Vykintas Baltakas, born Vykintas Bieliauskas, is a Lithuanian composer and conductor. He was born in Vilnius on 10 July 1972. His mother, Rita Aleknaitė-Bieliauskienė, is a pianist, music critic, and teacher.
Baltakas graduated from the M. K. Čiurlionis National School of Art and the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1993. From 1994 to 1997, he studied in Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rihm and later with Peter Eötvös. He also attended the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt and master classes with Kirill Kondrashin. In 1999–2000, he undertook a period of study at IRCAM on a Nadia Boulanger scholarship.
As a conductor, Baltakas has worked with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, the ICTUS Ensemble, and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. He has performed in cities and countries across Europe and lives with his family in Belgium.
His compositions include Cantio, an opera premiered in Munich in a production by Oskaras Koršunovas, with the Munich Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christoph Poppen; Poussla for ensemble and orchestra; b(ell tree) for string quartet; Scoria for orchestra; and Saxordionphonics for saxophone, accordion, and orchestra. He received the Claudio Abbado International Composition Prize in 2003 and the Ernst von Siemens Encouragement Award in 2007.