Edvinas Minkstimaspress kit

C O N T E N T S

biography 1

chamber music & orchestra performances 2

solo performances 4

recorded works 8

repertory 10

competitions 16

education & grants 17

Edvinas Minkstimas

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biography

EdvinasMinkstimasiswidelyregardedasoneofEurope’stopemergingyoung

pianists,onewhoseextensiverepertory,solidtechniqueandmusicalexpression

have led him to performances throughout Europe and North America.

Known especially for his repertory of romantic music by Liszt, Chopin and

Rachmaninoff,andthrillingaudienceswiththeParisvirtuososmusicbyAlkan,

ThalbergandHerz,MinkstimasalsopleaseswithBach,LigetiandPiazolla.

Most recently, Minkstimas has received the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree

fromtheJuilliardSchool.HealsowontheBelz-ParkerYoungArtistAwardin

Memphis,Tennesseein2010,aswellastheFirstPrizeattheFifthInternational

Ciurlionis Piano Competition in 2007, (Vilnius, Lithuania) and has taken top honors at the First

TchaikovskyInternationalCompetitionforYoungMusicians(Moscow),theInternationalKnezkova-

HusseyPianoCompetition(Canada)andEuropeanPianoDays(France),amongothers.Histalentat

thekeyboardhasbeenrecognizedaswellthroughnumerousscholarshipsandgrantsforhisstudies.

AnativeofKaunas,Lithuania,Minkstimasclaimshisearlyartistic

influencesfromtheworldofNordicpoetry,Balticmythologyand

otherromanticimages.Hisplayingdrawsinspirationfromtales

of chivalry or nostalgic episodes, resolving with the powers of

spirit,strengthandwill,andinfusedwithalongingforbeautyand

reachingbeyondthehorizon.Hestrivestoconveythelyricismand

poetrywithinamusicalworkbyhisdisplaysofvirtuosotechnique

andseeshimselfstronglyinfluencedbysuchgreatpianistsasRichter,Rachmaninoff,Michelangeliand

Paderewski,aswellasthecompositionsofBrahms,LigetiandPenderecki.

HisdebutwasatagefourteenwithTheLithuanianNationalPhilharmonicOrchestra(Vilnius),playing

theGriegPianoConcertoinA-minor.Recently,hisperformanceswithTheNewJuilliardEnsemble

(AliceTullyHall,LincolnCenter,NY)werewellreceived,whilehissoloperformancesofMozartand

LisztattheChristopherFestival2006(Vilnius)wereconsideredtobehighlightsoftheevent.In2007,

heperformedtheLisztSecondPianoConcertowithTheNationalPhilharmonicOrchestra.

InMay,2011,EdvinasMinkstimasreceivedtheDoctorofMusicalArtsdegreefromtheJuilliardSchool,

NewYork,wherehestudiedwithJeromeLowenthal.HepreviouslyreceivedtheArtistDiplomafrom

theParisConservatory(CNSMDP)underthetutelageofMichelBeroff.Earlier,hestudiedinLithuania

withVeronikaVitaiteatTheMusicAcademyofVilnius.Hehas takenmasterclasseswithpianists

NikolayPetroff,VladimirAshkenazy,IdilBeret,EugeneIndjic,JeffreySwann,JosephKalichsteinand

MarieFrancoise-Bucquet,andotherprominentperformerssuchasItzhakPerlman.

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chamber music & orchestra performances

2 0 1 0

• LaPoissonRouge,NYC,February14

2 0 0 9

• GalapagosArtSpace,NYC,September28

• CalvaryLutheranChurch,SilverSpring,MD,October4

• NewYorkHistoricalSociety,NYC,October24

• NationalPhilharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania,December16

2 0 0 8

• Soloist,NationalPhilharmonicOrchestra,NationalPhilharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania,November8

2 0 0 7

• Soloist,SchnittkePianoConcerto,January,YamahaCenter,NewYork,NY

• Soloist,SchnittkePianoConcerto,January,NationalPhilharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania

• Soloist,HaydnPianoConcertoinG-major,NationalPhilharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania

2 0 0 6

• BrahmsPianoQuartetNo.3inC-minor,November,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork,NY

