38 Notable alumni of Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre is ranked #7,783 in the world and #17 in Lithuania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė
1957-. (aged 69)
university teacher
musicologist
politician
Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė is a Lithuanian politician and member of the Seimas.
2. Eva Ben-Zvi
1947-. (aged 79)
singer
Eva Ben-Zvi is a Lithuanian-born Israeli soprano. She teaches singing at Bar-Ilan University. She has made several notable premiere performances and premiere recordings of Jewish music. She premiered Gabriel Iranyi's song cycle The Hymns of Job in 1993.
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3. Giedrė Beinoriūtė
1976-. (aged 50)
film director
screenwriter
Giedrė Beinoriūtė is a Lithuanian filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and co-founder of a film studio "Monoklis".
4. Mindaugas Rojus
1981-. (aged 45)
opera singer
Mindaugas Rojus is a Lithuanian opera singer (tenor / baritone), a soloist of Klaipėda State Music Theatre, and a member of a stage duo Žemaitijos perlai (Samogitia's Pearls).
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5. Darius Mažintas
1982-. (aged 44)
pianist
politician
Darius Mažintas is a Lithuanian pianist and politician. Since March 2013 to September 2014 he has been Vice Minister for Culture.
6. Nijolė Ambrazaitytė
1939-2016 (aged 77)
university teacher
politician
opera singer
Nijolė Ambrazaitytė was an opera singer, politician, and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
7. Vytautas Grubliauskas
1956-. (aged 70)
musicologist
singer
university teacher
politician
Vytautas Grubliauskas is a Lithuanian politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was elected member of the Seimas in the 2024 parliamentary election, having previously served from 2004 to 2011. From 2011 to 2023, he served as mayor of Klaipėda.
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8. Audrius Nakas
1967-. (aged 59)
actor
politician
Audrius Nakas is a Lithuanian politician and a former member of the Seimas. He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and worked as an actor before a career in politics.
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9. Nehama Lifshitz
1927-2017 (aged 90)
singer
Nechama Lifshitz was a Yiddish language and later Hebrew language soprano and art song performer who came to be a key representative of Soviet Jewish culture in the 1950s and 1960s. Her seemingly innocent concerts were the heart and soul of Lifshitz's contribution to keeping Jewish culture and identity alive in the Communist bloc.
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10. Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson
1966-. (aged 60)
actor
politician
Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson is a Lithuanian politician. From 13 December 2016 to 21 December 2018, she served as Minister of Culture in the Skvernelis Cabinet led by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis.
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11. Giedrius Kuprevičius
1944-. (aged 82)
composer
music educator
university teacher
politician
Giedrius Antanas Kuprevičius is a Lithuanian composer and music educator.
12. Judita Leitaitė
1959-. (aged 67)
opera singer
Judita Leitaitė is a Lithuanian opera singer and mezzo-soprano.
13. Evelina Sašenko
1987-. (aged 39)
opera singer
jazz musician
Evelina Sašenko-Statulevičienė is a Lithuanian jazz singer of Polish-Ukrainian descent who was born and lives in Lithuania.
14. Saulius Sondeckis
1928-2016 (aged 88)
conductor
violist
musicologist
music educator
violinist
Saulius Sondeckis was a Lithuanian violinist, conductor, orchestra leader and professor. He founded the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra in 1960 and was its artistic director and principal conductor until 2004.
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15. Gytis Ivanauskas
1980-. (aged 46)
choreographer
actor
Gytis Ivanauskas is a Lithuanian actor, dancer and choreographer. In 2005, he established his own theatre, called Gytis Ivanauskas Theatre (GI Theatre).
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16. Vytautas Miškinis
1954-. (aged 72)
composer
conductor
choir director
university teacher
Vytautas Miškinis is a Lithuanian composer, choral conductor and academic teacher. He is the artistic director of Ąžuoliukas, a boys' and youth choir and music school, and of other ensembles, performing internationally. He has taught choral conducting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre since 1985. His groups have won prizes at international competitions, where he also served as...
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17. Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė is a Lithuanian politician and the incumbent Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Deputy Chairwoman of the Homeland Union. She has served as a Member of the Seimas since 2016, and has additionally served as Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Minister of Education, Science and Sports, First Deputy Chairwoman of the Homeland Union and as acting chairwoman of...
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18. Faustas Latėnas
1956-2020 (aged 64)
composer
politician
Faustas Latėnas was a Lithuanian composer, theatre manager, politician and diplomat. He composed mostly incidental music, and also scores for films and television. He was vice-minister of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, advisor to the prime minister in cultural affairs, and cultural attaché in Moscow.
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19. Rolandas Kazlas
1969-. (aged 57)
theatrical director
actor
television actor
Rolandas Kazlas is a Lithuanian actor, comedian, and theater director. He was awarded Lithuanian National Culture and Arts prize winner in 2009.
