An Orchestra Conductor, Musical Director and Chief Conductor at Coin du Roi Prof. Cristian Frattima held Master Classes at Music Academy

An Orchestra Conductor, Cultural economist & Manager, Musicologue, Musical Director and Chief Conductor at Coin du Roi Prof. Cristian Frattima held master Classes at 2-5th of May at VMU Music Academy.

Here is a CV of Maestro Prof. C.Frattima

Education (in reverse chronological order)

Advanced course in Opera Management organised by the international “Opera Europa” association (Como, 08/2014)
Post-Doctorate Master’s in Management of Performing Arts with a score of 110/110 from the Bocconi University (Milan 06/2015)
Dottorato di ricerca (PhD) in Cinema and Music economics (Marconi University, Rome) (06/2014)
Graduate Master’s in Symphony Orchestra Conducting with a score of 10/10 (Lithuanian National Academy) (06/2011) [teachers: J. Domarkas, R. Scervenikas, G. Rinkevicius]
Bachelor’s degree in economics with a score of 100/110 (Marconi University, Rome) (11/2009) Masterclass in Conducting organised by the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin, teacher Eri Klas (Helsinki, Finland, 03/2008)
Private conducting lessons with V. Gergiev, Y. Temirkanov, J. Domarkas
Masterclass in Conducting organized by the “Ilya Musin Society”, teacher Ennio Nicotra (Perugia, 04/2006) Masterclass in Conducting organised by the Conservatory of Verona in collaboration with the Academy of Sofia, teacher Dejan Pavlov (Wratza, Bulgaria, 09/2005)
Diploma in Violin valid as a master’s European diploma, with a score of 10/10, honours and honourable mention at the ministry (09/2003)
Secondary Education Certificate with a score of 100/100 (07/2002)

