Gintas K

Gintas K (real name Gintas Kraptavicius; born 1969) is a sound artist born in Lithuania in 1969. He was the core member of the first Lithuanian industrial music group "Modus". Performances, actions, even short films shape the activities of "Modus" (which is translated as "the way of life").

Later Gintas Kraptavicius was active as a performer and interdisciplinary artist, known for his actions, happenings, written instructions in a post-fluxus manner.

In 1999 Gintas turned his scenery name into Gintas K and started exploring experimental, electroacoustic, electronic, computer music, granular synthesis, live electronic music aesthetics. Since 2011 member of Lithuanian Composers Union. Till now he has released 51 albums, took part in various international festivals, conferences, symposiums as transmediale.05 : Basics, transmediale.07 : Unfinish!, ISEA 2015: Disruption, IRCAM Forum Workshops 2017, IRCAM Forum Workshops Paris 2025, ICMC2018, ICMC2022, ICMC2025, ICMC-NYCEMF 2019 , NYCEMF 2020 , Ars Electronica Festival 2020 , Ars Electronica Festival 2023 , NYCEMF 2021 , NYCEMF 2022 , NYCEMF 2023 NYCEMF 2024 , NYCEMF 2025 ,Ars Electronica Festival 2024 ,. Winner of the II International Sound-Art Contest Broadcasting Art 2010, Spain. Winner of The University of South Florida New-Music Consortium 2019 International Call for Scores in electronic composition category.

In 2025, he was awarded the Lithuanian Composers' Union Prize in the Best Musicology Works Competition for his open and playful documentation of the experimental Lithuanian music era in his book "Games, or Fragments of Lithuanian Experimental Music"

Gintas K

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