Critics have described Justina Repečkaitė’s music as “having many similarities to a diamond” (Ben Lunn, UK), , “inviting, constantly changing, gritty and lustrous” (Max Erwin, USA), and “drawn with the sharpest pencil” (Šarūnas Nakas, LT).

Born in 1989, she completed her Master’s degree in composition in France before studying at the prestigious Cursus IRCAM. In Paris, she was an artist-in-residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation, composer-in-residence with the ensemble  Le Balcon (cond. Maxime Pascal) , and held a scholarship at the International Centre of Nadia and Lili Boulanger. Later, she continued her residencies in Germany at Villa Waldberta and Schloss Wiepersdorf, in 2024 at the Cordes-sur-Ciel festival, and in 2025 at the Lehtinen Foundation  in Helsinki.

Both her compositions Chartres (2012) for string orchestra and Tapisserie (2015) for chamber ensemble represented Lithuania in World Music Days and International Rostrum of Composers. 

Justina’s music and interview feature in the Radio France  programme Création Mondiale, and she has also been interviewed by RTS, RPPT, Forum Opera, LRT klasika, the Lithuanian Culture Institute, and the Composers on Air podcast. Her music has been broadcast by ARTE and Medici, and is available on Spotify.

Awarded as part of the 2024 Lithuanian Composers’ Works of the Year, Repečkaitė’s composition La muë (2024) for serpent, children’s choir, and electronics—part of the project Janus and co-commissioned by Ircam and the Centre of Baroque Music Versailles—was performed at Ircam Espro using the virtual acoustics of the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles.

The same year, her composition Whispering Skin (2024) for percussion and electronics was premiered by Eklekto in Geneva as part of their 50th-anniversary celebration.

In 2025, with support from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Justina composed music for Sfäärit, a project combining ancient instruments, electronics, and dance, which was performed at the Musica Nova festival in Helsinki. Lithuanian National Radio Klasika commissioned Repečkaitė’s new composition Millefleur (2025) for Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, to be premiered at Muzikos ruduo – Baltic Music Days in Vilnius. The concert will be streamed, and the composer is also featured in an interview on their radioshow Sound Expedition.

In December 2025, her orchestral composition Vellum will be performed at the Sorbonne in Paris; following its premiere in 2020 in Vilnius, it was already performed in 2024 at the Baltic and Estonian Music Days as well as at the Paris Philharmonic.

In 2026, her new work commissioned by Radio France will be premiered by accordionist Vincent Lhermet at the Festival Présences in Paris.

Albums

The Music Information Center of Lithuania is soon releasing Repečkaitė’s first portrait album Tapestries. Her compositions have previously been featured in anthology albums such as Between Music and Ritual (2021), Nouveaux Horizons (2020), 88+ (2020), ZOOM in 12 (2018),  Anthology of Lithuanian Art Music in the 21st Century (2017), Contemporary Music Series: Lithuania (2016), ZOOM in 10 (2014) and 30 Druskomanija Moments (2014). 

Performers

Justina’s music is performed by such ensembles as Recherche, Intercontemporain, Court-Circuit, 2e2m, der/gelbe/klang, Spectra, Asko/Schönberg, Ensemble Modern Academy, Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble for New Music Tallinn, OSSIA, Platypus, Ars ad hoc,  Lithuanian Ensemble Network, Ithaca College Contemporary Music Ensemble, SurPlus, Ensemble XXI Jarhundert and by BBC Philharmonic & Sinfonietta Riga orchestras. She is regularly commissioned by Gaida, the biggest contemporary music festival in the Baltics, for which she has composed several orchestral pieces. Additionally, her music regularly presents Lithuania in Baltic Music Days a festival that has been taking place in one of the Baltic states since 2021.