Born in Moscow in 1990, Lukas Geniušas graduated from the Chopin Music College Moscow and the Moscow Conservatory. He is the laureate of international competitions, notably Silver Medalist at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition and the 2010 International Chopin competition.   

Lukas Geniušas is heard in recital at most prestigious venues all over the world  including the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg... He is regulary invited to festivals such as the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, Verbier Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron.

Lukas performs with orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Northern Sinfonietta etc…

A dedicated chamber musician, he performs regularly with the violinist Aylen Pritchin, with the pianist Anna Geniushene and notably with the soprano Asmik Grigorian in Europe’s most prestigious venues including the Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence festivals, the Zurich, Geneva and Frankfurt opera houses, La Scala in Milan and the Vienna Konzerthaus.

Lukas Geniušas is currently engaged in a series of concerts giving the first public performances of the original, unabridged version of Rachmaninov’s First Piano Sonata and recorded it at the composer’s Swiss residence. This CD – which received 5-stars reviews in BBC Music and Gramophone Magazine and was awarded both the Diapason ‘CD of the Month’ and ‘CHOC’ de Classica Magazine – is the latest in a large and critically acclaimed discography.

Languages spoken: English, Russian, Lithuanian 

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