Anastasija Šumskaitė (2001)

| Литва

Литовская академия музыки и театра, Вильнюс

| profesorius Petras Geniušas

In 2020, Anastasija graduated from National Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis School of Arts in Vilnius, where her piano teacher was Eglė Jurkevičiūtė. At the moment, she is studying at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) with prof. Petras Geniušas. In 2018, she also participated in the International Piano Competition Music Without Limits where she was awarded with the grand prix and special prizes. In the summer of 2018, Anastasia participated in the intensive workshops which took part in the Moscow Central Music School. The lessons were given by the renowned professors such as Pavel Nerssesyan, Natalia Trull and Valery Piassetsky. After successful participation in the Klaipėda Piano Masters summer academy in 2019, she received a scholarship for attendance of the Winter Academy Feuerwerk in 2020. Recently she won 1st place in the Nijolė & Jonas Dėdinai Piano Competition which was held by LMTA. She also performed on various stages in Lithuania, France and Switzerland. Anastasija has participated in masterclasses conducted by piano professors such as Ana Malikova, Natalia Trull, Valery Piassetsky, Pavel Nerssesyan, Nina Seriogina, Mūza Rubackytė, Gintaras Januševičius, Andrius Žlabys and many others.