"My fate unfolded together with the fate of Lithuania."
Director Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė's creative documentary full-length film about the famous Lithuanian pianist Mūza Rubackytė is a musical portrait of the artist, revealing biographical moments and the growth of her dreams during the collapse of the totalitarian regime. A success story where walls come down and a nation is freed, and talent that has been held back for years breaks out into the wider world.
This cinematic journey between Vilnius, Paris, Budapest and Geneva, together with a brilliant Lithuanian pianist, will reveal the backstage and beauty of the world of high music to the film's audience. The journey will be accompanied by an open story of the artist, about what freedom, love, vocation mean and what was the price of revealing her talent.
Muse Rubackytė – pianist, member of the Lithuanian Musician's Union, music pedagogue, professor of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, laureate of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize (2006), ambassador of Lithuanian culture.
Awards and Merits:
– International Tallinn (Estonia), St. Winner of the Petersburg (Russia), Budapest Liszt/Bartok (Hungary) and Paris "Grands Maitres Francais" (France) competitions
– Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania III degree (1997)
– Medal of Honor "For Services to Lithuanian Culture" (1998)
– Lithuanian Government Award – for services to Lithuanian culture and active concert activity (2005)
– Prize of the "LT identity" project for promoting Lithuania in the world (2006)
– Laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Art (2006)
– Winner of the "Golden Disc" prize of the Lithuanian Musicians' Union (2008)
- Ambassador of "Vilnius - European Capital of Culture" (2009)
- "Pro Hungarica" prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture for the dissemination of F. Liszt's work and Hungarian culture in the world (2012)
- Rated with the "Portrait of a Woman" award (2014)
- St. Christopher Award for services to culture and art (2018)
– Commander's Grand Cross of the Order "For Merit to Lithuania" (2018)
- Godowsky-Szymanowski CD recording awarded with the International Diapason d'Or Award (2020)
- Hungarian Liszt Society's 41st Grand Prix for the CD "De la valse á labime" (Lyrinx) as the best F. Liszt recording of the year (2020)
- National Philharmonic First Class Medal "I Serve Music" (2021)
"There always comes a time when a young person has to choose his life path. Facing your future, being alone with your talents, will and courage. The film "Muse" is an incredible testimony of the life and creative courage to follow one's own path. About endurance, sacrifice and retribution in walking it. And about the right choices, which, if you make them, the whole world helps you realize your dream.
I recommend watching this film to all young people who are just starting out on their creative path. May the power of Muse's personality and talent inspire and give you the determination and patience to realize all your dreams!"
- Linas Mikuta / Director
"When you are looking for an answer to the question - who am I?" When you encounter the injustice in the world more and more often, you become confused and search for an answer on how to be in it - how to dream, how to live? This is an inspiring film. Looking at the Muse sitting at the piano, observing her charisma, vitality, courage, struggle, freedom, you can search for answers to these questions together. Can injustice, lies, parental limitations and everything else that disturbs be stronger than the Self? It is an opportunity to follow this pianist with my heart and search for my inner Muse, asking myself - what makes me so alive and loving as the Muse herself.
A film that is useful to watch not only with the eyes, but also with the heart."
- Aneta Bojarovic / Psychologist
"Sometimes it's worth standing in front of the mirror and looking at yourself. Sincerely and honestly - what I really want from life. Do not expect the answer to come at the same moment, sometimes you have to wait for it for decades. World-renowned Lithuanian pianist Mūza Rubackytė knew from childhood who she was and what she wanted to be - this is a great happiness that can only be understood after entering the age of wisdom. When there is nothing left to regret - not a single second lived, not a single experience, not a single story. The director of the "Muse" film, Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė, wisely painted a musical portrait of Mūza. She spoke about talented, stubborn music that pursues its goals and boldly steps into unknown spaces. Music that doesn't wait for muses, because the muse is itself."
- Laisvë Radzevičienė / Journalist and author of biographical books
You can reserve the movie "Mūza" for screenings from February 23.
More information and reservation:
by phone: 8 670 25508 XNUMX
by e-mail edukacija@kcromuva.lt