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Simonas Miknius

Simonas Miknius (2003)

| Lithuania

Lithuanian Academy Of Music And Theatre, Vilnius

| docentas Daumantas Kirilauskas

Simonas Miknius started playing piano since he was 7 years old. In 2022, he graduated from the Kaunas J. Gruodis Conservatory, where he studied in the M. Bazaras class, and has started his studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in the same year.

Simonas is a laureate of many international piano competitions. The main highlights include: 2nd prize and special prize for the best Mazurka performance in the International F. Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth (Szafarnia, Poland; 2015); grand prix in the competition Music without borders (Druskininkai, Lithuania; 2015); 3rd prize in the César Franck Piano Competition (Brussels, Belgium; 2016); grand prix in the competition Палески агеньчык (Drahichyn, Belarus; 2018); 1st prize in the Competition-Festival Dedicated to Aldona Dvarionaitė (Zarasai, Lithuania; 2018); 3rd prize in the Ricard Viñes Competition For Children and Youth (Lleida, Spain; 2019); grand prix in the L. Beethoven Piano Competition (Klaipėda, Lithuania; 2021); 1st prize in the competition La Note Celeste (Paris, France; 2021). In the 2022, Simonas became a finalist and received special prize for the best performance of Stasys Vainiūnas' works and concert in the International Stasys Vainiūnas Piano and Chamber Ensemble Competition in Vilnius.

Simonas has performed with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, St. Christopher's Chamber Orchestra, Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, Vytautas Magnus University Chamber Orchestra, Belarusian National Symphony Orchestra and both Lviv and Warsaw Chamber Orchestras.

I ROUND

  • Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita No. 2 · C minor · BWV 826
    • I. Sinfonia
    • II. Allemande
    • III. Courante
    • IV. Sarabande
    • V. Rondeau
    • VI. Capriccio
  • Stasys Vainiūnas | "The Lilies of the Valley are in Bloom" (Pakalnutės žydi) from the suite "Meadows of Homeland" (Gimtinės pievos) · Op. 31
  • Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Sonata No. 1 · F minor · Op. 1
    • Allegro. Meno mosso. Allegro
  • II ROUND

  • Claude Debussy | "Estampes"
    • I. "Pagodes"
    • II. "La soirée dans Grenade" (The evening in Grenada)
    • III. "Jardins sous la pluie" (Gardens under the rain)
  • Stasys Vainiūnas | "Eight Moods" · Op. 43
    • I. Liberamente
    • II. Narrante
    • III. Vivo
    • IV. Lusingado
    • V. Lugubre, Molto Rubato
    • VI. Lesto
    • VII. Amabile
    • VIII. Brioso
  • Frederic Chopin | Ballade No. 4 · F minor · Op. 52
  • III ROUND

  • Stasys Vainiūnas | Piano Concerto No. 2 · Op. 22
    • I. Maestozo
    • II. Andante
    • III. Vivo

  • Performance time: 2022 Apr 02 16:50 - 17:25 Kaunas State Philharmonic (E. Ožeškienės g. 12, Kaunas)

    Final

    Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė 2022 Apr 02 16:00 - 16:50
    Cason Kang 2022 Apr 01 19:40 - 20:10
    Simonas Miknius 2022 Apr 02 16:50 - 17:25
    Simonas Poška 2022 Apr 01 18:50 - 19:25
    Jonas Šopa 2022 Apr 02 17:40 - 18:15
    Anastasija Šumskaitė 2022 Apr 01 18:00 - 18:50

    II ROUND

    I ROUND