38 Notable alumni of
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
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The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre is 913th in the world, 327th in Europe, and 2nd in Lithuania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Michael Stuhlbarg
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- film actortelevision actorstage actor
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Michael Stuhlbarg is an American actor. Known for his character roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
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Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
- Enrolled in the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
- Studied in 1985
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorpresenterstage actortelevision presenter
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Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė is а Lithuanian actress and television presenter. Known for her screen and stage performances, she has gained recognition for films such as Burnt by the Sun (1994) and Katya Ismailova (1994), which won her the Nika Award for Best Actress. Dapkūnaitė was also credited in Mission: Impossible (1996), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Emily Young's debut Kiss of Life (2003), and Okkupert (2015–2019).
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Severija Janušauskaitė
- Enrolled in the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
- Studied in 2005
- Occupations
- stage actormodelcomposeractorfilm actor
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Severija Janušauskaitė is a Lithuanian stage and film actress, occasionally performing as a singer, composer, costume designer and fashion model. She is well known for her role in the drama film Star (2014), for which she received an Award for Best Actress at the Kinotavr Film Festival, a Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as Nika Award and White Elephant Award nominations in several categories. Other popular works include the comedy film The Norseman (2015) as well as the TV series The Optimists and Babylon Berlin (both 2017).
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Donatas Banionis
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- theatrical directorstage actorfilm actorpolitician
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Donatas Banionis was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Vytautas Landsbergis
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- pianistwriterart historianmusicologistmusician
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Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician, musicologist and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union. He has written 20 books on a variety of topics, including a biography of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, as well as works on politics and music. He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration, and a member of the international advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
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Asmik Grigorian
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Asmik Grigorian is an operatic soprano.
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Pēteris Vasks
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- composer
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Pēteris Vasks is a Latvian composer.
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Inga Jankauskaitė
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- singeractor
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Inga Jankauskaitė is a Lithuanian actress, singer, and piano player.
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Vytautas Šapranauskas
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- actor
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Vytautas Šapranauskas was a Lithuanian comedy and drama actor of theatre and cinema, and an anchor of TV programs. According to the chairman of the Lithuanian Union of Actors, he was one of Lithuania's most talented actors, both in comedy and drama. In 1980, he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Until 1990, he was affiliated with the Russian Drama Theatre, and from 1990 he was with the Vilnius Small Theatre.
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Marius Jampolskis
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- composertelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Marius Jampolskis is a Lithuanian actor and TV host.
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Eimuntas Nekrošius
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- directortheatrical director
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Eimuntas Nekrošius was a Lithuanian theatre director.
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Mindaugas Karbauskis
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- dramaturgetheatrical director
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Mindaugas Karbauskis is a Lithuanian theater director, since 2011 artistic director of Mayakovsky Theatre. Winner of the Golden Mask Award (2007, 2008, 2016). He resigned from the position of the artistic director on February 25, 2022.
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Leonidas Donskis
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- political scientistuniversity teacherphilosopherpoliticianpolitical theorist
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Leonidas Donskis was a Lithuanian-Jewish philosopher, political theorist, historian of ideas, and social analyst. In addition to this, he was also a political commentator, professor of politics and head of "VDU Academia Cum Laude" at Vytautas Magnus University, Honorary Consul of Finland in Kaunas, and deputy chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish Community. He was also a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014.
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Violeta Urmana
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana is a Lithuanian opera singer who has sung leading mezzo-soprano and soprano roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America.
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Jurgita Jurkutė
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- modelbeauty pageant contestantactorfilm actor
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Jurgita Jurkutė is a Lithuanian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who is the winner of Miss Lithuania 2007 pageant.
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Vytautas Juozapaitis
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- music educatoruniversity teacherpoliticianmusicianrecording artist
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Vytautas Juozapaitis is a Lithuanian singer (baritone), recipient of Lithuanian National Prize, a soloist of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre and Kaunas State Musical Theatre, a professor of Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and a docent of Vilnius College of Higher Education, and a television personality. He has performed in many international venues and is considered the most famous contemporary Lithuanian baritone.
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Romuald Twardowski
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- pianistmusic educatorcomposer
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Romuald Twardowski was a Polish composer, pianist, organist and academic teacher who studied in Vilnius, Warsaw and Paris. In a style described as "developed neoclassicism", he composed operas, ballets, instrumental music and vocal works, especially sacred music for both Catholic use and the Orthodox Church. He achieved international prizes for his compositions, and many works were recorded in anthologies, including the Violin Concerto, chamber music, and sacred and secular choral music such as the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. He was professor at the State Academy of Music in Warsaw from 1972 to 2008.
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Rolandas Kazlas
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- theatrical directoractortelevision actor
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Rolandas Kazlas is a Lithuanian actor, comedian, and theater director. He was awarded Lithuanian National Culture and Arts prize winner in 2009.
