What exactly do you mean by artistry? All I know is that to me he had
enough artistic ability to create minimalist works of immense emotional
density and to change the mood inside one work like no other composer
(often only several notes separating joy from sorrow and back to joy).

Juozas Rimas Jr (not the one playing)
http://www.mp3.com/juozasrimas (oboe, piano, strings)