• MozartPianoQuartetinG-minor,July,St.ChristopherSummerMusicFestival,Vilnius,Lithuania

2 0 0 5

• Soloist,BeethovenThirdPianoConcertoinC-minor,October,NationalPhilharmonic,Vilnius,

Lithuania

• TheChelseaArtMuseum,May,NewYork,NY,WorldPremiereof“Incarnations”byEdvinas

Minkstimasin“BeyondtheMachine,”AFestivalofElectronicandInteractiveMusic,Juilliard

ElectronicEnsemble,April20

2 0 0 4

• PianistwithTheNewJuilliardEnsemble,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork,NY.Performancesinclude

September18,ÁhringurbyHaukurTómassonattheJuilliardTheater,andNovember19,Symphony

No.3byVictorBaileyatAliceTullyHall,LincolnCenter

• Focus!2004,CharlesIvesEmersonConcerto,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork,NY,January22

2 0 0 3

• Soloist,RavelPianoConcertoforLeftHand,NationalPhilharmonicOrchestraofLithuania,

Vilnius,Lithuania,May

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chamber music & orchestra performances

2 0 0 2

• Soloist,ChopinPianoConcertoNo.2,LithuanianAcademyofMusicSymphonyOrchestra,

Vilnius,Lithuania,December

• Soloist,BrahmsPianoConcertoNo.1withtheParisConservatoireOrchestra,ParisConservatoire

(CNSMDP),Paris,France,December

• RecitalofChamberMusic,SummerMusicFestival,MusicAcademyoftheWest,SantaBarbara,

CA,June-August

• ChamberMusicConcert,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,June

2 0 0 1

• Soloist,Liszt“Totentanz,”NationalPhilharmonicSymphonyofLithuania,Vilnius,February

2 0 0 0

• Soloist,MozartPianoConcertoNo.24,NationalPhilharmonicofLithuaniawiththeNationalChamber

Orchestra,Vilnius,Lithuania,October

1 9 9 9

• Soloist,MozartPianoConcertoNo.21,NationalPhilharmonicofLithuaniawiththeNationalChamber

Orchestra,J.Walnig,Conductor,Vilnius,Lithuania,February

1 9 9 7

• Soloist,NationalPhilharmonicofLithuaniawithNationalChamberOrchestra,Vilnius,Lithuania,

March

1 9 9 6

• Soloist,GriegPianoConcerto,SymphonyOrchestraofCanada(concertattendedbygovernor

representativeofBritishCrowntoCanada),May

1 9 9 5

• GroupConcert,J.NaujalisMusicGymnasium,Kaunas,Lithuania,December

• GroupPerformance,YoungTalentedArtistsfromKaunas,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,June

• DebutwithLithuanianNationalPhilharmonicSymphonyOrchestra,GriegPianoConcerto,Conductor

J.Domarkas,Vilnius,February

1 9 9 3

• Soloist,J.S.BachPianoConcerto,KaunasChamberOrchestra,KaunasPhilharmonicHall,Kaunas,

Lithuania,December

• Soloist,MozartPianoConcertoinDmajor,KaunasYouthSymphonyOrchestra,OrchestraFestival,

Nyiregihaza,Hungary,March

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solo performances

2 0 1 1

• WMPConcertHall,NYC,January18

• SOPACPerformingArtsSeries,NewJersey,January30

• MorseHall,TheJuilliardSchool,NYC,February1

• MorseHall,TheJuilliardSchool,NYC,February8

• MansionatStrathmore,WashingtonD.C.,February19

• Cleveland,Ohio,February27

• Tampa,Florida,March21

• MorseHall,TheJuilliardSchool,NYC,April19

• ColombianEmbassy,WashingtonD.C.,April29

2 0 1 0

• JewishHomeandHospital,NYC,January16

• EmbassyoftheRepublicofLithuania,Washington,DC,February21

• BaronHirschSynagogue,Memphis,TN,March21

• JewishHomeandHospital,NYC,April14

• St.Luke’sConcertSeries,McLean,VA,April16

• MorseHall,Juilliard,NYC,April22

• BachWorksFestival,Nyack,NY,April25

• MorseHall,Juilliard,NYC,May17

• FashionforAutismBenefitConcert,NYC,June30

• LithuanianWorldCenter,Chicago,September5

• St.Luke’sConcertSeries,McLean,VA,September18

• Recital,VA,September19

• FashionforAutismFundraiser,Georgetown,WashingtonD.C.,September24

• LincolnCenterGalaPerformance,NYC,October17

• TheEmbassySeries,Washington,D.C.,November20

• KaunasPhilharmonic,Lithuania,December1

• VilniusTownHall,Lithuania,December6

2 0 0 9

• KlaipedaConcertHall,Klaipeda,Lithuania,January23

• NationalPhilharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania,January28

