This summer, the Čiurlionis family orchard will once again resound with the music of the “60th Summer of Piano Music”! The piano music festival, which continues the tradition of musical sharing initiated by composer and painter M. K. Čiurlionis himself, holds special significance this year—not only because it celebrates its 60th edition, but also as we mark Čiurlionis’ 150th anniversary. The return to the Čiurlionis orchard in Druskininkai thus takes on a deeply meaningful tone.

In the apple orchard of the Čiurlionis House-Museum in Druskininkai, audiences will be invited to experience the latest artistic explorations presented by the most renowned Lithuanian pianists of all generations. One of them is Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė, a laureate of national and international piano competitions.

Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė studied at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts in the piano classes of V. Kirvelytė and later A. Šikšniūtė. She is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions. In 2024, she was awarded Second Prize at the Bechstein-Bruckner Competition in Linz (Austria), which brought together top-nominated pianists from all Austrian universities of performing arts. In 2022, she received First Prize at the International Stasys Vainiūnas Piano Competition in Vilnius, and in 2023, she won Second Prize at the International Piano Competition “Piano Neuchâtel – Val de Travers” in Switzerland. In 2024, she became a semifinalist at the prestigious European Piano Competition Bremen.

She has also received First Prizes at the F. Chopin Competition “Chopin dla najmłodszych” (2013, Antonin, Poland), the International Piano Competition in Riga (2013), and “Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte” (2016, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic). She was awarded the Grand Prix at the 8th J. S. Bach National Young Pianists' Competition in Vilnius (2016), and in 2019, took First Prize at both the national “Lisztofonija” competition in Vilnius and the international “Ville de Gagny” competition in France, where she also received two special prizes: for the best performance of a J. S. Bach piece and for artistic excellence.

Elžbieta has performed with nearly all major Lithuanian orchestras, as well as with the Riga, Tallinn, and Virtuosi Brunensis (Czech Republic) orchestras, the National M. K. Čiurlionis School Symphony Orchestra, and the LMTA Symphony Orchestra. She has taken part in masterclasses with Yefim Bronfman, Petras Geniušas, Roberto Plano, Dmitri Bashkirov, Nina Seriogina, Pavel Nersessian, and others.

In 2018, she was awarded the Little St. Christopher Prize by the Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius for her achievements in music and for promoting the name of Vilnius.

She is currently studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in the piano class of Prof. Anna Malikova. Elžbieta regularly appears on stages in Lithuania and abroad as a soloist and chamber musician.

In programme: piano works by L. van Beethoven, M. Ravel, M. K. Čiurlionis, and F. Liszt.

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EVENT INFORMATION

Date & Time: August 20, 2025, 7 PM

Venue: M. K. Čiurlionis House-Museum

Address: M. K. Čiurlionio g. 35, Druskininkai

Duration: ~1 hour

Tickets: €8 / €5, available at the venue before the concert

More: HERE

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ORGANIZERS

Impetus Musicus

Contact: impetusmusicus@gmail.com / +370 (686) 96 633

M. K. Čiurlionis House-Museum

Contact: ciurlioniomemorialinis@gmail.com / +370 313 51131