Gabrielė Sutkutė, Piano

Gabrielė Sutkutė, Piano

Lithuanian pianist Gabrielė Sutkutė has already established herself as a musician of strong temperament and “excellent precision and musicality”. She has given many concerts and performed in numerous festivals throughout Europe, and appeared in famous halls such as the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, the Steinway Hall UK, the Musikhuset Aarhus, and Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall.

In addition to being a soloist, Gabrielė frequently performs with chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras. This year, she performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the YMSO at the Cadogan Hall, conducted by James Blair. In 2020, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Grammy-nominated Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Markus Huber, and was also invited to play with the renowned Kaunas String Quartet in Lithuania twice.

Gabrielė is a winner of twenty international piano competitions, where she also received numerous special awards. For her musical achievements, Gabrielė received Lithuanian Republic Presidents’ certificates of appreciation six times.

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33:

1. Andante grazioso quasi allegretto
2. Scherzo – Allegro
3. Allegretto
4. Andante
5. Allegro ma non troppo
6. Allegretto quasi andante
7. Presto

Sergei Rachmaninoff Etudes- Tableaux Op. 39:

No. 1 in C minor – Allegro agitato
No. 5 in E-flat minor – Appassionato
No. 8 in D minor – Allegro moderato

Maurice Ravel La valse, M. 72

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