Kamilė RUPEIKAITĖ

Doctor of Humanities, senior researcher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8827-4932

Was born in Kaunas in 1973. Completed her master’s degree studies in music history at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1999, studied at European Jewish Institute PAIDEIA in Stockholm in 2004–2005, defended her PhD thesis “Semantics of Musical Instruments in the Bible” (supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jūratė Gustaitė) at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2006. 2007–2022 worked at the Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History (2007–2009 as secretary for research, 2009–2019 as deputy director for research, 2019–2022 as director). 2007–2009 worked as lecturer, and 2010–2019 and from 2022 as associate professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Since 2012 works at the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute (2012 – September 2022 as researcher since October 2022 as senior researcher). Since 2014 is a member of Lithuanian Composers’ Union. Has published over 20 scientific articles and has presented papers at Lithuanian and international conferences.

Research interests include music in the Bible, multicultural contexts of music, use of biblical motifs in professional music, musical culture of Lithuanian Jews.

Compiled collections of scientific articles

Menotyra [Studies in Art]: 2013, Vol 20, Nr. 3; 2016, Vol 23, Nr. 3 http://mokslozurnalai.lmaleidykla.lt/menotyra

Menotyra [Studies in Art]: 2020, Vol 27, Nr. 3 https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/menotyra/issue/archive

Selected Publications

Monographs

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Dialogai. Kompozitorius Anatolijus Šenderovas [Dialogues. Composer Anatolijus Šenderovas]. Vilnius: LKTI, 2020. P. 304. ISBN 978-609-8231-23-6

Scientific articles

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Josepho Achrono kūrybinio palikimo reikšmė kompleksinio lietuviško identiteto suvokimui [The Significance of the Creative Legacy of Joseph Achron for the Perception of the Multiple Lithuanian Identity]. Muzika ir teatras: istoriniai kontekstai / šiuolaikinės interpretacijos [Music and Theatre: Historical Contexts / Contemporary Interpretations] (sudaryt. /ed. by R. Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: LKTI, 2022, p. 54–81. ISBN 978-609-8231-50-2

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Arnas Nadelis (1878–1943): modernios vokiškos-žydiškos tapatybės kūrėjas iš Vilniaus [Arno Nadel (1878–1943): A Contributor to Modern German-Jewish Identity from Vilnius]. Menotyra [Studies in art]. Vilnius: LMAL, 2021, Vol 28, Nr. 1–2, p. 28–42. ISSN 1392-1002

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Musical Images in the Tanakh: Between Their Essence, Context and Interpretation. Of Essence and Context. Between Music and Philosophy. Numanities – Arts and Humanities in Progress, 7 (ed. by R. Stanevičiūtė, N. Zangwill, R Povilionienė). Publisher: Springer Cham, 2019, p. 71–81. ISBN 978-3-030-14470-8

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Anatolijaus Šenderovo 2015–2017 m. instrumentinė muzika kūrybos raidos kontekste [Instrumental music of Anatolijus Šenderovas (2015–2017) in the context of processes of its development]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2017, Vol 24, Nr. 3, p. 190–207. ISSN 1392–1002

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. The Semantics of the Music of Anatolijus Šenderovas. From Modernism to Postmodernism. Between Universal and Local (ed. by K. Bogunovič Hočevar, G. Pompe, N. Sukljan). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Academic Research, 2016, p. 327–335. ISBN 978-3-631-67144-3

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Muzikinis ugdymas Kauno gubernijos pradinėse mokyklose XIX a. II pusėje [Musical training at elementary schools of the Kaunas province in the second half of the 19^th century]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2016, Vol 23, Nr. 3, p. 170–191. ISSN 1392–1002

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Muzikinis ugdymas XIX a. Vilniaus žydiškose švietimo įstaigose [Musical Training at Jewish Educational Institutions in Vilnius in the 19th century]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2015, Vol 22, Nr. 3, p. 224–236. ISSN 1392-1002

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Muzikinis ugdymas Vilniaus mokytojų institute 1875–1900 m. [Musical Education at Vilnius Teacher Training Institute in 1875-1900]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2014, Vol 21, Nr. 3, p. 209–227. ISSN 1392–1002

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Motiejaus Valančiaus Psalmyno vertimo ypatumai muzikos sąvokų aspektu [Peculiarities of Motiejus Valančius’ Translation of the Psalter in Respect of Musical Notions]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2013, Vol 20, Nr. 3, p. 221–234. ISSN 1392-1002

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. From Kinnor to Guitar... Historical Transformations of the Biblical Musical Instruments in Lithuanian translations of the Bible since the 16th century. Komparatīvistikas almanahs Ebreju teksts Eiropas kultūrā Nr. 3 (32) [Journal of comparative studies The Jewish Text in European Culture No. 3 (32)], (ed. by Elina Vasiljeva). Daugavpils: Daugavpils University Academic Press Sauleî, 2013, ISBN 978-9984-14-652-2. P. 193–201.

Rupeikaitė, Kamilė. Sakralumas = grožis? Ritualinių muzikos instrumentų garso koncepcija hebrajiškoje Biblijoje [Sacredness = beauty? Sound Concept of Ritual Musical Instruments in the Hebrew Bible]. Grožio fenomenas kultūroje [Phenomenon of beauty in culture] (ed. by R. Brūzgienė, A. Mickūnas, A. Juzefovič, E. Sakalauskaitė). Vilnius: Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas, 2012, p. 372–382. ISBN 978-609-425-052-1

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