Adrija Ćepaitė

ADRIJA ČEPAITĖs musicianship is deeply rooted in the choral and singing tradition of her native Lithuania. Following early studies and practical experience with vocal music in Vilnius, Cepaite went to Austria where she studied orchestra conducting as well as church music and Gregorian Chant in Graz.

During the following years she was actively involved in various music projects, concerts, tours and studio recordings as both a conductor and a singer.
Cepaite is co-founder of the vocal ensemble "Graces & Voices" which specialises in Gregorian Chant as well as contemporary polyphonic music and has recorded numerous CDs.
Recent recordings by the ensemble have been chosen as "Recording of the Year" by PIZZICATO magazine, have been nominated by the INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS (ICMA-Awards) and received top 4 star ratings with the BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE.

Equally bussy as a conductor, Cepaite has during the last few years regularly conducted the LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, the KAUNAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and the famous LITHUANIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. With this orchestra she has also recently recorded two CDs, one of them featuring contemporary music from baltic countries.
The CDs have received outstanding reviews and were included among others into the
GRAMMY 2020 nomination list.

Also in 2020 she was invited by the NORDWESTDEUTSCHE PHILHARMONIE in Germany to record a CD devoted to the Beethoven Jubilee Year.

In addition to various invitations as guest-conductor in Germany and Switzerland for 2021/22, Adrija Cepaite is developping her own musical project "Resurrection" including visual art and dramaturgy for the PAZAISLIS FESTIVAL (Lithuania) 2021 & 2022.