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Jazz vocalist · composer · educator
Viktorija
Pilatovic
A modern jazz vocalist, pianist, composer blending American jazz tradition with Mediterranean influences, leading a dynamic quartet that moves between intimacy and power.
About
Viktorija Pilatovic is a Lithuanian-born jazz vocalist, composer, and lyricist based in Spain, whose music blends poetic storytelling with sophisticated harmonies, virtuosity, and emotional depth.
She is widely recognized as one of today’s most original contemporary jazz voices. With five albums of original music — Seven Letters (2026), Skybridges (2023), The Only Light (2019), Stories (2017), and Nica’s Blues (2013) — her work has been featured by NPR Live Sessions, DownBeat, RTVE, and JazzinEurope. Her album The Only Light was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Carles Santos – Premis de la Música Valenciana. Saxophonist Greg Osby describes her as “among the best of the new wave of contemporary singer/songwriters.”
Her latest release, Seven Letters (2026), features liner notes by Ganavya. Read the liner notes →
Viktorija has collaborated with internationally renowned artists including Michael League (Snarky Puppy), Banda Magda, Petros Klampanis (co-producer of Seven Letters and Skybridges), Jorge Pardo, Antonio Serrano, and Perico Sambeat. She appears alongside Sílvia Pérez Cruz on Sambeat’s Voces, is featured on Osby’s Minimalism, and recorded the award-winning song “Nu Brasil” with Sergio Pereira.
She has performed in over 20 countries and at major festivals such as the Madrid Jazz Festival, Supernova Jazz Blast (Denmark), Vilnius Mama Jazz, Sopot Jazz, and Grenoble Métropole Jazz Festival, among others.
Part-time Associate professor at Berklee Valencia and full-time professor at Musikene in San Sebastian she actively teaches international jazz programs and festivals including Abu Dhabi (UAE), Gnaoua Jazz & World Festival (Morocco), and Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts (China).
She is currently touring with her quartet featuring Albert Palau (piano), Miquel Álvarez (double bass), and Quique Ramírez (drums).
New album · 2026
Seven
Letters
A deeply personal collection of musical letters written to the world.
- Viktorija Pilatovicvocals, backing vocals, synth
- Albert Palaupiano
- Petros Klampanisdouble bass, percussion
- Quique Ramirezdrums, percussion
- Perico Sambeatsaxophone [track 2]
All compositions by Viktorija Pilatovic.
Tracks 1, 2, 3 lyrics in collaboration with Malena Marcase.
Liner notes by Ganavya.
Produced by Petros Klampanis and Viktorija Pilatovic.
PKmusikFeb. 6, 2026
Viktorija Pilatovic · Seven Letters
“An artist who continues to move with purpose and grace.”
“Viktorija Pilatovic is the real deal! She is a triple threat as a vocalist, composer, and professor at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Valencia.”
“I love the passion of her voice and how it colors her instrument with subtlety and nuance. Very progressive and soulful.”
“Viktorija Pilatovic ranks among the best of the new wave of contemporary singer/songwriter/performers. Her music is exceptionally personal that is equal parts colorful and yet, full of innocence. With this project, Viktorija offers her listeners a heightened sense of musicality and overwhelming joy, all wonderfully packaged within a series of beautifully framed soundscapes.”
“Very seldom does one come across the extreme talent, brains and drive to compose, arrange and perform, as I have witnessed in the voice and musical prowess of jazz vocalist Viktorija Pilatovic.”
“You could easily fit 25 Lithuanias in the space between her birth country and New York, but Viktorija chose to devote herself to what we often call jazz a long time ago, and she hasn’t looked away from that choice since.”
“Viktorija es uno de los músicos con más talento que he conocido en los últimos años, pienso que está llamada a escribir importantes páginas en la historia de esta música.”
“The Only Light (Inner Circle Music INCM085, 49:00 +++) by Lithuanian singer, Viktorija Pilatovic, an educator at Berklee’s Valencia campus, is truly international in intention and flavor. Pilatovic’s vision comes through on her angular compositions and arrangements juxtaposed with a fluid and reaching vocal style.”
“Not only does she sing well, but she composes divinely…”
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See Viktorija and her quartet live. Concert dates are updated through Bandsintown.