• KaunasPhilharmonic,Kaunas,Lithuania,January29

• WavehillConcertSeries,NewYork,NY,February15

• PaulHall,LincolnCenterforthePerformingArts,NY,February25

• MorseHall,Juilliard,NYC,May12

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solo performances

• PaulHall,Juilliard,NYC,October14

• ChicagoMusicInstitute,Chicago,IL,October17

• LithuanianWorldCenter,Lemont,IL,October18

• PaulHall,Juilliard,NYC,October22

• SalleFaure,Paris,France,November2

2 0 0 8

• Recital,LithuanianArtGallery,Lemont,IL,February9

• Recital,PaulHall,LincolnCenterforthePerformingArts,NewYork,NY,February27

• Recital,GonzagaTheater,Washington,DC,February29

• Recital,PaulHall,LincolnCenterforthePerformingArts,NewYork,NY,March10

• 10-citytour,Lithuania,March11-30

• 8thInternationalFranzLisztPianoCompetition,Utrecht,Netherlands,March30-April12

• Recital,NationalPhilharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania,April30

• Recital,MorseHall,LincolnCenterforthePerformingArts,NewYork,NY,May15

• Recital,ChristandSt.StephenChurch,NewYork,NY,June11

• Recital,violinandpiano,CaramoorFestival,Katonah,NY,July16

• Recital,DagHammarskjoldAuditorium,UnitedNations,NY,November28

2 0 0 7

• “Focus!”Festivalofcontemporarymusic,LincolnCenterforthePerformingArts,NewYork,

February1

• Concert,LithuanianCommunityCenter,NewYork,NY,February18

• Recital,BalticConcertSeries,TheFirstandSecondChurch,Boston,MA,April2

• Recital,LithuanianCommunityCenter,NewJersey,April14

• Recital,LincolnCenterforthePerformingArts,NewYork,NY,April23

• Recital,LithuanianArtGallery,Lemont,IL,May1

• Recital,Potomac,MD,July21

• Recital,Potomac,MD,July28

• Soloperformace,Brockton,MA,August3

• Concerttour,Lithuania,September2-10

2 0 0 6

• TheJuilliardSchool,StarrFoundationReception,NewYork,NY,November20

• OurLadyofVilniusChurch,NewYork,NY,November19

• J.LowenthalStudioClassPerformance,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork,NY,November16

• Recital,Potomac,MD,November11

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solo performances

• Recital,Potomac,MD,October26

• NewJuilliardEnsembleConcert,JuilliardTheatre,NewYork,NY,September

• ChristopherSummerMusicFestival,Vilnius,Lithuania,July17

• 11-citytour,Lithuania,February23–March15

2 0 0 5

• NationalPhilharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania,October1

• NationalPhilharmonic,Kaunas,Lithuania,September30

• FirstMoravianChurch,NewYork,NY,May19

• WeillRecitalHallatCarnegieHall,NewYork,NY,May16

• WinstonConcert,McLean,VA,April30

• Recital,PaulHall,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork,NY,April26

• MasterclasswithJeromeLowenthal,Vilnius,April

• KaunasPhilharmonc,Kaunas,Lithuania,April5

• LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,April4

• VilniusTownHall,Vilnius,Lithuania,April1

• GonzagaHighSchoolCollege,Washington,DC,January28

2 0 0 4

• MezzoChannel(PanEuropeanCableTelevision)beginsbraodcastsofMinkstimasperformances,

November26

• InternationalMasterclass,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,July18

• LithuaniaHouse,Baltimore,MD,April24

• UnionCongregationalChurch,Queens,NewYork,NY,February15

• Masterclass,GonzagaHighSchool,Washington,DC,January8

2 0 0 3

• J.LowenthalStudioClassPerformance,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork,NY,December

