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NATIONALLY ACCREDITED COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL
"...an artist of exceptional talent..." "...an incredibly rich palette of sound colors..." "...music-making that is intensely personal and entirely convincing."
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.
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