Other participants

• 1. Lionel Martin, Germany
• 2. Mikhail Makhnach, Belarus
• 3. Arsenii Stavytskyi, Ukraine
• 4. Ivan Pshenichnikov, Russia
• 5. Augustas Gocentas, Lithuania
• 6. Che-Wei Kuo, Taiwan
• 7. Bence Bánkövi, Hungary
• 8. Raphaela Paetsch, Switzerland
• 9. Megan Yip, United States
• 10. Mingyue Zhao, China
• 11. Kamil Mukhametdinov, Switzerland
• 12. Anna Skladannaya, Russia
• 13. Krystyna Wiśniewska, Poland
• 14. David Ezhov, Russia
• 15. Aihao Zheng, China
• 16. Serafim Volkov, Russia
• 17. Florian Pons, France
• 18. Kotryna Šiugždinytė, Great Britain
• 19. Mara Lobo, Portugal
• 20. Gaudas Paulius Krištaponis, Lithuania
• 21. Kyung Jun Lee, South Korea
• 22. Timur Kolodyazhny, Russia
• 23. Despond Zoltan, Switzerland
• 24. Constantin Macherel, Switzerland
• 25. Christine Caroline Lamprea, United States

Participant data

Name of the educational insititution	Sibelius academy, Helsinki
Accompanist	Onutė Gražinytė

Augustas Gocentas was born in Vilnius in 1997. He studied at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art, in the cello class, under the teacher R. Kalnėnaitė. A student of the Sibelius Academy in Finland under Martti Rousi since 2016, Augustas is a constant participant of national and international competitions and has won first prizes at the National Jonas Urba String competition in 2011, the International chamber ensemble competition With Music through Europe in 2012, and the international competition Gradus ad Parnasum. In 2009, the jury of the international competition Young Musician awarded the cellist with a special prize for having a unique style. In 2014, at the national forum Ars Lituanica, Augustas won the grand prize and in 2015 in the Kaunas Sonorum competition – the Grand Prix. Augustas has soloed with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, and the St. Cristopher Chamber orchestra and is also a regular participant of various festivals and masterclasses. For a year he was sponsored by the Rostropovich Foundation, later – by the Saulius Karosas foundation.

I ROUND

1. Carlo Alfredo Piatti | "12 Caprices for Solo Cello" · Op. 25
   • No. 7
2. Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No. 6 · D major · BWV 1012
3. Arvydas Malcys | Narcissus for Solo Cello

II ROUND

1. Johannes Brahms | Cello Sonata No. 2 · F major · Op. 99
2. Vladas Jakubėnas | Serenade for cello and piano
3. Robert Schumann | Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano · A flat major · Op. 70

III ROUND

1. Robert Schumann | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (A. H. Lilienthal version for string orchestra) · A minor · Op. 129