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Jurgis Juozapaitis (b.1942) graduated from the Lithuanian State Conservatoire (now Lithuanian Academy of Music) in 1968, where he studied composition with Prof. Julius Juzeli?nas. In 1969-77 worked as a sound director at the Lithuanian Radio and Television. Since 1991 has been teaching at the Lithuanian Academy of Music. In 1978 Jurgis Juozapaitis was awarded the Lithuanian State Prize for the symphony 'Rex'. The composer has won 15 Stasys Šimkus awards for his vocal works. In 2002 Jurgis Juozapaitis was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize. In 2004 he was awarded 1st Prize for the symphonic composition "Tower Counterpoints" at the "Sinfonia Baltica" International Composers' Competition in Riga, in 2005 - 2nd Prize for the Little Concerto for piano and string orchestra at the Juozas Karosas Composition Competition in Vilnius. |