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22 authors applied for 6 seats on the Council, most of them composers of serious and popular music. Musical author Raminta Naujanytė-Bjelle received the most votes. Film director Donatas Ulvydas, music authors Leonas Somovas, Laurynas Šarkinas, Stanislavas Stavickis-Stano and Gintaras Zdebskis also joined the Council.
7 of 13 members were delegated by creative unions. The Union of Artists announced that it delegated to its president Eglė Gandas Bogdanienė in the Council, the Union of Cinematographers – Arūnas Matelis, the Union of Composers – Fausta Latėnas, the Union of Writers – Birutė Jonuškaitė-Augustinienė, the Union of Popular Artists – Vytautas Vaicekauskas,
Today, LATGA members also elected the president. Up to 6 Council members applied for the important position: the composer Faustas Latėnas (he could not attend the event, so the promises on video were captured on video), the musical authors L. Somovas, L. Šarkinas, S. Stavickis-Stano , R. Naujanytė-Bjelle, G. Zdebski. And R. Naujanytė-Bjelle won the title of president.
After knowing the results of the elections and taking the stage, R. Naujanytė-Bjelle thanked the participants for their trust: “I am very happy and at the same time I feel a great responsibility. I represent the broad context of the authors and I am committed to the questions of each author ”.
At the end of the electoral passions, all the assembled authors were invited to symbolically celebrate the organization’s 30th anniversary, and 10 authors received the LATGA “Ad Astra” badges of honor created by the jeweler Sigitas Virpilaitis to glorify the name of Lithuania. Nominees for the award were selected by the outgoing council, according to a press release.
Tonight’s first Ad Astra award went to photographer Antanas Sutkus. He couldn’t come himself, the award was taken from him by his wife Rima Sutkienė. The second is the artist Stasys Eidrigevičius, who lives in Poland, and thanked him for the award in the uploaded video.
The award was withdrawn from the LATGA Association president by the poet, translator Vladas Braziūnas, and his colleague Donaldas Kajokas was unable to attend the event to collect the award.
Theater director Oskaras Koršunovas, who attended the event, thanked the award and was pleased that “there are authors, they have rights and there is someone who protects them.” The second prize in the field of drama went to the director Rimas Tuminis, it was collected by the director’s daughter, the director Gabrielė Tuminaitė.
An Ad Astra award went to director Arūnas Matelis, who will henceforth be one of the members of the Council. The second went to Šarūnas Bartas, for which producer Jurga Dikčiuvienė received the award.
After the award, two composers, Bronius Kutavičius and Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, also shared the award.
Interesting facts about the LATGA Association
• 1990 On May 29, the Lithuanian Association of Architects, the Union of Lithuanian Artists, the Union of Lithuanian Photographic Artists, the Union of Lithuanian Inventors, the Union of Lithuanian Cinematographers, the Union of Lithuanian Composers, the Union of Lithuanian Writers, Union of Lithuanian Folk Artists, Union of Lithuanian Journalists, Union of Lithuanian Designers Union, Union of Lithuanian Scientists, Union of Lithuanian Engineers.
• Throughout the association’s existence, the presidents of the authors’ association and the members of the Council have had great responsibilities. These are famous Lithuanian artists who, sacrificing their precious time, worked for the benefit of all authors. The presidents of the LATGA Association were: graphic artist Bronius Leonavičius (1990-1994); composer prof. Mindaugas Urbaitis (1994–1996), literary critic Eimutis Valentinas Sventickas (1996–2000; 2008–2012), composer Gintaras Sodeika (2000–2007). From 2012 until now, the Council is chaired by the composer prof. Teisutis Makačinas. For the administration of the Association since 2012. The poet and writer Jonas Liniauskas is the leader of the organization, until then the organization has been led by Edmundas Vaitiekūnas since its foundation.
• The current Council is made up of the following members: Edita Utarienė (artist), Vladas Braziūnas (poet), Jonas Rudzinskas (artist), Juozas Širvinskas (composer), Liutauras Degėsys (poet), T. Makačinas, (composer), B .Leonavičius (artist)), EVSventickas (writer), Jonas Staselis (photographer), Antanas A. Jonynas (poet), Gintaras Česonis (photographer), Gediminas Zujus (composer), Dainius Radzevičius (journalist).
• 2019 December 31 According to the data, the Association groups 5074 individuals and 47 legal entities. Most (more than half) of the members are authors of musical works and lyrics.
• The Association’s specialists estimated that more than 69 million LTL were paid to Lithuanian and foreign authors during 30 years of operation. Eur, excluding 2020 salary charged. Most of it: more than 56 million. Eur: paid to authors of musical works and lyrics, whose rights have been collectively administered since 1993.
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