Raminta Lampsatis - musicologist
professorships since 1982
- Professor for Art, Song and Opera at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg, Germany
- Guest Professor at the Music Academy in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Guest Professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire, Russia
doctorate programme
- music theatre (Promotionsausschuss des Fachbereich 3 der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
degrees and studies
- Dr. phil. in Musicology, Carl Dahlhaus, TU Berlin, Germany
- Studies in Accompanying, Prof. Paul von Schilhawsky, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
- Special Studies in English and French Literature, Media Studies, Theology
- Bachelor of Arts in German Literature, Valparaiso University, Indiana, U.S.A.
- Bachelor of Music, Solo Piano, Valparaiso University, Indiana, U.S.A.
scholarships
focus on Bronius Kutavičius & other Lithuanian composers
- book Bronius Kutavičius, A Music of Signs and Changes, Biography and Work Analysis
- BBC Wales (live interview on his works)
- festival programmes (texts on his works)
- concerts with his compositions together with Andrius Vasiliauskas
- expert on Lithuanian composers, i.e. Osvaldas Balakauskas, Onutė Narbutaitė, Vytautas Bacevičius, M. K. Čiurlionis, Juozas Gruodis, Julius Juzeliūnas
books:
New publisher in Lithuania:
aukso žuvys (poisson d'or), Vilnius, Lithuania
“Sofija, Zosė, Zo”
Series "Famous Lithuanian Women",
presentation at the Sofija Festival 2022
- currently working on a series of books on Famous Lithuanian Women Opera Singers, Marijona in Wonderland being completed and "Sofija, Zosė, Zo" next in line, to be published 2022, presentation at the Sofija Festival 2022
- Marijona in Wonderland / Marijona Stebuklų Šalyje, by Raminta Lampsatis, illustrated by Shlomit Yeshayahu, ISBN 978-609-8078-55-8, 1st edition sold out, 2nd edition due in 2022
- currently working on the biography of Laura Sarti as a co-author with Leslie Leon:
Laura Sarti: Her Life, Her Technique, Her Vocal Exercises,
publishing assistance by Draeger Verlag, Lübeck
- Noblesse et Sensibilité: La Musique de Paul von Schilhawsky, 2005
- Bronius Kutavičius, A Music of Signs and Changes, Vaga, Vilnius, 2002
- TYLA (Silence), The Composer Osvaldas Balakauskas, Fischerdruck, Peine, 1988
- Kammermusik, Reihe Vöhrum, 10 Jahre, Fischerdruck, Peine, 1986
- Festschrift für Ferry Gebhardt zum 75. Geburtstag, Merlin Verlag, Gifkendorf bei Lüneburg, 1984
- Dodekaphone Werke von Balsys, Juzeliünas und der jüngeren Komponistengeneration Litauens
- Dodekaphonie als integrierende Technik, Doctoral Dissertation Berlin, 1977
articles:
- “The City of Jerusalem” (interview with Sigitas Geda), Kultūros barai, 1999
- “Fluxus Ryšys Mačiūnas”, Kultūros barai, 7/1997, p. 50-53
- “Kutavičius ir Stockhausenas (Mintys po Huddersfieldo festivalio)”, Kultūros barai, 3/1997, p. 55-58
- “Living Sound” (text of compact disc Bronius Kutavičius: Oratorijos), 33 Records, 33CD006, 1997, p. 10-13
- “Kutavičius: Der Kampf der Bäume: The Battle of the Trees” in Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Living Composers Festival Book, 1996
- “Broniaus Kutavičius kūriniai The Vale of Glamorgan Festivalyie” in Muzikos kultūros situacija nepriklausomoje Lietuvoje (conference lectures at the Lithuanian Academy of Music), margi raštai, Vilnius, 1996, p. 37-39
- “Von rostigen Nägeln und farbigen Schlangen (über einige Besonderheiten der litauischen Kultur)” (booklet for the Hammoniale Festival 1993, p. 51-53