Violinist, assistant professor of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, leader\u00a0of the project \u201cPerformer\u2019s Polyfunctionality in Musical, Cultural and Social Processes\u201d, Dr. R\u016bta Lipinaityt\u0117 has presented a paper at the first international festival-conference on musical performance and artistic research “Doctors in Performance”, which took place on September 4\u20135,\u00a02014, at the University of the Arts Helsinki, Sibelius Academy. The festival-conference was organized by the DocMus Doctoral school of the Sibelius Academy. Another representative of LMTA, HARPS co-ordinator\u00a0and\u00a0Head of Postgraduate Studies Lina Navickait\u0117-Martinelli has been invited by the organizers to follow\u00a0the event as a member of the Artistic Research working group of the AEC Polifonia network.<\/p>\n
Artistic research performers at both doctoral and post-doctoral levels were invited to take part in the\u00a0conference. <\/span>Instead of exclusively introducing paper presentations, the festival-conference featured also the research-related music performed by the participants. Recitals, lecture-concerts and research papers were presented at the halls of the new Helsinki Music Centre. The keynote presenters of “Doctors in Performance” were the pianist, professor of the Juilliard school in New York Matti Raekallio, and the musicologist, viola da gamba player\u00a0Lawrence Dreyfus (Oxford University, Magdalen College).<\/span><\/p>\n R\u016bta Lipinaityt\u0117’s paper “The Orchestra Concertmaster as a Polyfunctional Figure” aimed at\u00a0revealing some distinctive features of a\u00a0special role that falls on the first violinist in the orchestra \u2013 the concertmaster.\u00a0In order to discuss\u00a0the characteristics of this profession, two cases from orchestral practices were analysed: an orchestra led by a conductor and an orchestra without the conductor\u2019s leadership. An analysis was conducted of how the concertmaster’s activity combines in itself the functions of the leader, an accompanist, a soloist, a pedagogue, or an orchestra representative. In sum, a\u00a0great diversity of musical roles alongside a variety of other duties falling on a concertmaster supports the multifunctional nature\u00a0of this profession. This conclusion was based in the paper on both responses from concertmasters, orchestra members and conductors to a special questionnaire as well as on the author’s\u00a0personal experience as\u00a0a member and one of the concertmasters of the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra.<\/p>\n \n Prepared as\u00a0part of the cultural development project \u201cA Performer\u2019s Polyfunctionality in Musical,\u00a0Cultural and Social Processes\u201d funded by the Lithuanian Research Council (Contract No MIP-095\/2013).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Violinist, assistant professor of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, leader\u00a0of the project \u201cPerformer\u2019s Polyfunctionality in Musical, Cultural and Social Processes\u201d, Dr. R\u016bta Lipinaityt\u0117 has presented a paper at the first international festival-conference on musical performance and artistic research “Doctors in Performance”, which took place on September 4\u20135,\u00a02014, at the University of the Arts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t