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Nomeda Valan?i?t? (b. 1961) studied composition with Prof. Julius Juzeli?nas at the Lithuanian Academy of Music in 1979-84. The composer is a winner of three S. Šimkus prizes for choral works (1991, 1992, 1994), a prize-winner of the competition of composers arranged by the Lithuanian Music Fund (1996, 1998, 2001). In 2001 she received Brandenburg State scholarship for creative work at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf (Germany), in 2002 - the scholarship of Stiftung Kulturfonds for creative work at the Künstlerhaus Lukas (Ahrenshoop, Germany), in 2003 - Schleswig-Holstein State scholarship for creative work at the Künstlerhaus Eckernförde (Germany). Her works were performed at the festival "A*Devantgarde" in Munich (1993), the 9th International Music Festival in Heidelberg (1994), the International Composers Forum in Cottbus (1994), the ISCM World Music Days in Stockholm (1994), Cottbuser Musikherbst (2000, 2001), MaerzMusik in Berlin (2003), and other festivals in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Spain, Japan, Poland, The Netherlands, Finland, Russia, Latvia, and Lithuania. |