Oskaras Koršunovas was born on March 6, 1969, in Vilnius, Lithuania. He began his career as a theatre director in 1994 at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, where he obtained his master's degree in directing. During his studies he established already his individual signature in the most important theaters in Lithuania by producing a trilogy of plays such as the There to be Here (1990), The Old Woman (1992) and Hello Sonya New Year (1994), which were based on the work of Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky, both Russian avant-garde writers of the twentieth century. From early stages on Oskaras stood out for his unique theatrical language and new contemporary approach to stage performances that theatre critics envisaged as the inevitable emergence of a new theatre.
Henceforth, Oskaras went on with like-minded colleagues and founded in 1998 the renowned repertory theatre the Oskaras Koršunovas Theatre (OKT) with the purpose to distance themselves from the artistic reality of that time and create a new reality which was based on a contemporary theatre language. The intention was to find new ways to communicate with the audience by implementing controversial ideas. His perception that contemporary plays should reflect present time and predict the future as a warning element caught the attention of the audience. Oskaras became the first director to examine independent, post-communist Lithuanian society, and its relationships and conflicts and he kept looking for new forms and ways of communicating by stepping beyond the borders of the traditional understanding of theatre.
1990. “Fringe Firsts” at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival for "There to Be Here.” Edinburgh.
1991. Special prize of the Torun International Theatre Festival “Kontakt” for "There to Be Here.” Torun
1991. "Fringe First "at the Edinburg International Theatre Festival for the play "There to Be Here.“ Edinburgh
1993. Prize for the Best Director’s work at the St. Petersburg international Theatre Festival for "There to Be Here“ and "The Old Woman.“ St. Petersburg
1993. Prize of the Sevastopol International Theatre Festival “The Kherson Games” for “There to Be Here.” Sebastopol
1993. Prize of the magazine “St. Petersburg Theatre Review” for "There to Be Here.” St Petersburg
1994. Prize of the Lithuanian Theatre Union for "Hello Sonya New Year.”
1995. "The Bank of Scotland Herald Angels" Prize at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival for "Hello Sonya New Year.” Edinburgh.
1995. Lithuanian Theatre Award “Kristoforas” for the Best young artist for the trilogy: "There to Be Here", "The Old Woman", "Hello Sonya New Year.”
1997. Special Prize of the "Soros Fund "at the Riga Theatre Festival “Homo Novus” for "P.S. File O.K"
1998. Prize of the Torun International Theatre Festival “Kontakt” for the Best Director for "Old Woman 2.” Torun
2000. Lithuanian Theatre Award ”Kristoforas” for the Best Director for "A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
2000. Lithuanian Theatre Award ”Kristoforas” for the Best Director for "Shopping and Fucking.”
2000. 2nd Award of the Torun International Theatre Festival “Kontakt” for the Best Performance "A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
2001. European Theatre unions Award "Europe Theatre Prize for New Theatrical Realities.”
2001. Best young Director Prize at the MESS Festival, for “The Master and Margarita.” Sarajevo
2002. Montblanc Theatre Prize "Young Directors Project Award" at Salzburg International Theatre festival for "Oedipus Rex.” Salzburg
2002. The Lithuanian National Prize of Culture and Art for "Oedipus Rex.”
2003. Cross of Officer of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.
2003. Critic’s Prize at the MESS Festival for “Oedipus Rex”. Sarajevo.
2003. Award of Golden Cross of the Stage for The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of “Romeo and Juliet.”
2003. Award of Golden Cross of the Stage for “The Cold Child.”
2004. The Lithuanian Institute Award “LT Identity” for the weightiest contribution in representing the Lithuanian Culture.
2004. Lithuanian Theatre Award ”Golden Stage Cross” for the performances: "Romeo and Juliet” and "Cold Child.”
2004. "Mira Trailovi" Grand Prix at Belgrade International Theatre Festival for "Romeo and Juliet" Belgrad.
2006. Golden Cross of Merit from the President of Poland. Warsaw
2009. Honourable title of the Chevalier of the French order of Literature and Arts Paris.
2010. First Prize of the Annual Meyerhold Assembly, Moscow
2010. Award of Golden Cross of the Best director of Stage for “The Lower Depths.” Performance of the year.
2011. Award of Golden Cross of the Stage for “Expulsion.”
2011. Award of Golden Cross of the Stage for “Miranda.”
2012. The Medal of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture “Bring Your Light and Believe.”
2012. Prize of Best Director in International Festival “Kontakt”, Poland.
2013. Hedda Award for Best Director of the Year for “Peer Gynt.” Oslo, Norway
2013. Best Director and Best Performance Award at the Croatian International Small Stage Festival for “Miranda."
2014. Three awards for “The Seagull” including, Best Director, Special Critics and Press Award and Third Prize for the Performance at the "International Theatre Festival KONTAKT.”
