Draft:Tadas Petrulis

Tadas Petrulis is a young Lithuanian composer (born on 2001 july 29th). A graduate of "National M. K. Čiurlionis school of arts". , where he studied cello, piano and music composition. Currently he is composing new compositions and creating works, that combine music and other fields of arts like painting, dancing and others.

In 2020 Tadas Petrulis music composition "Pier" won a price award at one of the national young composers competitions. The same piece has been selected as part of the Klaipėda international Davide Gering competition for cellists and also International S. Sondeckis competition for young violonists and cellists programms to be perfomed by young cellists.

Young composer participated in a few Lithuanian festivals. Few of his smaller compositions were performed in National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art. In 2019 his music piece "Spring variations" was performed at a modern festival "Druskomanija" by music ensemble called "Synaesthesis". Later on his other works were performed at The Night of Impressions in Vilnus.

To add, he also started combining music with other fields of art. His music piece "The Blossom of Portugal" was presented as a performance of a string quartet and painters in "National Kaunas Drama Theatre" as the opening of an exhibition organised by "Vilnius Academy of Arts" and "Vytautas Magnus university".

Young composer's works have been also presented abroad: in 2019 his piece "Il volo tra le montagne" ("A flight through the mountains") was presented in Turin, Italy, during a concert for the Memoration of Lithuania Independence, in 2024 "The Steps of Freya" for symphony orchestra was presented in Oslo, Norway for a special event "Oslo Operaball: The Night of Magic"