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Between a thousand moons | Marta Finkelštein

13/02/2025
Photo: Ilmė Vyšniauskaitė

“The Sapieha Palace is a very special place where I can feel a certain juxtaposition: historical layers of Vilnius history embedded in its walls on the one hand, and a dense sense of contemporaneity on the other. That is why it is important to me that this is where the programme Between a Thousand Moons will be presented for the first time. It echoes one of the most important ideas of the album – that it is possible to blur the marks of time and that choosing an individual point of view can offer a fresh outlook on compositions” – Marta Finkelštein, curator and performer of the programme

 

The Between a Thousand Moons programme was conceptualised by juxtaposing musical miniatures written between 1905 and 2024. Signs of aesthetic direction and periods of creation become blurred, revealing unexpected interactions between the works.

The album highlights the contour of the canon of Lithuanian piano music, while simultaneously revealing the freedom that arises from uncertainty when each performer creates their own subjective constellation – from works learned in childhood and pieces prepared for competitions to compositions by iconic composers and scores found in archives, or simply aesthetically related creations. 

 

 

The vinyl release of Between a Thousand Moons has been in development since summer 2023 and will be launched alongside a digital version in February 2025. The Music Information Centre Lithuania archive was used as a starting point when developing the idea of this album. However, its realisation was first and foremost driven by its team – Radvilė, Evelina, and Linas – who allowed the album’s concept to evolve and grow, lending their eyes and ears, and valuable professional expertise during its execution. Special thanks to Vytautas and Arūnas for their sonic ingenuity during post-production, to Ugnė for the conceptual design, and to Ilmė for the photoshoot under the full moon. The record was pressed by Green Lakes Pressing with funding from the Lithuanian Council for Culture and support from partners: the Lithuanian Composers’ Union, Organum, and MAMA Studios.

Marta Finkelštein is a performer and music curator based in Vilnius. Marta combines theoretical and practical interests in her research into the potential of music curation, alongside her active career as a performer. In 2023, she graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Northern Switzerland with a degree in music curating. That same summer, she received an artistic doctorate from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre for her thesis, Curating Music in Contemporaneity: Contexts, Lithuanian Scene, and the Ensemble Synaesthesis.

 

In recent years, Marta’s work has been centred on the activities of the contemporary music ensemble Synaesthesis, where she has curated sound projects in collaboration with instrumentalists, composers, and artists across various fields. Under her leadership, the ensemble’s achievements have been recognised with both national and international awards, including the Young Creator Prize, the St Christopher Statuette for contributions to contemporary music, and the Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize.

 

Read more at: www.martafinkelstein.lt

 

Programme:

1906 – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis  – Šėriau žirgelį, šėriau bėrąjį (VL 292) 

1994 – Anatolijus Šenderovas – M. K. Čiurlionio eskizai – Vinjetė liaudies dainai 

2018 – Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Transparent Dreams – III. as in transparent dreams…

1987 – Nomeda Valančiūtė – Puotos pabaiga 

1998 – Julius Andrejevas – Lemtis

1905 – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis – Prelude (VL 269) 

1981 – Vytautas Barkauskas – Concert Etude Nr. 2

1933 – Vytautas Bacevičius – Etude No. 2, op. 19

1965 – Balys Dvarionas – Gavotas

1987 – Kristina Vasiliauskaitė – Linksma lietaus dainelė 

2010 – Julius Aglinskas – Trys pjesės

2024 – Dominykas Digimas – Circa

2010 – Zita Bružaitė – Bangos