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).

Lithuanian composer Justina Repečkaitė lives and works in Paris. Her first portrait album, Tapestries, was released in 2026 by the Music Information Centre Lithuania, bringing together works recorded in the Baltic States, Berlin and Paris.

Repečkaitė completed her Master’s degree in composition in France before joining the prestigious Cursus at IRCAM. In Paris, she was an artist-in-residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation, composer-in-residence with Ensemble Le Balcon, conducted by Maxime Pascal, and a scholarship recipient of the International Centre Nadia and Lili Boulanger. She subsequently was an artist-in-residence at Villa Waldberta in 2022 and Schloss Wiepersdorf in 2023, followed by composer residencies at the Festival de Cordes-sur-Ciel in 2024, the Lehtinen Foundation in Helsinki in 2025, and Festival d’Autan in 2026.

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, that premiered at Muzikos ruduo –Baltic Music Days in Vilnius and represents Lithuania in International rostrum of Composers in 2026. 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. 

Since its premiere in Gaida Festival, her orchestral composition Vellum was performed at Baltic and Estonian Music Days, Paris Philharmonic and, most recently at Sorbonne.

In 2026, Concertina-fold almanach commissioned by Radio France was premiered by accordionist Vincent Lhermet at the Festival Présences in Paris. This year, Repečkaitė is composer-in-residence at Festival d’Autan (FR), and her music will be performed at festival Musica (FR), Linos (DE) and Huddersfield (UK).

New works include two commissions from the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo (2027).

Albums

The Music Information Center of Lithuania has released Repečkaitė’s first portrait album Tapestries (2026). 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 Jarhundertand 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.