Born in 1965. in 1981 finished the piano class at the Kėdainiai Children's Music School. Later, he studied the same specialty at the Juozas Gruodis Higher Music School in Kaunas (graduated in 1986). 1983-1986 studied composition privately with Algimantas Kubiliūnas, and in 1989-1991 at prof. Osvaldas Balakauskas. In 1994, he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater Prof. Vytautas Lauruša's composition class.
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Antanas Jasenka began his creative career writing concert pieces for acoustic instruments. The author's electronic and electroacoustic creations are in greater demand not only in the Lithuanian scene, but also in the world. The music of this area is intense, dynamic and multi-layered, its texture is enriched with various kinds of sound objects. Composers are also interested in collective creative platforms, interdisciplinary collaboration with other sound, video and text artists.
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Several stages and their priorities are evident in the composer's work. In the works of 1990-1993, a tendency towards orientalist themes and sources is noticeable. Works of this period include Hare Krsna, Paramatma, Rasa-Līlā, Āryas, etc. - there are no orientalist motifs in the language of music, Eastern music acts only as an impulse for the structure. The compositions are characterized by a strict structure, constructive sounds, their intensity, modeling of rhythm formulas.
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A. Jasenko's works are performed at Lithuanian contemporary music festivals ("Jauna muzika", "Gaida", "Permainų muzika", "Iš arti"), as well as abroad: at the Second International Youth Music Forum in Kyiv (1993), at the "Eurocarillon" festival in Lijon ( 1993, 1996), MaerzMusik Berlin (2003), Artacts St. Johanne (Austria, 2003), Personanongrata in Piarnu (2005), Turning Sounds 3 in Warsaw (2005), Audio Art in Warsaw (2006), Sonic Circuits in Washington and New York (2007). Since 2010 Antanas Jasenka is the manager of the electronic music festival "Jauna muzika - sound gallery".
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The composer participated in various publishing and multimedia projects abroad with such artists as Ralf Wehowsky, Jim O'Rourke, Brume, Achim Wollscheid, Toshiya Tsunoda, John Duncan, Ryoji Ikeda, John Watermann, Merzbow, The Hafler Trio, Artemij Artemjev, as well as with Lithuanian artists: Darius Čiuta, Atrac, Orlandu Narušiu, ad_OS, Džiugu Katin, Skaidra Jančaite, PB8, etc. His works have been published by Russian, USA, Holland, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, England, France, Poland, Lithuania publishing companies. Since 2008 - member of the electronic music collective "Diissc Orchestra". In the same year, the group's debut album "D.O." was released (joint work of five composers, including Antanas Jasenko's work "Minefield").
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Antanas Jasenka is a member of the Lithuanian Union of Composers, the Lithuanian Union of Interdisciplinary Art Creators. He created musical pieces for theater and cinema, cooperated with directors Gytis Padegimus, Oskars Koršunovs, Mantas Verbiejs and others.
