Lukas Geniušas
Lukas Geniušas (born July 1, 1990 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a Lithuanian - Russian pianist.
Life
Geniušas learned to play the piano from the age of five and entered the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Moscow in 1996. At the Moscow Conservatory he studied piano with Vera Vasilievna Gornostajewa . In 2004 he received a scholarship from the M. Rostropovich Foundation. Since 1996 he has performed internationally with various orchestras and gives solo concerts.
Tchaikovsky competition
Lukas Geniušas won second place at the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015 . In the second round he played Etudes by Chopin (Op. 10, nr. 3-6), the first sonata, Op. 1 by Brahms and the seventh sonata , op.83 by Prokofiev . In the final, he was the only participant to play Tchaikovsky's second piano concerto . As a second concert he played Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto .
family
Geniuša's father is the Lithuanian pianist Petras Geniušas , his mother Ksenija Knorre is a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. His grandmother was the Russian pianist Vera Wassiljewna Gornostajewa.
honors and awards
- 2003: 1st prize at the first piano competition of the Central Music School in Moscow .
- 2005: 2nd prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition , Young Artists, Salt Lake City , Utah , USA.
- 2009: 1st Prize International Piano Competition Musica della Val Tidone , Pianello Val Tidone , Province of Piacenza , Italy.
- 2010: 1st Prize Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition , Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- 2010: 2nd Prize International Chopin Competition , Warsaw , Poland.
- 2012: 1st Prize International German Pianist Prize , Frankfurt am Main.
- 2015: 2nd prize together with the George Li Tchaikovsky Competition , Moscow, Russian Federation.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geniušas, Lukas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geniusas, Lukas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian-Russian pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , Soviet Union |