X international m. k. čiurlionis piano and organ competition
is planned for September 2027, Vilnius

Participant data

The pianist grew up in southern Germany and received his first piano lessons at the age of 5, organ lessons – at 8. In his youth Aaron became a student of prof. Marlene Hinterberger and prof. Harald Feller at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. In 2018, he was awarded with a national prize at the German Jugend musiziert Competition and with the Culture Prize by his district. Since graduating from high school in 2018, he has been studying organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with prof. Harald Feller and prof. Martin Sander. He recently won the 1st prize in the Kulturkreis Gasteig Organ Competition 2023. He receives scholarships from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Munich Foundation and is an alumnus of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

I ROUND

1. Nicolaus Bruhns | Grande Prelude · E minor
2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · C sharp minor · VL 86
3. Johann Sebastian Bach | Organ Trio Sonata No. 3 · D minor · BWV 527
   • Andante

II ROUND

1. Johann Sebastian Bach | Toccata, Adagio and Fugue · C major · BWV 564
2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue "Kyrie Eleison" · C minor · VL 19
3. Faustas Latėnas | "Shine"
4. Sofia Gubaidulina | "Light and Darkness" for organ solo

III ROUND

1. Franz Liszt | Prelude and Fugue on the Theme BACH · S. 260
2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · B flat minor · VL 345
3. Robert Schumann | "Six Fugues on the name BACH" · B flat major · Op. 60
   • Fugue No. 2 , B flat major
   • Fugue No. 3 , G minor
4. Jehan Alain | Suite pour Orgue JA 70
   • II. "Scherzo"
5. Olivier Messiaen | "La Nativité du Seigneur" ("The Nativity of the Lord")
   • IX. "Dieu parmi nous" ("God Among Us")