• PrivateConcert,ChevyChase,MD,November2

• U.S.BalticFoundationAnnualGala,ShorehamHotel,Washington,DC,November1

• SligoFederatedMusicClub,SilverSpring,MD,September14

• PrivateConcert,Kraziai,Lithuania,September

• “MusicWithoutLimits”Festival,InternationalPianoCompetition,Druskininkai,Lithuania,

August

• MusicaSacra“Adfontes”Festival,Kraziai,Lithuania,August

• M.K.CiurlionisMuseum,Druskininkai,Lithuania,August

• GraduationRecital,LithuanianAcademyofMusic(LMA),Vilnius,June

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solo performances

• GraduationRecital,ParisConservatoire(CNSMDP),June

• TownHall,Vilnius,Lithuania,May

• CitéInternationaledesArts,Paris,April22

• ParisConservatoire(CNSMDP),Paris,ConcertsponsoredbyMeyerFoundationandParis

Conservatoire,March

• PrivateConcert,Bethesda,MD,February23

• CorcoranGalleryofArt,Washington,DC,February19

2 0 0 2

• SteinwayCenter,Arhus,Denmark,September

• NationalMuseumofDenmark,Korsor,Denmark,September

• “MusicWithoutLimits”Festival,InternationalPianoCompetition,Druskininkai,Lithuania,

August

• PianoWorksbyMinkstimas,SummerMusicFestival,MusicAcademyoftheWest,SantaBarbara,

CA,July

• CitéInternationaledesArts,Paris,France,May21

• S.VainiunasMuseum,Vilnius,Lithuania,May

• LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,May

• CitéInternationaledesArts,Paris,France,March19

• “AuxBatignolles”salonchezAnnaFilimonova,Paris,France,February

• InternationalFestival“Classica”,Vilnius,Lithuania,February

2 0 0 1

• ConcertforHRHCrownPrinceCharlesofGreatBritain,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,

November

• Concert,ConvocationCeremonyatLithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,September

• SummerFestival,Skaelskor,Denmark,July

• GraduationCeremony,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,June

• ConcertinCelebrationofLithuanianIndependenceDay,TownHallofthe8thDistrict,Paris,

France,February

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recorded works

P I A N O W I T H O R C H E S T R A

• B.Bartok,PianoConcertoNo.3,LithuanianNationalPhilharmonicOrchestra,Vilnius,Lithuania

• L.vanBeethoven,PianoConcertoNo.3,LithuanianNationalPhilharmonicSymphonyOrchestra,

ConductorJ.Ferreira-Lobo,Vilnius,Lithuania,October2005

• M.Ravel,ConcertofortheLeftHand,LithuanianNationalPhilharmonicSymphonyOrchestra,

Vilnius,Lithuania,May2003

• F.Chopin,ConcertoinFMinor,No.2,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,

December2002

• J.Brahms,PianoConcertoNo.1,OrchestredelaConservatoireNationaleSupérieuredeMusique

deParis,Paris,France,December2002

• F.Liszt,Totentanz,NationalPhilharmonicSymphonyOrchestra,Vilnius,Lithuania,February2001.

• W.A.Mozart,ConcertoinCMinor,No.24,NationalChamberOrchestra,LithuanianNational

Philharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania,October2000.

• W.A.Mozart,ConcertoinCMajor,No.21,NationalChamberOrchestra,LithuanianNational

Philharmonic,ConductorJ.Walnig,Vilnius,Lithuania,February1999.

• W.A.Mozart,ConcertoinDMinor,No.20,NationalChamberOrchestra,LithuanianNational

Philharmonic,Vilnius,Lithuania,March1997

• E.Grieg,ConcertoinAMinor,LithuanianNationalPhilharmonicSymphonyOrchestra,

ConductorJ.Domarkas,Vilnius,Lithuania,February1995

C H A M B E R

• C.Saint-Saens,PianoQuintetinAMinor,Op.18

• J.Brahms,PianoQuintetinFMinor,Op.35

S O L O P I A N O

• Ch.Alkan,“LeFestind’Esope”

