Ričardas Kabelis (born 28 October 1957 in Panevėžys) studied composition with Prof. Julius Juzeliūnas at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, where he subsequently became a doctoral student (1983–87) and received his D.H. for research on dynamics of timbre in the 20th century works for orchestra in 1989.
In 1990 Kabelis went to study electronic and computer music in Germany on a two-year fellowship granted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
His publications include a number of theoretical studies concerned with the instrumentation and computer aided structuring of microdimensional values.
Linear progress through time here gives way to varying degrees of intensity of acoustic presence, to the many-faceted exploration of sound's microdimensional depths.
As a result of such "conceptual framing", Ričardas Kabelis came to be regarded as one of the most radical figures on the Lithuanian contemporary music scene.