After completing her composition Master’s degree in France she studied at the prestigious Cursus IRCAM in Paris. Her Cursus piece Transduced (2020) for percussion and live electronics was presented at the big hall of the Center Pompidou. In Paris Justina Repeckaite (b.1989) was an artist in residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation, composer in residence with the ensemble Le Balcon conducted by Maxime Pascal and held a scholarship at the International Centre of Nadia and Lili Boulanger. Both her compositions Chartres (2012) for string orchestra and Tapisserie (2015) for chamber ensemble represented Lithuania in World Music Days and International Rostrum of Composers. Since 2015 she is a member of the Lithuanian Composers’ Union which awarded her the Debut of the Year prize.
In 2019 Justina’s music and interview were featured in Composer’s Portrait in Radio France show Création Mondiale for which she wrote a new composition Encierro, performed by saxhorn quartet Opus 333, whose recording was included in the list of the 15 best Lithuanian pieces of 2019. Her newest composition Weaving (2020) was broadcasted by ARTE television from the Grand Theatre of Provence.
Justina’s music is performed by such ensembles as Intercontemporain, Court-Circuit, 2e2m, Spectra, Asko/Schönberg, Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, OSSIA, Platypus, Ars ad hoc, Lithuanian Ensemble Network, Ithaca College Contemporary Music Ensemble, SurPlus, Ensemble XXI Jarhundert and by BBC Philharmonic & Sinfonietta Riga orchestras. She is regularly commissioned by Gaida, the biggest contemporary music festival in Baltics, for which she wrote several orchestra pieces.
In 2023 Music Information Center of Lithuania is releasing Repečkaitė’s 1st portrait album. Justina’s compositions were already released in anthology albums like Between Music and Ritual (2021), Nouveaux Horizons (2020), 88+ (2020), ZOOM in 12 (2018), Anthology of Lithuanian Art Music in the 21st Century (2017), Contemporary Music Series: Lithuania (2016), ZOOM in 10 (2014) and 30 Druskomanija Moments (2014).
At Darmstadt Summer Course 2021 Justina Repečkaitė, together with 4 percussion players, premiered her piece Pulsating Skin for 4 snare drums & electronics. In 2022 she wrote music for ensembles Collegium Novum Zürich (CH) & Court-Circuit (FR) and was artists-in-residence Munich at Villa Waldberta. In 2023 she is an artist-in-residence at Schloss Wiepersdorf.
In 2024 Repečkaitė’s composition La Muë for children’s choir & electronics, a part of the project Janus, co-commissioned by Ircam & the Centre of Baroque Music Versailles, will be performed both at Ircam Espro and at the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles.
