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Dr. Titas Petrikis is a music composer and visual artist. He gained his PhD in film and sound composition at Bournemouth University in 2014 (supervised by prof. Stephen Deutsch). His research explored the relation of sound design and music in films, and how soundtracks may be used to create a contextual, multi-layer meaning. Petrikis has also received his master's degree in music composing for films at Bournemouth University in 2006.
Petrikis' talent was recognized at SoundTrack_Cologne 6.0 (2009) (Germany), where he was awarded Peer Raben Award for the music in the short film Noirville (dir. Andy Marsh). He became a finalist of the Talent Campus Volkswagen Score competition in Berlinale 2007 (Germany). His music for films was nominated four times for the Lithuanian Silver Crane Best Music Award (2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012). For over fifteen years Petrikis has been creating music for films, TV, theatre and concert performances, and audiovisual installations. Since 2012 he is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA). He joined the Lithuanian Film Academy (LiKA) in 2013.
Simultaneously to the active artistic output, Petrikis shares his film making and music experience at universities, lectures in various international film teaching programs and master classes since 2003. He was an expert and co-author in creating the film making and computer music technology methodologies and music textbook for the Lithuanian high schools. Petrikis has also served as a tutor in various European film composition and film making workshops and trainings.