Background
Antanas Pocius was born on August 19, 1913, in Pagiriai village which is close to Tauragė.
Antanas Pocius was born on August 19, 1913, in Pagiriai village which is close to Tauragė.
The oldest children - Petronėlė was only about 20 years old. The early life of A. Pocius was very hard. After the householder"s death, his family became very poor.
When Antanas was about 4 years old, he became a shepherd.
After Antanas had finished 3 classes of the elementary school, he had been learning the trade of sewer until he had realised he had the vocation for music 1940-1942 - A. Pocius worked as organist in Virbalis and in the year 1942 he started to study in the Kaunas conservatory.
In 1962-1966 he worked in octennial school in Plungė as a teacher, in 1966-1976 - in Plungė"s academy of music He was also the leader of Pensioners" choir in 1977-1981.
Antanas Pocius died on April 1, 1983, in Plungė.
Antanas Pocius has created few pieces of music, such as "Sidabrinė jaunystė" (Silver Youth).