20. Vyacheslav Ganelin
1944-. (aged 82)
music educator
film score composer
composer
jazz musician
pianist
Vyacheslav Ganelin (Hebrew: ויאצ'סלב (סלבה) גנלין, Lithuanian: Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Russian: Вячеслав Шевелевич Гане́лин; born 17 December 1944) is a Lithuanian–Israeli jazz pianist, composer, and pedagogue.
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21. Oskaras Koršunovas
1969-. (aged 57)
university teacher
theatrical director
director
Oskaras Koršunovas is a Lithuanian theatre director.
22. Vytautas Juozapaitis
1963-. (aged 63)
music educator
university teacher
politician
musician
recording artist
Vytautas Juozapaitis is a Lithuanian singer (baritone), recipient of Lithuanian National Prize, a soloist of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre and Kaunas State Musical Theatre, a professor of Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and a docent of Vilnius College of Higher Education, and a television personality. He has performed in many international venues and is considered the most...
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23. Romuald Twardowski
1930-2024 (aged 94)
pianist
music educator
composer
Romuald Twardowski was a Polish composer, pianist, organist and academic teacher who studied in Vilnius, Warsaw and Paris. In a style described as "developed neoclassicism", he composed operas, ballets, instrumental music and vocal works, especially sacred music for both Catholic use and the Orthodox Church. He achieved international prizes for his compositions, and many works were recorded in anthologies, including...
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24. Vytautas Šapranauskas
1958-2013 (aged 55)
actor
Vytautas Šapranauskas was a Lithuanian comedy and drama actor of theatre and cinema, and an anchor of TV programs. According to the chairman of the Lithuanian Union of Actors, he was one of Lithuania's most talented actors, both in comedy and drama. In 1980, he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Until 1990, he was affiliated with...
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25. Marius Jampolskis
1978-. (aged 48)
composer
television actor
actor
film actor
Marius Jampolskis is a Lithuanian actor and TV host.
26. Eimuntas Nekrošius
1952-2018 (aged 66)
director
theatrical director
Eimuntas Nekrošius was a Lithuanian theatre director.
27. Mindaugas Karbauskis
1972-. (aged 54)
dramaturge
theatrical director
Mindaugas Karbauskis is a Lithuanian theater director, since 2011 artistic director of Mayakovsky Theatre. Winner of the Golden Mask Award (2007, 2008, 2016). He resigned from the position of the artistic director on February 25, 2022.
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28. Leonidas Donskis
1962-2016 (aged 54)
political scientist
university teacher
philosopher
politician
political theorist
Leonidas Donskis was a Lithuanian-Jewish philosopher, political theorist, historian of ideas, and social analyst. In addition to this, he was also a political commentator, professor of politics and head of "VDU Academia Cum Laude" at Vytautas Magnus University, Honorary Consul of Finland in Kaunas, and deputy chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish Community. He was also a member of the European...
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29. Violeta Urmana
1961-. (aged 65)
opera singer
Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana is a Lithuanian opera singer who has sung leading mezzo-soprano and soprano roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America.
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30. Jurgita Jurkutė
1985-. (aged 41)
model
beauty pageant contestant
actor
film actor
Jurgita Jurkutė is a Lithuanian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who is the winner of Miss Lithuania 2007 pageant.
31. Michael Stuhlbarg
1968-. (aged 58)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Michael Stuhlbarg is an American actor. Known for his character roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
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32. Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
1963-. (aged 63)
actor
film actor
presenter
stage actor
television presenter
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė is а Lithuanian actress and television presenter. Known for her screen and stage performances, she has gained recognition for films such as Burnt by the Sun (1994) and Katya Ismailova (1994), which won her the Nika Award for Best Actress. Dapkūnaitė was also credited in Mission: Impossible (1996), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Emily Young's debut Kiss of...
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33. Severija Janušauskaitė
1981-. (aged 45)
stage actor
model
composer
actor
film actor
Severija Janušauskaitė is a Lithuanian stage and film actress, occasionally performing as a singer, composer, costume designer and fashion model. She is well known for her role in the drama film Star (2014), for which she received an Award for Best Actress at the Kinotavr Film Festival, a Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as Nika Award...
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34. Donatas Banionis
1924-2014 (aged 90)
theatrical director
stage actor
film actor
politician
Donatas Banionis was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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35. Vytautas Landsbergis
1932-. (aged 94)
pianist
writer
art historian
musicologist
musician
Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician, musicologist and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union. He has written 20 books on a variety of topics, including a biography of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, as well as works on politics and music. He is a...
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36. Asmik Grigorian
1981-. (aged 45)
opera singer
Asmik Grigorian is an operatic soprano.
37. Inga Jankauskaitė
1981-. (aged 45)
singer
actor
Inga Jankauskaitė is a Lithuanian actress, singer, and piano player.
38. Pēteris Vasks
1946-. (aged 80)
composer
Pēteris Vasks is a Latvian composer.