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Minkstimas Edvinas

Edvinas Minkstimas is widely regarded as one of Europe’s top emerging young pianists, one whose extensive repertory, solid technique and musical expression have led him to perform throughout Europe and North America.

Edvinas Minkstimas, a Steinway Artist and winner of eight international piano competitions, currently serves as Artist in Residence of the Embassy Series and Phillips Collection Music Series in Washington, United States, Malaga Clasica festival in Spain, as well as a guest faculty of WIPF.

Upcoming engagements include concert tours in Alaska, China, South Korea, Poland, Germany, Mexico, Lithuania, performances at the WIPF, WCM series, Embassy Series and Phillips Collection Music Series, a recording project with the Vilnius String Quartet, which is arguably the most renowned Lithuanian chamber ensemble with over 50 years of illustrious performing history. Many of the great pianists, including Mikhail Pletnev, Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, as well as Martha Argerich and Vladimir

Ashkenazy, have performed and recorded with the Vilnius String Quartet. It will be Mr. Minkstimas’ fifth performing tour with the Vilnius Quartet.

Mr. Minkstimas has appeared as a soloist in some of the most coveted concert venues in the world, including the Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, (NYC) Teatro Echegaray, Teatro Cervantes (Malaga, Spain), Salle Pleyel, Salle Faure, Cite de la Musique, CNSM and Cite Internationale des Arts (Paris), Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow), Kennedy Center, National Gallery of Art, Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.) and many others. His performances are broadcasted regularly by WETA, Mezzo and other major classical music broadcasters.

An avid chamber musician, Mr. Minkstimas has appeared with the New Juilliard Ensemble, l

A native of Kaunas, Lithuania, Edvinas Minkstimas claims his early artistic influences from Nordic poetry, Baltic mythology and other romantic images. He conveys the lyricism and poetry within a musical work through his displays of virtuoso technique. He is strongly influenced by such great pianists as Richter and Michelangeli, and composers Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Ligeti and Penderecki. Of his contemporary colleagues, Mr. Minkstimas is inspired by Evgeny Kissin, Spencer Myer, Sofya Gulyak, Jeffrey Swann and Martha Argerich.

"...Edvinas Minkstimas’ playing has been described as “breathtakingly beautiful” ..."

Alan Kozinn, THE NEW YORK TIMES

",... and gutsy, with a cool of an Indian tabla player...”

Joan Reinthaler, THE WASHINGTON POST.

More information: http://www.minkstimas.com

 

 

 


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