Professional experience, conductor

2009-2010 Assistant Conductor at the Lithuanian National Opera Theatre and the Lithuanian Philharmonic (LNSO)
2010-2013 Conductor of the Klaipeda Theatre Orchestra (Lithuania)
2010-2011 Artistic Director Consultant of the Klaipeda Music Theatre
2010/01 “L’incoronazione di Poppea”, C. Monteverdi, Klaipeda Theatre, directed by J. Vensk (cond.)
2010/02 “Le nozze di Figaro”, W.A. Mozart (Lithuanian National Opera Theatre LNOBT), E. Sagi (cond.)
2010/04 “Otello” G. Verdi (LNOBT), director by E. Nekrosius (cond.)
2010/05 Symphonic concert with Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra
Academy of St. Petersburg, (cond.) [Mozart, R. Strauss]
2011/01 Symphony concert with Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra, Liela Gilde, Riga, Latvia (cond.) [Boccherini, Respighi]
2011-present Conductor of the Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra (LNKO)
2011-03 Solemn concert for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy in Lithuania (Vilnius Philharmonic Orchestra, Vilnius’ Philharmonic Hall) (cond.) [Vivaldi, Respighi, Rota]
2011-03 Solemn concert for the 150th anniversary of the unification of I taly in Belarus (Minsk Philharmonic Orchestra) (cond.) [Vivaldi, Respighi, Rota]
2011-03 Symphonic concert with Kaliningrad Symphony Orchestra, Kaliningrad Philharmonic (cond.) [Mahler n.6]
2011-04 “Cavalleria rusticana” and “Pagliacci” P. Mascagni, R.Leoncavallo. Cilea Theatre, Reggio Calabria (IT) directed by A. Pizzech (cond.) Reggio Calabria-Livorno co-production
2011-04 “Cavalleria rusticana” and “Pagliacci” P. Mascagni, R.Leoncavallo. Goldoni Theatre, Livorno (IT) directed by A. Pizzech (cond.)
2011 Tournée with the Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania , (cond.)
2012-present Guest conductor of the “Anchorage Symphonic” Anchorage (USA)
2012-10 Concert with Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) [Rachmaninoff concerto n.2, Shostakovic n.5]
2012-present Guest conductor of the National Orchestra of Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
2012-12 Concert with Arkhangelsk Symphony Orchestra, Arkhangelsk (Russia) [Holst, The Planets]
2012-present Guest conductor of the Arkhangelsk Chamber Orchestra
2013-04 “The Nutcracker”, P. I. Tchaikovsky, Karelian Theatre, Petrazavodsk, directed by V. I. Petrof
2013 Series of concerts with Verdi and Wagner music with Franciacorta Philharmonic Orchestra (Brescia, Bergamo, Venice, Milan, Lodi)
2013-present Chief conductor of the Franciacorta Philharmonic Orchestra
2013-10 Concert with Arkhangelsk Symphony Orchestra, at Philharmonic Palace, Arkhangelsk (Russia) [Mahler n.2]
2013-present Guest Conductor of the Astrakhan State Orchestra
2014-present Founder and Artistic Director of the Italian-Swiss Baroque Opera Company “Coin du Roi”
2014-2015 Artistic Direction member at Teatro alla Scala, Milan
2015/05 G. F. Handel’s “Xerxes”, Milan Teatro Litta (conductor and music director)
2015/05 G. F. Handel’s “Xerxes”, Venice Teatro Goldoni (conductor aand music director)
2015/10 W. A. Mozart’s “Apollo et Hyacinthus”, Milano Teatro Litta (conductor and music director)
2015/12 G. B. Pergolesi “La serva padrona / Livietta e Tracollo”, Milano Teatro Litta (conductor and music director)
2016/04 Concert with Coin du Roi orchestra, Romanas Kudriasovas (bass) and Julia Lezhneva (soprano) at Turin’s Società dei concerti – Teatro Vittoria [J. P. Rameau, J. B. Lully, M. A. Charpentier]
2016/07 H. Purcell “Dido and Aeneas”, Varese, Festival Punti Cardinali (conductor) Susanna Guerrini director
2017/07 H. Purcell “Dido and Aeneas”, Riga Early Music Festival (conductor) Marco Bellussi director
2017/08 Concert with 2 Grammies winner Sinfonietta Riga at Rundale Palace (Riga, Latvia) [Boccherini, Vivaldi]
2018/02 Concert with Coin du Roi Orchestra and Roberto Prosseda (Teatro Sociale di Como) [Mozart n. 41 ,,Jupiter’’, Salieri, Beethoven piano concerto n.4]
