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Edvinas Minkstimas, piano
Saturday, October 25, 2014
8:00 PM
Free (donations welcome)
Westmoreland Congregational Church
1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816
Sonata in C Major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Réminiscences de Robert le Diable Franz Liszt Impromptu in f minor Franz Schubert
Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79 Johannes Brahms
Selections from Charlie Brown Vince Guaraldi
Preludes Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Concert is one hour without intermission
Post-concert Wine & Words with Dr. Minkstimas
in the lower level social hall
Widely regarded as one of Europe's top emerging young pianists, Edvinas Minkstimas has performed throughout Europe and North America in solo and chamber music recitals, and as a soloist with orchestras. He has won eight international piano competitions. In Washington D.C, Minkstimas is Artist-in-Residence of the Embassy Series and a member of the Phillips Camerata at the Phillips Collection.
At the age of 14 Edvinas Minkstimas made his debut with The Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra playing the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor. He has released two recordings featuring solo and orchestral performances of works by Brahms, Beethoven and Liszt. Recent highlights include performances at the National Gallery of Art, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, as soloist with the Arlington Philharmonic, Amadeus Orchestra, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Philharmonic, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, and concerts in Europe and South America.
Edvinas Minkstimas earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School, the Artist Diploma from the Paris Conservatory and two degrees from Lithuanian Academy of Music. He won the Belz-Parker Young Artist Award in Memphis, Tennessee, and in 2007, First Prize at the Fifth International Ciurlionis Piano Competition in Vilnius, Lithuania. He has taken top honors at the First Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow), the International Knezkova-Hussey Piano Competition (Canada) and European Piano Days (France), among other festivals and competitions. He recently joined the faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music.
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Piano, Plus!
FREE (donations welcome)
Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD 20816
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Beethoven Diabelli Variations
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