Egidija Medekšaitė – winner of the George Butterworth prize
George Butterworth prize is awarded annually to the UK based composer for an outstanding new work created through one of Sound and Music’s composer development programmes. Egidija was selected for ‘Megh Malhar' - a piece composed on her Embedded project with the Quatuor Bozzini which is "about the weaving of raindrops or dew into one fragile and transparent pattern."
Egidija Medekšaitė (b. 1979) studied composition with Prof. Rytis Mažulis at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 2007. In 2003 she took part in the Programme of Composition and Music Technology in Tampere (Finland). In 2004 she attended master classes in Istebna (Poland), Dundaga (Latvia) and the Acanthes Composition Workshop in Metz (France). In 2006 she studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Music with Marco Stroppa and Caspar J. Walter. In 2016 she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Composition at Durham University (UK) with Prof. Richard Rinjvos and Dr Sam Hayden. The composer participates in various interdisciplinary art projects, writes music for dance performances, drama theatre and movies.