2018/04 Concert with Sankt Petersburg Symphony Orchestra at Shremetievo Palace [Shostakovic n. 7 ,,Leningrad’’]
2018/05 Concert with Cairo Symphony Orchestra and violinist Davide Alogna at Egyptian National Opera House [O. Respighi violin concerto, Beethoven n. 4]
2018/05 G. Verdi’s ,,La Traviata’’ at Gozo’s Teatru Aurora (Malta)
2018/07 H. W. Henze’s ,, Hänsel und Gretel’’ with I Cameristi del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino at Festival dei Punti Cardinali (Italy)
2014-2018 Concert activity with Coin du Roi orchestra, Samara Symphony Orchestra,
Veneto Chamber Orchestra, Samara Chamber Orchestra, Potsdam Kammerakademie, and many others.
2018-2022 Artistic Director of Riga Early Music Festival
2018/03 Handel’s ,,Coronation Anthems’’ at Riga Cathedral with Sinfonietta Riga orchestra and Riga Dom Boys Choir
2018/08 Mozart’s ,,Requiem’’ with Makris Symphony Orchestra and Choir Anzolim de la Tor at Palazzo dei Concerti, Riva del Garda.
2019 Artistic consultant of MusicaRivaFestival (Riva del Garda, Italy)
2019/08 G. Verdi’s ,,Aida’’ at Egyptian National Opera Theatre (Cairo city)
2019 Concert and opera activity with Coin du Roi, Cairo Opera Theatre, Izmir Symphonic orchestra, Egyptian National Philharmonic orchestra, S. Petersburg Symphonic Orchestra
2020/01 G. Verdi’s ,,Rigoletto’’ at Zagreb Opera House, Krešimir Dolenčić director
2020/02 Symphonic concert with Izmir Symphony Orchestra and countertenor Raffaele Pè [L. Boccherini, G. F. Handel, W. A. Mozart]
2021/09 Symphonic concert with Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra and Fiorenzo Pascalucci, pinist at Milan’s Sala Verdi, in the stagione of Serate Musicali [Ciurlionis, Dvarionas, Tamulionis, Boccherini, Respighi]
2021/10 Concert with Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra, Tobie Miller (hurdy-gurdy), Jean-Pierre van Hees (musette de cour) at Klaipeda Opera Theatre [Lully, Rameau, Holst, Britten]
2021/12 Concert with Paliesiaus Manor Consort at Paliesiaus Dvaras [G. F. Handel ,,Royal Firework Music’’, M. A.
Charpentier ,,Te Deum’’]
2022-present Artistic director of Zapyškis international festival
2022-present Artistic direction member and main conductor of Banchetto Musicale Festival
2022-present Guest conductor of Madrid Philarmonic Orchestra
2022-present Artistic director of Santander Opera Festival
20222 Concert with Lithuanian National Chamber Orchestra at National Philharmonic Society [W. A. Mozart symphony n.40, Ouverture ,,Idomeneo’’, Double Piano Concerto n. 10]
2022/06 Concert with Paliesiaus Manor Consort, contralto Mae Hayashi and soprano Bryndis Gudjonsdottir at Paliesiaus Dvaras [Vivaldi ,,Stabat Mater’’, Pergolesi ,,Stabat Mater’’, Vivaldi ,,Nulla in mundo’’]
2022/07 Mozart’s ,,Requiem’’ with Kaunas Symphonic Orchestra and Kaunas Choir at Zapyškis church (Aistė Pilibavičiutė, Ieva Prudnikovaite, Imanol Laura, Kristof Bond)
2022/08 H. Purcell’s ,,Dido and Aeneas’’ with Spanish Philharmonic Orchestra at Santander’s Palacio de Elsedo. Eva Marco, director.
2022/09 Banchetto Musicale Festival. Solemn concert with Banchetto Musicale orchestra and Duodeco choir at the Grand Dukes’ palace. Soloists Monika Mauch, David Daniels, Franz Withum, Carsen Kruger [Bach cantatas]
2022/10 W. A. Mozart’s ,,Le nozze di Figaro’’ with Spanish Philharmonic Orchestra at Santander’s Palacio de Elsedo. Alberto Frias, director.
2022/10 W. A. Mozart’s ,,Le nozze di Figaro’’ with Spanish Philharmonic Orchestra at Santander’s Palacio de Elsedo. Alberto Frias, director.
2022/10 J. Valent’s contemporary oratorio ,,VIVA’’ with Spanish Philharmonic Orchestra at Auditorium Nacional de Espana, Madrid.
2022/11 G. F. Handel’s ,,Giulio Cesare in Egitto’’ with Egyptian Baroque Orchestra, Cairo Opera House
2022/12 Concert with Kremerata Baltica at Paliesiaus Dvaras [G. Rossini, N. Paganini, G. Meyerbeer]
2023/01 Concert with Kremerata Baltica at Liepoja’s Dzintars Sale [G. Rossini, N. Paganini, G. Meyerbeer]

