Saulius Sondeckis

Saulius Sondeckis (11 October 1928 – 3 February 2016) was a Lithuanian violinist, conductor, orchestra leader and professor.

He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Vilnius Conservatory) as a violinist with Alexander Livontas in 1952 and studied conducting with Igor Markevich.

[1] Sondeckis was a member of the Department of String Instruments at the Lithuanian SSR State Conservatoire.

[2][3] In 1960, Sondeckis founded the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra in 1960[4] and it gave its first performance on 30 April 1960.

He has conducted orchestras in many countries and was an honorary member of the Lithuanian Musicians' Union.