RICERCARS OF TWITTERING MACHINES

LMTA Electronic Music Ensemble

In the mid-1980s, a new stylistic current emerged in Lithuanian music, foregrounding the radically mechanical aspects of sound. Its authors – later dubbed the “machinist generation” (Ričardas Kabelis, Šarūnas Nakas, Rytis Mažulis, Gintaras Sodeika, Nomeda Valančiūtė, Tomas Juzeliūnas) – created works that now re-emerge within the context of live electronic music.

In this concert, the music of the “machinist generation” unfolds as a vibrant, multi-layered organism of sound, where the relationship between machine and human is re-examined. It is not merely a recomposition or reinterpretation, but a new dialogue with perhaps the most conceptual phenomenon in Lithuanian music.

Concert Program

Recompositional Session

Fragments of the “Machinist Generation” in Today’s Projection

Rytis Mažulis

Twittering Machine

Gintaras Sodeika

Baza gaza

Ričardas Kabelis

Invariations

Nomeda Valančiūtė

Narcissus

Tomas Juzeliūnas

Telephonics

Performers

LMTA Electronic Music Ensemble

Since 2019, the LMTA Electronic Music Ensemble has been exploring the boundaries of electronic sound. This creative laboratory of the Composition Department brings together students from various disciplines who seek to deepen their understanding of electronic music performance and free improvisation, often combining acoustic instruments with electronics. The ensemble not only performs compositions but also ventures into new territories of musical creation. Here, curiosity meets musical collaboration.

Artistic director – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jonas Jurkūnas
Principal concertmaster – Lect. Dr. Matas Samulionis