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Simonas Miknius (2003)

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Simonas Miknius is a laureate of numerous music competitions, including the Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Szafarnia (Poland), the International César Franck Piano Competition in Brussels (Belgium), the Ricard Viñes Piano Competition in Lleida (Spain), and many others. He is currently studying at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre under prof. Petras Geniušas, and has received three of the institution’s most prestigious awards: the R. Apeikytė Foundation Award, the K. Motieka Foundation Award, and the Yamaha Scholarship. During the 2024–2025 academic year, he studied at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama. In 2025, he won 1st prize at the Lisztofonija V Competition.

I ROUND

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · B minor · VL 182a

Johann Sebastian Bach | WTC Book 2: Prelude and Fugue in A flat major · BWV 886

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Prelude · D flat major · VL 187

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "Autumn" · VL 264

Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 12 ("Funeral March") · A flat major · Op. 26

Franz Liszt | "Études d'exécution transcendante" · S. 139: Transcendental etude No. 7 "Eroica" · E flat major · S. 139/7

II ROUND

Vidmantas Bartulis | "Hanami"

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | "The Sea, Cycles of Small Landscapes" · VL 317

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · B flat minor · VL 345

Franz Schubert | "Drei Klavierstücke" ("Three Piano Pieces") · E flat minor · D. 946