• J.Brahms,IntermezziOp.117

• J.Brahms,VariationsontheThemeofPaganiniOp.35inAMinor

• F.Chopin,EtudeOp.10No.5inGflatMajor

• F.Chopin,FourthBalladeinFMinorOp.52

• F.Chopin,SonatainBflatMinor

• M.K.Ciurlionis,ThreePiecesonathemeinBflatminor

• C.Debussy,Images,firstbook

• J.Haydn,SonatainF

• G.Ligeti,“Desorde,”EtudeNo.1

• F.Liszt,2ndHungarianRhapsody

• F.Liszt,13thHungarianRhapsody

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• F.Liszt,“LaCampanella”

• F.Liszt,“ReminescencesdeDonJuanparW.A.Mozart”

• F.Liszt,SonatainBMinor

• F.Liszt,SonataFantasia“Apresd’uneLecturedeDante”

• F.Liszt,SpanishRhapsody

• W.A.Mozart,Fantasia-SonatainCMinorNo.14

• W.A.Mozart,SonatainAMinor,KV310

• S.Rachmaninoff,Lilacs

• S.Rachmaninoff,Polka

recorded works

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repertory

S O L O P I A N O R E P E R T O I R E

• Albeniz“Cantosd’Espana”

• Ch.Alkan,“LeFestind’Esope”

• J.S.Bach,Well-TemperedKlavier,BookI,XXI

• J.S.Bach,Well-TemperedKlavier,BookII,XX

• J.S.Bach,Well-TemperedKlavier,BookII,XXII

• J.S.Bach,ToccatainEMinor

• B.Bartok,6BulgarianDances

• L.vanBeethoven,SonataNo.7inDMajor

• L.vanBeethoven,SonataNo.8“Pathétique”inCMinor

• L.vanBeethoven,SonataNo.14“Moonlight”inC#Minor

• L.vanBeethoven,SonataNo.17,“Tempest”inDMinor

• L.vanBeethoven,SonataNo.23“Appassionata”inFMinor

• J.Brahms,BalladeinGMinor,op.118No.3

• J.Brahms,VariationsonaThemebyPaganiniinAMinor,Op.35

• J.Brahms,Variations,onaThemebySchumanninF#Minor,Op.9

• J.Brahms,Intermezzi,Op.117

• M.K.Ciurlionis,FugueinB-flatMinor

• M.K.Ciurlionis,ThreepreludesinBbMinor

• M.K.Ciurlionis,PreludesNo.3and23

• F.Chopin,NocturneinBMajor

• F.Chopin,NocturneinCMinor

• F.Chopin,NocturneinFMajor,op.15No.1

• F.Chopin,NocturneinFMinor

• F.Chopin,SonatainB-FlatMinor

• F.Chopin,EtudesOp.10,Nos.1,2,3,4,5,12

• F.Chopin,Etudes,Op.25,Nos.2,6,12

• F.Chopin,ScherzoNo.3inC#Minor

• F.Chopin,BalladeNo.1inGMinor

• F.Chopin,BalladeNo.2inAMinor

• F.Chopin,BalladeNo.4inFMinor

• F.Chopin,Fantasy-ImpromptuinC#Minor

• F.Chopin,PolonaiseinF#Minor

• C.Debussy,Images,BookI

• C.Debussy,Préludes“Minstrels,”“Feuillesmortes”

• C.Franck,Prelude,Chorale,andFugue

• F.J.Haydn,SonatainEMinor

• F.J.Haydn,SonatainFMajor

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repertory

• G.Ligeti,“Desordre,”EtudeNo.1

• G.Ligeti,“L’escalierdediable,”EtudeNo.13

• F.Liszt,EtudeinAMinor,EtudeNo.6from“Grandesétudesd’aprèsPaganini”

• F.Liszt,LaCampanella,EtudeNo.3

• F.Liszt,“Etudesd’executiontranscendante,”Nos.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,12

• F.Liszt,PolonaiseNo.1inCMinor

• F.Liszt,PolonaiseNo.2inEMajor

• F.Liszt,Sonata-Frantasia,“AprèsunelecturedeDante”

• F.Liszt,SonatainBMinor

• F.Liszt,“Totentanz”

• F.Liszt,ValseOubliéeNo.3

• F.Liszt,“ReminiscencesdeDonJuanparW.A.Mozart”

