{"id":12008,"date":"2025-01-26T11:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T11:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bachcelona.com\/?page_id=12008"},"modified":"2025-05-18T09:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T09:24:33","slug":"justina-vaitkute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bachcelona.com\/en\/justina-vaitkute\/","title":{"rendered":"Justina Vaitkute"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1612202897517{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bar-language&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1612180406598{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;`{`wpml_language_selector_widget`}`&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|font_size:12px|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1612180415270{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1612202884352{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bar-language&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1612180516486{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 32px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-12 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;`{`wpml_language_selector_widget`}`&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|font_size:12px|text_align:right&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1612179881970{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;75&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; gap=&#8221;35&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584650599547{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584650160678{margin-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;4\/12&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11983&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1737888395694{margin-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_raw_html][\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;6\/12&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;11\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1737888452203{margin-top: 15px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2>Justina Vaitkute, <em>contralto<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Originally from a Lithuanian family of classical musicians, Justina was born and raised in Rome, and ultimately completed her master\u2019s degree with honours in singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria) with Prof. Elena Pankratova. She is currently studying concert singing (MA) with Prof. Holger Falk in Graz. In 2023 Justina was part of the opera studio: Accademia \u201cRodolfo Celletti\u201d in Martina Franca (lead by Sebastian Schwarz and Fabio Luisi) and has since then been coached by Sherman Lowe and Vivica Genaux. She attended masterclasses with Hedwige Fassbender, Cheryl Studer and Andreas Scholl. In October 2024 she won the prize \u201cBest oratorio performance of a german aria\u201d at the San Colombano competition in Piacenza, Italy. Justina performs regularly as a soloist with various baroque ensembles and festivals: Musikfest Stuttgart, H\u00e4ndel-Festspiele (Karlsruhe), Styriarte (Graz), Bachwoche Stuttgart, NODO (Ostrava),Festival della Valle d\u2019Itria (Martina Franca) and works with conductors such as Hans-Christoph Rademann, Walter Kobera, Marcus Merkel, Gerrit Prie\u00dfnitz, Gary Graden and Jiri Rozen.<\/p>\n<p>Her repertoire includes: H\u00e4ndel\u2019s Bradamante (Alcina) and Disinganno (Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno), Bononcini\u2019s Angelo (La decollazione di Giovanni Battista), Tchaikovsky\u2019s Olga (Onegin), Rossini\u2019s Arsace (Semiramide) and numerous works from Johann Sebastian Bach. 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