Professional experience, academic, management

2006/10 Conference on jazz and classic music management and concert (English language, Kaunas Conservatory, Kaunas, LT)
2006/10 Conference on jazz and classic music management and concert ( English language, Klaipeda University, aula magna, Klaipeda, LT)
2006-present President of cultural association “Richard Wagner” (more than 15 cultural events a year)
2008 CEO of the innovative advertisement company “CheckON.lt” based in Vilnius (Lithuania)
2008-2009 Music teacher (Jono Basanaviciaus Secondary School, Vilnius, Lithuania)
2009-2010 Italian opera coach for singers at Lithuanian National Opera (Lithuania)
2010-2011 Italian language teacher for singers at Klaipeda Music Theatre (Lithuania)
2010-2011 Artistic Director Consultant of the Klaipeda Music Theatre
2014/06 Chairman and speaker at the conference: “Opera Marketing in the new Economy” (Milan, Park Hyatt, Congr. Room)
2013-present Artistic Director of “OperAttiva” (itinerant interactive opera company)
2014-present Artistic Director of “Festival Cilea” (international opera festival and singing contest)
2014-present Founder and Artistic Director of the Italian-Swiss Baroque Opera Company “Coin du Roi”
2014-2015 Artistic Direction member at Teatro alla Scala, Milan
2018 Artistic Director of Riga Early Music Festival
2019-present Artistic consultant of MusicaRivaFestival (Riva del Garda, Italy)
2019-present Professor of Cultural Economics and Cultural Industries (Vilnius University)
2022-present Artistic director of Zapyškis international festival
2022-present Artistic direction member and main conductor of Banchetto Musicale Festival
2022-present Guest conductor of Madrid Philarmonic Orchestra
2022-present Artistic director of Santander Opera Festival

Publications, monographs and articles

“Dialogo su armonia e contrappunto nella musica moderna” (Dialogue on harmony and
counterpoint in modern music) , 2004 (Le muse, pp.12-16 Rubettino editore) “L’evoluzione-involuzione dell’ultimo G.Garcia-Marquez” (Evolution-involution of the ultimate G. Garcia-Marquez) , 2005 (Le muse, pp. 24-28 Rubettino editore)
“Minimalismo, violentata concettualita’ artistica” (Minimalism, raped artistic conceptuality),
2005 (Le muse, pp. 24-28 Rubettino editore)
“Physical, psychological and mathematical aspects in the formation of a music leader: the aim of conducting in the third millennium”, 2010 (80 pages, monography, Lulù editore ISBN-10:1470990172 ISBN-13: 978-1470990176)
“Michelangelo Antonioni e Akira Kurosawa, l’arte pura nel cinema” (Michelangelo Antonioni and Akira Kurosawa, pure art in cinema), 2007 (Le muse, pp. 10-15 Rubettino editore) “Influence of tango nuevo, ethnic, slavonian folk and jazz music on G.Ligeti’s – Etudes pour le piano”, 2011, (44 pages ISBN-10: 1470991969 ISBN-13: 978-1470991968
Lulù editore)
“La crisi e l’embargo a Cuba, considerazioni socio-economiche” (The crisis and the embargo on
Cuba, socio-economic considerations), 2012 (Rivista socio-economica G. Marconi, pp. 20-30 Università Marconi editore)
“Le sacre du printemps ed il sincretismo tra cristianesimo e paganesimo antico in Europa” (Le
sacre du printemps” and syncretism between Christianity and ancient paganism in Europe) 2013 (Le muse, pp. 10-15 Rubettino editore, republished on “Rivista di musicologia italiana” SIDM editore Lulù editore)
“Shostakovic, Stalin, le sinfonie di guerra e lo Zdanovismo internazionale” (Shostakovich, Stalin, the symphonies of war and international Zhdanovism), 2014 (Le muse, pp. 8-13 Rubettino editore, republished on “Rivista di musicologia italiana” SIDM editore “L’opera lirica nella new economy: la ricerca dell’auto-sostenibilità economica” (Opera in the new economy: the pursuit of economic self-sustainability), 2015 (monography, 180 pp. Arethusa editrice ISBN-10: 8889637159 ISBN-13: 978-8889637159)
“Barocco e neo-barocco, considerazioni estetiche e formali” (Baroque and neo-baroque, haestetic and formal considerations (“SIDM rivista di musicologia italiana”, year 2015, pp. 20-31)
La matematica economica applicata all’opera lirica in Europa e U.S.A. (Economical mathematics applied to opera management in Europe and U.S.A. (“SIDM rivista di musicologia italiana”, year 2016, pp. 10-28)
“Gli armonici intimi e il pendolo di Focault” (Will be published in 2019)
“Le trio-sonate di Pietro Locatelli” 2015 (10 pages, Art director’s notes for EnsembleLocatelli’s CD “Locatelli in Bergamo” Classica dal Vivo editore)
“Beethoven, sinfonia n°5 in do minore op.67, l’influsso di M. Haydn e la genesi”, 2015
(Orchestra in gioco online, ASLICO editore)
“Mendelssohn, concerto per violino in mi minore op.64 tra l’odio di Wagner e il consenso di i Brahms” 2015, (Orchestra in gioco online, ASLICO editore)
“Storiografia essenziale dell’opera lirica italiana ed europera” 2015 (Orchestra in gioco online, ASLICO editore)
“Mozart, Apollo et Hyacintus, sintesi primigenia di un genio assoluto” (“SIDM rivista di musicologia italiana”, year 2018, pp. 30-35)
“Metadrammaturgia di un capolavoro senza tempo” (“SIDM rivista di musicologia italiana”, year 2017, pp. 10-28)
“Romance, canzone and lied, the pyramidal trinity in music”, 2015 (10 pages, Art director’s notes for Davide Alogna and Karsiyaka orchestra’s CD “Romances for violin” Brilliant musical editions)