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Vyacheslav Ganelin
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- music educatorfilm score composercomposerjazz musicianpianist
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Vyacheslav Ganelin (Hebrew: ויאצ'סלב (סלבה) גנלין, Lithuanian: Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Russian: Вячеслав Шевелевич Гане́лин; born 17 December 1944) is a Lithuanian–Israeli jazz pianist, composer, and pedagogue.
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Oskaras Koršunovas
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- university teachertheatrical directordirector
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Oskaras Koršunovas is a Lithuanian theatre director.
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Evelina Sašenko
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- opera singerjazz musician
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Evelina Sašenko-Statulevičienė is a Lithuanian jazz singer of Polish-Ukrainian descent who was born and lives in Lithuania.
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Saulius Sondeckis
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- conductorviolistmusicologistmusic educatorviolinist
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Saulius Sondeckis was a Lithuanian violinist, conductor, orchestra leader and professor. He founded the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra in 1960 and was its artistic director and principal conductor until 2004.
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Gytis Ivanauskas
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- choreographeractor
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Gytis Ivanauskas is a Lithuanian actor, dancer and choreographer. In 2005, he established his own theatre, called Gytis Ivanauskas Theatre (GI Theatre).
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Vytautas Miškinis
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- composerconductorchoir directoruniversity teacher
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Vytautas Miškinis is a Lithuanian composer, choral conductor and academic teacher. He is the artistic director of Ąžuoliukas, a boys' and youth choir and music school, and of other ensembles, performing internationally. He has taught choral conducting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre since 1985. His groups have won prizes at international competitions, where he also served as a member of the jury. His compositions are part of the international standard choral repertoire.
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Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė
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- politician
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Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė is a Lithuanian politician and the incumbent Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Deputy Chairwoman of the Homeland Union. She has served as a Member of the Seimas since 2016, and has additionally served as Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Minister of Education, Science and Sports, First Deputy Chairwoman of the Homeland Union and as acting chairwoman of Homeland Union since 28 October 2024 until 15 March 2025.
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Faustas Latėnas
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- composerpolitician
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Faustas Latėnas was a Lithuanian composer, theatre manager, politician and diplomat. He composed mostly incidental music, and also scores for films and television. He was vice-minister of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, advisor to the prime minister in cultural affairs, and cultural attaché in Moscow.
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Vytautas Grubliauskas
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- musicologistsingeruniversity teacherpolitician
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Vytautas Grubliauskas is a Lithuanian politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was elected member of the Seimas in the 2024 parliamentary election, having previously served from 2004 to 2011. From 2011 to 2023, he served as mayor of Klaipėda.
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Audrius Nakas
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- actorpolitician
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Audrius Nakas is a Lithuanian politician and a former member of the Seimas. He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and worked as an actor before a career in politics.
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Nehama Lifshitz
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- singer
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Nechama Lifshitz was a Yiddish language and later Hebrew language soprano and art song performer who came to be a key representative of Soviet Jewish culture in the 1950s and 1960s. Her seemingly innocent concerts were the heart and soul of Lifshitz's contribution to keeping Jewish culture and identity alive in the Communist bloc.
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Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson
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- actorpolitician
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Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson is a Lithuanian politician. From 13 December 2016 to 21 December 2018, she served as Minister of Culture in the Skvernelis Cabinet led by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis.
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Giedrius Kuprevičius
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- composermusic educatoruniversity teacherpolitician
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Giedrius Antanas Kuprevičius is a Lithuanian composer and music educator.
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Judita Leitaitė
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- opera singer
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Judita Leitaitė is a Lithuanian opera singer and mezzo-soprano.
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Nijolė Ambrazaitytė
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- university teacherpoliticianopera singer
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Nijolė Ambrazaitytė was an opera singer, politician, and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
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Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė
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- university teachermusicologistpolitician
- Biography
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Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė is a Lithuanian politician and member of the Seimas.
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Eva Ben-Zvi
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- singer
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Eva Ben-Zvi is a Lithuanian-born Israeli soprano. She teaches singing at Bar-Ilan University. She has made several notable premiere performances and premiere recordings of Jewish music. She premiered Gabriel Iranyi's song cycle The Hymns of Job in 1993.
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Giedrė Beinoriūtė
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Giedrė Beinoriūtė is a Lithuanian filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and co-founder of a film studio "Monoklis".
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Mindaugas Rojus
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- opera singer
- Biography
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Mindaugas Rojus is a Lithuanian opera singer (tenor / baritone), a soloist of Klaipėda State Music Theatre, and a member of a stage duo Žemaitijos perlai (Samogitia's Pearls).
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Darius Mažintas
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- pianistpolitician
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Darius Mažintas is a Lithuanian pianist and politician. Since March 2013 to September 2014 he has been Vice Minister for Culture.
