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"...an artist of exceptional talent..." "...an incredibly rich palette of sound colors..." "...music-making that is intensely personal and entirely convincing."
Edvinas Minkstimas, piano
Free (donations welcome)
Westmoreland Church
1 Westmoreland Circle Bethesda, MD 20816
Program
Robert Schumann
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Davidsb�ndler, op. 6
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Franz Liszt
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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
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~Intermission~
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Franz Schubert
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Sonata in A Minor, op. 164
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Franz Liszt
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Tarantella from "Annees de Pelerinage"
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Lithuanian pianist Edvinas Minkstimas is widely regarded as one of Europe's top emerging young pianists. He has performed throughout Europe and North America in solo and chamber music recitals, and as a soloist with orchestras.
Edvinas Minkstimas' professional debut was at the age of 14 with The Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra (Vilnius), playing the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor. Minkstimas 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, Washington, D.C., Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, as soloist with the Arlington Philharmonic, Amadeus Orchestra, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Philharmonic, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, and in concert in Europe and South America. Minkstimas earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School, the Artist Diploma from the Paris Conservatory and 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 is Chair of the Piano Faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music.
Join us for a post-concert Meet-the-Artist reception
in the lower level social hall.
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The Washington Conservatory 2015-16 Concerts Piano, Plus!
FREE (donations welcome)
Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD 20816
Julia Bogorad, flute
Lydia Artymiw, piano
Saturday, April 23 at 8 pm In memory of Hope Bogorad
A Ragtime-inspired Classical Keyboard Evening
VERGE Ensemble - CANCELED*
Sunday, May 22 at 4 pm
New Music Ensemble in Residence
* Hear Verge Ensemble at Glen Echo Park on Thursday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bumper Car Pavilion.
All programs subject to change.
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