vienna; Austria University of Music and Performing Arts (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst) |
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| 2014 | Belgrade; Serbia University of Arts in Belgrade (Универзитет уметности у Београду) and Institute of Musicology, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Музиколошки институт САНУ) |
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| 2017 | Vienna; Austria University of Music and Performing Arts (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst) |
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| teaching | |||
| 1991–1994 | Vilnius Conservatory | Folklore workshop, Musical folklore, Transcription of musical folklore, Kanklės |
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| 1994– | Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre; Vilnius | Bachelor studies: Introduction into ethnomusicology (Methods of transcription of folk music, Fieldwork methods), Transcription of folk music (practical course), Fieldwork (practical course), Basics of acoustics, Musical acoustics, Computer applications, Basics of music technology literacy, Bachelor thesis Master studies: Cognitive psychology of music, Acoustical methods of music research, Statistic methods in musicology, Contemporary trends of traditional music, Interdisciplinary research methods, Master thesis Doctoral studies: Theories and methods music psychology, Acoustics, Flute acoustics, Harpsichord acoustics, Psychological bases of musical scales and their manifestation in Lithuanian traditional music, Doctoral thesis |
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| 2004– | B.Jonušas Music School; Vilnius | Transcription of Russian musical folklore (lessons) | |
| 2005– | Kaunas University of Technology | Bachelor studies: Musical acoustics, Introduction to music technologies (electrophysics), Basics of speech acoustics, Introduction to research methods, Bachelor thesis Master studies: Psychology of music, Computer-aided music analysis, Statistical analysis of music, Master thesis Doctoral studies: Empirical musicology, Interdisciplinary research methods, Doctoral thesis |
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| 2008 | Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre; Tallinn | Aspects of perception of pitch and pitch relations (intense course) | |
| J. Vītola Latvian Academy of Music; Rīga | Acoustical methods in ethnomusicology (intense course) | ||
| 2011 | Conservatoire of Music "Stanislao Giacomantonio"; Cosenza, Italy | Music perception: Basics, information, and performance (intense course) | |
| 2013 | The Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (joint doctoral studies with VU and LAMT) | Folk music tradition and its change; Interdisciplinary studies extending scope of ethnomusicology |
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| 2013–2014 | J. Vītola Latvian Academy of Music; Rīga | Acoustical methods in ethnomusicology, basics of music perception | |
| 2014 | University of Arts in Belgrade | Acoustical analysis of traditional music: programs and techniques (intense course) | |
| 2017 | Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien | Intorduction to computer-aided analysis of pitch and microtiming in folk music. Acoustical analysis of traditional singing: history, methods, examples. | |
| workshops/masterclasses | |||
| 1990 | Stockholm Archipelago (Sweden; Folkpust Kedjan) | Lithuanian traditional singing | |
| 1993– | Rybaki, Doktorce, Wigry,
etc. (Poland; Ośrodek Badań Muzykologicznych i Kulturowych Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej; yearly international seminar-school 'Śpiew archaiczny') |
Lithuanian traditional vocal technique, Kanklės playing | |
| 1996– | Lithuania (various institutions) | Lectures on traditional vocal techniques, vocal masterclasses at various seminars, etc. | |
| 2014– | Vilnius Ethnic Culture Center | Lithuanian traditional singing | |
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| arts | |||
| 1986– | Folklore ensemble of Faculty of History, Vilnius University (folklore ensemble "Intakas", afterwards) (leader) | ||
| 1987–1990? | Children folklore ensemble of Grigiškės Culture House (leader) | ||
| 1999– | Folkrock group "Atalyja" (member) | ||
| 2014– | Folklore ensemble "Mindrė" (leader) | ||
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| awards | |||
| 2008, 2014, 2015 | 2nd, 3rd, 2nd prizes in the KTU Best Monographs Competition | ||
| 2016 | Lithuanian Composers' Union Award for the best musicology work in 2015 | ||
| 2018 | Lithuanian Science Prize for the cycle of works "Development of Acoustic Methods in Music and Language Research" | ||