in 1953 graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Vilnius Pedagogical Institute, 1959. graduated from the class of A. Račiūnas of the Lithuanian Conservatory.Since 1961 of the Lithuanian Conservatory, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater teacher, since 1991. professor.He composed operas, oratorios, symphonies, concerts, sonatas, cycles for piano, organ, works for various chamber ensembles, drama performances, music for motion pictures. The work is characterized by the combination of various composing techniques, constructivism. In the piano cycle "Poetry" (1964), he was one of the first in Lithuania to use the dodecaphonic technique.