2014. Two awards at International Theatre Festival “Baltic House” including Critics Prize for "The Seagull" and the Audience Prize for “Krapp's Last Tape.”
2015. Prestigious award: Swedish Commander Grand Cross: Order of the Polar Star.
Referencesedit
^"X EDIZIONE". Premio Europa per il Teatro (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-12-30.
External linksedit
(in English) Official Oskaras Koršunovas Theatre (OKT) site
(in English)
(in Italian) Interview with Korsunovas by the Italian critic Gherardo Vitali Rosati
(in English) Tartuffe
(in French) Regard Sur L'Est
(in French) La Terrasse
(in French) Je Me Livre
(in French) Ouest France - Hamlet vu par Oskaras Korsunovas Herouville
(in French) Pays Baltes.com - Solitude a deux le theatre.html
(in French) Lituanie Culture - Oskaras Korsunovas Honore par la France
(in French) Les Trois Coups - Article
(in French) AgoraVox - Culture Loisirs
(in French)
(in French) Rue du Theatre
(in French)
(in French) Ouest France - Normandie/La Mouette de Lituanie fait son nid la Comedie
November 16, 2023
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Oskaras Korsunovas news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Oskaras Korsunovas born 6 March 1969 is a Lithuanian theatre director Contents 1 Biography 2 List of directed plays 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksBiography editOskaras Korsunovas was born on March 6 1969 in Vilnius Lithuania He began his career as a theatre director in 1994 at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre where he obtained his master s degree in directing During his studies he established already his individual signature in the most important theaters in Lithuania by producing a trilogy of plays such as the There to be Here 1990 The Old Woman 1992 and Hello Sonya New Year 1994 which were based on the work of Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky both Russian avant garde writers of the twentieth century From early stages on Oskaras stood out for his unique theatrical language and new contemporary approach to stage performances that theatre critics envisaged as the inevitable emergence of a new theatre Henceforth Oskaras went on with like minded colleagues and founded in 1998 the renowned repertory theatre the Oskaras Korsunovas Theatre OKT with the purpose to distance themselves from the artistic reality of that time and create a new reality which was based on a contemporary theatre language The intention was to find new ways to communicate with the audience by implementing controversial ideas His perception that contemporary plays should reflect present time and predict the future as a warning element caught the attention of the audience Oskaras became the first director to examine independent post communist Lithuanian society and its relationships and conflicts and he kept looking for new forms and ways of communicating by stepping beyond the borders of the traditional understanding of theatre For his work Oskaras received the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts in 2002 the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities in 2006 1 the Meyerhold Prize in 2010 and national Golden Cross Awards in three different years 2004 2011 and 2012 He has produced and directed over 70 plays Among them stand Shakespeare s Hamlet in 2008 The Lower Depths in 2010 which was awarded as The Best Performance of 2010 and Miranda based on Shakespeare s The Tempest in 2012 that gained international fame and received three national awards of the Golden Cross in 2012 for best directing best leading actress Airida Gintautaite and the best composer Gintaras Sodeika The Oskaras Korsunovas Theatre toured amongst the famous Lithuanian theaters and produced projects that were staged in France Germany Spain Italy Portugal Australia Japan China Israel South Korea Brazil Argentina and the United States Also he has participated in festivals worldwide including the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival and the Festival d Avignon Moreover Oskaras was awarded the Cross of Officer of Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas and the honorable title of Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres List of directed plays edit1990 Here to be There Play by Aleksandr Vvedensky and Daniil Kharms at Music Academy of Lithuania Academic Drama Theatre Youth Theatre Vilnius Lithuania 1992 The Old Woman Play by Daniil Kharms Academic Drama Theatre 1993 Jelizaveta Bam Play Daniil Kharms Parchem City Theatre Germany 1994 Hello Sonia New Year Play by Aleksandr Vvedensky Academic Drama Theatre 1994 The Old Woman 2 Play by Daniil Kharms Academic