• F.Liszt,HungarianRhapsodyNo.2

• F.Liszt,HungarianRhapsody,No.13

• F.Liszt,SpanishRhapsody

• F.Liszt,“MephistoWaltz”

• F.Liszt/F.Mendelssohn“Onthewingsofsong”

• F.Liszt/F.Schubert“Doppelganger”

• O.Messiaen,“Isledefeu”,“Islandoffire”

• W.A.Mozart,Fantasy-SonatainCMinor,No.14

• W.A.Mozart,SonatainAMinor

• W.A.Mozart,SonatainCMajor

• A.Piazolla,6Tangosfrom“MidsummerNight’sDream”

• G.Pinter,“Meditation”forsolopianoandtaperecording

• S.Rachmaninoff,PolkaV.R.inA-FlatMajor

• S.Rachmaninoff,“Lilacs”inA-FlatMajor

• S.Rachmaninoff,PreludeinGMinor

• S.Rachmaninoff,PreludeinBMinor

• S.Rachmaninoff,PreludeinG#Minor

• S.Rachmaninoff,EtudeinCMinor,Op.39No.1

• S.Rachmaninoff,ElegyinE-flatMinor

• S.Rachmaninoff–R.Korsakov“FlightoftheBumble-Bee”

• M.Ravel,Toccatafrom“LeTombeaudeCouperin”

• A.Schenderoff“NinesketchesonpaintingsbyM.K.Ciurlionis”

• A.Schoenberg,SixLittlePieces

• A.Scriabine,EtudeinD#Minor

• F.Schubert,SonatainAMinor,D.845

• F.Schubert,SonatainAMinor,D.798

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repertory

• F.Schubert,FourImpromptus,Op.98

• F.Schubert–F.Liszt“Erlkonig”

