VIKTORIJA ALLOWS YOU TO GLANCE INTO HER SOUL AND ENJOY THE DEPTH OF ACTIVE LISTENING. INSPIRED BY HOPE AND INFINITE CONNECTIONS THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT TIME. 

Captivating collaboration of Viktorija Pilatovic with Petros Klampanis (bass, co-producer, percussion), Albert Palau (piano), Quique Ramirez (drums), Jorge Pardo (flute, track 3), and James Copus (trumpet, track 4).

"Skybridges" is Viktorija's 4th album featuring her original music.

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July feat. Jorge Pardo

Hymn

Waltz

Full album https://www.viktorijapilatovic.com
"Stories" contains eight original songs written by Viktorija Pilatovic while she was living in Lithuania, The Netherlands, Spain and Ecuador. The songs are inspired by and dedicated to people she crossed her paths over the last 3 years. The album is released by Inner Circle Music of Greg Osby, the same label under her first record "Nica's Blues" came
out in 2013. Featuring Perico Sambeat on saxophone and Israel Sandoval on guitar, the album was recorded in Millenia Studios, Valencia. Outstanding band of known spanish musicians helped the music to transmit everything the composer wanted: Alberto Palau - piano, Ales Cesarini - bass, Mariano Steimberg - drums. Produced by Viktorija Pilatovic, recorded by Vicente Sabater, mixed by Ian Kagey at Electracraft Music Works in New York, USA. Mastered by Pablo Schuller at SchullerSound. Photography by Alfonso Calza. Design by Jimenez de Nalda. All compositions, arrangements and vocals by Viktorija Pilatovic.

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Viktorija Pilatovic is a Lithuanian vocalist, bandleader, composer, and educator who shares her love for jazz through her original music: poetic melodies and lyrics, modern, heart-grasping chord progressions, and virtuosic vocal performances. She is a recording artist with four releases featuring original music: "Skybridges" 2023, "The Only Light" 2019, "Stories" 2017, and "Nica's Blues" 2013. Her music has been covered in NPR live sessions, Downbeat magazine, RTVE, Discopolis Radio 3, and various other platforms.

 

Alongside Sílvia Pérez Cruz, her voice can be heard on "Voces," the latest big band album by renowned Spanish saxophonist Perico Sambeat. 

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Through Berklee, she has collaborated in productions with Gilberto Gil, Victor Wooten, Michael League (Snarky Puppy), Banda Magda, and Petros Klampanis, who produced her fourth album, Skybridges, released in March 2023, featuring acclaimed Spanish flutist and saxophonist Jorge Pardo.

 

Some of the festivals she has already performed at in Spain include Valencia, San Sebastian, Seville, and Formentera, along with outstanding programs in Europe and outside in Switzerland such as Montreux Jazz, France like Jazz-Rhone-Alpes in Grenoble, Denmark, Lithuania's Vilnius Mama Jazz, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, Poland, Tunisia, Belgium, and The Netherlands.

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Viktorija teaches Undergraduate and Master students at Berklee Valencia and Musikene in San Sebastian, as well as various international seminars, with her most recent one being in Abu Dhabi at the Berklee Abu Dhabi Creative Arts Educators Symposium.

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Viktorija was born on the 12th of March, 1989, in Klaipeda, Lithuania. At the age of 6, she began playing classical piano and later picked up the guitar and started writing songs. In 2007, she began her Bachelor's studies in Jazz Vocal at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 2010, Viktorija moved to The Netherlands to further her jazz studies at Prins Claus Conservatorium. Here, her style evolved from traditional to contemporary jazz.

 

In 2012, Viktorija received a full scholarship to enter the master's program at Berklee Valencia. From 2013 to 2016 Viktorija was teaching at USFQ College of Music (Berklee Partner school), in Quito, Ecuador. 

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In 2016, she moved back to Europe and has since been actively recording, performing, and teaching while living in Valencia, Spain.

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