XII International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists. B group

Arijus Šereckis

Arijus Šereckis (2012)

| Finland - Lithuania

Kuopio Conservatory

Teacher | Katariina Liimatainen

Arijus Šereckis started playing piano from the age of six, at the Kuopio Conservatory in Finland. In 2021, he won the Kuopio Republican Piano Competition and was awarded a special prize for the best performance of a work by a Finnish composer. In 2022, Arijus won the Republican Leevi Madetoja Piano Competition in Oulu, and in 2023 he was a finalist in the Tapiola Piano Competition in Espoo (international category). Arijus actively represents Kuopio Conservatory in various concerts and events, and promotes piano music by Lithuanian composers in Finland.

I ROUND

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 6 Viennese Sonatinas (Sechs Wiener Sonatinen) (arrangement of the Wind Divertimentos KV 439b)
    • Sonatina No. 6, Allegro , C major
  • Joonas Pohjonen | "Insects"
  • Jean Sibelius | 10 Bagatelles: No. 8 "Joueur de Harpe" · Op. 34
  • Béla Bartók | 9 Little Piano Pieces, II Volume: No. 8 "Tambourine". Allegro molto · Sz. 82
  • II ROUND

  • Claude Debussy | Suite "Children's Corner" : I. "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" · L. 113/1
  • Jean Sibelius | "Five Esquisses": No. 2 "Talvikuva" ("Winter Scene)" · Op. 114
  • Balys Dvarionas | "Žiemos eskizai" ("Winter Sketches"): No. 2 "Su rogutėm nuo kalniuko" ("Down the Hill on a Sledge")
  • Franz Liszt | "Consolation" No. 2 · E major · S. 172

  • Performance time: Apr 16 14:00 - 14:14 Music Academy of Vytautas Magnus University, 101 aud. (V. Čepinskio g. 5, Kaunas)

    Winners

     

    Final

    Arijus Šereckis Apr 16 14:00 - 14:14
    Daumantas Gudaitis Apr 16 14:14 - 14:29
    Camille Valla Pesendorfer Apr 16 16:24 - 16:40
    Robert Andžejevskij Apr 16 14:29 - 14:44
    Huichen Zhu Apr 16 14:44 - 15:00
    Aurelija Vanagaitė Apr 16 15:20 - 15:38
    Xinrong Qiao Apr 16 15:38 - 16:01
    Pijus Pirogovas Apr 16 16:01 - 16:24

    I ROUND

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