• R.Schumann,Arabesque

• R.Schumann,Kreisleriana,Op.16

• S.Wolpe,FormNo.IV

P I A N O C O N C E R T O R E P E R T O I R E

• M.Aguila,CongaLineinHell

• J.S.Bach,ConcertoinFMinor

• B.Bartok,PianoConcertoNo.3

• L.vanBeethoven,Concerto#3inC-Minor

• J.Brahms,ConcertoNo.1inDMinor,Op.15

• F.Chopin,ConcertoNo.2inFMinor,Op.2

• E.Grieg,PianoConcertoinAMinor

• J.Haydn,PianoConcertoinGMajor

• C.Ives,EmersonConcerto

• W.A.Mozart,PianoConcertoinDMinor,No.20

• W.A.Mozart,PianoConcertoinCMinor,No.21

• W.A.Mozart,PianoConcertoinAMajor,No.23

• W.A.Mozart,PianoConcertoinCMinor,No.24

• M.Ravel,ConcertoForLeftHand,inDMajor

• A.Schnitke,ConcertoforPianoandStrings

• C.M.vonWeber,KonzertstückforPianowithOrchestrainFMinor

C H A M B E R M U S I C R E P E R T O I R E

Two Pianos, Piano Four-Hand

• J.Brahms,SonataforTwoPianosinFMinor,Op.34

• J.Brahms,HungarianDances,FirstBook,FourHandArrangement

• J.Brahms,Waltzes

• M.Ravel,SpanishRhapsody,twopianoarrangement

• S.Rachmaninoff,FirstSuite

• C.Nankaroff,EtudeNo.15,fourhandArrangement

Piano Trio

• J.Brahms,TrioinCMajor,Op.87

• R.Schumann,TrioinDMinor,Op.63

• A.Piazolla,Oblivion

• A.Piazolla,Primavera

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repertory

Piano Quartet

• J.Brahms,PianoQuartetNo.1inGMinor

• J.Brahms,PianoQuartetNo.3inCMinor

• G.Fauré,PianoQuartetNo.2inGMinor

Piano Quintet

• E.Elgar,PianoQuintetinAMinor,Op.84

Violin and Piano

• J.S.Bach,Sonatas

• B.Bartok,RhapsodyNo.1

• L.vanBeethoven,Sonata“Kreutzer”inAMinor

• J.Brahms,SonataNo.3inDMinor,Op.108

• E.Chausson,Poem,violinandpianoinE-flatMajor,op.25

• G.Crumb,Nocturnes

• Cl.Debussy,SonataforviolinandpianoinGMinor

• Cl.Debussy,ClairedeLuneG.Faure,SonataforviolinandpianoinAMajor,Op.13

• C.Franck,SonatainAMajor

• Ch.Ives,SonataNo.4

• W.A.Mozart,SonatainGMajor

• W.A.Mozart,SonatainBMajor

• W.A.Mozart,SonatainEMinor

• W.A.Mozart,SonataforviolinandpianoinAMajorNo.5,KV305

• M.Ravel,SonataforviolinandpianoinGMajor

• A.Schoenberg,Fantasy

• R.Schumann,SonataforviolinandpianoinAMinor,op.105

• J.Sibelius,SuiteforViolinandPiano

Viola and Piano

• J.Brahms,ViolaSonatainE-flatMajor,Op.120No.2

• V.Gaigerova,Suite

• P.Juon,SonatainDMajor

• D.Shostakovitch,Sonata

• A.Piazolla,“NocheetTanguano”

• R.Vaughan–Williams,“Romance”

• R.Schumann,“Marchenbilder”,“Fairytales”

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Cello and Piano

• J.Brahms,SonatainEMinor

• Cl.Debussy,SonataforcelloandpianoinDMinor

• G.Faure,SonataNo.2

• B.Martinu,VariationsonathemebyRossiniforcelloandpianoinDMajor

• D.Popper,ElfDanceforcelloandpiano

• S.Rachmaninoff,VocaliseinEMinor

• S.Rachmaninoff,Sonata

• R.Schumann,ThreeFantasyPieces,Op.73

Flute and Piano

• E.Boza,“Agrestide”

• C.Debussy,“Biliti”Songs

• H.Dutilleux,Sonatine

• J.Ibert,Concerto

• A.Jolivet,“ChantdeLinos”

• O.Messiaen,“Lamerlenoire”

• W.A.Mozart,ConcertoforFluteinGMajor

• W.A.Mozart,ConcertoforFluteinDMajor

• F.Schubert,“DietrocknenBlumen,”VariationsforFluteandPiano

Voice and Piano

• J.Brahms,Songs,complete

• E.Chausson,Songs

• J.Corigliano,Songs

• G.Faure,Songs

• R.I.Gordon,Songs

• C.Guastavino,Songs

• J.Heggie,“FourMeditationsonLove”

• EarlyMusic,AriasbyH.Purcell,G.Handel

• G.Mahler,“LiedereinesfahrendenGesellen”

• G.Mahler,“Kindertotenlieder”

• M.Mussorgsky,“SongsandDancesofDeath”

• J.Musto,Songs

• S.Rachmaninoff,Songs(complete)

• M.Ravel,DonQuixoteSongs

• F.Schubert,“DieWinterreise”

• R.Schumann,“FrauenliebeundLeben”

repertory

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• R.Wagner,“LiederUponWordsofMathildevonWessendonck”

• D.Shostakovich,SetofRomancesofPoetrybyA.Blok

• P.TchaikovskySongs(complete)

• G.Puccini,Ariasfrom“LaBohème”

L I S T O F W O R K S B Y E D V I N A S M I N K S T I M A S

• PasacagliaforSoloHarpsichord

• “CarmenFantasy,”baseduponthemesfromBizet,piano

• Sonatine,fluteandpiano

• Cycleofpieces,“Insects,”piano

• Cycleofpieces,“Intervals,”piano

• Variationsonanoriginaltheme

• VariationsonthethemeofPaganini

• Pieceforflute,clarinet,basoonandpiano

• Threesongsforhighvoice,flute,percussionandpiano

• “Mirrorandreflection”,piano

repertory

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competitions

2 0 0 7

• FirstPrizeWinner,FifthCiurlionisInternationalCompetition,Vilnius,LithuaniaSeptember

• 8thInternationalFranzLisztPianoCompetition,Utrecht,Netherlands.

