Vytautas Miškinis

With more than 700 compositions to his credit, Vytautas Miškinis is is among the most prolific composers in Lithuania. For his religious music the composer employs primarily Latin liturgical texts. The texture of his works is often polyphonic, contains aleatoric elements, and sonorous effects. Miškinis’ music has enjoyed a permanent position in the repertoire of all singing festivals in Lithuania, including the Pu pils’ Festival, World Lithuanians’ and Students’ Festival (Gaudeamus). Many of his compositions have been awarded prizes in national competitions and have been chosen as obligatory pieces for performance at international choral and choral conducting competitions in countries including Italy, Austria, Argentina, Sweden, Germany.