Algis zhuraitis biography of christopher

Algis Henrikas Žiūraitis (born on 27 July 1928 in Raseiniai – died on 25 October 1998 in Moscow) was a Lithuanian conductor.  He was a talented artist, a professional musician who did not limit himself to national boundaries and having moved closer to Russian culture worked at the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow) for nearly four decades.

Algis zhuraitis biography of christopher

‘Musical heritage’, he said ‘can belong neither to me nor to anyone else. If I am a musician, it means that all music belongs to me’.

Algis Žiūraitis was born on 27 July 1928 in Raseiniai into a family of teachers.

He grew together with his sister Nijolė Ona and brother Kastytis Kazimieras. Their parents Marcelė and Marcelius Žiūraičiai were musical; father could play the violin and mother sang, was a soloist in a choir conducted by Stasys Šimkus, so the children were taught music from their early childhood.

Playing music at home was a tradition cherished by the family and the kinfolk; music was played at famil