IX International M. K. Čiurlionis Piano Competition

IX International M. K. Čiurlionis Piano Competition

Kasparas Mikužis, Lithuania

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Name of the educational insititution Royal Academy of Music, London

Being the age of 22, Kasparas Mikužis has already given solo performances on such stages as Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as on the halls at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic and Kharkiv Philharmonic. He has released his debut CD and his live performances were broadcasted on Mezzo channel. Kasparas is a prize winner of more than 20 international piano competitions including two 1st prizes in the XXVIII Roma International Piano Competition in both categories – up to 19 and 25 years. Recent appearances include the public masterclasses with Sir András Schiff in the Riga-Jurmala Music Festival and the chamber music concert with Jack Liebeck and Josephine Knight, amongst other concert activity. At the moment Kasparas is completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music with prof. Diana Ketler and prof. Christopher Elton. For representing Lithuania on the international stage Kasparas was awarded a letter of gratitude by the President of Republic of Lithuania.

I ROUND

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach | WTC Book 1: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor · BWV 853
  2. Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 18 (''The Hunt'') · E flat major · Op. 31/3
  3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · D flat major · VL 187
  4. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · D minor · VL 239
  5. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B major · VL 186
  6. Franz Liszt | "Études d'exécution transcendante", S. 139: Transcendental etude No. 10 · Allegro agitato molto · F minor · S. 139/10

II ROUND

  1. Alvidas Remesa | "Stigmatas". Five Miniatiures For Piano
  2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "Pater Noster" · VL 260
  3. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "The Little Sonata" · VL 269-271
  4. Grażyna Bacewicz | Piano Sonata No. 2
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff | Variations on a Theme of Corelli · D minor · Op. 42
  6. Frederic Chopin | Scherzo No. 3 · C sharp minor · Op. 39

III ROUND

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 3 · C minor · Op. 37

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