Final Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition 2023

COMPETITION FOR THE ERASMUS TRAINEESHIP_EN_8

Final Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition

A final competition for this academic year is open for Erasmus+ student or recent graduate traineeship grants for traineeships in any country in the world. Application deadline is the 31st of May, 2023.

The placement period is from 2 to 6 months. Recent graduate traineeship must end – in a year after graduation.

Selection

All VMU full-time degree students who have not used more than 10 months of their Erasmus mobility (study/traineeship) period are eligible for the Erasmus grant.

Selection documents

For student traineeship (traineeship during student’s year of studies):

Filled-in application form „Outgoing-Application for Erasmus Student Traineeship“
Confirmation by the company or organization (obligatory).

Documents must be submitted online.

For recent graduate traineeship (application must be submitted during the last year of studies):

Application form „Outgoing-Application for Erasmus Recent Graduate Traineeship “
Confirmation by the company or organization (obligatory);
Recommendation by a faculty member (obligatory).

The priority in the selection is given to:

students whom traineeship is an obligatory part of their study programme;
students who have never been Erasmus traineeship students before.

Selection criteria:

student’s motivation;
good knowledge of the language which will be used during the traineeship;
student’s work, study, traineeship, participation in the international/academic projects, social activities experience in Lithuania and abroad;
conformability between the chosen traineeship and student’s study programme;
study results (first year MA students should attach transcript of records of their BA/MA degree to the application form).

Traineeship grants:

For EU and EEA countries:

Country group	Country	Monthly scholarship size
Group I	Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Norway	750,00 Eur
Group II	Austria, Belgium, ,Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal	750,00 Eur
Group III	Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Turkey	690,00 Eur
Group IV	Switzerland	700,00 Eur

For Non-EU/EEA countries:

Scholarship is 700,00 Eur/month.

Travel grant (depends on the distance between sending and receiving institutions):

100-499 km – 180,00 Eur
500-1999 km – 275,00 Eur
2000-2999 km – 360,00 Eur
3000-3999 km – 530,00 Eur
4000-7999 km – 820,00 Eur
More than 8000 km – 1500,00 Eur

Additional travel grants for green travelling options.