Drama Theatre 1995 The Flying Dutchman Opera by Richard Wagner National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Lithuania 1997 P S Byla OK Play by Sigitas Parulskis Academic Drama Theatre 1998 Roberto Zucco Play by Bernard Marie Koltes Academic Drama Theatre 1998 Jelizaveta Bam Play by Daniil Kharms Studio Theatre Warszawa Poland 1998 Coco Play by Bernard Marie Koltes OKT National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Lithuania 1999 Shopping and Fucking Play by Mark Ravenhill OKT 1999 A Midsummer Night s Dream Play by William Shakespeare OKT 2000 Vienos nakties susitikimas Play by Goran Stefanofski EU Culture 2000 THEOREM Institute of Sweden 2000 Fireface Play by Marius von Mayenburg OKT 2000 The Master and Margarita based on novel by Mikhail Bulgakov adaptation by Sigitas Parulskis OKT 2001 Sanatorium under the Sign of Hourglass based on short stories by Bruno Schultz Studio theatre Warszawa Poland 2001 We are not Cookies based on writings by Daniil Kharms and Aleksandr Vvedensky Oslo National Drama Theatre Norway 2001 The Parasites Play by Marius von Mayenburg OKT 2002 Crave Play by Sarah Kane co directed with Povilas Laurinkus OKT 2002 Oedipus the King Play by Sophocles OKT 2003 Winter Play by Jon Fosse The National Theatre in Oslo Norway 2003 Cleansed Play by Sarah Kane Stockholm Royal Drama Theatre Elverket Scene Sweden 2003 The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Play by William Shakespeare OKT 2004 The Cold Child Play by Marius von Mayenburg Klaipeda Drama Theatre Lithuania 2004 Cantio Play by Sharon Lynn Joyce and Vykintas Baltakas OKT Festival Gaida Munchen Bienale 2004 Loneliness for Two Play by Sigitas Parulskis festival Gaida 2005 City Gorod Play by Yevgeni Grishkovets co directed with Saulius Mykolaitis OKT 2005 Death of Tarelkin Smert Tarelkina Play by A Suchov Kobylin Moscow Theatre Et cetera Russia 2005 Based on a truth Story Play by Almir Imsirevic Moscow Theatre Et cetera Russia 2005 Playing the Victim Izobrazhaya zhertvu Play by Vladimir Presniakov and Oleg Presniakov OKT Vilnius City Theatre 2006 To Damascus Play by August Strindberg The National Theatre in Oslo Norway 2006 Make up opera Play by Birute Mar Antanas Kucinskas OKT Vilnius City Theatre 2006 Winter Play by Jon Fosse OKT Vilnius City Theatre 2006 The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Teatro Regio di Torino Italy 2007 The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Comedie Francaise Paris 2008 These Eyes by Jon Fosse European Capital of Culture project Fairytales in Landscape Lundsneset Peninsula Stavanger Norway 2008 Hamlet by William Shakespeare OKT Vilnius City Theatre 2010 The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Alexandrinsky Theatre St Petersburg Russia 2010 The Lower Depths Na dne by Maksim Gorky OKT Vilnius City Theatre 2010 The Tempest by William Shakespeare Reykjavik City Theatre Iceland 2011 Tartuffe by Moliere Aarhus Theatre Denmark 2011 Miranda based on the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare OKT Vilnius City Theatre 2011 Banishment by Marius Ivaskevicius Lithuanian National Drama Theatre Vilnius Lithuania 2012 Peer Gynt after Henrik Ibsen The National Theatre in Oslo Norway 2012 Cathedral after Justinas Marcinkevicius Lithuanian National Drama Theatre Vilnius Lithuania 2013 Krapp s last tape play Samuel Beckett OKT Vilnius City Theatre 2013 Fidelio Ludwig van Beethoven s opera Bergen National Opera Bergen Norway 2013 Lost Time Musical Spectacle after Marcel Proust festival Gaida Vilnius Lithuania 2014 The Seagull Play by Anton Chekhov OKT Vilnius City Theatre 2014 Expulsion after Marius Ivaskevicius Dailes Theatre Riga Latvia 2014 Vinter after Jon Fosse Teatro del Giglio Lucca Italy 2015 Fidelio Ludwig van Beethoven s opera Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Vilnius Lithuania 2015 Elisabeth Bam after Daniil Kharms OKT Vilnius City Theatre Lithuanian National Drama Theatre Vilnius Lithuania 2015 Martyr after Marius von Mayenburg Lithuanian National Drama Theatre Vilnius Lithuania 2015 Our Class after Tadeusz Slobodzianek The National Theatre in Oslo Norway 2015 Miranda after William Shakespeare Poreia Theatre Athens Greece 2016 Egle the Queen of Serpents Lithuanian National Drama Theatre 2016 Marriage Bertolt Brecht OKT Vilnius 2016 Measure for Measure after William Shakespeare Teatr Dramatyczny Warsaw Poland 2016 Cleansed after Sarah Kane OKT Vilnius City Theatre Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Vilnius Lithuania 2017 Dance Delhi after Ivan Vyrypaev OKT Vilnius 2018 Madman after Nikolai Gogol OKT VilniusAwards edit1990 Fringe Firsts at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival for There to Be Here Edinburgh 1991 Special prize of the Torun International Theatre Festival Kontakt for There to Be Here Torun 1991 Fringe First at the Edinburg International Theatre Festival for the play There to Be Here Edinburgh 1993 Prize for the Best Director s work at the St Petersburg international Theatre Festival for There to Be Here and The Old Woman St Petersburg 1993 Prize of the Sevastopol International Theatre Festival The Kherson Games for There to Be Here Sebastopol 1993 Prize of the magazine St Petersburg Theatre Review for There to Be Here St Petersburg 1994 Prize of the Lithuanian Theatre Union for Hello Sonya New Year 1995 The Bank of Scotland Herald Angels Prize at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival for Hello Sonya New Year Edinburgh 1995 Lithuanian Theatre Award Kristoforas for the Best young artist for the trilogy There to Be Here The Old Woman Hello Sonya New Year 1997 Special Prize of the Soros Fund at the Riga Theatre Festival Homo Novus for P S File O K 1998 Prize of the Torun International Theatre Festival Kontakt for the Best Director for Old Woman 2 Torun 2000 Lithuanian Theatre Award Kristoforas for the Best Director for A Midsummer Night s Dream 2000 Lithuanian Theatre Award Kristoforas for the Best Director for Shopping and Fucking 2000 2nd Award of the Torun International Theatre Festival Kontakt for the Best Performance A Midsummer Night s Dream 2001 European Theatre unions Award Europe Theatre Prize for New Theatrical Realities 2001 Best young Director Prize at the MESS Festival for The Master and Margarita Sarajevo 2002 Montblanc Theatre Prize Young Directors Project Award at Salzburg International Theatre festival for Oedipus Rex Salzburg 2002 The Lithuanian National Prize of Culture and Art for Oedipus Rex 2003 Cross of Officer of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas 2003 Critic s Prize at the MESS Festival for Oedipus Rex Sarajevo 2003 Award of Golden Cross of the Stage for The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet 2003 Award of Golden Cross of the Stage for The Cold Child 2004 The Lithuanian Institute Award LT Identity for the weightiest contribution in representing the Lithuanian Culture 2004 Lithuanian Theatre Award Golden Stage Cross for the performances Romeo and Juliet and Cold Child 2004 Mira Trailovi Grand Prix at Belgrade International Theatre Festival for Romeo and Juliet Belgrad 2006 Europe Theatre Prize Europe Prize Theatrical Realities 2006 Golden Cross of Merit from the President of Poland Warsaw 2009 Honourable title of the Chevalier of the French order of Literature and Arts Paris 2010 First Prize of the Annual Meyerhold Assembly Moscow 2010 Award of Golden Cross of the Best director of Stage for The Lower Depths Performance of the year 2011 Award of Golden Cross of the Stage for Expulsion 2011 Award of Golden Cross of the Stage for Miranda 2012 The Medal of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture Bring Your Light and Believe 2012 Prize of Best Director in International Festival Kontakt Poland 2013 Hedda Award for Best Director of the Year for Peer Gynt Oslo Norway 2013 Best Director and Best Performance Award at the Croatian International Small Stage Festival for Miranda 2014 Three awards for The Seagull including Best Director Special Critics and Press Award and Third Prize for the Performance at the International Theatre Festival KONTAKT 2014 Two awards at International Theatre Festival Baltic House including Critics Prize for The Seagull and the Audience Prize for Krapp s Last Tape 2015 Prestigious award Swedish Commander Grand Cross Order of the Polar Star References edit X EDIZIONE Premio Europa per il Teatro in Italian Retrieved 2022 12 30 External links edit in English Official Oskaras Korsunovas Theatre OKT site in English Theatre Between Modernism and Postmodernism article on modern Lithuanian theatre in Italian Interview with Korsunovas by the Italian critic Gherardo Vitali Rosati in English Tartuffe in French Regard Sur L Est in French La Terrasse in French Je Me Livre in French Ouest France Hamlet vu par Oskaras Korsunovas Herouville in French Pays Baltes com Solitude a deux le theatre html in French Lituanie Culture Oskaras Korsunovas Honore par la France in French Les Trois Coups Article in French AgoraVox Culture Loisirs in French Cote Caen Les Boreales Decouvrez Le Theatre d Oskaras Korsunovas in French Rue du Theatre in French Tandem Arrasdouai Documents and Dossier Hamlet in French Ouest France Normandie La Mouette de Lituanie fait son nid la Comedie Retrieved from https 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