Evelina Puzaite, Piano
Performances by Evelina Puzaite
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Sergei Prokofiev | Toccata, Op. 11 | 05/10/2017 |
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| Pēteris Vasks | Balta Ainava | 05/10/2017 |
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| Alberto Ginastera | Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 | 05/10/2017 |
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| Franz Liszt | Un Sospiro, from Trois Etudes de concert, S. 144 | 05/10/2017 |
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| Franz Liszt | Concert Étude No. 2 in F minor, La leggierezza | 05/10/2017 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 4 | 05/10/2017 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude Op. 32, No. 5, in G Major | 05/10/2017 |
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| Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude in F Major, VL 188 | 05/10/2017 |
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Evelina Puzaite, Piano
Biography
Lithuanian-born pianist Evelina Puzaite is a performer of natural sensitivity and strong charisma, in high demand as both a soloist and as a chamber musician. She regularly performs at such prestigious venues asthe Barbican, Wigmore Hall and South Bank Centre in London. She has won numerous prizes, including First Prize at the Rubinstein Piano Competition in Paris, First Prize at the Tel-Hai International Piano Competition in Israel. After winning the Abstract Securities Landor Competition, she was awarded a long term recording contract with Landor Records.
Ms. Puzaite is a champion of Baltic music and appears regularly on television and radio in her native Lithuania, as well as on the BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’. She has performed extensively in Europe, including Italy, France, Greece, Sweden, Poland, and in Russia, Israel, and the USA. She has appeared with many prominent orchestras and conductors.
Her recital engagements include performances at the Usedomer Music Festival in Germany, Festival di Londra in Italy, the first EPTA Festival in Cyprus, the Presteigne Festival in Wales, the Edinburgh Festival, the ‘Smart Concert Series’ Festival in Bulgaria, and at the Rudolfinum Hall in Prague. She has also performed at the opening concert of the Brighton Festival, the YCAT/Landor Piano Festival at the Wigmore Hall, and has collaborated with the Fine Arts Quartet at the Vilnius Festival in Lithuania. In 2012, her debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall was called ‘memorable’ and her own sonata - ‘a refreshing novelty’.
Ms. Puzaite’s exceptional musicality was first noticed at the Ciurlionis School of the Arts. In 2001, she was awarded the prestigious Baltic State Scholarship to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Professor Joan Havill, where she was awarded an Artists Fellowship in 2008.
She is a member of the Cosima Piano Quintet, BelVil Trio, and Piano Duo. She released an album of Robert Schumann's music with fellow Lithuanian oboe player, Andrius Puskunigis, in France, and recorded ‘ Three Nocturnes’ for British composer Thomas Hyde’s album ‘Autumnal’. The most recent album with BelVil trio was released in 2015.
In addition to her piano career, Evelina Puzaite is an avid writer and composer.