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His daughter, actress Elžbieta Latėnaitė, announced her farewell to the composer on Wednesday night.
“By the escort of the Father.
My father’s heart stopped, and so did his life. In the face of a pandemic, we will surely understand it if you say goodbye from a distance, in thought, from afar. We will not all be ourselves, ”he emphasized, urging her to follow the safety recommendations during the farewell.
Elizabeth announced that those who wanted to say goodbye to F. Latėnas live could do so at the Composers Union House (A. Mickevičiaus St. 29, Vilnius) on November 5. November 12-19 and 6. 9-12
The coffin will be removed on November 6. At 12 noon, and the funeral will take place at Artists’ Hill of Antakalnis Cemetery.
S t. Mass will be offered on November 5 at 6 pm Vilnius St. In the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary (Sėlių str. 17).
“Family members ask to honor the deceased with a ring of flowers, although you can really save on shopping meetings.
Let’s protect each other, “wrote E. Latėnaitė.
15 minutes recalls that the winner of the National Prize for Culture and Art, the composer Faustas Latėnas, passed away on November 3; This news was announced on Facebook by his daughter, actress E. Latėnaitė. F. Latėnas, whose music is heard in many popular performances and movies, was 64 years old.
F.Latėnas was born on May 16, 1956. He graduated from Giedrius Kuprevičius’s composition class from Kaunas J. Grudis Higher School of Music, later – prof. Composition class by Eduard Balsis.
Since 1980, he has worked in the Vilnius Puppet Theater, the Vilnius Little Theater and the National Drama Theater. He served as Vice Minister of Culture and Advisor to the Prime Minister of Culture.
Photo by Tomas Terek / Faustas Latėnas
He has won numerous music awards and accolades for theatrical performances, including the National Prize for Culture and Art.
During his musical career, he has created music for more than 200 performances, 40 films.
According to the website of the Lithuanian Music Information Center, F. Latėnas’ work, which exists outside the theater, is often an abstraction of the music played in performances. The composer himself tends to call his creative style post-realism or post-realism, the most striking feature of which is a special hypertrophy of states (joy, sadness, sarcasm, etc.). The harmony of the works is emphatically romantic, based on sequences of triads and sixth chords, sometimes even completely avoiding any dissonance.
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