The competition results will be sent to every participant via e-mail.

More information:

Music Academy teachers – lect. Julija Sadaunykaitė, assist. Nerijus Jakštonis and assist. Paulius Kaminskas and accompanist Dominykas Šimonis participated in the Transform4europe festival in Katowice, Poland.

April 26-27 Music Academy teachers – lecturer Julija Sadaunykaitė, assistant Nerijus Jakštonis and assistant Paulius Kaminskas and accompanist Dominykas Šimonis participated in the Transform4europe festival in Katowice, Poland. As stated by Asst. Nerijus Jakštonis, “an alliance of ten universities united for the common goal of educating people who are responsible for their environment. It is an indescribably great feeling to share music while listening to a wonderful audience. I thank the administration of Vytautas the Great University for the opportunity to participate in the event, the festival organizers for indelible impressions and wonderful people, colleagues – Dominyks Šimonis, Julia Sadaunykaita, Paulis Kaminskas for making music together, rich discussions and friendship”.

April 28 Zara McFarlane, one of the most talented and prominent British jazz vocalists of today, visited the Academy of Music and gave Master Classes to the students of the Jazz Department

April 28 Zara McFarlane, one of the most talented and prominent British jazz vocalists of today, visited the Academy of Music and gave Master Classes to the students of the Jazz Department.

Zara McFarlane is a British jazz/soul singer and songwriter, based in East London. In October 2014, McFarlane was awarded the title of “Best Jazz Act” at the MOBO Awards.^[1] She has had four albums released by Brownswood Recordings.

Early life

Zara McFarlane was born in London in 1983 and grew up on the borders of east London and Essex. She was born to parents of Jamaican heritage, which has had a big influence on her musical tastes.^[2] She studied musical theatre at the BRIT School, then went on to the London College of Music to study Popular Music Performance and completed a master’s degree in jazz studies (vocals) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.^[3]

McFarlane came up through Tomorrow’s Warriors,^[4] where she met many of the musicians she performs and collaborates with today.

Career

McFarlane’s debut album, Until Tomorrow, was released by Brownswood Recordings in 2011. Her second album, If You Knew Her, was released in 2014, also by Brownswood.^[5] She accompanied herself on guitar on “You’ll Get Me in Trouble”.^[6] The New York Times reviewer of the album commented that “its identity derives from Ms. McFarlane’s clear, elegant voice, and the musicians’ training and influences”.^[7] Her next album, Arise, was released by the same label in 2017.^[8] She has collaborated with Denys Baptiste, Orphy Robinson, Soweto Kinch and Jazz Jamaica.

McFarlane’s “If You Knew Her” tour in 2014 was praised by John Fordham in The Guardian, describing her as having “magnetic eloquence”.^[9] She has made television appearances on programmes around Europe, including Later… with Jools Holland (BBC Two),^[10] Un Lugar Llamado Mundo^[11] and the live broadcast of Victoires du Jazz.^[12] She has also made radio appearances worldwide, with her most notable appearances on Jamie Cullum‘s show on BBC Radio 2,^[13] NTS Radio^[14] and TSF Jazz.^[15]

Christian Frattima (Italy) master Classes for Singing Department students

Master Class for soloists by the Prof. Mario Maurizio Preziosi (Italy)

Artistic activities of teachers

SINGING DEPARTMENT

Gabriele Bukinė, Assistant of the Singing Department https://we.tl/t-sGKIBH7YRG

G. Puccini, opera “La Boheme”, Mimi’s aria “Si, mi chiamano Mimi” Conductor John Fisher (United Kingdom), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Philharmonic, soloist Gabrielė Bukinė. 2023.03.10
G. Verdi, opera “La Traviata”, Brindisi Conductor John Fisher (United Kingdom), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Philharmonic, soloists: Gabrielė Bukinė and Edmundas Seilius. 2023.03.10

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC DEPARTMENT

The Strings Branch