Virtualus choras: ištakos ir premjera Lietuvoje
LTStraipsnyje nagrinėjamas virtualaus choro atsiradimas, apžvelgiama JAV kompozitoriaus Erico Whitacre’io (g. 1970) kūryba, aptariamas pirmą kartą Lietuvoje įgyvendintas projektas „Virtualus choras. Lietuva“. Pagrindinis dėmesys skiriamas virtualių chorų meniniams ir techniniams sukūrimo darbams, projektų Lietuvoje pristatymui. Straipsnio objektas - virtualus choras, jo ypatumai ir apraiškos užsienyje bei Lietuvoje. Straipsnio tikslas - atskleisti virtualaus choro ypatumus; uždaviniai - išanalizuoti naują kūrinio chorui atlikimo galimybę, aptarti ryškiausius virtualaus choro pavyzdžius, atlikti jų interpretacines analizes. Susipažinus su literatūra, išanalizavus Whitacre’io virtualius chorus, keliamas klausimas: ar įmanoma tokio pobūdžio projektą sukurti Lietuvoje. Publikacijoje taikomi aprašomasis, lyginamasis, komparatyvistinis, interpretacinės analizės, empirinis ir taikomasis tyrimo metodai.
ENThe article presents an analysis of the emergence of the virtual choir, a review of American composer Eric Whiteacres (1970) work, and discusses the project “Virtualus choras. Lietuva” (Virtual Choir. Lithuania) – the first of its kind in Lithuania. Most attention is given to virtual choirs, the artistic and technical work involved in their creation, the analysis of interpretations of Whiteacre’s compositions and presentation of the virtual choir project in Lithuania. The aim of this paper is to reveal the features of the virtual choir. The objectives were to analysis this new way of performing choir works, to discuss the most prominent examples of virtual choirs, to conduct an interpretative analysis of them, and to see the realisation of this kind of project for the first time ever in Lithuania. Descriptive, comparative and interpretative analyses, and the empirical and applied research methods were applied in order to complete this paper. The hypothesis that was raised is that having become familiar with the available literature and sources, and having analysed Whiteacre’s virtual choirs, creation of a project of this kind was found to be possible in Lithuania.
