Masterclass with Lukas Geniusas

"Geniušas plays with a prizewinner’s brilliance, yet with a mature ability to recreate a work’s architecture, and an expressiveness that doesn’t overtly draw attention to itself."  The Guardian 

Lukas Geniušas, a brilliant Russian-Lithuanian pianist, hails from Moscow, Russia, graduated from the Chopin Music College Moscow, in 2008. His exceptional talent and dedication have garnered him numerous accolades throughout his career. He is the laureate of several prestigious international competitions, notably Silver Medal at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and at the 2010 International Chopin competition. Praised for his ‘brilliance and maturity’ (The Guardian) he is invited to give recitals in the most prestigious venues all over the world such as the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau, Louvre Auditorium, Frick Collection New York, Phillips Collection, Teatro Carlo Felice, Sala Verdi in Milan and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. He is also regularly invited to festivals including the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, Rheingau, the Ruhr Piano Festival, Schloss-Elmau and the Lockenhaus Music Festivals.  Lukas Geniušas  performs with numerous orchestras including Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, National de Lyon Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Kremerata Baltica, Russian National Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic and St Gallen Symphony Orchestra under the batons of conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Mikhail Pletnev, Leonard Slatkin, Charles Dutoit, Andrey Boreyko, Tugan Sokhiev, Saulius Sondeckis, Antoni Wit and Rafael Payare to name but a few.   In his upcoming performance at the Victoria Concert Hall, Lukas Geniušas will showcase his remarkable talent through captivating renditions of Schubert and Rachmaninoff's exquisite compositions.