2 0 0 3

• Winner,“MusicWithoutLimits”Festival,InternationalPianoCompetition,Druskininkai,Lithuania,August

• Winner,ConcertoCompetition,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,June

2 0 0 2

• Winner,“MusicWithoutLimits”Festival,InternationalPianoCompetition,Druskininkai,Lithuania,August

• Winner,ConcertoCompetition,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,June

• PrizeWinner,“EuropeanPianoDays”Competition,Pontoise,France,February

• FinalistforYamahaCompetition,Diploma,OrganHall,ConservatoireNationaleSuperieuredeMusiquedeParis(CNSM),January

2 0 0 1

• EntranceCompetitionfortheTroisièmeCycledePerfectionnementatCNSM,bothstages,winner,September

2 0 0 0

• Winner,V.LandsbergisFoundationChamberMusicCompetition,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,November

1 9 9 9

• Winner,V.LandsbergisFoundationChamberMusicCompetition,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,November

1 9 9 6

• Winner,L.Knezkova-HusseyCompetition,Bathurst,NewBrunswick,Canada,May

1 9 9 4

• PrizewinnerLaureate,ThirdInternationalB.DvarionasPianoCompetition,Kaunas,Lithuania,June

1 9 9 2

• VirtuosiperMusicadiPianoforteCompetition,UstinadLabem,Czechoslovakia,November

• PrizewinnerLaureate,TchaikovskyInternationalCompetitionforYoungArtists,Moscow,Russia,June

• PrizewinnerLaureate,B.DvarionasSecondInternationalPianoCompetition,Vilnius,Lithuania,June

1 9 8 9

• FirstInternationalB.DvarionasPianoCompetition,Vilnius,Lithuania,

1 9 8 8

• Competition,NationalB.DvarionasPianoCompetition,S.SimkusConservatory,Klaipeda,Lithuania,June

• Pre-selectionStagewinnerConcert,J.NaujalisMusicGymnasium,Kaunas,Lithuania,March

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education & grants

E D U C AT I O N

• C.V.StarrD.M.A.candidate,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork.

• M.M.,PianoPerformance,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork,2003.StudiedwithJeromeLowenthal.

• Artist’s Diploma (Troisieme Cycle de Perfectionnement), Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP), Paris,

France,June2003.StudiedwithMichelBeroff.

• M.A.,Piano,Pedagogy,andCollaborativePiano(Konzertmeister),LithuanianAcademyofMusic,

Vilnius,2003.

• B.A.,CompositionandPiano,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,2001.Studied

withVytautasBarkauskasandVeronikaVitaite.

• Diploma,J.NaujalisMusicGymnasium,Kaunas,Lithuania,1998.StudiedpianowithTatyanaMurasko.

G R A N T S , S C H O L A R S H I P S , A R T I S T R E S I D E N C I E S

• C.V.StarrDoctoralFellowship,TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork2005-present

• TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork,NY,scholarship2004and2005

• MeyerFoundation,Paris,France,twoannualscholarships,2002and2003

• CitéInternationaldesArts,Paris,France,ArtistResidency,2001-2003

• MusicAcademyoftheWest,SantaBarbara,California,stipend,2002

• LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,stipend,1997-2003

• LithuanianMinistryofCulture,scholarship,2002and2003

• LithuanianMinistryofEducation,scholarship,2001

• LietuvosMuzikuRemimoFondas(LithuanianMusiciansFellowshipFoundation).Threeawardsfrom

thePresidentofLithuaniaforthewinnerofinternationalpianocompetitions,1996,2003,2004

• S.KarosasFoundation,Vilnius,Lithuania,grant,2002and2003

• V.LandsbergisFoundation,Vilnius,Lithuania,scholarship,2001

• SenateoftheLithuanianAcademyofMusic,specialscholarship,2000

W O R K S H O P S A N D M A S T E R C L A S S E S

• “HARMOS,”workshopwithJeromeLowenthalandEdvinasMinkstimas,sponsoredbySocrates

ErasmusFoundationandrecordedattheLithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,April2005

• JeromeLowenthal,YamahaCentre,Paris,February2003

• E.Indjic,Skaelskor,Denmark,July2001

• M.Francoise-Bucquet,November1999

• BarbaraHesseBukowska,Professor,FryderykChopinAcademyofMusic,Warsaw,Poland,

Druskininkai,Lithuania,August1993

• E.Pith-Axenfeld,J.NaujalisMusicGymnasium,Kaunas,Lithuania,May1993

• VladimirAshkenazy,LithuanianAcademyofMusic,Vilnius,Lithuania,May1992