User:Dariusklisys

Darius Klišys a pioneering birbyne player from Lithuania (birbynė or reedpipe/hornpipe is an
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original Lithuanian woodwind instrument). Since 1997 he has recorded and released 16 albums:

baroque, contemporary and experimental electronic music. In 2008, Darius performed solo with his project “Water Serpents” at the 17th International

Electroacoustic Music Festival “Primavera en la Habana” in Cuba. In April 2009, he won the YouTube

Symphony Orchestra contest and was invited to the YTSO summit to perform at Carnegie Hall under

the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. In recent years he has been playing with such outstanding musicians like Marek Toporowski

(harpsichord/organ, Poland), Bozhena Korczyńska (sopilka, Ukraine), Sonata and Rokas Zubovas

(piano duo, Lithuania), Darius Polikaitis (conductor, US), Sergej Tcherepanov (Germany/Russia), Krzysztof Firlus (Poland) etc.

In 2003, Darius founded an ensemble Reversio (early music). He played with the ensemble and solo in

the US, Belgium, Germany, France, Poland, Cuba and other countries. Darius gives solo concerts and also performs with the ensemble Reversio, continues his research work in baroque music, gives birbynė lessons, composes music for the theatre, teaches at workshops. Since

2015 he is a director of international woodwind festival “Medynės”.

Darius Klišys (b. 1969, Lithuania) completed a birbynė course at Kaunas J. Gruodis Conservatoire in

1988 where he acquired a speciality of birbynė and gained experience as a performer and chamber

ensemble/orchestra leader. In 1992-1994, he studied audio engineering at the Audio Institute of

America. Darius received a B.A. in 2003 and an M.A. in 2005 from the Lithuanian Music and Theatre

Academy where he studied under the tutorship of Professor Romualdas Apanavičius and Dr. Kastytis

Mikiška. It was during these studies that Darius became interested in baroque music, its interpretation

and history, and in how the birbynė could be employed in its performance. His research was summed

up in the final Master‘s thesis “The Principles Of the Articulation Of Wind-Instruments In the Baroque

Epoch and Their Application To Birbynė”. Category:Music Category:Musicians Category:Baroque